A TRIAL DATE HAS BEEN SET FOR A 66 YEAR-OLD SANTA CRUZ MAN. JOHN BRUCE CLAUER, WHO IS CHARGED WITH SLAYING A WOMAN IN HIS EAST CLIFF APARTMENT, AND LEAVING IT THERE TO DECOMPOSE. AFTER A WEEK, NEIGHBORS COMPLAINED OF THE SMELL, AND POLICE OFFICERS WENT INTO CLAUER’S APARTMENT AND FOUND HEATHER STEARN’S BODY. IF CONVICTED ON ALL OF THE CHARGES AGAINST HIM, CLAUER FACES A POSSIBLE SENTENCE OF LIFE IN PRISON.
