Jury Finds Bomar Brothers Guilty of Second-degree Murder
Thomas Frey' Mountain Democrat
(PLACERVILLE, CALIFORNIA) July 22, 2022 — Brothers Chase and Cody Bomar were each found guilty of second-degree murder with special allegations of using a deadly and dangerous weapon in the 2018 killing of their former roommate Jeremy Fortuin on Pony Express Trail in Cedar Grove.
Cody and Chase — who were 21 and 19 years old, respectively, at the time of Fortuin’s death — sat quietly while they awaited the jury’s verdict to be read Tuesday, July 19, in El Dorado County Superior Court Judge Vicki Ashworth’s courtroom. They faced murder charges for fatally stabbing 42-year-old Fortuin 13 times in a multiple-week trial that ended with the jury not returning the first-degree murder conviction the District Attorney’s Office was looking for.
The evidence was there that the Bomars killed Fortuin. Forensic pathologist Dr. Katherine Raven, who performed the autopsy, testified that Fortuin’s body was full of stab wounds, including […]