CA CA - Dawn Viens, 37, Lomita, 18 Oct 2009 - *D. Viens Guilty*

[angelwngs]

If they make a Lifetime movie about this crime, Ray Liotta of Goodfellas bears an uncanny resemblance to 'the chef'.

 

[angelwngs]

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articl...chef-says-he-slow-cooked-his-wife-s-body.html

Check out his mugshot at the bottom of this article... The chef's eyes aren't bright blue like Ray Liotta's of Goodfellas, but if they get Ray to play him in a Lifetime movie, if he wears brown contacts, the shape of his face and his mouth look lots like him to me!

 

[LinasK]

His last name is not helping. :giggle:

What would you ever slow cook in a 55 gal drum, and where?

What happens to the grease he put whatever was left in?

Jumped off a cliff only to end up alive, in a wheelchair, and still on trial for murder. You can't make this stuff up. This one is full of oddity.

Explain the humor please, I don't see it.

 

[21merc7]

Explain the humor please, I don't see it.

I was going to add in on the jokes, but contained myself. It would not have been good. An odd thing working for defense attorneys is an unusual amount of last names relate to the actual crimes committed. Should have deleted that part out, but forgot once I got serious with the questions.

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

I didn't watch but noticed that Nancy Grace was covering this story on HLN last night. Here's the transcript:

http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/1209/20/ng.01.html

 

[cocomod]

I am horrified!!!

I followed this case previously and I have always wondered what happened to Dawn. I read the headline the other day about a chef cooking his wife for 4 days, but I didn't make the connection. I opened the article today and began reading. When I read that it was Dawn, I was just... :thud:

 

[JoeFromLB]

JURY REACHES VERDICT.

It will be read in about 20 minutes.

http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/l...rder-Trial-David-Viens-Verdict-171566011.html

 

[JoeFromLB]

GUILTY!!

Second-degree murder. Jury deliberated for five hours.

 

[B4igo2it]

He told police that he kept the skull, which was “the only thing I didn’t want to get rid of in case I wanted to leave it somewhere,” and said that he left it “my mother’s attic.” :what:

 

[txsvicki]

I feel sorry for the people who ate at his restaurant in that period of time.

 

[JoeFromLB]

David Viens was sentenced today to 15 years to life in prison for the murder of his wife.

http://www.usnews.com/news/newsgram...oked-wife-sentenced?google_editors_picks=true

 

[mikkismom]

Revealed: Wife who was murdered and cooked in a pot by her chef husband had been saving up money as 'escape fund'

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...led-cooked-California-chef.html#ixzz2sDtjbXdY
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[kimi_SFC]

Watching 48 Hours: "Over the Edge" on Investigation Discovery right now.

:rose:


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[Pennysmom1]

Wow there is nothing anyone can add to this case, but I do feel compelled to post photos of Dawn. You aren't forgotten, Dawn.

Dawn Marie Viens – The Charley Project

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[tlcya]

how did I not hear of this case and follow it??? This is just horrific. Poor Dawn.

 

[JoeFromLB]

I did a search on the California prisons site. David Viens was denied parole in 2021 and his next "parole suitability hearing" is set for June, 2026.