But nearly 16 years after Lambert’s murder, the case remains unfinished.
(Niroula was fatally assaulted in jail while awaiting a new trial; two defendants previously pleaded guilty, and their convictions weren’t overturned.)
Then, he and Niroula began developing a plot to defraud and murder Lambert, the prosecutor said.
Four of them, including Niroula and Garcia, were charged with murder, conspiracy, grand theft and other crimes, court records show.
Less than a month later, a judge overturned the four murder convictions and set the cases for retrial.
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