SHERMAN OAKS : ATM Wall That May Have Hidden Killer to Be Razed
The parents of a pregnant woman slain at an automated teller machine in Sherman Oaks returned to the crime scene Wednesday to hail, in tearful speeches, a decision to tear down the wall that may have provided cover for her attacker.
The parents, Alex and Sharon Foreman, also filed a lawsuit seeking unspecified damages in the slaying of their daughter, Sherri, a 29-year-old Toluca Lake artist killed March 30 during a holdup near a Great Western Bank money dispenser. Authorities said the bandit may have hidden behind the five-foot-high wall before stabbing Foreman, who was returning to her car after withdrawing $40. The building manager, United Overseas Investment Inc., at first refused to knock down the wall at Riverside Drive and Woodman Avenue despite safety concerns. But it agreed to do so this week after continued pressure from a National Organization for Women chapter, bank officials and a state legislator.
The alleged assailant, Robert Glen Jones, 42, has pleaded not guilty to murder charges.
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