CALIFORNIA IN BRIEF : SANTA ANA : Man Found Guilty of Killing Girl, 3

Michael Robert Pacewitz, a former mental patient who said he killed a 3-year-old girl because he thought she was Satan, was found guilty Wednesday of first-degree murder. Pacewitz, 21, also was found guilty of the attempted murder of his mother and assault with a deadly weapon on her boyfriend in a separate incident at their Anaheim apartment in March. That stabbing attack occurred only hours before the girl was stabbed 44 times at her Fullerton home. The jury deliberated less than a day. The jurors return today to determine whether Pacewitz was sane at the time of the killing. If he is found insane, he would be committed to a state hospital for an indeterminate period.