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The 17-year-old suspected of killing Sarah Whitlock reportedly had a troubled criminal history. Just days after Whitlock was killed, authorities believe he was again allegedly committing violent crimes.
Kimothy Simmons is charged with murder in the death of Whitlock, a local nursing student who lived in Riverside. Simmons was arrested on Sunday, the same day Sarah's family said goodbye to her at a beachside funeral.
But now, there are new revelations about what Simmons did in the days following Whitlock's murder.
Local woman, Chrystal Frison, says she and a friend were carjacked late Saturday night, and claims that Kimothy Simmons was one of the men involved.
Frison says she feared she would be killed when two men took her and her friend, throwing them in the back of her sports utility vehicle. She says her abductors drove around until they met some other men, one of which she says was Simmons.
They told us to turn around, and I thought they were going to shoot us in the back," says Frison. The men drove off, however, and police say a short time later, Kimothy Simmons was captured and in police custody.
According to police, Simmons has an extensive arrest record for a 17-year-old. He was arrested when he was 15 in a grand theft case, and also arrested in another carjacking case, with the use of a deadly weapon, when he was 14. He was also charged with escaping from police while being moved to a juvenile facility when he was 12.
*Picture of suspect and victim at link
