Tuesday, October 28, 2025

Hearing Today for Pasadena Man Convicted of Killing Aunt in Altadena, Leaving Bound Body in Bathtub

A hearing is scheduled for Tuesday, Oct. 28, at 8:30 a.m. in Los Angeles in the case of Nathan Charles Sheard, a Pasadena man convicted in the 1999 beating death of his aunt, Gertrude Mills, whose body was found bound in a bathtub in her Altadena home.

The proceeding will take place in Department 114 of the Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center, located at 210 W. Temple St., Los Angeles, on the 11th floor in Room 11-305.

Court records show Sheard was convicted in connection with Mills’ killing, which occurred more than two decades ago in Altadena. Mills was 72 years old at the time of her death.

The California Court of Appeal, Second District, Division Seven, filed an unpublished opinion in People v. Sheard (B308523) on Dec. 13, 2021, remanding the case for further proceedings involving Sheard and co-defendant David Emanuel Talmadge.

The appellate ruling followed earlier convictions and returned the matter to Los Angeles County Superior Court for continued review. The December 2021 filing marked the latest development in a case that has moved through multiple levels of judicial consideration since Mills’ death.