A central question jurors were faced with was whether Brian Koehl stabbed and killed Navy Petty Officer Larry Joe Breen in self-defense
A San Diego Superior Court jury on Thursday found a man guilty in the cold-case fatal stabbing of a Navy sailor whose nude body was found slumped against a backyard fence in Point Loma in 1990. Brian Koehl, 52, was convicted of second-degree murder and a weapon-use allegation in the death of Navy Petty Officer Larry Joe Breen. The jury deliberated for about two and a half days before it reached its verdict. Koehl faces a possible sentence of 16 years to life in prison at a hearing set for Nov.
The prosecution argued that Koehl stabbed Breen multiple times as Breen first fought for his life and then tried to get away. The struggle sent the two men out a window, and Breen ended up slumped against his backyard fence, Deputy District Attorney Lisa Fox said. The prosecutor argued that Koehl cleaned up part of the crime scene in the bathroom and rinsed blood off of himself in the shower.
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