The El Dorado County District Attorney’s Office is pleased to announce the newest addition to our Investigative Division, K9 Perl. Perl is a 15-month-old yellow Labrador Retriever who has been trained in locating electronic storage devices (ESD) including hard drives, cell phones, air tags, and micro SD cards. After thirteen days straight of grueling training, she and her handler, Investigator John Robertson obtained certification in indoor, outdoor, vehicle, and water searches. In addition to supporting our law enforcement partners in El Dorado County, Perl will be deployed as a member of the Sacramento Valley Hi-Tech Crimes/Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force to assist in operations throughout Northern California. We would like to thank the National Computer Forensics Institute and Jordan Detection K9 for providing the funding, animals, and training for this amazing program.
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- On April 13, 2026, in a packed courtroom filled with those supporting the victims, Darin McFarlin was sentenced to two consecutive terms of life without the possibility of parole, as well as an additional life term, 50 years to life, and 15 years, for the August 21, 2025 brutal murders of his fiancé, Marissa Divodi-Lessa Herzog, and her 7-year-old son