Marisa Lagos

May 29, 2002

Lawyers for Attias Rest Case

By Marisa Lagos

The David Attias' defense team rested their case on Wednesday, a little over five weeks after the murder trail began.

May 24, 2002

Psychologist Takes Stand in Attias Case

By Marisa Lagos

David Attias' mental state once again dominated testimony from defense witnesses on Thursday, with clinical psychologist Karen Bronk Froming taking the stand to testify about the defendant's neurological deficiencies.

May 23, 2002

Court Psychiatrist Testifies

By Marisa Lagos

David Attias has said he does not remember running into five people on Feb. 23, 2001, according to testimony that court-appointed psychiatrist Donald Slutzky gave on Wednesday.

May 22, 2002

Three IVFP Officers To Receive Guerry Award

By Marisa Lagos

Three Isla Vista Foot Patrol officers will receive the distinguished H. Thomas Guerry Award this afternoon. Officer Mark Signa, one of six officers assigned to the Foot Patrol from the University of California Police Dep...

May 21, 2002

Defense Begins Case

By Marisa Lagos

David Attias' defense team began to lay out their case Monday with testimony from Matthew State, a psychiatrist who treated the defendant when he was 13.

May 20, 2002

Police Warn UCSB Campus to Keep an Eye Out for Former Student

By Marisa Lagos

Samuel Strelitz, a former UCSB student, was convicted on May 16 of interfering with, delaying and obstructing a peace officer and for trespassing on the UCSB campus, according to campus police.

May 15, 2002

Prosecution Rests Case in Attias Trial

By Marisa Lagos

After three weeks of testimony, deputy district attorney Patrick McKinley rested his case against murder suspect David Attias on Tuesday afternoon.

May 8, 2002

Ex-Partner’s DUI Brings Bill Back in Bus Business

By Marisa Lagos

After the February arrest of former Bill's Bus co-owner Tim Mesplou for driving under the influence of alcohol, the bus service is now back in the control of the original owner.

May 7, 2002

Attias Testimony Centers on Drug Use

By Marisa Lagos

Testimony continued Monday in the David Attias murder trial, as numerous UCSB students took the stand, including a friend of Attias and several I.V. residents who witnessed the crash.

May 3, 2002

D.A. Plays IVTV Footage

By Marisa Lagos

As families of both the victims and the defendant looked on tearfully, District Attorney Patrick McKinley showed a packed courtroom footage of the aftermath of the incident for which David Attias stands trial.

April 30, 2002

Prosecution Attempts to Prove Attias’ Drug Use

By Marisa Lagos

Deputy District Attorney Patrick McKinley advanced his argument on Monday that murder suspect David Attias was under the influence of marijuana on the evening of Feb. 23, 2001.

April 23, 2002

Attias Murder Trial Begins

By Marisa Lagos

Opening arguments in the David Attias murder trial began Monday, more than a year after the horrific incident that claimed the lives of four young people and almost killed a fifth.

April 19, 2002

UCSD Student Provides Valid Alibi for Assault

By Marisa Lagos

The Santa Barbara Sheriff's Dept. cleared UC San Diego student Peter Butcher of the syringe attack that occurred on April 5 at the beach in front of Sandpiper Golf Course.

April 19, 2002