Christine Pelisek

Coroner Reports Lily Burk Died from Neck Wound

Christine Pelisek
The Los Angeles County Coroner reports this morning that 17-year-old Lily Burk died from an "incised wound to neck." In other words, her neck was slashed. Burk, whose father is well-known music writer Greg Burk, also suffered traumatic injuries to her head as previously reported in local papers.Burk was abducted......
Vigil for Lily at Southwestern Law School; Credit: Ted Soqui

Losing Lily Burk

Christine Pelisek
Along a pretty tree-lined street in the Mid-Wilshire area, a small group of students and a law professor lit candles and wrote passages on a makeshift memorial ...

Lily Burk's Alleged Killer Makes First Court Appearance

Christine Pelisek
The 50-year-old parolee who is accused of killing 17-year-old Lily Burk made his first court appearance in the Los Angeles Criminal Courts Building this afternoon. However, Charlie Samuel didn't enter a plea. His arraignment was rescheduled for August 20. He remains in custody without bail.The District Attorney's office charged Samuel......
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Burk family spokesman Nick Goldberg

LAPD: "Parolee Charlie Samuel killed Lily Burk"

Christine Pelisek
The Los Angeles Police Department announced this morning the arrest of 50-year-old Charlie Samuel, a parolee with a history of violence, for the shocking, daylight carjacking murder of 17-year-old Lily Burk. Detectives learned on Saturday that latent fingerprints collected from Lily's car were ex-con Samuel's. Bizarrely, about 30 minutes after......

Fingerprints Link Parolee to Murder of Lily Burk, 17

Christine Pelisek
The Los Angeles Police Department held a packed, late-morning press conference today, one day after they arrested a former convict who had been on parole since last August. Charlie Samuel, 50, has been charged with the murder of Lily Burk, 17. Detectives received confirmation Saturday that latent fingerprints collected from......