An April 1 trial date was confirmed Wednesday for a 24-year-old probationer accused of fatally beating his father at the victim's Riverside home.
Jair Armando Vazquez allegedly killed 62-year-old Armando Vazquez in 2021.
Vazquez is charged with murder.
During a status hearing Wednesday at the Riverside Hall of Justice, Riverside County Superior Court Judge Joshlyn Pulliam conferred with the prosecution and defense regarding scheduling, and both sides agreed to work on clearing their calendars for proceedings in the first week of April.
Vazquez is being held in lieu of $1 million bail at the Robert Presley Jail in Riverside.
According to Officer Ryan Railsback of the Riverside Police Department, at about 2:30 p.m. on Sept. 14, 2021, the defendant was involved in an unspecified confrontation with his father while at the victim's residence in the 8600 block of Arlington Avenue, near Lake Street.
"The preliminary investigation revealed the victim's son ... physically assaulted his father, then fled in the victim's vehicle," Railsback said.
He said Vazquez's mother, whose identity was not disclosed, returned home to find her husband bleeding and unconscious on the living room floor. Paramedics arrived within a few minutes and pronounced the victim dead at the scene.
Railsback said homicide detectives quickly identified Jair Vazquez as the alleged assailant and uncovered information indicating that he was in Newport Beach. Police in the coastal city were requested to assist, and they located the defendant that night on Coronado Street, where he was taken into custody without incident.
Vazquez has a traffic-related misdemeanor conviction from 2019, but no felonies, according to court records.