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Parolee Charged With Murdering 17-Year-Old Girl
Jul 28, 2009 5:56 pm US/Pacific
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Samuel remained jailed Monday and on Tuesday was charged with capital murder. He was also ordered to remain jailed without bail.
The district attorney's office says the 50-year-old also faces one charge each of kidnapping to commit robbery, robbery and attempted ATM robbery.
Prosecutors will make a decision about whether to seek the death penalty when the case moves closer to trial.
His arraignment is scheduled for Aug. 20.
About two hours after Burk was kidnapped, Samuel got out of the Volvo and left it in a downtown parking lot, with Burk's body in the passenger seat, Diaz said.
Burk suffered head injuries, apparently from striking the passenger side of the windshield, and there were signs of a struggle, according to police.
VIDEO: Family, Friends Hold Vigil For Slain Teen
http://www.cbs2.com/video/?id=109963@kcbs.dayport.com
Article:
http://cbs2.com/local/Body.Downtown.Homicide.2.1103873.html
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Parolee charged with murdering 17-year-old girl
Posted: 07/28/2009 05:45:52 PM PDT
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parolee has been charged with capital murder in the killing of 17-year-old girl whose body was found in a downtown Los Angeles parking lot.
Charlie Samuel appeared in Superior Court Tuesday and was ordered to remain jailed without bail.
The district attorney's office says the 50-year-old also faces one charge each of kidnapping to commit robbery, robbery and attempted ATM robbery.
Prosecutors will make a decision about whether to seek the death penalty when the case moves closer to trial.
His arraignment is scheduled for Aug. 20.
Article:
http://www.mercurynews.com/california/ci_12932886?nclick_check=1
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Transient is charged with murder in Lily Burk's death
A judge postpones the man's arraignment at the request of his court-appointed attorney. The suspect, 50, also is charged with kidnapping and robbery in the 17-year-old's slaying.
July 29, 2009
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A hulking, handcuffed Charles Samuel, 50, was led into Los Angeles County Superior Court on Tuesday afternoon.
Bald and dressed in jail-issued, light-blue clothing, Samuel sat in the prisoner dock with his back to the courtroom and his shoulders slumped.
Samuel spoke only once, uttering a soft "yes" when Judge Henry J. Hall asked him if he agreed with his court-appointed attorney's request to postpone his arraignment.
In the afternoon, she made two odd calls to her parents asking how to use a credit card to withdraw cash at an ATM. About 7 p.m., they contacted police to report her missing.
Later that night, police tracked Burk's cellphone and ATM activity to the skid row and Little Tokyo areas, but a search into the early hours of Saturday morning turned up nothing.
At dawn, however, Burk's lifeless body was discovered in the passenger seat of her Volvo in a downtown parking lot. Her head had been beaten and her neck slashed.
Police said they have collected footage from surveillance cameras showing Samuel driving away from the area of the law school in Burk's car with her in the passenger seat, with Burk at a downtown ATM machine and then abandoning the car late Friday afternoon in the parking lot where Burk's body was found.
Fingerprints lifted from the inside of the car have been matched to Samuel, who reportedly made incriminating statements to detectives after his arrest. They believe that Burk was killed within about 45 minutes of her last call to her parents and hours before she was reported missing.
His arraignment, when he would be expected to enter a plea, was put off for three weeks.
A decision whether to seek the death penalty against him will be made on a date closer to the opening of his trial, according to the Los Angeles County district attorney's office.
Article:
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-lily-burk29-2009jul29,0,909475.story
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Man accused of killing Lily Burk in court
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
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When Samuel made his first appearance in court, he hid his face behind the public defender. Samuel allegedly kidnapped 17-year-old Lily Burk last Friday. Hours later her body was found brutally beaten.
The District Attorney's office released the following statement:
"Although filed as a capital case, the District Attorney's office will not make a decision on whether to seek the death penalty until the case moves closer to trial. If the prosecution opts not to seek the death penalty, the only other possible penalty for Samuel, if he is convicted as charged, is life in prison without the possibility of parole."
Experts say parents should work out a way for their kids to secretly relay a message to them if they are ever in trouble.
"Have a password, a key word that kids and parents know, a word that they would only use in an emergency situation," said Robin Sax, a legal expert.
