Man Gets Life Without Parole for Gunning Down In-Laws in San Diego County

Published on June 1, 2024

VISTA, Calif.—A man who gunned down his father-in-law and brother-in-law in northern San Diego County was sentenced May 31 to life in prison without the possibility of parole, plus 50 years. Christian Bobila, 46, was convicted by a Vista jury earlier this year for the June 26, 2022, killings of Vicente Reyes, 79, and Vincent Reyes, 45. Prosecutors say the killings stemmed from “a long-simmering family schism” over Bobila’s marriage to Vicente Reyes’ daughter, which happened without Vicente Reyes’ blessing. On the day of the killings, Bobila drove from the Bay Area to the Reyes family home in Valley Center, about 40 miles north of downtown San Diego....