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Criminal

Jul. 27, 2002

Avila 'Was Not a Monster'

SANTA ANA - Alejandro Avila's defense attorney in an earlier molestation case spoke out Thursday about his former client, saying the man now charged with the kidnap-murder of 5-year-old Samantha Runnion "was not a monster."

By Jenna Bordelon
Daily Journal Staff Writer
        SANTA ANA - Alejandro Avila's defense attorney in an earlier molestation case spoke out Thursday about his former client, saying the man now charged with the kidnap-murder of 5-year-old Samantha Runnion "was not a monster."
        "There was nothing I gleaned from the case I had with him that...

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