Robin Sax is a former District Attorney. She says parents can also set up code messages on cell phones.
"The one nice thing with the handy Blackberries these days is that you can program your phones with messages," said Sax. "And I think, say, a sentence in advance with 'I'm in danger, call 911' ... so with the stroke of one key, a kid could press that one button and ... know that help is on the way," said Sax.
VIDEO: Man accused of killing Lily Burk in court
http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/video?id=6937570
Article:
http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/local/los_angeles&id=6937589
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Pondering a brutal killing as the risk of violence rises
Lily Burk's senseless death occurs as California is cutting funding to programs that help transients, the disabled and the mentally ill, and thousands of prison inmates could potentially be released.
July 29, 2009
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In East L.A., in the Palisades, in Watts, in Pasadena and Long Beach, if you're a parent, you tell yourself a lie.
You tell yourself that your child is safe.
But then there's a horrible story in your own neighborhood, and it punches holes in your shield. There's the child cut down by stray bullets while walking home from school or the store. There's the careening truck that takes out a bookstore and kills a toddler and her father.
Or there's the story of Lily Burk, 17, the Los Feliz girl killed Friday while running an errand for her mother.
Reading that story, I ached for the victim and wondered how her parents could breathe under such crushing news. I also did something a little selfish but human. I looked at the details to see if perhaps Burk was doing anything she shouldn't have been doing, or if she was in a place where she shouldn't have been. I wanted something, anything, that might reinforce the illusion that we can steer our children clear of danger.
In other words, as we cast about in the aftermath of a senseless killing for ways to make us feel safer, we're instead raising the level of risk.
"We're talking about . . . budgetary considerations that cut from programs in the immediate but wind up costing society so much more in the long run," said Assembly Speaker Karen Bass, just back in L.A. after working to close a $26-billion budget gap.
"When you're releasing people without the support system and then banning people with convictions from working, you're setting up a situation where you perpetuate crime. Cutting drug and alcohol programs and cutting Cal-Works is going to leave women and children on skid row, and it's going to increase the number of children in foster care. It's short-sighted
budgeting."
Article:
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-lopez29-2009jul29,0,3168641.column
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Jul 28, 2009 5:56 pm US/Pacific
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Samuel remained jailed Monday and on Tuesday was charged with capital murder. He was also ordered to remain jailed without bail.
The district attorney's office says the 50-year-old also faces one charge each of kidnapping to commit robbery, robbery and attempted ATM robbery.
Prosecutors will make a decision about whether to seek the death penalty when the case moves closer to trial.
His arraignment is scheduled for Aug. 20.
About two hours after Burk was kidnapped, Samuel got out of the Volvo and left it in a downtown parking lot, with Burk's body in the passenger seat, Diaz said.
Burk suffered head injuries, apparently from striking the passenger side of the windshield, and there were signs of a struggle, according to police.
VIDEO: Family, Friends Hold Vigil For Slain Teen
http://www.cbs2.com/video/?id=109963@kcbs.dayport.com
Article:
http://cbs2.com/local/Body.Downtown.Homicide.2.1103873.html
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Parolee charged with murdering 17-year-old girl
Posted: 07/28/2009 05:45:52 PM PDT
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parolee has been charged with capital murder in the killing of 17-year-old girl whose body was found in a downtown Los Angeles parking lot.
Charlie Samuel appeared in Superior Court Tuesday and was ordered to remain jailed without bail.
The district attorney's office says the 50-year-old also faces one charge each of kidnapping to commit robbery, robbery and attempted ATM robbery.
Prosecutors will make a decision about whether to seek the death penalty when the case moves closer to trial.
His arraignment is scheduled for Aug. 20.
Article:
http://www.mercurynews.com/california/ci_12932886?nclick_check=1
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Transient is charged with murder in Lily Burk's death
A judge postpones the man's arraignment at the request of his court-appointed attorney. The suspect, 50, also is charged with kidnapping and robbery in the 17-year-old's slaying.
July 29, 2009
<snipped>
A hulking, handcuffed Charles Samuel, 50, was led into Los Angeles County Superior Court on Tuesday afternoon.
Bald and dressed in jail-issued, light-blue clothing, Samuel sat in the prisoner dock with his back to the courtroom and his shoulders slumped.
