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Suspect in Soquel teen’s murder appears in court

Published July 12, 2019 12:41 PM

The suspect in the murder of Jessica Sheridan appeared in court Friday morning.

Miguel Loza was in court for a violation hearing, but that was postponed. His preliminary examination date is set for August 26.

Loza was extradited from Mexico in June in connection to the murder of a Soquel teen in 2003. He pleaded not guilty to charges of murder, burglary and sexual assault.

The Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office says he killed 17-year-old Jessica Sheridan and raped one of Sheridan’s friends at a vacant preschool on Soquel Drive. The Sheriff’s Office says shortly after she was killed in February 2003, Loza fled to Mexico.

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