https://www.bruzzolaw.com/blog/tags/sexual-crimes/ Tue, 15 Oct 2024 00:45:39 GMT en-us https://www.bruzzolaw.com/blog/former-dance-instructor-facing-9-years-for-secret-taping/ https://www.bruzzolaw.com/blog/former-dance-instructor-facing-9-years-for-secret-taping/ Mon, 08 Aug 2011 02:05:00 GMT A former dance instructor from Mission Viejo Dance and Performing Arts Center was found guilty of secretly video taping 12 to 14 year old girls as they changed out of their swimwear. The incident happened in April of 2007 at his home in Aliso Viejo in Orange County. The District Attorney describes that 31-year old…

]]> A former dance instructor from Mission Viejo Dance and Performing Arts Center was found guilty of secretly video taping 12 to 14 year old girls as they changed out of their swimwear. The incident happened in April of 2007 at his home in Aliso Viejo in Orange County. The District Attorney describes that 31-year old Jason Marian set up a video camera in the downstairs bathroom of his home and asked them to change there. The D.A states that he knew exactly what he was doing, and that he had befriended the families and his students which made the whole situation even more devious. Marian had explained that he had set up the videotape for his wife, not the girls. He was also convicted of sexual acts with a 16 year old which came to light as a result of the secret taping being discovered. The camera was found by one of the dancers when it toppled over under a counter. She took the camera and gave it to her parents who then turned it over to the police. The investigation into the taping produced evidence that suggested that Marian had engaged in inappropriate sexual activities with a 16-year-old dancer. Penal Code Sections 647(d), 314, 261.5 and 288.

]]> https://www.bruzzolaw.com/blog/orange-county-cold-case-solved-36-years-later/ https://www.bruzzolaw.com/blog/orange-county-cold-case-solved-36-years-later/ Fri, 04 Jun 2010 22:53:00 GMT DNA evidence has solved a 36 year-old-case in Santa Ana. In 1974 the body of a woman was found without clothes and with traces of grease near a Cadillac dealership. The victim, Frances E. Esqueda, had been strangled with her slip. No arrest was made during the investigation. This year, cold case detectives submitted evidence…

]]> DNA evidence has solved a 36 year-old-case in Santa Ana. In 1974 the body of a woman was found without clothes and with traces of grease near a Cadillac dealership. The victim, Frances E. Esqueda, had been strangled with her slip. No arrest was made during the investigation. This year, cold case detectives submitted evidence from the scene to the crime lab and received new information. Blood stains on the slip revealed that there was someone else’s blood on the item as well. The sample was compared to a California Attorney General’s DNA data base and a match was found. The blood matched Gerald Gay Kifer a former convict who had served time for sexual crimes. Detectives believed Kifer might have lived in the Santa Ana area at the time of the crime. The search for Kifer resulted in a death certificate; Kifer had died in 2007. While the man could not be brought to justice, the investigation finally brought answers to Esqueda’s remaining relatives.

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