FL - Sarah Lunde, 13, murdered, Ruskin, 9 April 2005

[fran]

I think it could be a blessing to not get the DP. If he received that then he would be isolated from the general population. Let'em know that he is a child killer and he will get his in the end - one way or another, IMO.

As long as he suffers for the REST of his life, it's ok with me.:furious:

JMHO
fran

 

[PrayersForMaura]

TAMPA, Florida (AP) -- A convicted sex offender on trial in the slaying of a Tampa-area teen three years ago confessed to the killing in a jailhouse conversation with his mother, prosecutors said during opening arguments Wednesday.

Prosecutors said jurors will get to hear the taped conversation in which David Lee Onstott whispers "I killed her" to his mother. Onstott, 40, is charged with attempted sexual battery and first-degree murder in the 2005 death of Sarah Lunde, 13.
Onstott's attorney said the tape is nearly inaudible, and he disputes that his client made the statement.
Prosecutor Sean Keefe said Onstott came to the house looking for Sarah's mother, whom he had dated. She wasn't there, and he ended up strangling the teen, the prosecutor said. Her body, weighted down with concrete, was found a week later in an abandoned fish pond near her home in Ruskin, south of Tampa.
With no physical or forensic evidence linking Onstott to the teen's slaying, prosecutors are left with his statements and other circumstantial evidence. One piece of evidence -- a beer bottle that prosecutors said links Onstott to the killing -- has never been found.
Keefe said that once Onstott was in custody, he made statements to various people admitting his guilt. Onstott's attorney is expected to attack those statements as vague and unreliable.



More: http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/08/13/teen.slain.ap/index.html

 

[OriginalJerseyGirl]

I hope that they'll be able to get a first degree conviction on this guy without all of the information the jurors won't get to hear, including his taped confession! It sounds like there isn't much physical evidence to tie him to the case even though we all know he did it.

 

[fran]

Onstott Found Guilty Of 2nd-Degree Murder

TAMPA - A statement David Lee Onstott made to law enforcement during his interrogation was thrown out. Jurors never heard it.

The remaining evidence was scant: no DNA, no fingerprints.

Regardless, after 13 hours of deliberation over two days, 12 jurors found Onstott guilty of second-degree murder and battery in the 2005 death of Sarah Michelle Lunde.

<<<<<<<full article at link>>>>>>>>

http://www2.tbo.com/content/2008/aug/21/onstott-found-guilty-second-degree-murder/

 

[fran]

Onstott sentenced to life in prison

Tampa, Florida - A judge has sentenced convicted killer David Onstott to life in prison.

Yesterday afternoon, jurors found Onstott guilty of both 2nd degree murder and sexual battery.

Onstott, 40, was charged with killing 13-year-old Sarah Lunde in April 2005. Her body was found in an abandoned tropical fish pond near her home in Ruskin.

<<<<<<<<full article at link>>>>>>>>>

http://www.tampabays10.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=87854

 

[fran]

Onstott's confession to his mom on April 16, 2005.

Please be aware, offensive language.

fran

NOTE! Mods, if you think this should be removed because of the offensive language, I'll understand. As of yet, I haven't read it myself. Just glad Sarah's murderer will pay for his crime....fran


audio
http://www.tampabay.com/specials/2008/audio/onstott-confession/

pdf. file, 35 pages

http://www.tampabay.com/specials/2008/PDFs/onstott_confession.pdf