Man Sentenced to Life in Slaying of Psychotherapist
A Glendale man was sentenced to life in prison without parole Wednesday for the June 1997 slaying of a Los Feliz psychotherapist.
Joshua Geier, 19, shot Jeffrey Green once in the head last year and then wiped his own fingerprints from doorknobs and glasses, removed shell casings from Green’s Los Feliz home and repositioned Green’s body to make it appear as though he died while trying to sexually assault someone, according to testimony during the Los Angeles Superior Court trial.
“He showed an incredible ability to clean up the crime scene,” said Deputy Dist. Atty. Darrell Mavis, who handled the case.
Mavis said the youth’s ability to clean up the scene could have resulted from his parents being police officers.
Mavis said he was pleased that Geier was sentenced to the maximum penalty allowed by law--life in state prison without the possibility of parole.
The trial lasted two weeks and followed Geier’s capture in San Antonio, where he had fled in Green’s BMW.
Geier was convicted Feb. 6 of first-degree murder, as well as one count each of burglary, robbery and receiving stolen property.
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