Going to post this until I hear from
@Jim_M 
for a new court date!
Friday, May 22nd:
*Pretrial Hearing-
CANCELLED! (@ 9am PT) – CA – Linda Anne O’Keefe (11) (July 6, 1973, Corona del Mar, Newport Beach, found July 7, 1973 in Newport Beach’s Back Bay-strangled) - *James Alan Neal (72/27 @ time of crime) arrested (2/19/19 in Monument, CO),
charged (2/19/19) & arraigned (3/29/19) with special-circumstances murder (because of enhancements for allegedly kidnapping & lewd acts), kidnapping during the commission of a murder & willful premeditated lewd & lascivious act upon a child under 14.
Charged & arraigned (3/29/19) with 5 counts of lewd or lascivious acts upon a child under the age of 14 (re 2 sexual assaults in Riverside County between 1995-2000 & 2002-2004. Held in El Paso jail without bond. Extradited (3/11/19) back to California. Plead not guilty to all counts (3/29/19). Held without bond.
DNA match thru genealogy website Family Tree DNA; Parabon Snapshot produced (2018).
(akas: James Allen George Layton (name used in his 20s), James Albert Layton, Allen George Gilstrap, James Albert & Albert Layton, Jr.).
Court information from 2/19/19 thru 6/14/19 reference post #155 here:
SOLVED - CA - Linda Anne O’Keefe, 11, strangled, Newport Beach, 6 Jul 1973 *ARREST in 2019*
8/9/19 Update: Next pretrial hearing on 9/13. 9/13/19: Next pretrial hearing on 12/6. 12/6/19: Hearing was held. Next pretrial hearing on 3/20/20. 3/20/20: Pretrial hearing on 5/22.
5/17/20 Update: No court dates are scheduled as of 5/17/20.
