RADEMAKER: FALL GUY OR WOMAN'S KILLER?Byline: Brad A. Greenberg Staff Writer She was a new mom (1) (Messaging-Oriented Middleware) See messaging middleware. (2) (Microsoft Operations Manager) Software that monitors and captures system and application events throughout the network. and an aspiring as·pire intr.v. as·pired, as·pir·ing, as·pires 1. To have a great ambition or ultimate goal; desire strongly: aspired to stardom. 2. model hungry for work and when she wouldn't consent to sex, prosecutors say, the sexual predator The term sexual predator is used pejoratively to describe a person seen as obtaining or trying to obtain sexual contact with another person in a metaphorically predatory manner. who posed as a photographer drowned her. The scenario was described Tuesday by Deputy District Attorney Pat Dixon during closing arguments in the murder trial of David Rademaker, charged in the 1992 slaying of Kimberly Pandelios. Because the charges include kidnapping kidnapping, in law, the taking away of a person by force, threat, or deceit, with intent to cause him to be detained against his will. Kidnapping may be done for ransom or for political or other purposes. and sodomy sodomy Noncoital carnal copulation. Sodomy is a crime in some jurisdictions. Some sodomy laws, particularly in Middle Eastern countries and those jurisdictions observing Shari'ah law, provide penalties as severe as life imprisonment for homosexual intercourse, even if the , a conviction would make him eligible for the death penalty. ``One thing is abundantly clear,'' said defense attorney Chad Chad (chăd, chäd), Fr. Tchad, officially Republic of Chad, republic (2005 est. pop. 9,826,000), 495,752 sq mi (1,284,000 sq km), N central Africa. Calabria, ``the people certainly fail in meeting the burden of proof.'' The defense claimed Rademaker was a fall guy in a very cold case and attacked the credibility of the prosecution's witnesses, particularly Manya Ksendov, who was 14 when she began having a sexual relationship with the defendant, 15 years her senior. ``I don't think any one of you think you should be convicted of a crime on the basis an ex- said you did something,'' Calabria said. ``She blames him for using her, for getting her into drugs, for killing her successive boyfriend because he OD'd on drugs. She said she would rather burn in hell than see him get out.'' Rademaker, 41, of Burbank pleaded no contest in 1998 to charges stemming from his relationship with Ksendov and was sentenced to 12 years in prison. He served six years and was arrested in Pandelios' death shortly after his release in 2004. He has been held without bail since. Pandelios was last seen Feb. 27, 1992, after telling her husband she was going to see a photographer named Paul, which the prosecution claimed was Rademaker's alias. Ksendov has testified that Rademaker told her he attacked Pandelios after the 21-year-old Northridge mother refused to have sex with him. She then begged for her life, Ksendov testified, promising to keep the rape secret if he would just let her go home to her 1-year-old son, Nicholas. ``Then he shoved her face into a creek and drowned her,'' Dixon said. Rademaker did not testify To provide evidence as a witness, subject to an oath or affirmation, in order to establish a particular fact or set of facts. Court rules require witnesses to testify about the facts they know that are relevant to the determination of the outcome of the case. during his trial. But the defense presented witnesses who testified that he had admitted setting fire to the victim's car in the Angeles National Forest The Angeles National Forest (ANF) was established by executive order on December 20, 1892 as the San Gabriel Timberland Reserve. It covers over 2,600 km² (650,000 acres) and is located in the San Gabriel Mountains of Los Angeles County, just north of the metropolitan area of Los but that he had denied killing Pandelios. Brad A. Greenberg, (818) 713-3634 brad.greenberg(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1) RADEMAKER (2) PANDELIOS |
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