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Aug 27, 2023 · Salas could have been released much earlier if he would have taken advantage of state Supreme Court ruling that allowed for sentence reductions for juveniles who were tried as adults. Salas said...
Sep 27, 2021 · Yakima County Superior Court Judge David Elofson denied a request Monday to question the lead investigator in Evaristo Salas' '96 Sunnyside murder conviction. Defense attorney Laura Shaver is...
Aug 22, 2021 · Salas was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to nearly 33 years in prison for the Nov. 14, 1995, shooting death of Jose Arreola, also known as Bugs. Both had gang ties, but there was...
I am thrilled to report that our client Evaristo “Junior” Salas was fully exonerated and released from custody on Thursday, August 17 after 27 years in custody. Tried as an adult and wrongly convicted of first-degree murder in 1996 at the age of 15, Junior is now a free man for the first time in his life. He is 42.
Aug 18, 2023 · Evaristo Salas served 26 years in prison but walked free on Thursday after a Yakima prosecutor dismissed charges, citing a lack of evidence.
Image: Jack Laurence. The informant, William Bruhn, initially told the jury he heard Salas bragging about the murder and identified him after seeing some polaroids that Rivard had on his desk....
Sep 11, 2023 · On January 25, 1996, he was charged with two counts of assault, based on a fight at school that happened in October 1995. He was held in juvenile detention, then released after agreeing to no longer associate with gang members. In May 1996, Salas ended up at a party where someone was later shot to death as part of a feud between two gangs.
