Overview
- Brian Walton, 63, has been charged with one count of murder in the 1996 death of 23-year-old Claudia Guevara, Los Angeles prosecutors announced.
- Authorities say DNA evidence linked Walton to the crime and that he and Guevara were strangers.
- The filing includes special-circumstance allegations that the killing occurred during rape or attempted rape and during sodomy or attempted sodomy, plus an allegation of knife use.
- If convicted as charged, Walton faces life in prison without the possibility of parole, with prosecutors to decide later whether to seek the death penalty.
- Jail and court records show Walton was arrested Feb. 5, is being held without bail, and is due back in Los Angeles County Superior Court on March 18.