Woman Convicted in Boyfriend’s Death
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A woman who shot her boyfriend and buried him in the backyard of their rented Topanga Canyon house was convicted Monday of second-degree murder and marijuana cultivation, according to court officials.
Prosecutors said Christina Marie White, 34, had admitted to friends that she killed Peter Paul, 29, weeks after he had threatened to kill her.
Deputy Dist. Atty. Renee Meckler said in her opening statements to the jury last month that White planned to kill her live-in boyfriend of six months, but the jury found that the killing was not premeditated.
The key prosecution evidence was a taped cell phone conversation during which White admitted the killing to an ex-boyfriend. Police said the call broke through a police scanner transmission.
White is still awaiting trial on charges of embezzling $800,000 from prior employers.
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