Marin Co. and San Francisco Murder Suspects Arrive at Marin County Jail

Three suspects charged in the murder of therapist Steven Carter in Marin County and tourist Audrey Carey in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco have arrived at the Marin County County Jail, according to sheriff’s officials. Arraignment hearings for the defendants - Morrison Haze Lampley, 23, Sean Michael Angold, 24, and Lila Scott Alligood, 18 - have been scheduled for 9 a.m. Wednesday morning in the Marin County Superior Court.

The defendants also are charged with special circumstance allegations of multiple murders, lying in wait and murder while committing a robbery, Berberian said. The special circumstance allegations subject the defendants to the death penalty or life in prison without parole. The trio is also charged with robbery, unlawful taking and being in possession of a stolen vehicle, possession of stolen property from both victims and cruelty to an animal, Berberian said.

The defendants were arrested around 2:30 p.m. Wednesday outside a dining hall in Portland, Oregon, for Carter’s murder in the Loma Alta Open Space Preserve. Carter’s body was found by a hiker just after 6 p.m. on Oct. 5, and his dog, a Doberman Pinscher named Coco, also had been shot but was still leashed to the 67-year-old therapist and yoga teacher. Carter’s missing Volkswagen Jetta was seen on surveillance video that showed three people refueling it at a Point Reyes gas station. Investigators used the car’s GPS to track it to Portland.

Carey, 23, of Quebec, Canada, was found lying face down near a bison paddock in Golden Gate Park around 9 a.m. by a passerby on Oct. 3. San Francisco police were investigating that death before the Marin County slaying, and they contacted Marin County investigators because both shooting murders were in wooded or park areas.

Authorities said the gun found with the defendants was traced back to an auto burglary that occurred between 8:30 p.m. on Sept. 30 and 4:45 a.m. on Oct. 1. San Francisco police Cmdr. Toney Chaplin said the auto burglary was not reported until noon on Oct. 1 when the owner said it was taken from a lock box that was stolen out of the vehicle.

Carter and his wife Lokita Carter founded the Lake County-based Ecstatic Living Institute in 1999 to teach tantric massage and yoga.

See Also:

• Murder Charges Filed Against 3 Drifters in Deaths of Therapist, Tourist
• Prominent Therapist Found Shot to Death on Hiking Trail
• 3 Suspects Arrested in Slaying of Therapist on Hiking Trail ID’d
• Suspects in Marin County Homicide Linked to Golden Gate Park Murder
• UPDATE: Trio Suspected in SF, Marin Killings Used Handgun Stolen From Unlocked Car

By Bay City News

Photo courtesy of the Multnomah County Sheriff’s Department