Apr 26, 2006 11:05 pm US/Eastern
Littlejohn Indicted In Second Sex Assault
Grad-Student Murder Suspect Faces More Charges
KEW GARDENS (CBS) ―
Darryl Littlejohn, charged in the murder of graduate student Imette St. Guillen, has now been indicted in at least one other sexual assault in Queens.
A Queens grand jury handed up the indictment in connection with the attack in the borough last year.
April 6: Grand Jury May Indict Littlejohn In Second Sex AssaultLittlejohn already faces three counts of murder in the St. Guillen case. He had pleaded not guilty on all those counts.
St. Guillen, 24, was last seen alive in The Falls bar on the Bowery in Manhattan just before 4 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 25. Later that day, an anonymous telephone caller directed police to a rubbish-filled side of the road where her body had been dumped.
Littlejohn was working as a bouncer at the bar that night. In an exclusive interview with CBS 2 from jail, Littlejohn said he was asked to escort St. Guillen out of the bar where she was drinking just before closing.
March 22: Part I Of Jailhouse Interview With Littlejohn
March 22: Part II Of Jailhouse Interview With LittlejohnAsked whether he killed St. Guillen, he said, "No, I did not."
His attorney, Kenneth O'Donnell, said his client was being treated as a scapegoat because police couldn't find the real killer.
The Brooklyn District Attorney said cell phone records show Littlejohn was in the Brooklyn neighborhood where St. Guillen's body was found about the time she was killed. A witness also reported seeing a van resembling one belonging to Littlejohn in the area, he said.
Littlejohn, 41, said that after escorting St. Guillen out of the bar, he finished up his work and went home to Jamaica, Queens.
St. Guillen was from Boston and had been attending graduate school at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in Manhattan.
Her body was found with a sock stuffed in her mouth and her head wrapped with packaging tape.
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