Theo Lengyelformer member of Mr. Bungle has finally been found guilty of murder for killing his girlfriend Alice “Alyx” Kamakaokalani Herrmann last December.
Theobald “Theo” Lengyelformer saxophonist, keyboardist and clarinetist for the American rock band Mr. Bunglehas been convicted of the first-degree murder of his girlfriend Alice “Alyx” Kamakaokalani Herrmann on the night of December 4 of last year.
Last December, Hermann’s family reported him missing. A few days later, his body was found in a forest in Tilden Regional Park in Berkeley, and his car was last seen at his home. Lengyel. In September, audio was discovered on Hermann’s cell phone from the night of the murder in which death threats were heard from the musician to his partner. Hermann herself is also heard pleading for her life. Lengyel was arrested in El Cerrito, California shortly afterward.
Now he has finally been found guilty during the trial for the murder of his partner and faces a prison sentence that could keep him behind bars for the rest of his life. The musician is fifty-five years old while his partner was sixty-one at the time of his murder.
Lengyel participated in the self-titled debut album in 1991 and in “Flying Disc” (95) before leaving the band in 1996. In 2020, when the band held concerts to reunite with the former members of the group, he did not participate. Lengyel was part of the group’s first consolidated lineup along with Mike Patton, Trevor Dunn and Trey Spruance, later starting a solo career.
