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A judge began hearing evidence Monday to decide whether a prison inmate should stand trial on charges of murdering 10 women in a South Los Angeles area known for drugs, violence and prostitution.
The defendant, Chester D. Turner, 38, is serving an eight-year prison sentence after pleading no contest to an unrelated rape in 2002.
Prosecutors say DNA evidence links him to 10 killings between 1987 and 1998, most of them in a 30-block area. The case was brought against him after an investigation by a cold case homicide unit.
Turner slouched in his seat except when he was asked to stand so that a witness in his preliminary hearing could estimate his height. At one point he laughed when the prosecutor and judge joked about a testifying detective's New York accent. Turner also looked over a newspaper article about his case.
http://www.modbee.com/state_wire/story/11420948p-12164947c.html
The defendant, Chester D. Turner, 38, is serving an eight-year prison sentence after pleading no contest to an unrelated rape in 2002.
Prosecutors say DNA evidence links him to 10 killings between 1987 and 1998, most of them in a 30-block area. The case was brought against him after an investigation by a cold case homicide unit.
Turner slouched in his seat except when he was asked to stand so that a witness in his preliminary hearing could estimate his height. At one point he laughed when the prosecutor and judge joked about a testifying detective's New York accent. Turner also looked over a newspaper article about his case.
http://www.modbee.com/state_wire/story/11420948p-12164947c.html