SLAYING SUSPECT ARRESTED SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER LEADS TO CAPTURE IN 1987 MURDER.Byline: Jason Kandel Staff Writer A Social Security number tucked deep in an unsolved murder file led to the capture Tuesday of a 46-year-old New Orleans New Orleans (ôr`lēənz –lənz, ôrlēnz`), city (2006 pop. 187,525), coextensive with Orleans parish, SE La., between the Mississippi River and Lake Pontchartrain, 107 mi (172 km) by water from the river mouth; founded man who was wanted in connection with an 18-year-old strangulation strangulation /stran·gu·la·tion/ (strang?gu-la´shun) 1. choke (2). 2. arrest of circulation in a part due to compression. See hemostasis (2). stran·gu·la·tion n. slaying in North Hollywood. A task force of U.S. marshals, Los Angeles Police Department "LAPD" and "L.A.P.D." redirect here. For other uses, see LAPD (disambiguation).  This article or section is written like an . officers and New Orleans police apprehended David Wayne
David Wayne (January 30 1914 - February 9 1995) was a Tony Award-winning American actor with a career spanning nearly half a century. Gormley as he left his house early Tuesday, just two blocks from the Crescent City's famous French Quarter. ``It's rewarding when an old case like that comes together,'' said Detective Mike Coffey of the LAPD's North Hollywood Division. ``Things turned out well.'' Gormley is the primary suspect in the strangulation murder of Charles Nover, 42, whose body was discovered in the bathroom of his North Hollywood apartment on April 19, 1987. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. police, Gormley, a drifter from the Dallas area, met Nover at a gay bar in Hollywood that year and had taken up residence with him for a short time. At the time, Gormley was using a false name, David A. Phillips. Shortly after the murder, police launched a manhunt man·hunt n. An organized, extensive search for a person, usually a fugitive criminal. manhunt Noun an organized search, usually by police, for a wanted man or fugitive Noun 1. for ``David A. Phillips,'' and issued a composite sketch and a $5,000 reward. But since the name was false, the trail grew cold. Last year, police reopened the case file, and discovered a Social Security number Gormley had written down on a medical form around the time of the slaying. Coffey said he was unfamiliar with the original investigation, but said database searches were much more difficult back then, and the Social Security number might have been overlooked. Last month detectives ran that number through the Social Security and other law enforcement databases, and it hit on Gormley, who had been living in New Orleans and working as a bartender for the past five years. The murder suspect is a convicted armed robber with an extensive criminal history across the country, police said. ``He hid his name but he hasn't hid his Social Security number,'' Coffey said. ``He only used David A. Phillips when he was here in California. He wasn't too hard to find in New Orleans. Once we had his true name, it was easy.'' Gormley was being held in a New Orleans jail and is awaiting extradition to 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. . Jason Kandel, (818) 713-3664 jason.kandel(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): photo Photo: GORMLEY |
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