Testimony may turn trial in murder of Russian River bar owner on its ear
A California criminalist's admission that he gave misleading testimony about crucial evidence has created a new dispute in a 6-year-old double-murder case on the eve of trial. The disclosure could hurt the prosecution of Zach Rutledge, a 28-year-old Monte Rio man accused of the ambush-style killings of a Russian River gay bar owner and another man in 1998. Rutledge could be sentenced to life in prison if he's convicted of killing Hans Grahlmann, 57, and Jason Blore, 26, at Grahlmann's secluded home near Guerneville. Grahlmann owned gay bars and other businesses in Guerneville and San Francisco, and Blore worked for him.
Press Democrat
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