Marin County trials for three drifters held in SF, Fairfax killings

Three suspects were charged with murder last Friday and could face the death penalty in connection with the killings of a Canadian backpacker in Golden Gate Park and a hiker in Marin County earlier this month, according to the Marin County District Attorney’s Office.

The murder charges against Morrison Haze Lampley, 23, Sean Michael Angold, 24, and Lila Scott Alligood, 18, are enhanced by special circumstances, the District Attorney’s Office said Monday.

The arraignment date and time of Wednesday morning at 9 a.m. in Marin County Superior Court was announced for the defendants early Monday evening via Twitter by the Marin County Sheriff’s Department.

Earlier Monday, Marin County District Attorney’s Office filed first-degree murder charges against the three suspects.

The defendants also are charged with special circumstance allegations of multiple murders, lying in wait and murder while committing a robbery, Berberian said.

“Anytime someone is obviously murdered in the fashion we have here, it’s something that gets everyone’s attention,” said Berberian.

The special circumstance allegations subject the defendants to the death penalty or life in prison without parole.

The trio also are charged with robbery, unlawful taking and being in possession of a stolen vehicle, possession of stolen property from both victims and cruelty to an animal, Berberian said.

The defendants were arrested around 2:30 p.m. Wednesday outside a dining hall in Portland, Oregon, for Carter’s murder in the Loma Alta Open Space Preserve. The prisoner transport with the prisoners arrived at the San Rafael Jail shortly before 5:30 p.m. early Monday evening.

Agencies/Canadajournal