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The Continuing Saga of Phil Spector

By David Lohr

By now most readers who follow crime stories and court cases know that the first trial of legendary record producer Phil Spector, 69, accused of murdering struggling B-movie actress Lana Clarkson, who was 40-years-old at the time of her death, ended in a hung jury on September 26, 2007.  Clarkson, of course, who was perhaps best known for her part as Amethea in the cult Roger Corman movie Barbarian Queen, was found dead in the entrance hall of Spector's mansion in Alhambra, California on February 3, 2003, with a gunshot wound to her mouth.  Although Spector claims that Clarkson killed herself, prosecutors contend that Spector shot her.  They attempted to bolster their contention by citing that he has a history of gunplay that included using a gun to threaten and/or intimidate others...continue to full post

Full post as published by Bizarre Crimes of the Week on March 16, 2009 (boomark / email).