Laguna Niguel Man Sentenced In Brutal San Juan Capistrano Murder

SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, CA — Five years ago, Perris resident Alvero Rios was ambushed and brutally stabbed to death near Trabuco Creek in San Juan Capistrano. On Friday, 25-year-old Ryan Huebner pleaded guilty for his part in the killing and was immediately sentenced to 11 years in prison, court records show.

Rios was discovered by a passerby near the dead-end of Trabuco Creek Road at approximately 10 a.m. on the morning of July 13.

Heubner was one of five arrested for the crime weeks later.

On Friday, he pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter and a felony residential burglary charge from a separate unrelated case. As part of the plea bargain, a murder charge with a special circumstances allegation of lying in wait was dropped.

Huebner was given credit for 2,004 days in jail and must serve 85% of the remainder of his sentence.

Myles Emmanuel Jones, 27, of Laguna Hills, pleaded guilty on Nov. 8, 2019, to voluntary manslaughter. He is set to be sentenced on Aug. 20, when four other defendants are scheduled to go on trial.

Jones, who faces 11 years in prison, is expected to have his murder charge dismissed after testifying in the trial. It is not certain whether he will be compelled to testify, his attorney Doug Myers said when his client entered his plea.

Ashkan Dezhangfard, 27, of San Juan Capistrano, Siavish Hosseinaliarhani, 23, of Laguna Niguel, Anjelica Marie Shibata, 32, of San Juan Capistrano, and Brion Cairo Hyde, 26, of San Juan Capistrano are also defendants in this case.

They are due in court for a pretrial hearing on July 23. They are all charged with murder with a special circumstances allegation of lying in wait, making them eligible for at least life in prison without the possibility of parole if convicted.

Shibata and Hyde lived together as a couple in San Juan Capistrano, but Shibata was also romantically involved with Alvaro Rios when the 38-year-old married father was killed, authorities said.

Shibata allegedly asked Rios to meet her in a remote area near a bike path in San Juan Capistrano in the early morning of July 12, 2016. All of the defendants were allegedly there when Rios was attacked and left for dead. A jogger found the body the next day and called the sheriff's department.

When Rios' wife found out about the affair, she started posting negative comments about Shibata on Facebook, Myers said.

Investigators suspect Shibata told Hyde that Rios had raped her, and then the two told the others about the alleged sexual assault, which led to the alleged ambush, the defense attorney said.

Myers alleged that two of the defendants brought knives to the planned beating and attacked the victim, but it is unclear which defendant dealt the fatal wound.

It's not clear if the rape allegation is true or not, Myers said.

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City News Service, Patch Staffer Ashley Ludwig contributed to this report.