Overview
- Los Angeles County Judge Karla D. Kerlin ordered life without the possibility of parole plus eight additional years for robbery following Nowden’s Nov. 17 convictions.
- Jurors found the special-circumstance allegation of murder during a robbery true and determined that Nowden personally used a knife.
- Prosecutors said Nowden used two knives to repeatedly stab Mirna Soza Arauz, took a bag containing chili cheese fries, and pulled the train’s emergency brake to flee.
- Police arrested Nowden about 20 minutes after the attack roughly a half-mile from the Universal/Studio City Station, and he has remained in custody.
- Records and prior reporting show Nowden previously attacked a train passenger in 2019 and had multiple prior arrests.