Prosecutor Wants Lankford To Serve 120 Years
Man Admits Dumping Victim's Body In Oceash
POSTED: 2:10 pm HST March 3, 2009
UPDATED: 9:52 pm HST March 3, 2009
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HONOLULU -- Prosecutors on Tuesday asked the Hawaii Paroling Authority Board to keep a convicted murderer behind bars for 120 years.A Circuit Court judge convicted Kirki Lankford for the 2007 killing of Japanese national Masumi Watanabe.The prosecutor called Lankford a "sociopath and a liar."During the trial, Lankford claimed he slightly injured Watanabe with his truck on the North Shore, that she fell and hit her head on a rock and then tossed her body in to the ocean because he did not want to lose his job.The defense attorney said 120 years is a long time for a second-degree attempted murder conviction.Watanabe's parents, Hideichi and Fumiko, attended Tuesday's parole hearing.The parole board is expected to take a month
Previous Stories:
- July 31, 2008: Lankford Sentenced To Life In Prison For Murder
- May 20, 2008: Prosecutors Give Up On No Parole For Lankford
- April 15, 2008: Jury Finds Lankford Guilty Of Murder
- April 11, 2008: Jury To Decide On Lankford Murder Case
- April 4, 2008: Expert Says Lankford's Description 'Impossible'
- April 2, 2008: Lankford Says He Wanted Watanabe To Rest In Peace
- March 21, 2008: Defense Questions Evidence In Lankford Murder Trial
- March 14, 2008: Murder Trial Jury Visits Case Locations
- March 13, 2008: Expert Links DNA Of Woman In Defendant's Truck
- March 10, 2008: Prosecutors Show Shopping Photos In Murder Trial
- March 7, 2008: Witness Says Friend's Death Led Him To Question Lankford
- March 7, 2008: Doctored Time Sheet Presented In Lankford Murder Trial
- March 5, 2008: Lankford Trial Sparks Confrontation
- March 3, 2008: Murder Trial Begins In Case Without Body
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