Timeline

• Dec. 21, 2006 — Saul Llamas Rios, 17, is arrested at a Moxee park on suspicion of consuming alcohol and being in possession of marijuana and a stolen truck.

• April 27, 2012 — Rios is arrested under the name of Jose Cabrera and later convicted in Butte County, Calif., of felony possession of carrying a dagger, an illegal weapon. He’s documented as a gang member there.

• Nov. 8, 2012 — Rios is wanted by Butte County sheriff’s deputies on suspicion of pulling a sawed-off shotgun on another man during a fight in an Oroville, Calif., mobile home park. He also is wanted on suspicion of choking and kicking his girlfriend the previous day. Deputies are unable to locate Rios.

• Oct. 30, 2015 — A Butte County Superior Court judge signs two no-bail warrants under the name of Jose Cabrera for Rios’ arrest. One is for being a felon in possession of a gun and ammunition, and the other for assault likely to produce great bodily injury and threats to kill his girlfriend. The warrants are entered into the National Crime Information Center (NCIC).

• Aug. 4, 2016 — Rios is arrested in Naches for suspicion of driving with a suspended license, hit-and-run property damage and concealing a gun without a permit. After receiving a report that Rios drove into a mailbox in Naches, Yakima County sheriff’s deputies later found him passed out and smelling of alcohol behind the wheel of a minivan in a church parking lot. Rios had a loaded .38-caliber handgun in his waistband. Corrections officers at the Yakima County jail fingerprint Rios and send his prints off to the Washington State Patrol to check his criminal history.

• Aug. 5, 2016 — Rios makes a preliminary appearance in Yakima County District Court, where a judge sets his bail at $2,500.

• Aug. 6, 2016 — Rios posts bail and is released.

• Aug. 8, 2016 — Butte County Sheriff’s Office learns that Rios is being held in the Yakima County jail and calls in an effort to extradite him, only to learn he was released on bail.

• Sept. 19, 2016 — Rios is convicted in Yakima County District Court of hit-and-run property damage and given a 90-day sentence with 89 days suspended and charged a $43 criminal conviction fee.

• Oct. 26, 2016 — Yakima County sheriff’s deputies say Rios shoots and kills Trae Oyler on Rozenkranz Road just outside Tieton. About an hour before the shooting, deputies say, Rios pointed a gun at his girlfriend and her friend, threatening to kill them.

• Oct. 27, 2016 — Deputies arrest Rios after connecting him to the minivan believed to be involved in the shooting death of Oyler.

• March 8, 2018 — Rios pleads guilty to first-degree murder in Yakima County Superior Court.

• March 27, 2018 — Rios is sentenced to 27 years in prison.