A man charged with attempted murder in Culdesac was previously convicted by a jury of second-degree murder 26 years ago for killing a roommate in Spokane.
they could turn chanin into wa this awful person. she wasn t a sexual deviant she wasn t she wasn t running around sleeping with everybody in deer park and spokane. reporter: the state presented its case first argued in court by deput prosecutor larry steinmetz, an he began not with sex but with that other less titillatin root of all evil money. the jury heard from summer stark that chanin didn t have any. with respect to mis starbuck s financial situation how would you define that? dire. do you know whether or no miss star buck had bee receiving any child support or spousal maintenance from mr. starbuck during that tim period she had told me she did not reporter: clay owed mor than $9,000 in back chil support. eliminate the ex an his financial obligations woul die with her, thus a money motive said the prosecution.
return reporter: they played tha snippet of a 911 call that the prosecution said confirmed the time of the attack 911, what are you reporting reporter: then an exper told the jury about the dn they found on chanin s neck. is this ystr match that you described an exact match t clay starbuck and the male bloodline of his family? yes reporter: the dna had to be clay s. he was the one with th weak alibi. and detectives had already cleared his sons though the prosecutor called them as witnesses anyway during the school week, wha time would you normally go t school it was just after 9:00. on december 1 of 2011, di you work that day? it woul have been a thursday yes, i was. reporter: and someone els cleared by his alibi, john kenlein, the married teacher
The Spokane County’s prosecutor’s office is discussing dismissing a case against former Pasco Police Officer Richard Aguirre, accused of killing a woman in the 1980s.