For more than a week, the circumstances surrounding the death of a 21-year-old UCLA student were a mystery.
Firefighters found Andrea DelVesco's body in a burning Westwood apartment a block from the campus, where she was a fourth-year psychology student.
As details about her life emerged, Los Angeles police detectives delved into whether the killing was tied to her recent prosecution on charges of possessing a cocktail of party drugs, including Ecstasy and meth.
But on Tuesday, prosecutors charged Alberto Hinojosa Medina and Eric Marquez — both 22-year-old students — with murder in DelVesco's death, saying Medina stabbed her after burglarizing a nearby apartment and then breaking into her home.
Medina is also accused of setting fire to the apartment on Roebling Avenue before fleeing.
He and Marquez pleaded not guilty at a Tuesday afternoon hearing in the county's Airport Courthouse, where each appeared dressed in blue jail shirts and pants.
During a discussion in court over whether the men should be granted bail, Deputy Dist. Atty. Victor Avila said surveillance video captured Medina wearing a Snuggie blanket belonging to DelVesco “covering up blood on his shirt.” Avila told a judge that DelVesco's property was later recovered from Medina's home in Fresno.
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