A man accused of killing a woman in Scripps Ranch more than 35 years ago is tied to her slaying by DNA evidence and incriminating statements he made after his arrest, a prosecutor told jurors Monday, while a defense attorney said the case against her client arose from an inadequate police investigation and is reliant on flimsy evidence.
Opening statements were delivered Monday morning in the murder trial of 65-year-old Randall Oyler, who is charged with killing Margaret Orozco Jackson, whose body was discovered on a hillside off Scripps Ranch Boulevard on July 11, 1990.
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