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Lily Burk's Alleged Killer Charged with New Felony Counts at Preliminary Hearing
Fri., Jan. 22 2010 @ 5:10PM
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A parolee who is accused of kidnapping and killing a 17-year-old Los Feliz teen was charged today with two new felony counts at a preliminary hearing in downtown Los Angeles.
Los Angeles County prosecutors charged 50-year-old Charlie Samuel with one felony count each of carjacking and kidnapping for carjacking, as well as a new special circumstance allegation that he killed Lily Belle Burk, the daughter of attorney Deboraz Drooz and former LA Weekly music editor Greg Burk, during the commission of a carjacking.
It is still unclear whether prosecutors will seek the death penalty.
A superior court judge is expected to rule on Monday whether there is enough evidence for Samuel to stand trial for the brutal slaying.
Article:
http://blogs.laweekly.com/ladaily/crime/lily-burks-alleged-killer-char/
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Preliminary hearing opens in teen's death
Charles Samuel, 50, is accused of abducting and killing Lily Burk, 17, in downtown L.A.
January 22, 2010 | 9:37 p.m.
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In broad daylight, a large, bald man in a patterned shirt walks into an ATM kiosk in downtown Los Angeles with one arm tightly wrapped around a petite, teenage girl, barefoot and in a sundress. When they emerge about two minutes later, the man appears to be grabbing her right arm and left wrist.
Prosecutors presented the surveillance footage Friday as a key piece of their murder case against Charles Samuel, the 50-year-old man they allege kidnapped 17-year-old Lily Burk in July and killed her after repeatedly trying to get her to withdraw money from the ATM.
The testimony at Friday's hearing revealed a series of moments that could have changed the course of the day's events.
*Minutes before Samuel allegedly kidnapped Burk, an assistant at Southwestern Law School offered to help Burk carry a box of exams out to her car, the assistant testified. The girl said she could manage, he testified, and walked out on her own. Burk's mother, an attorney, taught at the school
*A security director at the law school testified that he had noticed Samuel peering over a gate, then slipping onto the school's grounds. But when he saw the man leave the school's premises after getting a light, possibly for a cigarette, he stopped watching the man, thinking he was no longer of concern.
*The surveillance images from the downtown bank showed other ATM users and pedestrians walking past Samuel and Burk, but paying little attention to the pair.
One of his lawyers, Albert DeBlanc Jr., questioned the identification of Samuel from the grainy surveillance images and pressed the lead investigator on whether anyone could have tampered with the car between the late afternoon when Burk died and the next morning, when her body was found.
Murder suspect Charles Samuel is flanked by defense attorneys Ben Pesta II, left, and Albert DeBlanc Jr. at Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center in Los Angeles. January 22, 2010
Article:
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-lily-burk23-2010jan23,0,4260975.story
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UPDATED: Lily Burk autopsy shows evidence of a violent struggle, coroner's official says
January 25, 2010 | 1:13 pm
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A 17-year-old girl killed last July, allegedly by a transient parolee, had bite marks to her face and ear and had injuries all over her body showing she violently struggled with her attacker, a coroner’s official testified this morning.
[Updated at 3 p.m.:
Samuel was ordered to stand trial this afternoon for the murder of Burk and other felony counts, including kidnapping, robbery and carjacking.
Judge David S. Wesley found there was “sufficient cause” to believe Samuel is guilty of the crimes, and ordered him to return to court in February for arraignment. The judge denied a motion by Samuel’s attorney to dismiss the case.]
Gutstadt said most of the injuries occurred while Burk was still alive. She was killed by an incision to the right side of her neck, possibly caused by a broken bottle, which would have caused her to lose consciousness within minutes, the examiner testified.
The examiner also testified that Burk had sustained abrasions and contusions to her scalp, possibly indicating that her head had been hit against the car’s dashboard or struck from above with an object.
Burk’s mother, Deborah Drooz, clutched onto a handkerchief and quietly sobbed, her body shaking, as the coroner’s official testified. The girl’s father left the courtroom before the testimony began.
Article:
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lan...f-violent-struggle-coroner-official-says.html
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Coroner: Los Feliz Teen Lily Burk Died from Fatal Wound to Neck
Mon., Jan. 25 2010 @ 2:45PM
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Dr. Jeffrey P. Gutstadt testified at a preliminary hearing that the Oakwood School student had injuries from head to toe, including a fatal wound to her neck. The weapon used was consistent with a broken glass bottle, he said.
