Jury selection started Monday in the murder trial of a Twentynine Palms man accused of stabbing and killing an active-duty Marine. On February 5, 2018, William Olivo, 27, is accused of stabbing and killing Dominique Clement, 21, in Clement’s apartment in the 74400 block of Joe Davis Drive in Twentynine Palms. When deputies arrived at the scene, they found Olivo outside the apartment holding a knife. Dominique Clement died at the Naval Hospital on the base a few hours after he was stabbed. Olivo was arrested and has been held at the West Valley Detention Center with his bail set at $1 million. The case against William Olivo was dismissed in March 2019 and refiled the same day due to witness issues, since many of the witnesses are Marines who are no longer in the area or in the Marine Corps. The trial is being held in Rancho Cucamonga. After the jury is selected, the trial will be put on hold until after the Thanksgiving holiday. Olivo is facing charges of murder, assault with a deadly weapon, making criminal threats, and attempting to intimidate a witness. Clement was a Marine stationed at the Marine Corps Communication-Electronics School on board the Combat Center in Twentynine Palms at the time of his death, and Olivo was discharged from the Marine Corps in 2015.
