By Sharyn L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter
CHEHALIS – Bail was set today at $3 million for the man charged in the October 1986 shooting death of 23-year-old Efren J. Triana outside a Centralia tavern.
Carlos Vidal Guiterrez, now 54, was brought to Lewis County earlier this week following his arrest by U.S. marshals in San Benito County in central California.
Efren J. Triana
Triana was the youngest in a family of seven children. He lived in Rochester.
His three brothers – who reside in Rochester and Grand Mound – were among a contingent of family in the courtroom today, in Lewis County Superior Court.
Triana did carpentry work, had a girlfriend and lived with his parents, the family said.
“He was a nice person, he got along with a lot of people,” his older brother Roy Triana said.
Prosecutors allege Guiterrez shot Triana when the two stepped outside La Adalitas to fight on Oct. 25, 1986, before fleeing the area and avoiding capture for nearly 25 years.
Guiterrez is charged with second-degree murder, a class A felony with a maximum penalty of life in prison.
He is scheduled to make his plea on April 20.
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Read background in “Accused slayer of Rochester man in 1986 faces a judge today” from Wednesday April 6, 2011, here
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