According to public records, a former member of the San Francisco experimental rock band Mr. Bungle, found guilty of first-degree murder Friday in a Santa Cruz County courtroom.
54-year-old El Cerrito resident Theobald “Theo” Lengyel was accused of killing his girlfriend, 61-year-old Capitola resident Alice “Alyx” Hermann, in her Capitola home.
Lengyel was arrested in January after investigators found Hermann’s body in a Berkeley park. She was reported missing in December.
Lengyel’s six-week trial took a shocking turn when prosecutors played an audio recording, allegedly from Hermann’s phone, of her begging for her life as Lengyel strangled her to death.
Lengyel is best known as a former member of the experimental rock band Mr. Bay Area-based Bungle, which was formed in 1985 by singer Mike Patton, guitarist Trey Spruance and bassist Trevor Dunn in Ukiah. Lengyel played more than saxophone, clarinet and keyboards in the band. ten years before leaving the group due to creative differences in 1996.
He faces life in prison and will be sentenced next month.
