Anthony Vincent Tony DePiazza, 39, was found dead on November 23, 2015, in Riverside County. Dirt bikers discovered his body near El Nido and Christmas Tree Lane in Lake Matthews, and the Riverside County coroner determined he died from gunshot wounds. Investigators believe he was killed in late October 2015 in a home on Van Karajan Drive in Rancho Palos Verdes and that his body was later dumped in a field near Perris, southeast of Riverside.

A December 9, 2015 search of the Van Karajan Drive residence led to two arrests. Randell Dee Stewart, 55, who rented a room in the house, was arrested on suspicion of murder after barricading himself in a bedroom for several hours; authorities say Stewart shot DePiazza. Bruce Ciarrocchi, 48, the homeowner, was arrested on suspicion of being an accessory after the fact and is alleged to have helped clean the scene and move the body. Stewart was booked on murder charges and Ciarrocchi on accessory charges; arraignment was scheduled for December 23, 2015.

Neighbors had complained about suspicious and drug-related activity at the house before DePiazza’s death. Anyone with information about DePiazza, the Van Karajan Drive residence, or movements between Rancho Palos Verdes and Riverside in late October and November 2015 is asked to come forward.