"young Judy Garland. Faded from its original glory, for its last few years it was purchased and ran Chinese-language films, and in 2001 went out of business. Subsequently, developers have remodeled the dilapidated building, turning it into a vibrant commercial center with many Chinese stores and eateries. In 2003, actress Lana Clarkson was shot to death in the Alhambra home of record producer Phil Spector. Spector lived in Alhambra's largest and most notable residence, the Pyrenees Castle, built in 1926. In 2009, Spector was convicted of second-degree murder in connection with Clarkson's death. Alhambra is bordered by South Pasadena on"
"again for second-degree murder on October 20, 2008. On April 13, 2009, the jury found Spector guilty of murdering Clarkson. Spector was sentenced on May 29, 2009 to 19 years to life in state prison. In February 2012 Donna Clarkson, mother of the actress, settled a civil lawsuit with Spector and his insurance company over the wrongful death of Lana Clarkson. Terms of the settlement were not released to the public. Lana Clarkson Lana Jean Clarkson (April 5, 1962 – February 3, 2003) was an American actress and fashion model. During the 1980s, she rose to prominence in several sword-and-sorcery"
"""I think I just shot her."" Spector later said Clarkson's death was an ""accidental suicide"" and that she ""kissed the gun"". Spector was tried for the murder of Clarkson in 2007. On September 26 of that year, a mistrial was declared due to a hung jury ten to two for conviction. He was tried again for second-degree murder on October 20, 2008. On April 13, 2009, the jury found Spector guilty of murdering Clarkson. Spector was sentenced on May 29, 2009 to nineteen years to life in state prison. On February 3, 2003, actress Lana Clarkson was found dead in"
"is accused of murdering actress Lana Clarkson in his home on February 3, 2003, by firing a handgun into her mouth. Spector's defense is that Clarkson committed suicide, and he recently has switched attorneys and retained Cutler's firm. Kenney Baden and Cutler argue the evidence for and against Spector. Kenney Baden believes that Spector is guilty and that a jury will convict him, citing the grand jury testimony of five women who claim Spector pulled a gun on them and demanded sex, outtakes from a television interview in which one of Spector's associates claims that Spector felt he needed to"
"the first murderer referred to by the media as a ""Craigslist Killer"", was found guilty of first degree murder and received a life sentence without parole on April 1, 2009. Alan Margoles, the lead attorney arguing in Anderson's defense, stated that the killing of Olson was ""accidental"" and that he plans an appeal because during the trial he had not been allowed to present evidence that Anderson has Asperger syndrome. The Supreme Court of Minnesota affirmed the verdict and sentence on appeal in October 2014. Murder of Katherine Ann Olson Michael John Anderson (born 1988), a resident of Savage, Minnesota,"
"instincts that led him to create some of his most enduring hit records, from ""You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'"" to ""River Deep, Mountain High"", as well as ""Let It Be"", along with criticisms he feels he has had to deal with throughout his life. On February 3, 2003 actress Lana Clarkson died in Spector's mansion (the Pyrenees Castle) in Alhambra, California. Her body was found slumped in a chair with a single gunshot wound to her mouth with broken teeth scattered over the carpet. Spector told ""Esquire"" in July 2003 that Clarkson's death was an ""accidental suicide"" and that she"
"Lana Clarkson) in ""Amazon Falls"". In June 2011, she also won the Leo Award, Best Performance by a Female in a Leading Role for a Feature Film, for ""Amazon Falls"". In 2016, she was a voice performer in the video game ""Dead Rising 4"" as a survivor. In 2017, she received another Leo Award nomination for Best Guest Performance by a Female in a Dramatic Series for her role as Donna Williams in the TV series ""Rogue"". April is married to Jamie Campbell and has one daughter from a previous relationship with Gaming Executive Joe LaCascia. April Telek April Amber"
"2009, after spending four years incarcerated, Myron Gardner pleaded guilty to ""accessory after the fact"" and the murder charges against him were dropped. Murder of Thomas and Jackie Hawks Thomas and Jackie Hawks were a couple from Prescott, Arizona, United States, who were murdered in 2004. In April 2009, Skylar Julius Deleon and Jennifer Henderson were convicted of charges relating to their murders. Deleon was sentenced to death while Henderson was sentenced to two terms of life in prison without parole. Two other people, John Fitzgerald Kennedy and Alonso Machain, were also separately convicted of the killings. Kennedy was sentenced"
"still eventually be executed. He is the only 1 of 3 inmates executed in Montana since the reinstatement of the death penalty to be executed involuntarily. Duncan McKenzie (murderer) Duncan Peder McKenzie, Jr., (October 5, 1951 – May 11, 1995) was convicted of the murder of a Conrad, Montana schoolteacher named Lana Harding on January 21, 1974. After his conviction in March 1975, he was on death row for 20 years, receiving eight stays of execution. His ninth stay of execution was denied by the United States courts of appeals. McKenzie was executed on May 11, 1995. He was the"
