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Man dismembered in 'ritualistic killing,' L.A. prosecutor tells jury
L A Times ^ | Marisa Gerber

Posted on 05/28/2015 7:29:25 AM PDT by BenLurkin

The hotel room held more clues.

Investigators found a syringe, bags with meth residue and a box of Hot Tamales candy. They also found two pairs of men’s boxers and a pair of women’s underwear, all soaked in blood.

As the prosecutor described the bloody scene, White’s mother, Elizabeth White Peterson, sat with her arms crossed over her chest. Her brow was frozen into a furrow.

“I could feel what my son felt that night,” she said outside of the courtroom. “Horrendous.”

Memories of him raced through her mind, she said.

She thought about his love for basketball. She reminisced about how she expected him to care for her when she got older and about how he went out of his way to make everyone feel like they belonged. Her husband wasn’t White’s father, but her son always called him “Dad” and bought him gifts on Father’s Day.

(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...


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Opening statements began Wednesday in the trial of Edward Garcia and his wife, Melissa Hope Garcia, accused of killing and dismembering a good Samaritan. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
1 posted on 05/28/2015 7:29:25 AM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

When the continent tilts, anything loose ends up in California.


2 posted on 05/28/2015 7:33:49 AM PDT by allendale
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To: BenLurkin

Undoubtedly “LibTurds”!They were in room #”66”?I think it was room #”666”!!!


3 posted on 05/28/2015 7:37:21 AM PDT by bandleader
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To: BenLurkin

Or a junkie overdosed and other junkies panicked and cut the body up to dispose of it.


4 posted on 05/28/2015 7:56:59 AM PDT by MrEdd (Heck? Geewhiz Cripes, thats the place where people who don't believe in Gosh think they aint going.)
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To: BenLurkin

Evil; always a seedy side.


5 posted on 05/28/2015 8:05:47 AM PDT by BeadCounter
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To: BenLurkin

Counterpoint to the Derb’s remarks about not trying to be a Samaritan for black people.

Assuming the guy was just trying to help them, sometimes such attempts exact a high price.

The guy who took Elizabeth Smart became familiar with the home because her father brought him home to to some work around the house.


6 posted on 05/28/2015 8:25:57 AM PDT by Sherman Logan
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To: BenLurkin

Well, well, the man looks very different in the picture at the link (he looks less white, but it’s an odd photo in terms of light and angle he’s also got quite a scar on his face), but the poor vic. was definitely a black guy.

And it seems they tried this before.

Lovely folks. There’s a lot of drug addicts in the world, but very few are into murder and dismemberment, or quite so high as to think they’ll get away with it.


7 posted on 05/28/2015 9:11:18 AM PDT by jocon307
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My sister-in-law had a pet rabbit who loved Hot Tamales candies. This rabbit was dynamite!


8 posted on 05/28/2015 10:06:00 AM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
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To: bandleader

Central and South American satanic play time.


9 posted on 05/28/2015 3:49:15 PM PDT by SaraJohnson
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