Hemet man, 52, pleads guilty to fatal 2019 stabbing of Winchester man, 63

RIVERSIDE COUNTY, CA — Accused in the fatal, December 2019 stabbing death of an acquaintance, a Hemet man pleaded guilty following a felony settlement conference at a Riverside County Superior Court on Friday, Nov. 19.  In addition to his murder charge, 52-year-old Hyder Mahdi Jaffer, faced a now-dismissed sentence-enhancing allegation of using a deadly weapon in the commission of a […]

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Murder investigation leads to arrest of Hemet man

HEMET — Officials investigating the December, 2019 murder of a Winchester resident have arrested a man they say was responsible for fatally stabbing the victim while he sat inside his car outside a Hemet business. Hyder Mahdi Jaffer, 51, of Hemet, now sits in a Riverside County jail on a sole count of second-degree murder, for the stabbing death of […]

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