A man pleaded no contest Wednesday to fatally stabbing a father and daughter in a Kohl’s parking lot in Palmdale.
Court records show that Carlos Francogonzalez, now 37, pleaded no contest to two counts of second-degree murder for the Oct. 27, 2022, attack on Kenneth and McKenna Evans in the store’s parking lot in the 39800 block of 10th Street West.
The suspect — subsequently identified by the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office as Francogonzalez — asked 54-year-old Kenneth Evans for assistance regarding his vehicle, during which an argument allegedly ensued that “led to a physical fight and ultimately the stabbing of both victims,” according to a statement released by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.
McKenna Evans, 22, died at the scene and her father died at a hospital, according to the sheriff’s department.
Both victims died from multiple sharp force injuries, according to the Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner.
Francogonzalez — who turned 36 that day — was taken into custody that afternoon and has remained behind bars since then, jail records show.
He is due back in a Lancaster courtroom for sentencing July 15.
Details on his expected sentence were not immediately available.