Jury hears closing arguments in murder trial of missing Capitola woman found buried in East Bay park

SANTA CRUZ — Speaking to a packed courtroom over two days of closing arguments this week, trial attorneys for the prosecution and defense agreed on one thing: the death of Capitola woman Alice “Alyx” Herrmann came at the hands of her partner.

Left to the jury to decide after five weeks of witness testimony was to what degree — if any — the actions of tech finance worker and musician Theobald Lengyel, also known to friends as “Milo Stone,” should be mitigated to a lesser conviction.

“We listened to her in fear.