GUILTY PA - Satyavathi, 61, & Saanvi Venna, 10 mos, slain, King of Prussia, 22 Oct 2012

Prosecutors have decided to seek the death penalty against Upper Merion’s Raghunandan Yandamuri over an alleged kidnapping that left two dead in October.

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stunned again said:

ell, seeking the death penality, should stop all this craziness. H#ll they will lilve longer than me and have heqlth insurance and lets not forget cable!! Poor , poor baby....when does this stop!lease::banghead:

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pukasonqo2 said:

i found this today, it might have already been posted:

"Following the showing of a chilling police videotape in which he described how 10-month-old Saanvi and her grandmother Satyavathi Venna died, Raghunandan Yandamuri pleaded not guilty to first and second degree murder at his preliminary hearing Nov. 28 in Montgomery County, Penn., District Court."

more at link:
http://www.indiawest.com/news/7940--i-didn-t-mean-to-harm-anyone-baby-killer-s-confession.html

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A suburban Philadelphia man accused of having killed a baby and her grandmother in a botched kidnapping plot has indicated that he will argue that two other people committed the crimes.

Twenty-seven-year-old Raghunandan Yandamuri of Upper Merion could face the death penalty if convicted...

Jury selection begins Tuesday in Montgomery County Court.

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The 27-year-old Yandamuri is representing himself in the capital murder case...

Montgomery County police describe him as a family friend of the infant's software-engineer parents. Authorities say he had lost $15,000 at a nearby casino.

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Prosecutors and the defense Wednesday morning wrapped up jury selection, selecting the final alternate for a jury that will include 12 jurors and four alternates. The process took seven days and involved interviewing more than 150 prospective jurors.

Many of the candidates were dismissed for cause after claiming it would be a hardship for them to serve in a trial that could last four weeks. Another large group of potential jurors were dismissed after explaining that they would be hard-pressed, no matter what the law says, to sit as fair and impartial jurors in the trial of a man accused of the killing of a small child.

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Opening statements are scheduled for Thursday in the trial of a suburban Philadelphia man accused of killing a baby and her grandmother in a botched kidnapping plot...

Judge O'Neill ruled Wednesday that prosecutors may introduce evidence of gambling and debt in the defendant's past.

The judge also said he would allow jurors to view one photo of the crime scene during early testimony, but only in black and white, and would rule on the admissibility of other photos later. The defense had asked a judge to bar prosecutors from using some images of the bodies, arguing that they would prejudice jurors and prevent Yandamuri from receiving a fair trial.

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Deputy District Attorney Samantha Cauffman cautioned jurors in the opening arguments of the capital murder trial for Raghunandan Yandamuri not to be fooled by the defendant's soft-spoken nature. "You will see through that exterior to the true evil festering in his core," she said...

In his opening statement he said the police had made him the scapegoat for the killings and urged the six men and six women on the jury to keep an open mind. "I was there at the wrong place, wrong time," he said.

He also warned them that they would see graphic photographs that could upset them, particularly the female jurors. "Women are more emotional than men," he declared.

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