"she twice invoked her Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination, and later asserted that any discussions were protected by attorney-client privilege. As a result, an investigation was launched by the state bar. Following a three-year investigation, the state bar closed its case ""after deciding that there was insufficient evidence to conclude she violated ethical rules in Menendez brothers' retrial."" In 1997, Abramson published a book, ""The Defense Is Ready: Life in the Trenches of Criminal Law"". In 2004, she was hired by Phil Spector, who was charged with fatally shooting actress Lana Clarkson at his suburban Alhambra, California mansion, replacing his"
"Duncan McKenzie (murderer) Duncan Peder McKenzie, Jr., (October 5, 1951 – May 11, 1995) was convicted of the murder of a Conrad, Montana schoolteacher named Lana Harding on January 21, 1974. After his conviction in March 1975, he was on death row for 20 years, receiving eight stays of execution. His ninth stay of execution was denied by the United States courts of appeals. McKenzie was executed on May 11, 1995. He was the first person executed in Montana since 1943, and also the first ever U.S. death row inmate to spend 20 years or more on death row and"
"a tight-knit gated community in Newport Beach, and managing his personal financial affairs. The case went unsolved for 15 years before Naposki was charged in 2009. Johnston met McLaughlin after placing a magazine ad seeking the companionship of a wealthy man. On August 10, 2012 Naposki received a maximum sentence of life imprisonment without parole at his hearing before Superior Court Judge William R. Froeberg. He was sentenced for the murder of McLaughlin. For her role in the murder, Nanette Johnston Packard McNeal was convicted of first-degree murder in January 2012.<ref name=""http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/local/orange_county&id=8515898"">Nanette Johnston found guilty in Newport cold-case murder |"
"Murder of Thomas and Jackie Hawks Thomas and Jackie Hawks were a couple from Prescott, Arizona, United States, who were murdered in 2004. In April 2009, Skylar Julius Deleon and Jennifer Henderson were convicted of charges relating to their murders. Deleon was sentenced to death while Henderson was sentenced to two terms of life in prison without parole. Two other people, John Fitzgerald Kennedy and Alonso Machain, were also separately convicted of the killings. Kennedy was sentenced to death while Machain accepted a plea bargain after testifying for the prosecution in the trials of Deleon, Henderson, and Kennedy. He was"
"the first inmate in New Mexico to be executed in 41 years and the only one to be executed by lethal injection. On March 18, 2009, Governor Bill Richardson signed a death penalty abolition bill into law. He had been a supporter of capital punishment for years, but said that he lacked confidence in the current system to make the final decision on who lives and who dies. Terry D. Clark Terry Doug Clark (May 17, 1956 – November 6, 2001) was an American murderer convicted of the murder of nine-year-old Dena Lynn Gore. He was executed by the State"
"followers, was shot and killed with his 8-year-old daughter, Jennifer while running errands. Eddie Marston, one of LeBaron's stepsons and former thugs, was killed in the same manner, and Mark Chynoweth, a father of 6, was shot multiple times in his office in Houston, Texas. Of the 7 killers involved in the infamous ""4 O’Clock Murders,"" 5 were found guilty of murder. One, Cynthia LeBaron, testified against her siblings and was granted immunity. The final suspect, Jacqueline LeBaron, was captured by the FBI in May 2010. On June 16, 2011, Jacqueline LeBaron pleaded guilty to conspiracy to obstruct religious beliefs"
"CCRC also requested that the Crown Prosecution Service identify and review similar murder cases from the time before DNA testing was available. In September 2009, on the basis of DNA evidence from his exhumed body, police named David Lace as the likely killer. Lace, who was 17 at the time of the murder, had confessed to police in 1983 that he had raped and killed De Simone, but officers refused to believe him. Lace committed suicide in December 1988. On 27 October 2012, three years after his release, Sean Hodgson died from emphysema. On the evening of 4 December 1979,"
"The 8th Confession The 8th Confession is the eighth book in the Women's Murder Club series featuring Lindsay Boxer by James Patterson. This novel was released on April 27, 2009. From the bookjacket Lindsay and her Women's Murder Club are in this book busy with three cases at the same time! Stacey Glenn, a dropout girl from the high society has killed many people and she's undergoing a trial in which she has many cards to play; Yuki Castellano - the lawyer of the Murder Club - manages to convict her in the end, but only to find that Glenn,"
"26 states and overseas, most of which she stated, were neither viable nor corroborated. Scott Peterson Scott Lee Peterson (born October 24, 1972) is an American former fertilizer salesman who is currently on death row in San Quentin State Prison. In 2004, he was convicted of the first-degree murder of his pregnant wife, Laci Peterson, and the second-degree murder of their unborn son, Conner, in Modesto, California. In 2005, he was sentenced to death by lethal injection. His case is currently on appeal to the Supreme Court of California. Scott Lee Peterson was born October 24, 1972, at Sharp Coronado"
