New Info in Noleta Double Murder
Juvenile Now Also Charged in Killings
Prosecutors on Monday released additional details in the murders of Santa Barbara college students Enzo Marino Rastelli and Jasper Pieter van der Meulen last month in Noleta. Rastelli and van der Meulen were reportedly trying to sell a half pound of marijuana to Westside gang members when they were killed.
According to newly filed charging documents, an unnamed 15-year-old juvenile acted alongside 21-year-old Bryan Munoz when Munoz allegedly shot the pair during what officials called a “robbery rip-off.” Like Munoz, the juvenile has been charged with two counts of murder, but they are being prosecuted in juvenile court and their identify is being withheld.
Munoz, officials said, is eligible for the death penalty or life in prison without parole. A third suspect, 24-year-old Joshua Isaac Vega, has been charged with conspiracy to commit robbery and is facing five years in prison.
