Crime & Safety
Los Altos Murder Suspect Jailhouse Interview
Los Altos resident Steve Douglas Hlebo, says " I don't do drugs but I'm hopped up out of my freaking mind," in an exclusive interview.
SAN JOSE - Steve Douglas Hlebo, the 39-year-old Los Altos resident arrested on suspicion of murder in the disappearance of 28-year-old Kyle Myrick, spoke from jail to the San Jose Mercury News about charges he killed the co-worker at a Cambrian-area motorbike shop in San Jose.
“I had nothing against the guy. I have no idea why I’m here,” Hlebo told the paper. “They just stuck me in the damn cell.”
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Hlebo says his lawyer, “if she is my lawyer,” is trying to get him to admit to guilt.
Hlebo told the paper that Myrick was part of a conspiracy involving the presumed kidnapping and murder of Morgan Hill teen Sierra LaMar. Hlebo says Myrick helped frame the man currently on trial for LaMar’s death.
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As the interview seems to ramble, Hlebo tells the paper “Check the coffee pot. There’s something going there. I don’t do drugs but I’m hopped up out of my freaking mind.”
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