Adrian Denava Jr is charged with second degree murder and pleaded not guilty. His bail is set at $1,000,000. He is being held at Southwest Detention Center. The next court date is scheduled for June 1 in Murrieta.
Riverside County Sheriff’s Department deputies responded to a call Wednesday, Feb. 10 at the 53000 block of Country Club Drive in Idyllwild to find 50-year-old Adrian David Denava, of Idyllwild, deceased. The incident occurred about 10 p.m.
The department said Denava senior “appeared to have been shot.” Denava’s 24-year-old son Adrian Denava Jr was located and arrested after fleeing the area.
Denava senior had been released from Southwest Detention Center Jan. 5 after being arrested Dec. 13, 2020 and sentenced on two felony charges. He was also a registered sex offender.