A 23-year-old probationer accused of fatally beating his father at the victim's Riverside home must stand trial for murder, a judge ruled Friday.
Jair Armando Vazquez allegedly killed 62-year-old Armando Vazquez in 2021.
Following a preliminary hearing Friday at the Riverside Hall of Justice, Riverside County Superior Court Judge Jason Armand found there was sufficient evidence to bound Vazquez over for trial.
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The judge scheduled a post-preliminary hearing arraignment for Feb. 9 and left the defendant's bail set at $1 million.
He's being held at the Robert Presley Jail in Riverside.
According to Riverside police Officer Ryan Railsback, about 2:30 p.m. on Sept. 14, 2021, Vazquez was involved in an unspecified confrontation with his dad 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 that the defendant'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.
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