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Truck from CdA seized in murder case

James Biela smiles as he enters the courtroom after lunch Monday May 24, 2010 escorted by Washoe County deputies John Saybo, Scott Thomas and Dan Wheeler on Monday May 24, 2010. Biela  is on trial for the 2008 rape and murder of Brianna Denison. (AP Photo/The Gazette-Journal, Marilyn Newton) (Marilyn Newton / The Gazette-Journal, Marlyn Newton)
James Biela smiles as he enters the courtroom after lunch Monday May 24, 2010 escorted by Washoe County deputies John Saybo, Scott Thomas and Dan Wheeler on Monday May 24, 2010. Biela is on trial for the 2008 rape and murder of Brianna Denison. (AP Photo/The Gazette-Journal, Marilyn Newton) (Marilyn Newton / The Gazette-Journal, Marlyn Newton)

Closing arguments are happening right now in the trial of a former Spokane man accused of murdering a young woman in Reno, Nevada.

One piece of evidence in the case is a Toyota truck seized from a Coeur d'Alene resident shortly after James Biela's arrest.

Police believe Biela, a 1999 West Valley High graduate whose mother lives in Spokane Valley, used the truck in the crimes, then sold it to a car dealership up here that then sold it to a Coeur d'Alene resident.

Read coverage of the case at the Sirens and Gavels blog.

Question: Do you ever wonder where your used car has been?

 



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D.F. Oliveria started Huckleberries Online on Feb. 16, 2004. Oliveria's Sunday print Huckleberries is a past winner of the national Herb Caen Memorial Column contest.