RATHBUN TRIAL / RATHBUN APPEARANCE (01/05/1996)
IN LOS ANGELES, PROSECUTORS SAY THEY EXPECT TO SEEK THE DEATH PENALTY FOR A FREELANCE PHOTOGRAPHER ACCUSED OF KILLING A FORMER LOS ANGELES RAIDERS CHEERLEADER. THE PHOTOGRAPHER, CHARLES RATHBUN, IS SUSPECTED OF MURDERING FORMER LOS ANGELES RAIDERETTE LINDA SOBEK. PROSECUTORS SAY THEY WILL FILE SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES ALLEGATIONS AGAINST RATHBUN. RATHBUN APPEARED THIS MORNING IN SOUTH BAY MUNICIPAL COURT IN TORRANCE TO BE SET A PRELIMINARY HEARING.