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Serial murder suspect Naso delivers opening remarks

Serial murder suspect Joseph Naso delivered an hours-long personal history Monday replete with childhood photos, as he launched his defense, denied the decades-old slayings of four women and claimed he is not the "monster" prosecutors have made him out to be. The 79-year-old defendant's opening statement came after prosecutors spent ...

Jurors tear up as Naso serial murder trial begins

Jurors in the trial of a 79-year-old man charged with the decades-old slayings of four women in Northern California wiped tears from their eyes on Monday, as a prosecutor showed images of the victims' bodies and described how they were discovered. Marin County prosecutor Rosemary Slote showed the images during ...

Trial for alleged serial killer set to begin Monday

A jury was selected Wednesday at the trial of alleged serial killer Joseph Naso in Marin County Superior Court and opening statements are scheduled for Monday morning before Judge Andrew Sweet. Naso, 79, of Reno, is charged with killing four women whose bodies were found in along rural roads in ...

Jury seated at Marin serial murder trial

A jury has been selected in the death penalty case against Joseph Naso, who is charged with the decades-old murders of four Northern California women. The Marin Independent Journal reports that the 12-person panel was finalized Wednesday after weeks of jury selection. The 79-year-old Naso is serving as his own ...

Alleged serial killer mocks prosecutor at trial

Addressing prospective jurors in his death penalty trial, alleged serial killer Joseph Naso mocked the prosecutor and asked odd questions. The San Francisco Chronicle reports that the 79-year-old Naso, acting as his own lawyer, addressed a panel of 21 possible jurors in a selection process expected to take weeks. Naso ...

Jury selection begins at Naso murder trial

Accused serial killer Joseph Naso was in court Monday picking a jury for his upcoming trial. Court proceedings concluded around 5 p.m. and Naso, who is representing himself,  asked questions to find jurors who haven't made up their minds about the him. Naso is charged with the murders of Roxene ...

Bay Area serial killer trial set to begin

Jury selection was scheduled to begin Monday at alleged serial killer Joseph Naso's murders trial. Naso, 79, of Reno, is charged with killing four women in Yuba, Marin and Contra Costa counties between 1997 and 1994. Naso, a self-employed modeling photographer, photographed nude and partially nude women in heels, lingerie ...

Accused serial killer Joseph Naso's trial off until April

The trial of accused killer Joseph Naso has been postponed until April 24. Naso, 78, initially was scheduled to be tried in Marin County Superior in October for killing four women between 1977 and 1994 in Marin, Contra Costa and Yuba counties. His trial was then re-scheduled for January when Naso said he needed ...

Joseph Naso serial murder trial delayed

A judge has delayed the serial murder trial of a former photographer charged with the decades-old slayings of four prostitutes, all of whom had matching initials, in Northern California. The Marin Independent Journal reported that a judge pushed jury selection in the 78-year-old Joseph Naso's trial back to Jan. 14 ...

Judge approves Naso's request to examine murder victim's pantyhose

A Marin County Superior Court judge Friday morning approved accused serial killer Joseph Naso's request to have an expert analyze the pantyhose of one of his alleged victims for DNA evidence. The forensic analysis of the pantyhose found on the body of 18-year-old Roxene Roggasch of Oakland will be conducted ...

Judge allows accused killer Joseph Naso to view pantyhose evidence

Joseph Naso may view four pairs of pantyhose that were found on one of the four women he is accused of killing between 1977 and 1994, a Marin County Superior Court judge ruled Friday. Judge Andrew Sweet approved Naso's request to visually, but not physically, examine pantyhose that are in ...

Judge sets November trial date for accused serial killer

A Marin County Superior Court judge set a trial date of Nov. 5 for accused serial killer Joseph Naso Wednesday morning. Deputy District Attorney Rosemary Slote estimated that the trial will take four to five months, and said twice as many prosecution witnesses were expected to testify in the trial ...

Naso retains advisory counsel, possible trial in July or August

Accused serial killer Joseph Naso retained an attorney Wednesday to advise, but not represent him during his quadruple murder trial. At a brief hearing that morning, Naso's advisory counsel Michael Marowitz, a San Rafael attorney admitted to the bar in 1978, sat next to him at the defense table. But ...

Prosecutors seek the death sentence for accused serial killer Joseph Naso

The Marin County District Attorney's Office announced Wednesday it would seek the death penalty against accused serial killer Joseph Naso. Deputy District Attorney Dori Ahana made the announcement at Naso's arraignment in Marin County Superior Court. Naso, 78, of Reno, re-entered not-guilty pleas to charges that he murdered four Northern ...

Judge clears way for alleged serial killer Naso to represent himself

A Marin County Superior Court judge Wednesday approved Joseph Naso's waiver of his right to an attorney, clearing the way for the 78-year-old Reno man to represent himself in his trial for four Northern California murders that occurred between 1977 and 1994. Judge Andrew Sweet said he found Naso mentally ...

Naso insists on representing himself at trial

Joseph Naso, the Reno man accused of killing four women in Northern California between 1977 and 1994, this morning adamantly asserted his right to represent himself at his trial. Naso, 78, told Marin County Superior Court Judge Andrew Sweet he does not want the county public defender's office involved in ...

Naso's re-entry of pleas to four murders off until next week

Accused serial killer Joseph Naso's re-entry of pleas to charges of murdering four Northern California women between 1977 and 1994 was delayed Friday  until next week. Naso, 78, of Reno, was held to answer to the charges on Jan. 23 after a nine-day preliminary hearing in Marin County Superior Court ...

Naso ordered to stand trial on serial murder charges

A Marin County Superior Court judge Monday ordered accused serial killer Joseph Naso to stand trial on charges that he murdered four women between 1977 and 1994. Judge Andrew Sweet also held Naso, 78, to answer to enhancements on those charges for allegedly committing multiple murders. The charges made Naso ...

Prosecutors rest their case at Naso Serial Murder preliminary hearing

Prosecutors on Friday called suspected serial murderer Joseph Naso a "sexual deviant" who drugged his victims before he photographed them, strangled them to death and dumped their naked bodies in rural Northern California areas. In a short, concise closing argument following more than a week of testimony, Marin County prosecutor ...

Naso's ex-wife testifies in quadruple murder case

 The ex-wife of Joseph Naso, who is accused of killing four women -- including an Oakland woman who was allegedly strangled with the ex-wife's pantyhose -- testified Thursday morning that Naso had asked her to claim she had lost her pantyhose. Judith Naso, 73, testified that her ex-husband had mailed ...

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