"Fragments of a green broken glass bottle were observed in [Burk's] hair," according to the autopsy report.
There also appeared to be "bite marks" on her left face and neck, bruising marks to her "right leg, right knee and right forearm with her left ankle appearing to be dislocated."
"The windshield on the passenger side was shattered as if [Burk] was attempting to kick out the window in an apparent struggle," according to the autopsy report.
Article:
http://blogs.laweekly.com/ladaily/crime/coroner-los-feliz-teen-died-fr/
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Suspect ordered to stand trial in Lily Burk's slaying
Charles Samuel, 50, is accused of kidnapping and killing the teen in July 2009. A coroner's official testifies that Burk had wounds all over her body, indicating she struggled with her attacker.
January 26, 2010
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After hearing the evidence presented by the prosecution over two days, L.A. County Superior Court Judge David S. Wesley ordered Samuel to stand trial for Burk's slaying and other felony counts, including carjacking, robbery and kidnapping. Prosecutors have not said whether they intend to seek the death penalty against Samuel.
Burk, who was 5 feet 2 and weighed 100 pounds, had blunt-force trauma injuries and hemorrhaging on her scalp, wounds consistent with bite marks on the left side of her face and her left earlobe, as well as bruises and other injuries to her back, knees, legs, forearms and the bottom of her feet, Gutstadt testified. He also said that Burk had bruising on both wrists, possibly indicating that someone was holding them in a tight grip. The injuries on her scalp could suggest that her head had been hit against the car's dashboard or struck from above with an object, he said.
According to sheriff's records, Samuel is 5 feet 9 and weighs 185 pounds.
A forensic print specialist for the Los Angeles Police Department testified later in the morning that broken shards of green-colored glass were found in the black Volvo where Burk's body was found. No fingerprints were found on the glass, she testified during cross-examination by Samuel's attorney, Albert DeBlanc Jr.
But a print found on a soda can in the Volvo matched Samuel's, a different forensic expert testified. Additionally, an L.A. County sheriff's criminalist said on the stand that a bloodstain on the shirt Samuel was wearing at the time of his arrest contained DNA that matched Burk's. The criminalist testified that the shirt also had smaller quantities of DNA, possibly what is known in forensics as "wearer's DNA," that could belong to Samuel.
Article:
http://articles.latimes.com/2010/jan/26/local/la-me-burk26-2010jan26
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AUDIO: Alleged kidnapper and murderer of Lily Burk to stand trial
A Los Angeles Superior Court Judge has ordered Charlie Samuel to stand trial. Samuel is charged in the abduction and murder of 17-year-old Lily Burk last summer. More on the story from KPCC's Brian Watt. His arraignment is scheduled February 9th.
http://media.scpr.org/audio/features/20100125_features3053.mp3
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Accused teen killer ordered to stand trial
Monday, January 25, 2010
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A parolee accused of kidnapping and killing a 17-year-old Los Feliz girl has been ordered to stand trial, and DNA evidence was a key factor in the judge's ruling.
The autopsy on the body of Lily Burk shows evidence of a violent struggle, according to officials from the coroner's office who testified Monday at a preliminary hearing of the teen's accused killer. The judge in the case listened to graphic details of Burk's murder, and he ordered 50-year-old Charles Samuel to stand trial.
Monday, a judge ordered a trial for Samuel after ruling there is enough evidence to support one count each of murder, kidnapping to commit robbery, carjacking, kidnapping for carjacking, second-degree robbery, attempted first-degree ATM robbery, along with the special circumstance allegations of murder during a kidnapping, robbery and carjacking.
Prosecutors are expected to decide later whether to seek the death penalty for Samuel, who they alleged has previous conviction of robbery and petty theft with a prior. The judge has ordered Samuel to return to court next month for arraignment.
*More At Link!
Video: Accused teen killer ordered to stand trial 2:02
http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/video?id=7239029
Article:
http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/local/los_angeles&id=7239033
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Autopsy Shows Lily Burk Fought for Her Life
7:27 AM PST, January 26, 2010
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A judge on Monday ordered a trial for Charlie Samuel after ruling there is enough evidence to support charges of murder, kidnapping and robbery.
He will be arraigned Feb. 9.
Earlier, the coroner testified that the autopsy conducted on Burk showed the teenage engaged in a violent struggle with her attacker.
