State v. Lalonde

OPINION

LIVERMORE, Presiding Judge.

The evidence at trial showed that defendant’s grandmother died at defendant’s home in late May 1985. He wrapped her body in plastic, placed it in a deep freeze, moved it to Las Vegas, moved it to Grand Junction, Colorado and ultimately took it to a canyon near Provo, Utah where he buried it in July 1985. Between the time of death and the time of the discovery of the body, defendant lied repeatedly concerning the whereabouts of his grandmother. There was evidence of manual strangulation of the victim but, because of the decomposition of the body, the medical…