death penalty news July 27, 2004
SOUTH DAKOTA: Neil Frame May Face Death Penalty In Saleswoman Killing A 41-year-old Rapid Valley man accused of killing a door-to-door magazine saleswoman from California still doesn't know whether prosecutors will seek the death penalty against him. Neil Frame turned himself into authorities on April 26th, five days after 21-year-old Kristina Moore of Lancaster, California, came to his home to sell magazines. Her nude body was found in a field near Hermosa. An autopsy indicated she suffered a blow to the head and was strangled. Frame has pleaded not guilty to the charge. State authorities are waiting for results from a forensics lab in Minnesota before deciding whether they'll seek the death penalty. The next hearing in the case is scheduled for August 23rd. (source: AP)
