'99 MURDER TRIAL ENDS IN HUNG JURY.Byline: Susan Abram Staff Writer BURBANK - A mistrial A courtroom trial that has been terminated prior to its normal conclusion. A mistrial has no legal effect and is considered an invalid or nugatory trial. It differs from a "new trial," which recognizes that a trial was completed but was set aside so that the issues could be was declared Friday after jurors deadlocked on whether a Burbank man committed the grisly gris·ly adj. gris·li·er, gris·li·est Inspiring repugnance; gruesome. See Synonyms at ghastly. [Middle English grisli, from Old English grisl murder of his nephew, whose dismembered body parts were found in a local landfill more than three years ago. Despite a week of deliberations, the Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County jurors remained evenly split on the guilt or innocence of 65-year-old Fadel Tawil. A new trial is scheduled in November. Police had said Tawil, a Syrian immigrant, had a bitter relationship with his nephew, Hilal Taweel. Taweel had assimilated into American culture and opened his home to the suspect's daughter, Vilma Tawil, who had run away from home and sought shelter with her cousin. The torso and leg of Taweel, 35, were found by workers at the Community Recycling Center in Sun Valley the day after New Year's Day New Year's Day, among ancient peoples the first day of the year frequently corresponded to the vernal or autumnal equinox, or to the summer or winter solstice. In the Middle Ages it was celebrated among Christians usually on Mar. 25. 1999. Police were able to identify the body parts because Taweel had a deformity Deformity See also Lameness. Calmady, Sir Richard born without lower legs. [Br. Lit.: Sir Richard Calmady, Walsh Modern, 84] Carey, Philip embittered young man with club foot seeks fulfillment. [Br. Lit. on his foot. His big toe big toe n. The largest and innermost toe of the human foot. overlapped the second one, police had said. Vilma Tawil reported her cousin missing Jan. 4, after he supposedly went to see her family. Initially, police had handled it as a missing-person case, but after an investigation said that a small amount of blood found in Tawil's apartment linked him to the crime, which they believe took place after an argument on New Year's Day 1999. ``It's a very interesting case because you don't have the victim's body, and you don't have cause of death,'' said Los Angeles Deputy District Attorney Karla Kerlin. ``It's not the usual case when you don't have a whole theory to work with.'' Susan Abram, (818) 546-3304 susan.abram(at)dailynews.com |
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