John Samuel Ghobrial

 

 

John Samuel Ghobrial sits in a Superior Court courtroom in Santa Ana, to face trial on
charges of sexual assault and murder of a La Habra boy in 2001.
(Bruce Chambers - The Orange County Register)

 

 

John Samuel Ghobrial, 31, smiles after it was explained to him via a court interpreter that the jury
recommended the death penalty in the Santa Ana Superior Courthouse in this 2001 file photo.
(Daniel A. Anderson - The Orange County Register)

 

 

John Ghobrial, a one-armed Egyptian butcher who killed and cut up 12-year-old La Habra boy Juan
Delgado was sentenced to death by Judge John Ryan. At Ghobrial’s left is defense attorney
Denise Gragg. Ghobrial wore headphones to hear an interpreter.
(Register File Photo by Ygnacio Nanetti.)

 

 

The victim

 

Juan Delgado, 12.

 

 

Young friends and family gather at the burial site for Juan Delgado 12, who was killed in La Habra.
 Delgado was buried at Westminster Memorial Park.
(Michael Goulding - The Orange County Register)