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    Baton Rouge judge denies appeal of convicted killer Derrick Todd Lee; case automatically goes to Louisiana Supreme Court

    By Quincy Hodges
    The Times-Picayune


    A Baton Rouge judge has denied convicted killer Derrick Todd Lee's appeal for a new trial in the killing of former LSU graduate 22-year-old Charlotte Murray Pace. Lee was sentenced to death in 2004.

    Lee's case automatically goes to the Louisiana Supreme Court, and if his claims are rejected, the case would go to the federal post-conviction relief stage. Lee made 28 claims, arguing the state has improper death penalty laws, East Baton Rouge Parish systemically discriminates against people of color, misconduct of trial counsel and he had ineffective defense counsel. All his claims were denied by District Judge Richard Anderson Tuesday afternoon.

    Lee, 45, of St. Francisville, was also convicted of second-degree murder in the killing of Geralyn Barr DeSoto, 21, of Addis in 2002.

    Lee is also suspected of killing seven women between in 1998 and 2003 in south Louisiana.

    http://www.nola.com/crime/baton-roug...l#incart_river
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    Lynne Marino, mother of slaying victim and an advocate for victim’s rights, dies at age 78

    Lynne Marino, mother of one of the seven women believed killed by Derrick Todd Lee and an advocate for families of crime victims, died Monday, her son confirmed.

    She was 78.

    Marino fought an almost yearlong battle with pancreatic cancer, her son Edward Piglia said. She was diagnosed in July.

    “It’s been a roller-coaster ride,” Piglia said. “I’m just so proud of her. She never complained.”

    Piglia is the oldest of Marino’s four children. She leaves behind two other daughters, Ellen White and Nancy Thomas.

    For most of their lives, her son said, Marino raised her children as a single mother while working two jobs and attending night school. She grew up in New Orleans and graduated from Redemptorist High School, Loyola University and St. Mary’s Dominican College.

    “Her whole life was a battle,” he said. “That’s why my mother grew up tough. She always said she had a tough life but a good life.”

    And that life got tougher on July 12, 2002, when her daughter, 44-year-old Pam Kinamore, disappeared from her Briarwood home in Baton Rouge. Her body was found four days later under Interstate 10 near Whiskey Bay.

    Authorities believe Lee was involved in that death as well as the deaths of six others between 1998 and 2003: Charlotte Murray Pace, Gina Wilson Green and Carrie Lynn Yoder, all of Baton Rouge; Trineisha Dené Colomb, of Lafayette; Randi Mebruer, of Zachary; and Geralyn Barr DeSoto, of Addis.

    After the death of her daughter, Marino became an advocate for the families of Lee’s other alleged victims and a driving force behind the investigation into the slayings, Piglia said.

    Lee is currently on death row at Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola for the first-degree murder of Pace. He also was convicted of second-degree murder in the death of DeSoto and sentenced to life in prison.

    And, he’s accused of attempting to rape and kill Diana Alexander, of Breaux Bridge, who later testified against him at the DeSoto and Pace trials.

    Evidence of Lee’s alleged involvement in the slaying of Kinamore was introduced at his 2004 first-degree murder trial in the Pace killing. Marino attended that trial, as well as Lee’s 2007 direct appeal to the Louisiana Supreme Court, where she sat in the front row. The Supreme Court affirmed Lee’s conviction and death sentence in January 2008.

    Marino also attended every post-conviction hearing as Lee sought a new trial.

    Ann Pace, mother of Charlotte Murray Pace, who was killed six weeks before Kinamore, formed a friendship with Marino over the slayings of their daughters and their fight for justice. She sat by Marino’s side at every court hearing in Lee’s case.

    “She was a warrior, just a warrior,” Pace said. “We were soldiers together in our efforts to find justice. I’ll miss her enormously.”

    When her daughter died, Pace said, she was overcome by fear and grief, not knowing where to turn. She heard about the rallies that Marino and her family had started for Pam, which inspired her to take action and join in the rallies, where she met Marino.

    “It was a gift to know someone who understands this loss in this way and who understands dealing with the Louisiana court system,” Pace said.

    The mothers’ mission was to make people remember the names of their daughters and the other women killed, rather than the name of their killer, Pace said. They also hoped to shed light on how easily DNA is used to exonerate someone accused of a crime while, at the same time, a DNA-based conviction can be dragged out for years in the courts, like Lee’s has.

    “It’s illogical. It’s maddening and brutal for families,” Pace said.

    Sterling Colomb, the father of 23-year-old Trineisha Dené Colomb, noted Marino’s public agitation during the investigation, as law enforcement tried to figure out the identity of the serial killer. “If she wasn’t in the forefront, I’m not sure what would have happened,” Colomb said. “She will be missed.”

    Colomb’s wife, state Sen. Yvonne Dorsey-Colomb, D-Baton Rouge, said she was struck that Marino didn’t live to see the justice she had wanted: Lee’s execution. “We knew her passing away without Derrick Todd Lee being put to death hurt her a lot,” Dorsey-Colomb said.

