Man charged in murders of mother, daughter in Worcester signs extradition waiver in California court Boston 25 News [Video]

SAN DIEGO, Calif. — The man charged in connection with the murders of a mother and her daughter in Worcester last week faced a judge Friday in a courtroom in California, where he signed a waiver of extradition following his capture on Monday night, officials said.

Dejan Dante Belnavis, 27, was arraigned in San Diego Superior Court on charges in connection with his arrest by U.S. Marshals after a dayslong manhunt that also involved Massachusetts State Police and the Worcester Police Department, according to authorities.

Belnavis will be returned to Massachusetts soon to face murder charges in Worcester in the deaths of Chasity Nunez and her 11-year-old daughter, Zella, a spokesperson for the Worcester District Attorney’s Office said.

Local law enforcement officials traveled to California after Belnavis’ capture and will escort him back east.

A second suspect in the murders, 28-year-old Karel Mangual, was arraigned last weekon charges of armed assault to murder and carrying a …