BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) -- A day after finding him guilty of kidnapping and attempting to sexually assault a woman in 2022, jurors on Thursday found all aggravating factors in the case against Sergio Venegas to be true.

Among the aggravating factors -- circumstances that lead to a lengthier sentence -- found true were that the crime involved great violence or cruelty, a weapon was used and the victim was particularly vulnerable.

After taking their verdicts, Judge David Zulfa excused the jury and set a sentencing hearing for Oct. 10.

Venegas, 62, faces life in prison without parole.

Venegas attacked a woman who was walking alone on Ming Avenue on the night of May 2, 2022. He dragged her behind bushes and an electrical box then attempted to sexually assault her at knifepoint, prosecut

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