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Live Oak man charged with murder
By Cathy Kelly
Posted: 04/29/2009 01:30:39 AM PDT
Click photo to enlarge«1»SANTA CRUZ -- A Live Oak man will be arraigned on murder charges today, more than a week after another Live Oak man's body was found down a hillside beside Highway 1 in the Point Sur area, officials said.
Deputies said Tuesday they believe David Alford, 54, killed Hans Hugo Heath at Alford's home on the night of April 20, after meeting him that day.
The next morning, tourists spotted Heath's body beside a Highway 1 turnout in Monterey County, deputies said.
Heath, 58, was unemployed and had recently been paroled from prison, sheriff's Sgt. Mario Sulay said. He lived in an apartment near East Cliff Drive and Portola Drive, he said.
Alford was arrested Friday at his ocean-view home off 16th Avenue overlooking Sunny Cove.
Investigators linked him to the slaying after searching the home and a Lexus sports utility vehicle registered to his wife, Sulay said.
Charges of murder and use of a firearm were filed Tuesday, prosecutors said.
Alford lives with his wife, but she was out of town on business last week, Sulay said. An adult daughter who was visiting from Oregon was home at the time of the slaying, he said, and investigators are still working with witnesses.
Sulay declined to state a motive or release further details, but he said a weapon has not been recovered.
"They met one another on the day of the incident, randomly," he said. "They started up a conversation and ended up back at the suspect's home.
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"This is still under full investigation. We have a lot of threads we are trying to weave together."
Defense attorney Ben Rice said Alford is a hard-working family man. He worked as an estimator for a cement company for 25 years and raised six kids, he said.
"He and his wife are good, law-abiding people," he said. "This is going to take some sorting out, but David is the kind of guy who will befriend anyone and take in anyone who needs anything and this time his generosity and willingness to befriend people got him in a world of hurt."
Tuesday, Alford remained in County Jail with bail set at $750,000.
In the quiet, upscale neighborhood where he lives, neighbors said deputies were at the home most of the day Saturday. They said the couple moved in just a few months ago and were typically quiet.
However, music was blaring out of open windows at the home Friday, neighbors said.
Another false lead from you. This was a guy who murdered someone he knew at his own home. This wasn't stranger on stranger violence. Your bad.
By Cathy Kelly
Posted: 04/29/2009 01:30:39 AM PDT
Click photo to enlarge«1»SANTA CRUZ -- A Live Oak man will be arraigned on murder charges today, more than a week after another Live Oak man's body was found down a hillside beside Highway 1 in the Point Sur area, officials said.
Deputies said Tuesday they believe David Alford, 54, killed Hans Hugo Heath at Alford's home on the night of April 20, after meeting him that day.
The next morning, tourists spotted Heath's body beside a Highway 1 turnout in Monterey County, deputies said.
Heath, 58, was unemployed and had recently been paroled from prison, sheriff's Sgt. Mario Sulay said. He lived in an apartment near East Cliff Drive and Portola Drive, he said.
Alford was arrested Friday at his ocean-view home off 16th Avenue overlooking Sunny Cove.
Investigators linked him to the slaying after searching the home and a Lexus sports utility vehicle registered to his wife, Sulay said.
Charges of murder and use of a firearm were filed Tuesday, prosecutors said.
Alford lives with his wife, but she was out of town on business last week, Sulay said. An adult daughter who was visiting from Oregon was home at the time of the slaying, he said, and investigators are still working with witnesses.
Sulay declined to state a motive or release further details, but he said a weapon has not been recovered.
"They met one another on the day of the incident, randomly," he said. "They started up a conversation and ended up back at the suspect's home.
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"This is still under full investigation. We have a lot of threads we are trying to weave together."
Defense attorney Ben Rice said Alford is a hard-working family man. He worked as an estimator for a cement company for 25 years and raised six kids, he said.
"He and his wife are good, law-abiding people," he said. "This is going to take some sorting out, but David is the kind of guy who will befriend anyone and take in anyone who needs anything and this time his generosity and willingness to befriend people got him in a world of hurt."
Tuesday, Alford remained in County Jail with bail set at $750,000.
In the quiet, upscale neighborhood where he lives, neighbors said deputies were at the home most of the day Saturday. They said the couple moved in just a few months ago and were typically quiet.
However, music was blaring out of open windows at the home Friday, neighbors said.
Another false lead from you. This was a guy who murdered someone he knew at his own home. This wasn't stranger on stranger violence. Your bad.