Trial under way in slaying at Ontario hotel
RANCHO CUCAMONGA -- A trial began this week for two men charged with murdering a prostitute in 2008 during a botched robbery at the Hotel Indigo.
Matthew James McClane and Larry Darnell Shyne are accused of conspiring to rob Kimberly Michelle Sum, 41, a call girl who lived at the hotel for five months before she was shot and killed on Dec. 20, 2008.
A judge ruled on several motions brought by attorneys this week in West Valley Superior Court, and jury selection is expected to start next week.
Shyne, 31, of Pomona, used to be Sum's pimp and he reportedly believed Sum kept large amounts of cash in her room.
He enlisted his cousin, Donald Ray Walker of Los Angeles, and his cousin's friend, McClane, to carry out the robbery. McClane is accused of shooting Sum once in the chest when he and Walker tried to rob her.
Walker, 23, pleaded guilty in October 2009 to voluntary manslaughter and other charges as part of a plea bargain that carries a 17-year prison sentence.
As part of his agreement, Walker must testify against McClane and Shyne.
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