After about a day of deliberations, jurors reached a guilty verdict in the trial of a man accused of killing John Sohus 28 years ago.
A man who once passed himself off as a member of the wealthy Rockefeller family while living in the Back Bay was convicted today of killing the son of his California landlord 28 years ago and burying the remains in the victim's backyard. After about a day of deliberations, jurors found 52-year-old Christian Karl Gerhartsreiter guilty of murdering San Marino resident John Sohus in February 1985. Gerhartsreiter – a.k.a. Clark Rockefeller – was convicted of kidnapping his 7-year-old daughter during a supervised visit in Back Bay in 2009. He was sentenced to 4 to 5 years in prison for both the kidnapping and for assaulting a social worker overseeing his supervised visit. A Massachusetts court upheld the verdict in September. The California …
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The prosecution says all evidence shows Christian Gerhartsreiter killed two people. The defense is expected to give its closing arguments later today.
Circumstantial and physical evidence prove a German citizen who went by a number of aliases and later passed himself off as a member of the Rockefeller family murdered the son of his San Marino landlord 28 years ago and buried his remains in the backyard, a prosecutor told jurors today. Gerhartsreiter – a.k.a. Clark Rockefeller – was convicted of kidnapping his 7-year-old daughter during a supervised visit in Back Bay in 2009. He was sentenced to 4 to 5 years in prison for both the kidnapping and for assaulting a social worker overseeing his supervised visit. A Massachusetts court upheld the verdict in September. The California murder case is unrelated. Christian Gerhartsreiter, 52, who has also passed himself off as an English nobleman…
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Closing arguments are scheduled to begin Monday.
Prosecutors and defense attorneys have both rested their cases in the trial of former Back Bay resident Christian Gerhartsreiter, also known as Clark Rockefeller, who is accused of murdering a San Marino resident and burying the victim's remains in his own backyard 28 years ago. Closing arguments in the case are scheduled to begin Monday morning. Gerhartsreiter, 52, is accused of the February 1985 slaying of John Sohus, 27, whose bones were found nearly a decade later. Gerhartsreiter was charged in March 2011, while serving a prison term in Massachusetts for kidnapping his own daughter.
Jurors in the San Marino murder case saw a portion of an interview where Christian Gerhartsreiter described himself as a pacifist and a Quaker.
Jurors today saw a portion of a videotaped interview in which a man accused of murdering a San Marino resident and burying the victim's remains in his own backyard 28 years ago described himself as a "pacifist" who believes in "non-violence." Christian Gerhartsreiter – a.k.a. Clark Rockefeller – was convicted of kidnapping his 7-year-old daughter during a supervised visit in Back Bay in 2009. He was sentenced to 4 to 5 years in prison for both the kidnapping and for assaulting a social worker overseeing his supervised visit. A Massachusetts court upheld the verdict in September. The California case is unrelated to his Massachusetts conviction. "Did you kill John and Linda Sohus?" NBC reporter Natalie Morales asked during an August 2008 …
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A Sheriff's Department DNA expert testified that she was unable to find DNA on the plastic used to wrap the bones of murdered San Marino resident John Sohus.
A DNA expert testified Monday that she was unable to find DNA evidence on the plastic used to wrap the bones of a San Marino man murdered and buried in his own backyard, allegedly by his tenant -- a con man who later posed as a member of the Rockefeller family. Gerhartsreiter – a.k.a. Clark Rockefeller – was convicted of kidnapping his 7-year-old daughter during a supervised visit in Back Bay in 2009. He was sentenced to 4 to 5 years in prison for both the kidnapping and for assaulting a social worker overseeing his supervised visit. A Massachusetts court upheld the verdict in September. The California murder case is unrelated. Gerhartsreiter is charged with murder in the February 1985 slaying of John Sohus, whose remains were found in …
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A witness testifies the wife of alleged San Marino murder victim John Sohus said the couple didn't like to spend time with Christian Gerhartsreiter.
The murder trial of Christian Gerhartsreiter continued on Monday with the testimony of a friend of the alleged victim. Gerhartsreiter – a.k.a. Clark Rockefeller – was convicted of kidnapping his 7-year-old daughter during a supervised visit in Back Bay in 2009. He was sentenced to 4 to 5 years in prison for both the kidnapping and for assaulting a social worker overseeing his supervised visit. A Massachusetts court upheld the verdict in September. The California murder case is unrelated. Gerhartsreiter, 52, is accused of killing his San Marino landlady's son, John Sohus. Gerhartsreiter rented a guest house on the property while the his landlady, Ruth "Didi" Sohus, her son and his wife, Linda, lived in the main house. Witness Susan …
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The witness testified Gerhartsreiter told her the backyard holes were for plumbing fixes.
A man charged with murdering his landlord and burying his remains in a San Marino backyard said in 1985 that part of the yard had been dug up because of plumbing problems, a prosecution witness testified today. Christian Gerhartsreiter – a.k.a. Clark Rockefeller – was convicted of kidnapping his 7-year-old daughter during a supervised visit in Back Bay in 2009. He was sentenced to 4 to 5 years in prison for both the kidnapping and for assaulting a social worker overseeing his supervised visit. A Massachusetts court upheld the verdict in September. The California case is unrelated to his Massachusetts conviction. In California, Dana Glad Farrar—who met Gerhartsreiter through her aunt and knew him as a self-described baronet called …
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Christian Karl Gerhartsreiter – a.k.a. Clark Rockefeller - is accused of killing his landlord's son and burying his body in the backyard of a San Marino home.
Opening statements are scheduled to begin Monday morning in the case of a trial of Christian K. Gerhartsreiter, the man accused of the 1985 slaying of his landlord's son in San Marino. Gerhartsreiter – a.k.a. Clark Rockefeller – was convicted of kidnapping his 7-year-old daughter during a supervised visit in Back Bay in 2009. He was sentenced to 4 to 5 years in prison for both the kidnapping and for assaulting a social worker overseeing his supervised visit. A Massachusetts court upheld the verdict in September. Gerhartsreiter called himself Christopher Chichester in San Marino in the 1980s, and rented a guesthouse on Lorain Road and is accused of murdering his landlord's son John Sohus, who lived in the main house with his wife, Linda, …
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Christian Gerhartsreiter was known as Clark Rockefeller in the Back Bay.
Dozens of potential jurors were screened via a 26-page questionnaire, which included a list of 93 potential witnesses.
Dozens of potential jurors filled out questionnaires today in preparation for the trial of a man who allegedly posed as a member of the Rockefeller family and murdered his landlord, whose remains were found buried in his San Marino, Calif., backyard. Christian Karl Gerhartsreiter – a.k.a. Clark Rockefeller – was convicted of kidnapping his 7-year-old daughter during a supervised visit in Back Bay in 2009. He was sentenced to 4 to 5 years in prison for both the kidnapping and for assaulting a social worker overseeing his supervised visit. A Massachusetts court upheld the verdict in September. Gerhartsreiter, 52, is also accused of the February 1985 slaying of John Sohus, 27, whose bones were found nearly a decade later. Gerhartsreiter was …
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David Waters
10:21 am on Thursday, April 18, 2013
Thanks for this update. I met some lawyers in Newfoundland who were able to sit in on this case and they said it was quite a difficult thing to sort out. Thanks again. http://www.rogersbussey.ca more ›