"The cause of death was (an) incised wound to the neck," Dr. Jeffrey P. Gutstadt.
The fatal wound was consistent with having been inflicted by a sharp object such as a broken glass bottle, Gutstadt said.
Fingerprints found in her car led police to 50-year old Charlie Samuel.
Charlie Samuel, 50, in court 1/28/09
Video: Lily Burk Remembered by Family, Friends
http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-video-burk-funeral,0,3032202.tivideo
Video: Error Kept Charlie Samuel on Streets
http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-video-lily-burk-death,0,1641051.tivideo
Photos: Remembering Lily Burk
http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/la-me-lily-burk-pictures,0,5023600.photogallery
Video: Parolee Arrested in Death of Lily Burk Should Have Been Supervised
http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-video-girl-dead-car,0,534874.tivideo
Video: Suspect In Burk Abduction Shook Supervision
http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-burk-video,0,7122803.tivideo
Video: Self Defense Classes Popular After Abduction
http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-video-self-defense-classes,0,3004797.tivideo
Article:
http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-lily-burk,0,1344096.story
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Judge Orders Parolee to Stand Trial in the Murder of 17-Year- Old Lily Burke
Wednesday, 27 January 2010
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The ruling came after about 1 1/2 days of testimony, including a DNA analyst's account that a blood sample from the teen matched the genetic profile of blood taken from a short sleeved shirt allegedly discarded by the 50-year- old defendant.
Cristina Gonzalez, a senior criminalist with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, told the judge that the likelihood of that DNA profile was 1 out of 165 quadrillion, noting there are only 6.5 billion people on Earth.
The shirt also contained lower DNA levels from a second contributor — with Samuel included as a possible contributor in what could be "wearer's DNA" on an item habitually worn by a person, the criminalist testified.
Allan Villacorte, a latent prints examiner for the Los Angeles Police Department, testified that he compared fingerprints taken from the defendant and a latent print recovered from a Coca-Cola can found on a floorboard in Burk's black Volvo, and determined that "they were both from the same individual."
Samuel, who is jailed without bail, is due back at the downtown LosAngeles courthouse on Feb. 9 for arraignment.
Article:
http://www.sanfernandosun.com/sanfernsun/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4824&Itemid=2
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Fri., Jan. 22 2010 @ 5:10PM
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A parolee who is accused of kidnapping and killing a 17-year-old Los Feliz teen was charged today with two new felony counts at a preliminary hearing in downtown Los Angeles.
Los Angeles County prosecutors charged 50-year-old Charlie Samuel with one felony count each of carjacking and kidnapping for carjacking, as well as a new special circumstance allegation that he killed Lily Belle Burk, the daughter of attorney Deboraz Drooz and former LA Weekly music editor Greg Burk, during the commission of a carjacking.
It is still unclear whether prosecutors will seek the death penalty.
A superior court judge is expected to rule on Monday whether there is enough evidence for Samuel to stand trial for the brutal slaying.
Article:
http://blogs.laweekly.com/ladaily/crime/lily-burks-alleged-killer-char/
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Preliminary hearing opens in teen's death
Charles Samuel, 50, is accused of abducting and killing Lily Burk, 17, in downtown L.A.
January 22, 2010 | 9:37 p.m.
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In broad daylight, a large, bald man in a patterned shirt walks into an ATM kiosk in downtown Los Angeles with one arm tightly wrapped around a petite, teenage girl, barefoot and in a sundress. When they emerge about two minutes later, the man appears to be grabbing her right arm and left wrist.
Prosecutors presented the surveillance footage Friday as a key piece of their murder case against Charles Samuel, the 50-year-old man they allege kidnapped 17-year-old Lily Burk in July and killed her after repeatedly trying to get her to withdraw money from the ATM.
The testimony at Friday's hearing revealed a series of moments that could have changed the course of the day's events.
*Minutes before Samuel allegedly kidnapped Burk, an assistant at Southwestern Law School offered to help Burk carry a box of exams out to her car, the assistant testified. The girl said she could manage, he testified, and walked out on her own. Burk's mother, an attorney, taught at the school
*A security director at the law school testified that he had noticed Samuel peering over a gate, then slipping onto the school's grounds. But when he saw the man leave the school's premises after getting a light, possibly for a cigarette, he stopped watching the man, thinking he was no longer of concern.
