Jurors reached a verdict in the murder trial of Shawn Laval Smith who was accused of stabbing to death 24-year-old Brianna Kupfer while she was working at a furniture store in Hancock Park in 2022.
Jurors convicted Shawn Laval Smith of murder in the stabbing death of 24-year-old Brianna Kupfer while she was working at a furniture store in Hancock Park nearly three years ago.Smith, 34, has been found guilty of first-degree murder for the Jan. 13, 2022 killing, a crime prosecutors say was motivated by a general hatred for women.
As he described Kupfer preparing her lunch and getting ready, Balian told jurors Smith was also getting ready — grabbing a knife and pulling a hooded sweater over his head 'so he'll be unidentifiable.''He's not packing a lunch,' Balian said. 'He's arming himself with a deadly instrument. That's what he was doing that morning... he's getting ready to begin his hunt.
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