"limousine and drove to his mansion. Spector and Clarkson went inside while his driver waited outside in the car. About an hour later, the driver heard a gunshot before Spector exited his house through the back door with a gun. He was quoted as saying, according to affidavits, ""I think I just shot her."" Spector later said Clarkson's death was an ""accidental suicide"" and that she ""kissed the gun"". Spector was tried for the murder of Clarkson in 2007. On September 26, 2007, a mistrial was declared due to a hung jury ten to two for conviction. He was tried"
"in her home in 2004, with a large gash in her scalp. Initially, Savio's official cause of death was found to be accidental drowning. In 2009, after the attention from Stacy Ann's disappearance, Peterson was indicted for Savio's murder after a second autopsy showed evidence of a struggle. He was convicted of Savio's murder in 2012, and was sentenced to 38 years in prison on February 21, 2013. On February 9, 2015, Peterson was charged with two additional felonies – solicitation of murder and solicitation of murder for hire – for attempting to have Will County State's Attorney James Glasgow"
"was dead. Ryan's family held a memorial service in Bundaberg, Queensland on Ryan's 17th birthday in 2001. Leonard John Fraser, already serving a life sentence for the murder of 9-year-old Keyra Steinhardt in April 1999, confessed to five murders, including that of Natasha Ryan, in an apparent deal with police to avoid the general population in jail. After being charged with the murders of Natasha Ryan, Sylvia Benedetti, Beverly Leggo and the manslaughter of Julie Turner, Fraser stood trial in the Supreme Court of Queensland in Brisbane, Queensland. He has since died in prison. On 11 April 2003, during Fraser's"
"Los Angeles. In 1990, Nash was charged in California state court with having planned the murders, and Diles was charged with participating in the murders, but both men were acquitted in 1991. Diles died in 1997 from liver failure. As of January 2017, Susan Launius is both the sole survivor of the Wonderland murders and the only living member of the Wonderland Gang. Others allegedly involved in the Nash robbery or Wonderland attacks included: Any other assailants who might have participated in the bludgeoning attack on the Wonderland Gang have neither been identified nor prosecuted; their fate and whereabouts are"
"Murder of Larry McNabney Larry McNabney (December 19, 1948 - September 12, 2001) was a Sacramento, California attorney whose body was found buried in a vineyard on March 5, 2002. The case made national headlines when police learned that his wife, Elisa McNabney, was actually Laren Sims who had served time in a Florida prison for fraud and identity theft. After a nationwide manhunt, Elisa was captured in Florida and arraigned for first-degree murder. Before Elisa could stand trial however, she hanged herself in her jail cell. Elisa's friend Sarah Dutra was later convicted of voluntary manslaughter and sentenced to"
"Murder of Katherine Ann Olson Michael John Anderson (born 1988), a resident of Savage, Minnesota, was convicted of having murdered Katherine Ann Olson in October 2007. Because Anderson met Olson through Craigslist, a popular classified advertising website, the media dubbed him a Craigslist Killer, a generic term for murderers who find victims by placing or responding to ads in Craigslist. Anderson was the first killer given this title in news accounts. Michael John Anderson, age 19, murdered Katherine Anne Olson (1983-October 25, 2007), a 24-year-old theater and Hispanic studies graduate of St. Olaf College and temporary nanny, on October 25,"
"Terry D. Clark Terry Doug Clark (May 17, 1956 – November 6, 2001) was an American murderer convicted of the murder of nine-year-old Dena Lynn Gore. He was executed by the State of New Mexico by means of lethal injection. He was the first and only person to be executed in New Mexico between the reinstatement of the death penalty in 1976 and its subsequent abolition within New Mexico in 2009. The previous execution in New Mexico had been the gas chamber death of David Cooper Nelson on January 8, 1960. Terry Clark was convicted of kidnapping and raping a"
"Mark Dixie Mark Phillip Dixie (born 24 September 1970) is a British serial rapist and murderer who was convicted on 22 February 2008 of murdering 18-year-old singer and model Sally Anne Bowman on 25 September 2005 in South Croydon, London. He has 17 other criminal convictions. He was known by varying pseudonyms. Dixie was born in Streatham, South London. His parents separated when he was 18 months old. When he was eight, his mother remarried; she had two sons by her new husband. He admits to having been a heavy drinker and user of cannabis and cocaine for years. He"
"in front of Ted Binion's Palomino Lane home. Included in the police report about the late night incident is a statement by Ted Binion alleging that Chance LeSueur and Benny Behnen were the shooters. The case attracted national media attention. After two months of trial, Murphy and Tabish were found guilty, after nearly 68 hours of deliberation. Tabish was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison, while Murphy received 22 years to life. Later that year, David Roger, who prosecuted the case, was elected Clark County district attorney, and David Wall, who second-chaired the prosecution, was elected district judge."
