Posted on 09/12/2007 10:56:20 AM PDT by Calpernia
A resident of an exclusive gated community has pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in the grisly killing of a neighbor whose head was found in the trunk of his car.
Evan Marshall, 32, a bedding salesman, entered the plea Wednesday to murder, assault and other charges, about a week before jury selection was about to begin.
Marshall was arrested a year ago in the death of retired schoolteacher Denice Fox, his neighbor in Glen Cove on Long Island.
Marshall will get 30 years to life in prison when he is sentenced on Nov. 19 in Nassau County Court; he could have received life without parole if convicted at trial.
Authorities said Marshall broke into Fox's home and killed her, then took her remains to his home and dismembered them.
Her head was later discovered in the trunk of Marshall's car. The rest of Fox's remains, and two knives taken from her home, were found in trash cans in the basement of the home Marshall shared with his mother.
Fox, 57, who died on Aug. 17, 2006, was a retired New York City special education teacher who had moved to Glen Cove with her family several months earlier; police don't believe the suspect and victim knew each other.
Fox's daughter called police after she discovered her mother missing from her home, which showed signs of a break-in and had blood splattered in the foyer.
Marshall was arrested the next day near the crime scene.
Defense attorney William Keahon had argued that because Marshall, who had a history of drug problems, had been staying in a rehab facility, police had no cause to suspect him as the killer. But police said they found ID cards and other items belonging to Marshall when they searched his mother's home.
Prior to the killing, Marshall had no violent criminal history, with arrests only for petty theft and driving while intoxicated, authorities said.
On the morning Fox died, he also was accused of running down a pedestrian, leaving the woman hospitalized.
It’s Art Garfunkel!!
I wonder how a fellow like that sleeps at night. Maybe he has a really comfortable mattress.
No death penalty in NY? He should NEVER see the light of day again!
Murderer:
Re: he rest of Fox’s remains, and two knives taken from her home, were found in trash cans in the basement of the home Marshall shared with his mother
Not the brightest. His lawyer will probably use this info as part of an insanity defense.
He got Robert Durst of Galveston off murder charges and cutting up the body and dumping it in Galveston Bay.
“Are you goin’ to fry in the chair.....parsley sage rosemary and thyme.....”
I wish was the one singing hello darkness my old friend. But, he gets to live.
GUILTY!
You got me thinking and now I have Cecilia stuck in my head!
Evan Marshall, 32, a be(hea)dding salesman...
groan
booooo.
(a good one though!)
Free rack, food and entertainment via TV and internet for 30 years or less.
...they always live at home with "mama"....
he just needs to die.
Poor lady. I wonder if she had a gun to protect herself?
Like many sadistic killers, he got his start cutting the tags off mattresses.
He definitely has that psycho look goin’ for him. I wonder if this is his first killing.
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