With Jeami Chiapulis locked up, investigators turned their attention to his 24-year-old girlfriend, Joyce Fransson. "If she didn't dig, then she definitely helped him put Leisa's body into that ...

BARSTOW • Judge Cheryl Kersey ruled Thursday that Silver Lakes resident Jeami Chiapulis, 37, will stand trial for the murder of an apparent girlfriend, Barstow resident Leisa Hurst.

Updated at 3:30 p.m. with additional information. BAKERSFIELD • A Silver Lakes man who pleaded guilty to the murder of his Barstow girlfriend is now charged with plotting to kill an accomplice ...

Jeami Ronnie Chiapulis pleaded guilty to second-degree murder last week in Barstow Superior Court, ... Chiapulis took authorities to the location of the body of 30-year-old Leisa Ann Hurst on Oct. 9.

The boyfriend of a Barstow woman, who was found buried in a shallow grave near Newberry Springs, is scheduled to be sentenced next month after he pleaded guilty in her death. Jeami Ronnie Chiapulis… ...

The boyfriend of a Barstow woman, who was found buried in a shallow grave near Newberry Springs, is scheduled to be sentenced next month after he pleaded guilty in her death. Jeami Ronnie Chiapulis… ...

The boyfriend of a Barstow woman, who was found buried in a shallow grave near Newberry Springs, is scheduled to be sentenced next month after he pleaded guilty in her death. Jeami Ronnie Chiapulis ...