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Hung Jury In Rippetoe Trial

Posted: Dec. 27, 2022 4:45 PM PST

It’s a hung jury in the trial of a man accused of murdering a Nevada City cannabis farmer about a year and a half ago. Nevada County District Attorney Jesse Wilson said the jury was unable to come up with a unanimous verdict for 58-year-old Russell Rippetoe, from Barstow…

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Wilson says it hasn’t been decided yet whether to seek a re-trial…

click to listen to Jesse Wilson

In June of 2021, the Sheriff’s Department received information regarding a possible homicide that had occurred on a property on North Bloomfield Road. That’s where the remains of 43-year-old Raul Iturrald were discovered. It was believed he’d been killed about a week before that. Rippetoe was believed to be one of a number of people living there, in several trailers set up temporarily while the cannabis was cultivated. A motive for the crime has never been revealed.

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