The man accused of killing a woman in unincorporated Ventura County last weekend has been charged in that slaying and in a separate homicide two years ago, prosecutors said.

Christian Alexandre Hillairet, 25, faces two counts of murder, one for the death of Carolyn Nino De Rivera on May 31 and another for the 2023 death of Ventura resident William Thompson, the Ventura County District Attorney's Office said in a news release.

Rivera was found dead that night at a residence in the 12000 block of Sisar Road, which is located in an unincorporated area between Santa Paula and Ojai known as Upper Ojai.

Hillairet allegedly fled to Mexico shortly after Rivera's death, but he was found and returned to Ventura County in less than a week.

During the investigation into Rivera's killing, detective

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