Overview

• Noel Trevino, 30, pleaded not guilty in Chula Vista Superior Court to murder, residential burglary and resisting arrest in the killing of a 71-year-old woman.
• Prosecutors say Trevino appeared at the door posing as a salesperson, then returned and circled the property for about an hour while checking doors.
• Surveillance footage cited in court allegedly shows him running up behind the victim with a softball-sized rock, striking her twice, then stabbing her with kitchen knives from the home.
• The victim’s husband arrived to find her dead and a ransacked bedroom, and police say Trevino fled through a window before officers used a K9 and less-lethal tools to arrest him.
• Family identify the victim as Wanda Taylor, while court documents list her as Wanda Fransaw, and the case includes a lying-in-wait allegation that could bring life without parole or potential capital punishment.