just weeks before redding was killed. however, the doctor who left the country shortly after parks arrest has never been charged in this case. park remains tree free on a $3. million bond. her lawyers say she s innocent and that prosecution should look at a former boyfriend of redding. they have a strong case against park because her dna was found not only in the victim s apartment but also in her apartment. if the jury believes the ex-boyfriend was responsible for this killing, there remains a question how do we explain ms. park s dna being at the crime scene. reporter: the trial is expected to last about three months and unlike other murder cases we ve seen recently like jodi arias and casey anthony, only portions of this trial will be televised. let s talk more about this and other legal news of the day with a criminal defense attorney and former prosecutor and civil
for hire scheme and the woman who killed her is described as a female james bond. reporter: more than five years after aspiring actress and model juliana redding was found strangled and beaten do death in her santa monica, california, apartment, her accused killer will stand before a jury. this is the first case i ever heard of where a woman is accused of being a hired goon to go beat somebody up. reporter: redding was just 21 years old when she left tucson, arizona, to pursue had her dreams of stardom. she had some success. but her dreams were cut short, prosecutors say, by this woman. 47-year-old kelly sue park. they assert park was hired by a physician to kill redding after her father, a pharmacist, pulled out of a business deal with him just five days before she was killed. court documents also allege that the doctor made payments to park totalling more than $250,000