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Man Who Murdered 3 USC Film Students in 1978 Dies on Death Row
Los Angeles Times ^ | November 23, 2011

Posted on 11/23/2011 1:40:20 PM PST by nickcarraway

A San Quentin inmate on death row for the 1978 murder of three USC film students was found dead in his cell, state prison officials said Wednesday.

David Leslie Murtishaw, 54, died Tuesday night of an apparent heart attack in his single-person cell, said officials with the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.

The former Santa Fe Springs resident was on death row for multiple murders stemming from the fatal shootings of film students James Lee Henderson, Martha Bernice Soto and Ingrid M. Etayo.

Lance Buflo, Soto's husband and the lone survivor of the shooting, testified at Murtishaw's 1979 trial that he and fellow students were making a film in the Mojave Desert in Kern County when Murtishaw and another man asked them for a ride after their car had broken down.

The group told the men that they could have a ride when they were finished filming in the late afternoon sunlight. The men walked away but later returned.

Without warning, Murtishaw opened fire on the group with a rifle.

Soto was hit in the head. Henderson and Etayo each were shot several times in the stomach as they tried to grab Soto and drag her to the ground.

Buflo, who was wounded in the hand, ran from the scene and flagged down a passing motorist. They found a CHP officer and alerted him to the shooting.

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To: nickcarraway

“Without warning, Murtishaw opened fire on the group with a rifle.”

Why, for crying out loud? For not giving him a ride? That’s stupid even for a criminal.


21 posted on 11/23/2011 3:33:49 PM PST by PLMerite (Shut the Beyotch Down! Burn, baby, burn!)
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To: nickcarraway
Death row?

What a joke!

22 posted on 11/23/2011 3:48:42 PM PST by fortheDeclaration (All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing. Burke)
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To: livius

bttt


23 posted on 11/23/2011 5:29:54 PM PST by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both)
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To: samtheman

Your ox must have been gored, or else you are among the millions who suffer from some disorder of the mind.


24 posted on 11/24/2011 6:16:01 AM PST by IbJensen (What this country needs are more unemployed politicians.)
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To: IbJensen

I honestly don’t know what you’re talking about.

Your post makes no sense to me whatsoever.


25 posted on 11/24/2011 6:55:15 AM PST by samtheman
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