Trial to begin today in death of El Segundo resident Julia "Deede" Keller
It's been more than four years since Julia "Deede" Keller's body was discovered in the trunk of her car in San Diego. Today, her former husband will go on trial for allegedly killing the popular El Segundo resident and Manhattan Beach real estate agent. Prosecutors believe the motive is simple: "If I can't have her, no one else can."
But the largely circumstantial evidence case against Howard, 54, will be anything but simple. Deputy District Attorney John Lewin will take weeks to try and show how a calendar notation here, some wicked words there and some apparently sneaky activity around the days of 55-year-old Keller's death point the finger of blame dirctly at the former American Airlines baggage handler.
Opening statements are scheduled for 10 a.m. in a downtown Los Angeles courtroom.
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Larry Altman has covered crime in the South Bay since 1990. He's seen it all - the missing model who turned up dead in the desert, the wives found dead in trunks, the high-school coaches who get a little too close to their players. He drives his young colleagues nuts with his "I remember when" stories. He welcomes your tips and observations about the present, and you can mix in a little Lakers basketball talk if you like.
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Denise Nix knew as young as grade school, when she spent every summer working on the camp newspaper, that she wanted to be a journalist. Denise has spent most of the last 12 years of her career in the courtroom. She joined the Daily Breeze in 2001, where she tracks and reports on hundreds of cases at every level of the justice system. And she's never, ever, seen a judge use a gavel.
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