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May 18 2011

James Fayed Murder-For-Hire Trial as Covered by Sprocket of Trial and Tribulations.

Posted by Rose in Beverly Hills, High Proflie Trials, Hollyweird Criminal Justice, Hollywood, Hollywood Criminal Justice, Sprocket, Trials & Tribulations, Trials & Tribulations Daily life of a true crime junkie

James Fayed and attorney

What the case is about and who is who in this criminal trial of James Fayed MURDER FOR HIRE

Opening Statements will be heard this morning in Dept. 109, Judge Kathleen Kennedy’s courtroom at the downtown Los Angeles Criminal Justice Center (CJC) in the murder-for-hire trial of James Fayed for the July 28, 2008 stabbing death of his wife, Pamela, in a Century City parking structure.

The Fayed’s were in the midst of a bitter divorce and fighting over control of their Camarillo-based gold trading business called Goldfinger Coin and Bullion Sales and an Internet firm, e-Bullion.

From my understanding, right before 6:30 pm, the Fayed’s had been in a meeting with defense attorneys regarding an FBI examination of their business enterprises. Witnesses looked on in horror as a man wielding a knife repeatedly slashed Pamela in the third floor of the parking garage. Paramedics arriving on the scene were unable to save her.

Prosecution team is Eric Harmon and Alan Jackson. Defense is Mark Werksman. Werksman’s co-counsel is Steve Meister, from Werksman’s office.

There are two special circumstance charges, financial gain and lying-in-wait which makes the defendant eligible for the death penalty. Prosecutors in Los Angeles County accuse Fayed of paying a former employee, Jose Luis Moya, 50, about $25,000 to arrange his wife’s slaying.

http://sprocket-trials.blogspot.com/2011/05/james-fayed-murder-for-hiretrial-starts.html.

http://sprocket-trials.blogspot.com/2011/05/fayed-murder-for-hire-day-1-opening.html.

May 4th, 2011 Day 1: Part II, Testimony

1. Desiree Goudie – oldest daughter of Pamela Fayed.
2. Delilah Urrea – friend of victim and former employee of Fayed’s company, Goldfinger.
3. Gregory Wallace Herring – family law attorney representing Pamela Fayed at the time of her death.

http://sprocket-trials.blogspot.com/2011/05/james-fayed-murder-for-hire-day-1-part.html.

May 5th, 2011 Day 2

4. Mark Avis – Federal prosecutor for US Attorney General’s Office (testimony complete)
5. David Willingham – Criminal defense attorney; first one Pamela had, later disqualified (testimony complete)
6. Carol Nebe – “Best friend” of Pamela since 1989
7. Jean Nelson – Criminal defense attorney; took over for David Willingham

http://sprocket-trials.blogspot.com/2011/05/james-fayed-murder-for-hire-day-2.html.

May 6th, 2011 Day 3

8. Matthew Grode – Attorney; witness who observed attack from office across street
9. Eric Spear – Detective-in-charge at the scene
10. Edwin Rivera – Witness at scene; saw Pamela die
11. Dr. Stephen Schultz, MD – L.A. County Deputy Coroner; performed autopsy
12. Mark Newhouse – FBI Special Agent – assisted in search warrants at various locations

http://sprocket-trials.blogspot.com/2011/05/james-fayed-murder-for-hire-day-3.html.

May 9th, 2011 Day 4

13. Steven Eidson – FBI Special Agent – Aggregated all precious metals seized in warrants
14. Miguel Sanchez - Former employee of Happy Camp Ranch

http://sprocket-trials.blogspot.com/2011/05/james-fayed-murder-for-hire-day-4-gold_13.html.

Pamela Fayed

May 11th, 2011 Day 5 Part I

No testimony; juror’s questioned

http://sprocket-trials.blogspot.com/2011/05/james-fayed-murder-for-hire-day-5-part.html.

May 11th, 2011 Day 5 Part II

15. Alex Samayoa – Owner/Manager of AVIS Rental Car in Camarillo, CA; presents car rental records of the red SUV by Goldfinger
16. Tenille Chacon – Police Officer in Oxnard, CA; stopped and questioned Simmons, Marquez a month before the murders
17. Edward Dixon – ATT Employee; verified phone records of Moya, Fayed, Mercedes
18. Marty McCoy – Former boss and friend of Pamela; accompanied her to a 4th of July party
19. Dan Jensen – Sprint/Nextel Employee; verified phone records of Simmons, Marquez
20. Salaam Abdul-Rahman – Robbery-Homicide Detective; took over investigation in August, 2008

We of course always recommend that you read about any case that Sprocket covers, her diary writing style is truly a way of preserving these cases in an historic concept.

http://sprocket-trials.blogspot.com/2011/05/james-fayed-murder-for-hire-day-5-part_15.html.

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