The man charged with the 1985 killing of prolific TV director Barry Crane pleaded not guilty Tuesday to one count of murder with a special allegation of using a heavy decorative object during the commission of the crime.
Edwin Hiatt, 53, entered his plea at the Van Nuys courthouse in Los Angeles.
According to prosecutors, Hiatt allegedly bludgeoned Crane to death with a large ceramic statue, and wrapped a telephone cord around his neck. The director was found dead by his housekeeper in his Studio City home.
The case had gone unsolved for decades when in 2006, and again last year, a detective from the Lapd’s Robbery Homicide Division requested that evidence found at the crime scene be retested.
Hiatt was linked to the crime through DNA evidence, according to prosecutors. He was arrested in North Carolina in May, and extradited to California on August 15.
Crane was 57 years old at the time of his death.
Edwin Hiatt, 53, entered his plea at the Van Nuys courthouse in Los Angeles.
According to prosecutors, Hiatt allegedly bludgeoned Crane to death with a large ceramic statue, and wrapped a telephone cord around his neck. The director was found dead by his housekeeper in his Studio City home.
The case had gone unsolved for decades when in 2006, and again last year, a detective from the Lapd’s Robbery Homicide Division requested that evidence found at the crime scene be retested.
Hiatt was linked to the crime through DNA evidence, according to prosecutors. He was arrested in North Carolina in May, and extradited to California on August 15.
Crane was 57 years old at the time of his death.
- 10/9/2019
- by Anita Bennett
- Deadline Film + TV
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