Samuel spoke only once, uttering a soft "yes" when Judge Henry J. Hall asked him if he agreed with his court-appointed attorney's request to postpone his arraignment.
In the afternoon, she made two odd calls to her parents asking how to use a credit card to withdraw cash at an ATM. About 7 p.m., they contacted police to report her missing.
Later that night, police tracked Burk's cellphone and ATM activity to the skid row and Little Tokyo areas, but a search into the early hours of Saturday morning turned up nothing.
At dawn, however, Burk's lifeless body was discovered in the passenger seat of her Volvo in a downtown parking lot. Her head had been beaten and her neck slashed.
Police said they have collected footage from surveillance cameras showing Samuel driving away from the area of the law school in Burk's car with her in the passenger seat, with Burk at a downtown ATM machine and then abandoning the car late Friday afternoon in the parking lot where Burk's body was found.
Fingerprints lifted from the inside of the car have been matched to Samuel, who reportedly made incriminating statements to detectives after his arrest. They believe that Burk was killed within about 45 minutes of her last call to her parents and hours before she was reported missing.
His arraignment, when he would be expected to enter a plea, was put off for three weeks.
A decision whether to seek the death penalty against him will be made on a date closer to the opening of his trial, according to the Los Angeles County district attorney's office.
Article:
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-lily-burk29-2009jul29,0,909475.story
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Man accused of killing Lily Burk in court
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
<snipped>
When Samuel made his first appearance in court, he hid his face behind the public defender. Samuel allegedly kidnapped 17-year-old Lily Burk last Friday. Hours later her body was found brutally beaten.
The District Attorney's office released the following statement:
"Although filed as a capital case, the District Attorney's office will not make a decision on whether to seek the death penalty until the case moves closer to trial. If the prosecution opts not to seek the death penalty, the only other possible penalty for Samuel, if he is convicted as charged, is life in prison without the possibility of parole."
Experts say parents should work out a way for their kids to secretly relay a message to them if they are ever in trouble.
"Have a password, a key word that kids and parents know, a word that they would only use in an emergency situation," said Robin Sax, a legal expert.
Robin Sax is a former District Attorney. She says parents can also set up code messages on cell phones.
"The one nice thing with the handy Blackberries these days is that you can program your phones with messages," said Sax. "And I think, say, a sentence in advance with 'I'm in danger, call 911' ... so with the stroke of one key, a kid could press that one button and ... know that help is on the way," said Sax.
VIDEO: Man accused of killing Lily Burk in court
http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/video?id=6937570
Article:
http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/local/los_angeles&id=6937589
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Pondering a brutal killing as the risk of violence rises
Lily Burk's senseless death occurs as California is cutting funding to programs that help transients, the disabled and the mentally ill, and thousands of prison inmates could potentially be released.
July 29, 2009
<snipped>
In East L.A., in the Palisades, in Watts, in Pasadena and Long Beach, if you're a parent, you tell yourself a lie.
You tell yourself that your child is safe.
But then there's a horrible story in your own neighborhood, and it punches holes in your shield. There's the child cut down by stray bullets while walking home from school or the store. There's the careening truck that takes out a bookstore and kills a toddler and her father.
Or there's the story of Lily Burk, 17, the Los Feliz girl killed Friday while running an errand for her mother.
Reading that story, I ached for the victim and wondered how her parents could breathe under such crushing news. I also did something a little selfish but human. I looked at the details to see if perhaps Burk was doing anything she shouldn't have been doing, or if she was in a place where she shouldn't have been. I wanted something, anything, that might reinforce the illusion that we can steer our children clear of danger.
In other words, as we cast about in the aftermath of a senseless killing for ways to make us feel safer, we're instead raising the level of risk.
"We're talking about . . . budgetary considerations that cut from programs in the immediate but wind up costing society so much more in the long run," said Assembly Speaker Karen Bass, just back in L.A. after working to close a $26-billion budget gap.
"When you're releasing people without the support system and then banning people with convictions from working, you're setting up a situation where you perpetuate crime. Cutting drug and alcohol programs and cutting Cal-Works is going to leave women and children on skid row, and it's going to increase the number of children in foster care. It's short-sighted
budgeting."
Article:
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-lopez29-2009jul29,0,3168641.column
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