Ex-Lapd Dectective Sentenced to 20 Years
Kimberly Yata
Period 2
5/22/13
Ex-LAPD Detective Sentenced to 20 Years for Beating Wife to Death
Last Thursday, a former Los Angeles police detective was sentenced to 20 years in prison for beating his wife to death. Dan DeJarnette, a 59 year old man ultimately pleaded guilty for the murder of Yu DeJarnette, age 56. The couple lived in Ka’u, a city on the Big Island of Hawaii. Dan initially pleaded innocent, but undeniable evidence proved him guilty. He had been arrested on May 14, 2012, but new evidence had finally found him in prison. The woman, Yu, had been found on a lava embankment; Dan had reported that he found her there, presumably after hanging laundry. She had many injuries; a later autopsy determined she died of two massive wounds caused by a tire iron. She also had scrapes from the lava rocks. In 2012, a new case prosecutor reviewed the case-there was additional blood evidence found, evidently linking DeJarnette to his wife’s death. He was a prime suspect in the first place; this just locked it in. Yu and Dan DeJarnette had marital problems; his neighbors and relatives all could see the strain in their relationship. She had sought out a divorce attorney, and attempted to take more money/property than she should have from her husband. He was furious, and had no intention of going through the divorce. Dan had been a Los Angeles police detective-a homicide detective, to be exact. He had the skills and knowledge necessary to pull something of this caliber off; yet the truth always seems to come out. He also invested rape cases in the Special Section of the Van Nuys Division. At his house, he had attempted to erase any sign of his wife’s blood anywhere-he used a bleaching-type agent to clean it. Items however were recovered, and her blood matched positively. I think that he will remain in prison, and serve the full sentence. It is what he deserves, and I don’t think he will come out alive. The Hawaii jury indicted him, and no one wants a
Period 2
5/22/13
Ex-LAPD Detective Sentenced to 20 Years for Beating Wife to Death
Last Thursday, a former Los Angeles police detective was sentenced to 20 years in prison for beating his wife to death. Dan DeJarnette, a 59 year old man ultimately pleaded guilty for the murder of Yu DeJarnette, age 56. The couple lived in Ka’u, a city on the Big Island of Hawaii. Dan initially pleaded innocent, but undeniable evidence proved him guilty. He had been arrested on May 14, 2012, but new evidence had finally found him in prison. The woman, Yu, had been found on a lava embankment; Dan had reported that he found her there, presumably after hanging laundry. She had many injuries; a later autopsy determined she died of two massive wounds caused by a tire iron. She also had scrapes from the lava rocks. In 2012, a new case prosecutor reviewed the case-there was additional blood evidence found, evidently linking DeJarnette to his wife’s death. He was a prime suspect in the first place; this just locked it in. Yu and Dan DeJarnette had marital problems; his neighbors and relatives all could see the strain in their relationship. She had sought out a divorce attorney, and attempted to take more money/property than she should have from her husband. He was furious, and had no intention of going through the divorce. Dan had been a Los Angeles police detective-a homicide detective, to be exact. He had the skills and knowledge necessary to pull something of this caliber off; yet the truth always seems to come out. He also invested rape cases in the Special Section of the Van Nuys Division. At his house, he had attempted to erase any sign of his wife’s blood anywhere-he used a bleaching-type agent to clean it. Items however were recovered, and her blood matched positively. I think that he will remain in prison, and serve the full sentence. It is what he deserves, and I don’t think he will come out alive. The Hawaii jury indicted him, and no one wants a