WOMAN PLEADS NOT GUILTY IN NEW YEAR'S EVE SLAYING.Byline: Eric ERIC Educational Research Information Clearinghouse ERIC Educational Resources Information Center ERIC ERISA Industry Committee ERIC Epidemiologic Research and Information Center (Durham, NC) Leach Staff Writer A 44-year-old woman accused of fatally fa·tal·ly adv. 1. So as to cause death; mortally: fatally injured. 2. So as to result in disaster or ruin. 3. According to the decree of fate; inevitably. Adv. 1. shooting her husband after a New Year's Eve argument in their upscale Agoura Hills neighborhood pleaded not guilty Tuesday to murder. April Michelle Soma soma (sō`mə), psychotropic plant, the juice of which was sometimes drunk as part of the Vedic sacrifice (see Veda). Many hymns in the Rig-Veda are in praise of soma. was being held without bail in the slaying of Michael Soma, 34, who authorities said was shot several times in the upper torso torso /tor·so/ (tor´so) trunk (1). tor·so n. pl. tor·sos or tor·si The human body excluding the head and limbs; trunk. about 9:50 p.m. Dec. 31. Police found his body lying in the front yard of a neighbor's home in the 28000 block of Via Amistosa. ``There was a lot of confusion. It was awful,'' said Arora Rohn, who was hosting a New Year's Eve party next door when one of her guests reported hearing gunshots. Rohn said she later heard April Soma screaming, ```I can't believe what I did. I can't believe what I did.' She repeated it several times.'' Sheriff's homicide homicide (hŏm`əsīd), in law, the taking of human life. Homicides that are neither justifiable nor excusable are considered crimes. A criminal homicide committed with malice is known as murder, otherwise it is called manslaughter. investigators refused to comment about the case. Rohn and other neighbors said the couple had lived there about four years and had a son who was about 18 months old. The Somas' home was well maintained inside and out, and Michael Soma, a woodworker, had made much of the couple's furniture, neighbors said. Eric Leach, (805) 583-7602 eric.leach(at)dailynews.com |
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