Guilty plea in Ghiasi murder

Posted Mar 9, 2011 11:51:55 AM.

This article is more than 5 years old.

One of the suspects in the December murder of 16-year-old Yazden Ghiasvand Ghiasi has pleaded guilty.

18-year-old Zakaria Dourhnou has pleaded guilty to attempting to obstruct justice and breach of probation.

He was originally charged with accessory to murder for cleaning out the car where Ghiasi was shot in the heart in an argument over a bag of drugs.

Two others still face charges in the killing.

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