Linda Sohus

LINDA DEUTSCH AP Special Correspondent ALHAMBRA, California The bizarre murder case against a man who assumed multiple identities including that of a Rockefeller is headed for trial and a lawyer for the defendant said he welcomes the chance to go before a jury. "He views this as a beginning, not an end," said attorney Jeffrey Denner after a judge ordered Christian Gerhartsreiter to be tried on a charge of murdering the son of his landlady a...Read Full Story

LINDA DEUTSCH AP Special Correspondent LOS ANGELES In 1985, Clark Rockefeller did not exist. The pseudonym, which was one of many fake identities assumed by a German immigrant, would surface years later when he began cutting a swath across high society claiming to be an heir to the Rockefeller fortune. As a world class impostor, he conned people into believing he was a physicist, an art collector, a ship captain and a financial adviser who renegotiated...Read Full Story

Los Angeles Times Rockefeller impostor ordered to stand trial in 1985 killing Los Angeles Times Christian Gerhartsreiter is accused of murdering John Sohus, whose decaying remains were unearthed in San Marino in 1994. Many new details of the mystery were revealed in an Alhambra hearing. Christian Gerhartsreiter, who called himself Clark .. Read More: Rockefeller impostor ordered to stand trial in 1985 killing – Los Angeles Times Related BlogsRead Full Story

ALHAMBRA, California — The bizarre murder case against a man who assumed multiple identities including that of a Rockefeller is headed for trial and a lawyer for the defendant said he welcomes the chance to go before a jury. “He views this as a beginning, not an end,” said attorney Jeffrey Denner after a judge ordered Christian Gerhartsreiter to be tried on a charge of murdering the son of his landlady a quarter century ago. Gerhartsreiter, a German immigrant who at times called himself Clark...Read Full Story

LOS ANGELES ( Reuters ) - A German-born man who once posed as a member of the wealthy Rockefeller clan pleaded not guilty on Friday to charges that he murdered a neighbor in 1985, when authorities said he was using a different name. Christian Karl Gerhartsreiter , whose life of assuming false identities was portrayed in the 2010 made-for-TV movie "Who Is Clark Rockefeller?", entered his plea at a court in the Los Angeles suburb of Alhambra . The 50-year-old Gerhartsreiter was ordered held...Read Full Story