A murder case against a notorious Rockefeller impostor was turned over to a Los Angeles jury on Tuesday after the prosecutor implored the panel to find the defendant guilty of the cold-case crime.
"He's gotten away with it long enough," Deputy District Attorney Habib Balian said. "Hold this man accountable."
Christian Gerhartsreiter, a German immigrant whose elaborate charade as a member of the fabled Rockefeller oil family unraveled when he was arrested, sat silently taking notes as he has throughout his three-week trial.
The prosecution's rebuttal argument ridiculed the defense theory that victim John Sohus was killed by his own wife, who has been missing since the couple vanished in 1985. CLICK
ZitatChristian Gerhartsreiter, a German immigrant whose elaborate charade as a member of the fabled Rockefeller oil family unraveled when he was arrested...
It was easy to see he wasn't a Rockefeller. They found he voted Republican.
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