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Suwdoy, April 6,1975 — Von Nuys (Calif.)Van Nuys Man 22 GetsW • 1VLie Term in SlayingBSnMlCilAEL POLLOCK 22-yea r-okl \'an Nuys muvi. found guilty by a Superior Court jury on one coemt each of first degreemyier. and first degreero£$)ery. has been sente fifed to state prison for life■fhe defendant. Ronald Oliver Reach of 14722 Ya-- no wen St., received the sentence Friday from Sm pa£ior Court •Judge Armand Arabian in Van Nuys.Reach will be eligible for parole in seven years, Dep. Dist. Auy. Harold Lynnsa’ftl.rS e nte need to Pris o n -S*lT,e defendant was found guilty on the charges . in connection with the bludgeon slaying of Richard Les Williams 40 of 18122Mrganda St., killed June 12 last year.Reach was sentenced to prison on the murder charge. Sentencing on the robbery count has been “stayed” (delayed) pending an appeal of his conviction on the charge, a court official said.* A Workshop for the Formerly Married” will be held from Friday at 7 p.m. through next Sunday, ending after luncheon, at the Afdrsgate Lodge, 925 Haverford Ave., Pacific Palisades. The event i; sponsored bv the Ministers*Reach was one of three men allegedly responsible for the murder of Williams.Two other defendants in the case, John Kendal Dow is 27, of 14217- Ya-nowen St., Van Nuys, and John Ralph Radcliffe IS.of the same address, are currently serving prison sentences imposed on them by Judge Arabian.Ruling MadeDow is previously pleaded guilty to murder allowing the judge to decide whether he committed first or second degree murder in the slaying.Judge Arabian ruled that he committed second de-' gree murder and sentenced him to five years to life in prison.Radcliffe pleaded guiltyto voluntary manslaughter and is serving a one to 15 year sentence in prison.The district a ttorney’s office in Van Nuys alleges that the three defendants lured Williams to Reach's appartment on June 12.At that location, Williams was beaten with a hammer and robbed, authorities said.The victim's body then was placed in a trunk which was dumped over an embankment in Big Tujunga Can von, authorities said.
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Van Nuys Valley News
Van Nuys, California, US
Sun, Apr 06, 1975
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