
The trial date in the case of a man accused of killing two UCSD medical students while allegedly driving drunk in a head-on crash has been delayed to July 19. Jason Riley King, a 22-year-old Marine, was to have stood trial Monday, March 21 but was granted a delay by San Diego Superior Court Judge Peter Deddeh at his attorney’s request. Anne Baldock, 24, of La Jolla, and Madison Cornwell, 23, of Mission Viejo, were killed May 15, 2015 following the 1:40 a.m. collision on state Route 163 when King drove his truck the wrong way and struck the car driven by Cornwell. King has been charged with two counts of second-degree murder and two counts of gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated. He is also charged with causing great bodily injury to three other injured students. The prosecutor said King was partying that night with other Marines at a hotel in Mission Beach. She said his friends tried repeatedly to stop him from driving. King himself was seriously injured in the crash. He has pleaded not guilty and remains in jail on $3 million bail. — Neal Putnam








