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Font ResizeDaily News Wire ServicesPosted: 06/20/2011 11:18:39 AM PDTSANTA ANA - A murder charge was filed today against a 35-year-old Anaheim man accused of gunning down his estranged wife near the Irvine day care center where she worked.
John Rand Agosta is also facing a special circumstance allegation of lying in wait, which makes him eligible for the death penalty if convicted. Prosecutors will decide later whether to pursue capital punishment or life in prison without parole. http://shop.ebay.co.uk/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p5197.m570.l1313&_nkw=dvd+with+media+on+it&_sacat=See-All-Categories
An armed Agosta allegedly waited Thursday in his Ford Mustang outside the workplace of his estranged 28-year-old wife, Alejandra Hernandez, said Farrah Emami of the Orange County District Attorney's Office.
When Hernandez left the day care center in the Turtle Rock neighborhood to get lunch about 2 p.m., Agosta allegedly trailed her in his car for about a half-mile. When she parked her car in a cul de sac and got out, Agosta allegedly shot her nine times in the chest, Emami said.
Agosta tried to get away in his car, but for some reason it wouldn't start and he ran away instead, but not before allegedly kicking Hernandez as she was bleeding to death, Emami said.
Agosta called a friend -- who was unaware of the shooting -- to pick him up and take him to his friend's home in Mission Viejo, where he was eventually arrested, Emami said.
Agosta, who was being held without bail, was scheduled to be arraigned sometime this afternoon.
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