Trial set for man charged with Barrigada murder

by Mindy Aguon

Guam - 20-year-old Keith Garrido will go to trial in September.  Garrido appeared in court Wednesday for a criminal trial setting.  Garrido is being held on a half-million dollars cash bail for the brutal murder of 63-year-old Nancy Mafnas. He allegedly broke into the woman's Barrigada home and was gathering things to steal when Mafnas arrived home and caught him by surprise.

Garrido allegedly beat her with a metal pipe and left her to die and fled with $8 and her car.

A motion hearing was set for August 19 and jury selection and trial is scheduled to begin on September 3.