*The surveillance images from the downtown bank showed other ATM users and pedestrians walking past Samuel and Burk, but paying little attention to the pair.
One of his lawyers, Albert DeBlanc Jr., questioned the identification of Samuel from the grainy surveillance images and pressed the lead investigator on whether anyone could have tampered with the car between the late afternoon when Burk died and the next morning, when her body was found.
Murder suspect Charles Samuel is flanked by defense attorneys Ben Pesta II, left, and Albert DeBlanc Jr. at Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center in Los Angeles. January 22, 2010
Article:
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-lily-burk23-2010jan23,0,4260975.story
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UPDATED: Lily Burk autopsy shows evidence of a violent struggle, coroner's official says
January 25, 2010 | 1:13 pm
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A 17-year-old girl killed last July, allegedly by a transient parolee, had bite marks to her face and ear and had injuries all over her body showing she violently struggled with her attacker, a coroner’s official testified this morning.
[Updated at 3 p.m.:
Samuel was ordered to stand trial this afternoon for the murder of Burk and other felony counts, including kidnapping, robbery and carjacking.
Judge David S. Wesley found there was “sufficient cause” to believe Samuel is guilty of the crimes, and ordered him to return to court in February for arraignment. The judge denied a motion by Samuel’s attorney to dismiss the case.]
Gutstadt said most of the injuries occurred while Burk was still alive. She was killed by an incision to the right side of her neck, possibly caused by a broken bottle, which would have caused her to lose consciousness within minutes, the examiner testified.
The examiner also testified that Burk had sustained abrasions and contusions to her scalp, possibly indicating that her head had been hit against the car’s dashboard or struck from above with an object.
Burk’s mother, Deborah Drooz, clutched onto a handkerchief and quietly sobbed, her body shaking, as the coroner’s official testified. The girl’s father left the courtroom before the testimony began.
Article:
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lan...f-violent-struggle-coroner-official-says.html
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Coroner: Los Feliz Teen Lily Burk Died from Fatal Wound to Neck
Mon., Jan. 25 2010 @ 2:45PM
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Dr. Jeffrey P. Gutstadt testified at a preliminary hearing that the Oakwood School student had injuries from head to toe, including a fatal wound to her neck. The weapon used was consistent with a broken glass bottle, he said.
"Fragments of a green broken glass bottle were observed in [Burk's] hair," according to the autopsy report.
There also appeared to be "bite marks" on her left face and neck, bruising marks to her "right leg, right knee and right forearm with her left ankle appearing to be dislocated."
"The windshield on the passenger side was shattered as if [Burk] was attempting to kick out the window in an apparent struggle," according to the autopsy report.
Article:
http://blogs.laweekly.com/ladaily/crime/coroner-los-feliz-teen-died-fr/
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Suspect ordered to stand trial in Lily Burk's slaying
Charles Samuel, 50, is accused of kidnapping and killing the teen in July 2009. A coroner's official testifies that Burk had wounds all over her body, indicating she struggled with her attacker.
January 26, 2010
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After hearing the evidence presented by the prosecution over two days, L.A. County Superior Court Judge David S. Wesley ordered Samuel to stand trial for Burk's slaying and other felony counts, including carjacking, robbery and kidnapping. Prosecutors have not said whether they intend to seek the death penalty against Samuel.
Burk, who was 5 feet 2 and weighed 100 pounds, had blunt-force trauma injuries and hemorrhaging on her scalp, wounds consistent with bite marks on the left side of her face and her left earlobe, as well as bruises and other injuries to her back, knees, legs, forearms and the bottom of her feet, Gutstadt testified. He also said that Burk had bruising on both wrists, possibly indicating that someone was holding them in a tight grip. The injuries on her scalp could suggest that her head had been hit against the car's dashboard or struck from above with an object, he said.
According to sheriff's records, Samuel is 5 feet 9 and weighs 185 pounds.
A forensic print specialist for the Los Angeles Police Department testified later in the morning that broken shards of green-colored glass were found in the black Volvo where Burk's body was found. No fingerprints were found on the glass, she testified during cross-examination by Samuel's attorney, Albert DeBlanc Jr.
But a print found on a soda can in the Volvo matched Samuel's, a different forensic expert testified. Additionally, an L.A. County sheriff's criminalist said on the stand that a bloodstain on the shirt Samuel was wearing at the time of his arrest contained DNA that matched Burk's. The criminalist testified that the shirt also had smaller quantities of DNA, possibly what is known in forensics as "wearer's DNA," that could belong to Samuel.