    “I learned a lot from her,” Dorsey-Colomb said. “She was fearless. She had great tenacity and she was very frank.”

    In a Nov. 28, 2010, interview with The Advocate, Marino said she was at peace with Lee not standing trial directly in the killing of her daughter.

    “Why spend the state’s money? I know he killed my child,” she said. “That’s why I’m adamant about him being put to death.”

    Piglia said his mother has always been outspoken about the issue.

    “It’s a shame she didn’t see that come to fruition,” Piglia said “My sisters and I promised her that we would see her mission through — that Derrick Todd Lee would be put to death and our faces would be the last he sees.”

    http://theadvocate.com/news/12408911...her-of-slaying

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    Facing death, Louisiana serial killer loses latest appeal

    By KEVIN McGILL
    The Associated Press

    NEW ORLEANS - A man convicted of murdering two women and linked to five other south Louisiana slayings has lost his latest appeal in a death penalty case.

    Louisiana's Supreme Court on Friday rejected Derrick Todd Lee's appeal of his conviction and death sentence in the 2002 death of LSU graduate student Charlotte Murray Pace in Baton Rouge.

    Lee's arguments included a claim that the district court provided the defense too little funding for adequate DNA testing of evidence. The high court rejected that and other arguments.

    Lee also was convicted of second-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison in the 2002 killing of Geralyn Barr DeSoto of Addis. He also was implicated in the slaying of a woman in Lafayette, one in Zachary and three others in Baton Rouge.

    http://www.katc.com/story/30069185/f...-latest-appeal

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    Derrick Todd Lee gets medical treatment outside of Angola; officials mum on location for ‘security reasons’

    Convicted serial killer and death row inmate Derrick Todd Lee on Sunday was receiving medical care outside the fences of the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola.

    Corrections Department spokeswoman Pam Laborde confirmed in a statement that Lee, 47, was transported away from the Angola prison for medical care but declined to say where he’d been taken or what medical issues he is being treated for, citing state and federal privacy laws.

    “Due to security reasons and offender privacy under state and federal laws, the Department (of Corrections) cannot provide any additional information at this time,” Laborde said.

    Lee was sentenced to death for the 2002 murder of 22-year-old LSU graduate student Charlotte Murray Pace in her Baton Rouge home.

    A jury also convicted Lee of second-degree murder in the 2002 killing of 21-year-old Geralyn Barr DeSoto, of Addis, for which he was sentenced to life in prison.

    Lee is suspected by authorities of killing five other women in south Louisiana between 1998 and 2003: Gina Wilson Green and Carrie Lynn Yoder, of Baton Rouge; Trineisha Dene Colomb, of Lafayette; Randi Mebruer, of Zachary; and Pam Kinamore, of Briarwood. Lee has not been tried in those cases.

    According to prosecutors, DNA evidence linked Lee to those five slayings. Evidence from these cases was introduced during the penalty phase of Lee’s 2004 trial in Pace’s murder.

    Lee is appealing his conviction and death sentence in federal court. The Louisiana Supreme Court rejected Lee’s final state court appeal in September.

    http://theadvocate.com/news/14604728...on-for-securit

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    Louisiana serial killer dies at hospital

    A serial killer convicted of killing a Jackson native has died, Louisiana prison officials said. He died shortly before 9 a.m. Thursday.

    A death row inmate, Derrick Todd Lee was convicted for the 2002 murder of Baton Rouge resident Charlotte Murray Pace.

    Lee received a separate life sentence after a jury convicted him second-degree murder in the 2002 killing of 21-year-old Geralyn Barr DeSoto, of Addis.

    Laborde said an autopsy will be performed on Lee and an official cause of death will be released when appropriate. He was suspected of killing seven women in the early 2000s.

    WAFB-TV in Baton Rouge later reported that the juror who voted not guilty had become ill during deliberations, was unable to fully participate and had to cast a vote of not guilty by default.

    http://www.jewocity.com/blog/louisia...ospital/243042

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    Coroner's Office Says Serial Killer Died of Heart Disease

    Officials in Louisiana say serial killer Derrick Todd Lee, who was suspected of killing seven women, died of heart disease.

    Chaillie Daniel, a representative for West Feliciana Parish Coroner, told The Advocate (http://bit.ly/1S3ique) Lee's cause of death on Tuesday.

    Lee died Jan. 21, days after being taken to a hospital outside the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, where he was being held on death row.

    Kim Hodgin, an assistant to Daniel, said she couldn't provide more details about Lee's death.

    Lee had been sentenced to life for killing 21-year-year Geralyn DeSoto in January 2002, and to death for killing 22-year-old Charlotte Murray Pace four months later. Both women's throats were cut.

    Authorities also suspect Lee killed five other women in south Louisiana between 1998 and 2003. He wasn't tried in those cases.

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