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   LOS ANGELES  - A man who was previously charged with sexually assaulting and   
   brutalizing two women in the Venice Canals area has been charged with murder   
   following the death of one of the victims, the District Attorney's Office   
   announced Tuesday.   
      
   Anthony Francisco Jones, 29, is accused of attacking the two women on the   
   night of April 6. One of the victims, 53-year-old Sarah Alden, had been in a   
   coma since the attack but was taken off life support and died Friday.   
      
   "Our hearts and deepest sympathies go out to the victim's family and friends   
   during this unimaginably tragic time," District Attorney George Gascón said   
   in a statement Tuesday announcing the murder charge. "We are committed to   
   seeking justice for both    
   victims of these heinous crimes. The additional murder charge carries a   
   sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole, in addition to   
   the life sentences for the crimes previously alleged."   
      
   Jones was arrested in San Diego last month in connection with the assaults and   
   was originally charged with two counts of forcible rape and one count each of   
   sexual penetration by use of force, mayhem, torture, attempted murder and   
   sodomy by use of force.   
      
   The newly filed murder charge includes special circumstance allegations that   
   he committed a forcible rape and forcible sodomy during commission of the   
   killing, according to the District Attorney's Office.   
      
   He is due back in court June 11 at the Airport Branch Courthouse, when a date   
   will be set for a hearing to determine if there is enough evidence for him to   
   stand trial. He is being held without bail.   
      
   According to the Los Angeles Police Department and prosecutors, the first   
   attack occurred about 10:30 p.m. April 6 in the 2700 block of Strongs Drive,   
   where Alden was approached from behind and struck with a blunt object, leaving   
   Alden unconscious. The    
   suspect similarly attacked another woman about an hour later as she was   
   walking near the Sherman Canal. That woman also suffered severe injuries but   
   survived.   
      
   Alden, a Massachusetts resident, was a mother of two sons and was in the   
   process of moving to Venice when the attack occurred.   
      
   According to a GoFundMe page established to help pay funeral expenses, she was   
   planning to meet two close friends for breakfast on April 7 to tell them she   
   was moving to the Los Angeles area from Massachusetts.   
      
   "She was a lover of sunrises on the east coast and sunsets on the west coast,"   
   a friend wrote on the page. "Sarah adored her two sons, her animals, and was   
   blessed with a refined eye for vintage jewelry which she sold on roseark.com.   
   At 53 years old,    
   Sarah was looking to start a new chapter in her journey; to walk a new road.   
   Instead, her life was violently taken from her."   
      
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