People v. Her

Opinion

ROBIE, Acting P. J.

John Lone Eagle was found strangled to death with a telephone cord in his Carmichael bedroom. About $4,000 was missing from his bedroom. DNA consistent with the genetic profile of defendant Zang Her was found in three places in the house—on a latex glove that was tangled in the telephone cord around John Lone Eagle’s neck, on a pillow in the same bedroom, and in a blood spot on the entryway floor to the house. Defendant was also linked to John Lone Eagle through defendant’s wife and an acquaintance. A jury found defendant guilty of first degree burglary and first…