Mexican suspect charged with murdering two Santa Ana Wienerschnitzel employees in 1991

• Juan Cabral

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Case # 18CF3497

Date: December 18, 2018

MAN ARRAIGNED FOR SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES SHOOTING MURDER OF TWO WIENERSCHNITZEL EMPLOYEES DURING ROBBERY IN 1991

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A man was arraigned today for the special circumstances shooting murder of two Wienerschnitzel employees during a robbery in 1991.

Defendant: Alejandro Galindo Dominguez, 45, Ensenada, Mexico

Charged on Dec. 12, 2018, with the following felony counts:

• (2) Murder
• Sentencing Enhancements:
  • Special Circumstances – Murder during robbery
  • Special Circumstances – Multiple murders
  • Personal use of a firearm

Maximum Sentence: Life in state prison without the possibility of parole

Pre-trial hearing on Jan. 24, 2019, 8:30 a.m. at Department C-55, Central Justice Center, Santa Ana

Circumstances of the Case

• On July 23, 1991, Dominguez is accused of committing a robbery at Der Wienerschnitzel in Santa Ana and shooting two employees, 28-year-old Andres Bello and 18-year-old Juan Cabral.
• The defendant is further accused of moving the victims’ bodies into the restaurant freezer and fleeing the scene.
• Santa Ana Police Department investigated this case, which went unsolved until Dominguez turned himself in to Border Patrol agents on Feb. 23, 2018.

Prosecutor: Senior Deputy District Attorney Troy Pino, Homicide Unit.