DNA, Jail Interview Focus of Opening Statements in Cold Case Murder Trial
Prosecutors say DNA from beneath the victim’s fingernails and jailhouse remarks link Oyler to the killing, while the defense calls the evidence flimsy.
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DNA, jail interview focus of opening statements in cold case murder trial
The plaintiff and defendants’ tables as seen from the judge’s bench in a courtroom at San Diego Superior Court. Photographed on April 8, 2026. (Photo by Thomas Murphy/Times of San Diego) Attorneys duked it out Monday during opening statements in a cold case murder trial that happened to fall on what would have been the victim’s 83rd birthday. Deputy District Attorney Chris Lindberg told a San Diego jury that Randall Oyler is linked to the killin…
Prosecutors allege suspect confessed to 1990 Scripps Ranch killing while in jail
A man accused of killing a woman in Scripps Ranch more than 35 years ago is tied to her slaying by DNA evidence and incriminating statements he made after his arrest, a prosecutor told jurors Monday, while a defense attorney said the case against her client arose from an inadequate police investigation and is reliant on flimsy evidence. Opening statements were delivered Monday morning in the murder trial of 65-year-old Randall Oyler, who is char…
Trial begins for man accused of woman's 1990 murder in Scripps Ranch
A man accused of killing a woman in Scripps Ranch more than 35 years ago is tied to her slaying by DNA evidence and incriminating statements he made after his arrest, a prosecutor told jurors Monday, while a defense attorney said the case against her client arose from an inadequate police investigation and is reliant on flimsy evidence.Opening statements were delivered Monday morning in the murder trial of 65-year-old Randall Oyler, who is charg…
Trial begins for man accused of woman’s 1990 Scripps Ranch murder | The Coast News Group
SCRIPPS RANCH — A man accused of killing a woman in Scripps Ranch more than 35 years ago is tied to her slaying by DNA evidence and incriminating statements he made after his arrest, a prosecutor told jurors Monday, while a defense attorney said the case against her client arose... The post Trial begins for man accused of woman’s 1990 Scripps Ranch murder appeared first on The Coast News Group.
DNA Drama In Scripps Ranch As 1990 Hillside Killing Finally Hits Trial
More than three decades after a Scripps Ranch hillside became a crime scene, a San Diego jury is finally hearing the story in a courtroom. Opening statements began Monday in San Diego County Superior Court in the 1990 killing of 47-year-old Margaret Orozco Jackson. The defendant, 62-year-old Randall Oyler, is accused of murdering Jackson, whose body was discovered on a hillside off Scripps Ranch Boulevard on July 11, 1990. Prosecutors told juror…
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