Article:
http://articles.latimes.com/2010/jan/26/local/la-me-burk26-2010jan26
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AUDIO: Alleged kidnapper and murderer of Lily Burk to stand trial
A Los Angeles Superior Court Judge has ordered Charlie Samuel to stand trial. Samuel is charged in the abduction and murder of 17-year-old Lily Burk last summer. More on the story from KPCC's Brian Watt. His arraignment is scheduled February 9th.
http://media.scpr.org/audio/features/20100125_features3053.mp3
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Accused teen killer ordered to stand trial
Monday, January 25, 2010
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A parolee accused of kidnapping and killing a 17-year-old Los Feliz girl has been ordered to stand trial, and DNA evidence was a key factor in the judge's ruling.
The autopsy on the body of Lily Burk shows evidence of a violent struggle, according to officials from the coroner's office who testified Monday at a preliminary hearing of the teen's accused killer. The judge in the case listened to graphic details of Burk's murder, and he ordered 50-year-old Charles Samuel to stand trial.
Monday, a judge ordered a trial for Samuel after ruling there is enough evidence to support one count each of murder, kidnapping to commit robbery, carjacking, kidnapping for carjacking, second-degree robbery, attempted first-degree ATM robbery, along with the special circumstance allegations of murder during a kidnapping, robbery and carjacking.
Prosecutors are expected to decide later whether to seek the death penalty for Samuel, who they alleged has previous conviction of robbery and petty theft with a prior. The judge has ordered Samuel to return to court next month for arraignment.
*More At Link!
Video: Accused teen killer ordered to stand trial 2:02
http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/video?id=7239029
Article:
http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/local/los_angeles&id=7239033
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Autopsy Shows Lily Burk Fought for Her Life
7:27 AM PST, January 26, 2010
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A judge on Monday ordered a trial for Charlie Samuel after ruling there is enough evidence to support charges of murder, kidnapping and robbery.
He will be arraigned Feb. 9.
Earlier, the coroner testified that the autopsy conducted on Burk showed the teenage engaged in a violent struggle with her attacker.
"The cause of death was (an) incised wound to the neck," Dr. Jeffrey P. Gutstadt.
The fatal wound was consistent with having been inflicted by a sharp object such as a broken glass bottle, Gutstadt said.
Fingerprints found in her car led police to 50-year old Charlie Samuel.
Charlie Samuel, 50, in court 1/28/09
Video: Lily Burk Remembered by Family, Friends
http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-video-burk-funeral,0,3032202.tivideo
Video: Error Kept Charlie Samuel on Streets
http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-video-lily-burk-death,0,1641051.tivideo
Photos: Remembering Lily Burk
http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/la-me-lily-burk-pictures,0,5023600.photogallery
Video: Parolee Arrested in Death of Lily Burk Should Have Been Supervised
http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-video-girl-dead-car,0,534874.tivideo
Video: Suspect In Burk Abduction Shook Supervision
http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-burk-video,0,7122803.tivideo
Video: Self Defense Classes Popular After Abduction
http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-video-self-defense-classes,0,3004797.tivideo
Article:
http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-lily-burk,0,1344096.story
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Judge Orders Parolee to Stand Trial in the Murder of 17-Year- Old Lily Burke
Wednesday, 27 January 2010
<snipped>
The ruling came after about 1 1/2 days of testimony, including a DNA analyst's account that a blood sample from the teen matched the genetic profile of blood taken from a short sleeved shirt allegedly discarded by the 50-year- old defendant.
Cristina Gonzalez, a senior criminalist with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, told the judge that the likelihood of that DNA profile was 1 out of 165 quadrillion, noting there are only 6.5 billion people on Earth.
The shirt also contained lower DNA levels from a second contributor — with Samuel included as a possible contributor in what could be "wearer's DNA" on an item habitually worn by a person, the criminalist testified.
Allan Villacorte, a latent prints examiner for the Los Angeles Police Department, testified that he compared fingerprints taken from the defendant and a latent print recovered from a Coca-Cola can found on a floorboard in Burk's black Volvo, and determined that "they were both from the same individual."
Samuel, who is jailed without bail, is due back at the downtown LosAngeles courthouse on Feb. 9 for arraignment.
Article:
http://www.sanfernandosun.com/sanfernsun/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4824&Itemid=2
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