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Financial Advisor Charged with Murdering Alexander Merman

Investigators say Merman was killed shortly after he learned that Becerril had stolen his money. Police say they now have evidence linking Becerril to Merman’s murder.

But that’s not where the Merman investigation ends. And just where it will end remains unknown.

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Just in: Kelly Soo Park pleads not guilty in Juliana Redding murder

UPDATE / 9:56pm PST, July 6, 2010: KABC-TV *VIDEO* of today’s court hearing UPDATE / 9:27pm PST, July 6, 2010: The Los Angeles Times website has just posted a new story about the Juliana Redding murder case.  The headline: “Judge freezes bank accounts of 3 people tied to suspect in model’s killing.” *As I read [...]

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LA Times: “Prosecutors reveal payments to suspect in model’s killing”

The story hit the Los Angeles Times website around midnight. An eye-opening report wherein we learned that prosecutors in the Juliana Redding murder case believe that the prime suspect received “hundreds of thousands of dollars from a troubled physician who was in a foundering business deal with the victim’s father.”

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KTLA: Gang Member Faces Death in Jamiel Shaw case

BREAKING NEWS KTLA-TV in Los Angeles has just published a report stating that prosecutors will seek the death penalty for accused killer Pedro Espinoza. Espinoza is charged with killing high school football star Jamiel Shaw II last year. It’s not only an emotionally charged case, but a political one, too. Espinoza, an illegal immigrant, had [...]

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Shaw murder named one of year’s top high school sports stories (VIDEO)

Rise Magazine has included the murder of 17-year-old high school football star Jamiel Shaw II in its list of top high school sports stories of 2007-2008.  The list was also published today on the magazine’s Web site, RiseMag.com. In beginning its overview of the Shaw case, Rise Magazine writes: It seems obvious to label the [...]

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Judge throws out lawsuit against LAPD’s Special Order 40

Long before an illegal immigrant was charged with murdering a star high school athlete named Jamiel Shaw II earlier this year, Los Angeles resident Harold Sturgeon had filed a lawsuit aimed at repealing LAPD’s Special Order 40. Today, a Los Angeles County Superior Court judge threw out the lawsuit.

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Dramatic testimony emerges in Jamiel Shaw II murder case

More than three months after 17-year-old Jamiel Shaw II was gunned down in his Los Angeles neighbhorhood, dramatic testimony from the victim’s girlfriend and an eyewitness came during a preliminary hearing Wednesday.

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Jamiel Shaw II’s parents speak-out in new documentary

The Los Angeles murder story that continues to fuel heated political debate concerning illegal immigration is now the focus of a new documentary produced by the alternative news source Full Disclosure Network. The documentary provides an in-depth interview with the parents of the late Jamiel Shaw II.

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Murder suspect Pedro Espinoza

Arrest in Jamiel Shaw murder case

New Developments: Los Angeles Times, LAPD chief vows to clarify policy on immigrants, April 17 Los Angeles Police Chief William J. Bratton said Wednesday that the department’s controversial policy on dealing with illegal immigrants was widely misunderstood by the public and some of his own officers, and he would clarify the rule in the next [...]

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Student gunned down while Mom serves country in Iraq

Recent updates: Los Angeles Times, LAPD chief vows to clarify policy on immigrants, April 17 Los Angeles Police Chief William J. Bratton said Wednesday that the department’s controversial policy on dealing with illegal immigrants was widely misunderstood by the public and some of his own officers, and he would clarify the rule in the next [...]

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