Man Pleads Not Guilty in Ambush Killing of Wife
An Encino tax consultant pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges he arranged the ambush killing of his estranged wife, Jewish community leader Anita Green.
Melvin Green, 55, who a prosecutor said boasted to a witness in the case that he could have anyone “taken care of,” could face the death penalty if convicted of the charge of murder for financial gain.
He is accused of setting up the shooting death of his 42-year-old wife, who was gunned down Oct. 25 by a motorcyclist who followed her car into the parking lot behind her husband’s North Hollywood office. The gunman has not been arrested.
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