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Deceased/Not Found CA - Sierra LaMar, 15, Morgan Hill, 16 March 2012 #21 *A. Garcia-Torres guilty*
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Thanks for posting the video clip Emi!! It really helps to see Sierra, her surroundings and her family.
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Here's an article I got from my Google Alert:
http://www.sfchronicle.com/crime/article/Trial-in-Sierra-LaMar-disappearance-tests-10861214.php
“These are very much circumstantial cases where you’ll be pulling out many pieces of the picture and putting them together, but you’re not ever going to have all the pieces,” said Thomas “Tad” DiBiase, a former federal prosecutor who won a conviction in a “no-body” murder that happened in 2003 and later wrote a practical guide to trying such cases.
According to DiBiase, who keeps a database of hundreds of the cases going back to the 1800s, advancements in DNA technology and modern computing have allowed authorities to more frequently go to trial without bodies. The conviction rate at trial, he said, is nearly 90 percent.
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With opening statements expected to begin Wednesday, Santa Clara County Deputy District Attorney David Boyd is relying on DNA as he prepares to argue that Antolin Garcia-Torres killed Sierra after kidnapping her on March 16, 2012.
Authorities say she didn’t know Garcia-Torres, who lived about 7 miles from her. But DNA found on Sierra’s clothes belonged to Garcia-Torres, investigators said, while Sierra’s hair was found on rope in Garcia-Torres’ Volkswagen Jetta.
Hoping maybe someone in the Bay Area will be attending this??!! If so, please report EVERYTHING to us!!
If there are some tweeters - like Jen's Diaries - I'll post hers.cguru:
http://www.sfchronicle.com/crime/article/Trial-in-Sierra-LaMar-disappearance-tests-10861214.php
“These are very much circumstantial cases where you’ll be pulling out many pieces of the picture and putting them together, but you’re not ever going to have all the pieces,” said Thomas “Tad” DiBiase, a former federal prosecutor who won a conviction in a “no-body” murder that happened in 2003 and later wrote a practical guide to trying such cases.
According to DiBiase, who keeps a database of hundreds of the cases going back to the 1800s, advancements in DNA technology and modern computing have allowed authorities to more frequently go to trial without bodies. The conviction rate at trial, he said, is nearly 90 percent.
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With opening statements expected to begin Wednesday, Santa Clara County Deputy District Attorney David Boyd is relying on DNA as he prepares to argue that Antolin Garcia-Torres killed Sierra after kidnapping her on March 16, 2012.
Authorities say she didn’t know Garcia-Torres, who lived about 7 miles from her. But DNA found on Sierra’s clothes belonged to Garcia-Torres, investigators said, while Sierra’s hair was found on rope in Garcia-Torres’ Volkswagen Jetta.
Hoping maybe someone in the Bay Area will be attending this??!! If so, please report EVERYTHING to us!!
If there are some tweeters - like Jen's Diaries - I'll post hers.
cguru:
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Jury selection just finalized in Sierra LaMar case. Jurors asked to return Jan. 30. 5 women 7 men on jury. https://t.co/HjJ1pj5U56
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http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/01/17/sierra-lamar-murder-trial-postponed-again/
the reason why it is postponed yet again
the reason why it is postponed yet again
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