Avila extradited to face charges in 2022 double homicide
KINGMAN – The arraignment of defendants in criminal court proceedings is most commonly mundane, ministerial and uneventful. It was no different when Daniel Avila finally made his first local court appearance on May 16, nearly two years after he allegedly killed a Kingman area couple. Avila, 26, El Mirage, faces prosecution for the June 27, 2022 shooting deaths of Retta Atkins, 73, also known as the “Gold Lady”, and Darren VanHouten, 50, at their home on the backside of the Hualapai Mountains from Kingman. Eerie surveillance system video from their residence in the 2900 block of Dilligaf Road reveals a subject…