LONG BEACH -- The trial for a 59-year-old man accused in the 2006 murder of a former Denver disc jockey whose remains were found off the coast of Catalina Island has been postponed again.
Harvey Morrow is charged with first-degree murder and an enhancement that alleges the slaying was carried out for profit.
Morrow was a close friend of the victim, Steven B. Williams. In the years before Williams' killing, the two men had planned to sail the world on Morrow's 69-foot boat, authorities allege.
At the time of Morrow's arrest and extradition from Great Falls, Mont., to Long Beach, Los Angeles County sheriff's investigators said it was an argument over money that spurred Morrow to deadly violence.
"There was approximately $1.9 million missing from Steven's account. We know that money went into Harvey Morrow's account."
"Steven talked to a close friend the night before and told the friend he was going to confront Harvey Morrow and tell him that he wanted his money back," said Homicide Lt. Al Grotefend.
"We believe that's what caused the actual confrontation which resulted in this murder."
Sheriff's investigators said there are no eyewitnesses and no murder weapon was ever found.
An autopsy determined that the cause of death was a gunshot wound in Williams' head, but the coroner's examiner testified earlier this week that the wound could have possibly been self-inflicted, or suicide, or murder; there is no way to know for certain.
The defense argued both those factors as reasons to dismiss the charge against Morrow during his January, 2009, preliminary hearing Friday.
The court, however, ruled there was sufficient evidence to try Morrow in the slaying.
The victim's death made headlines in several states across the country due in large part to Williams' career as a disc jockey in Denver.
"Steven B," as he was known on the air, was half of the popular "Steven B and the Hawk" morning show on KBPI in the 1980s.
A new trial date was scheduled to be set Tuesday and was tentatively set for July 22 at the Long Beach Superior Court.
Morrow has remained in jail without bail since his November, 2006, arrest.
Harvey Morrow is charged with first-degree murder and an enhancement that alleges the slaying was carried out for profit.
Morrow was a close friend of the victim, Steven B. Williams. In the years before Williams' killing, the two men had planned to sail the world on Morrow's 69-foot boat, authorities allege.
At the time of Morrow's arrest and extradition from Great Falls, Mont., to Long Beach, Los Angeles County sheriff's investigators said it was an argument over money that spurred Morrow to deadly violence.
"There was approximately $1.9 million missing from Steven's account. We know that money went into Harvey Morrow's account."
"Steven talked to a close friend the night before and told the friend he was going to confront Harvey Morrow and tell him that he wanted his money back," said Homicide Lt. Al Grotefend.
"We believe that's what caused the actual confrontation which resulted in this murder."
Sheriff's investigators said there are no eyewitnesses and no murder weapon was ever found.
An autopsy determined that the cause of death was a gunshot wound in Williams' head, but the coroner's examiner testified earlier this week that the wound could have possibly been self-inflicted, or suicide, or murder; there is no way to know for certain.
The defense argued both those factors as reasons to dismiss the charge against Morrow during his January, 2009, preliminary hearing Friday.
The court, however, ruled there was sufficient evidence to try Morrow in the slaying.
The victim's death made headlines in several states across the country due in large part to Williams' career as a disc jockey in Denver.
"Steven B," as he was known on the air, was half of the popular "Steven B and the Hawk" morning show on KBPI in the 1980s.
A new trial date was scheduled to be set Tuesday and was tentatively set for July 22 at the Long Beach Superior Court.
Morrow has remained in jail without bail since his November, 2006, arrest.
"An autopsy determined that the cause of death was a gunshot wound in Morrow's head..." Should say "Wiliam's head". Morrow is the killer, not the victim.
You're right, thanks! I always make that mistake when I'm working fast and, usually, on more than one story.