"identified as Angela Deskins, a 38-year-old resident of Cleveland who was reported missing in June 2013. The other two were identified as Shetisha Sheeley and Shirellda Helen Terry. On July 22, 2013, Madison was charged with three charges of aggravated murder. On May 5, 2016, he was found guilty of all three murders. In June 2016, Madison was sentenced to death. On April 28, 2012, Detective Randy Hicks, Officer Jonathan O'Leary, and other members of the East Cleveland Police Department arrested Arnold Black on suspicion of drug activity. O'Leary punched Black as Hicks stood by. Black was then locked in"
"to simulate sex acts with his girlfriend. In the 1980s, Spector had twin children with then-girlfriend Janis Zavala: Nicole Audrey Spector and Phillip Spector, Jr. (born October 18, 1982). Phillip Jr. died of leukemia on December 25, 1991. On September 1, 2006, Spector, while on bail and awaiting trial, married his third wife Rachelle Short, who was 26 at the time. Spector filed for divorce in April 2016, claiming irreconcilable differences. In the first criminal trial for the Clarkson murder, defense expert Vincent DiMaio asserted that Spector may be suffering from Parkinson's disease, stating, ""Look at Mr. Spector. He has"
"the decision as to whether or not he should be allowed to do so up to the readers of the ""Herald Sun"". A poll conducted by that newspaper returned a convincing ""no"". After his release in October 2004, he once again faced court for firearms charges and then for the murder of security guard Erwin Kastenberger during an armed robbery in on 8 March 2005. He was found guilty of the murder of Kastenberger in the Supreme Court of Victoria on 12 June 2009, and he was subsequently jailed for life with a non-parole period of 30 years. In 2014"
"in that film's 2004 remake, as well as by Maureen Allisse in ""The Manson Family"" (2003), by Anjelica Scannura in ""Manson, My Name Is Evil"" (2009), by Devanny Pinn in ""House of Manson"" (2014), by Ambyr Childers in the 2015 TV series ""Aquarius"", and by Sarah Paulson in """". Susan Atkins Susan Denise Atkins (May 7, 1948 – September 24, 2009) was a convicted American murderer who was a member of Charles Manson's ""Family"". Manson's followers committed a series of nine murders at four locations in California, over a period of five weeks in the summer of 1969. Known within"
"Susan Atkins Susan Denise Atkins (May 7, 1948 – September 24, 2009) was a convicted American murderer who was a member of Charles Manson's ""Family"". Manson's followers committed a series of nine murders at four locations in California, over a period of five weeks in the summer of 1969. Known within the Manson family as Sadie Mae Glutz or Sexy Sadie, Atkins was convicted for her participation in eight of these killings, including the most notorious, the Tate murders. She was sentenced to death, which was subsequently commuted to life imprisonment. Atkins was incarcerated from October 1, 1969, until her"
"claimed that he and Bond had tied up Pamela and Roger Mortensen after the older Mortensen's throat had already been cut. After nearly five hours of deliberation, a jury found Martin Cameron Bond guilty of the 2009 slaying. A jury of five men and three women found the 25-year-old guilty of aggravated murder, three counts of aggravated kidnapping, and one count each of aggravated burglary and aggravated robbery. Kay Mortensen Kay Mortensen (July 6, 1939 - November 16, 2009) was a retired professor of mechanical engineering at Brigham Young University who was murdered. He was born to Sherman and Roxie"