COUPLE FACES MURDER CHARGES IN DEATH OF PALMDALE MAN.Byline: Charles F. Bostwick Staff Writer A Palmdale couple faces murder charges that could get them imprisoned im·pris·on tr.v. im·pris·oned, im·pris·on·ing, im·pris·ons To put in or as if in prison; confine. [Middle English emprisonen, from Old French emprisoner : en- for life without possibility of parole life without possibility of parole n. a sentence sometimes given for particularly vicious criminals in murder cases or to repeat felons, particularly if the crime is committed in a state which has no death penalty, the jury chooses not to impose the death penalty, or in the death of a friend whose full white beard got him nicknamed ``Santa Claus Santa Claus: see Nicholas, Saint. Santa Claus jolly, gift-giving figure who visits children on Christmas Eve. [Christian Tradition: NCE, 1937] See : Christmas Santa Claus .'' Prosecutors alleged that James Wood James Wood can refer to:
``He was purported to have a few thousand dollars,'' Deputy District Attorney Myron Jenkins said. Gailer was beaten to death with a pipe while visiting Wood and Ellis in the couple's 11th Street East apartment, Jenkins said. Gailer, whom deputies originally described as a transientbut who Jenkins said lived in Palmdale, was found dead about 7 p.m. Friday in the apartment of Wood and Ellis, officials said. Deputies said the incident started out as a verbal argument between the three, which escalated into a physical altercation. ``He was struck in the head and sustained severe head trauma,'' Los Angeles County Coroner's spokesman Scott Carrier said. Gailer's murder was the seventh in the Antelope Valley this year - a pace that if carried for the remainder of the year would make 1999's murder count the lowest since six killings in 1987. |
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