A ‘Trojan Horse’ in the Los Angeles D.A.’s Office

Desiree Andrade, whose son Julian was murdered in May 2018, with Phil Stirling, the lead prosecutor on the case. Both are critics of Los Angeles DA George Gascon. (Jacob Boll)
The revolt against George Gascon isn’t just coming from victims of crime. It’s coming from inside his own office.
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On May 31, 2018, Desiree Andrade was scrolling through Facebook when she saw a local news report about the body of an unidentified man found at the base of a canyon in the forest north of Los Angeles. Andrade’s son, Julian, who was 20, had disappeared two days earlier. So she called the police. “I was giving facial features,” she told me, “and the lady …
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