Wife of ... Daniel Horowitz Found Dead in Couple's Home

[shockingelk]

http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGB9G811VEE.html

LAFAYETTE, Calif. (AP) - The wife of prominent defense attorney and TV legal analyst Daniel Horowitz was found slain in the couple's San Francisco area home, police said.

Horowitz called 911 Saturday evening to report that the body of his wife, 52-year-old Pamela Vitale, was in the entryway of their home in an upscale neighborhood, police said.

...

Authorities would not release details of how the victim died, but said it was a homicide. They had no suspects.

[Hawkeye-X]

1. Who the heck is Daniel Horowitz

??

[ClintonTyree]

2. Maybe if you clicked on the link and read the article?

Just a thought? :shrug:

[Voltaire99]

4. OT: Hey, did that spaghetti creature really create the earth?

And how would your god taste if I put some zesty red sauce on Him? ;-)

[ToolTex]

6. Yes and very zestylicious.

But you have to drink the wine if you are going to eat the body.

[spuddonna]

23. RAmen! arrrr!! n/t

[Voltaire99]

29. Hee hee!

Religious cannabalism! I'm so there.

[Kurovski]

24. I bet he tastes like Calimari.

And so into the saute pan with him. Mmmm.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

9. After doing so, I repeat, WHo the Hell is Daniel Horowitz?

Just a thought.

[Emit]

22. Here's an overview, with his pic at link

~snip~
Daniel Horowitz is national legal expert who is a regular legal commentator on Court TV, MSNBC Abrams Report, Fox News with Rita Cosby and the national broadcast networks.

Horowitz is legendary as one of the nation's most well known federal criminal defense lawyers and death penalty expert.

His record of acquittals and major case dismissals for 2004 alone includes an international smuggling case, an international money laundering case and a California extortion case.

~snip~

Horowitz represents business clients in a variety of contexts. He is the attorney for an investment firm with over a billion dollars under management and he is licensed as a real estate broker.

This unique combination of criminal trial experience and real world business skills makes Horowitz the first choice for serious white collar cases.

~snip~
RECENT VICTORIES

Dismissal of Money Laundering charges in Federal Court (2004)

Dismissal of Smuggling Charges in Federal Court (2004)

Dismissal of Extortion Charges (2004)

Licensed Medical Professional facing theft and insurance fraud charges - No Charges filed (2004)

Physician charged with DUI - Charges dropped to simple reckless (2003)

Cont'd at

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=&imgrefurl=http://pview.findlaw.com/cmd/view%3Fwld_id%3D2176995%26pid%3D1&h=216&w=144&sz=19&tbnid=6dWIw6NEDNMJ:&tbnh=101&tbnw=67&hl=en&start=28&prev=/images%3Fq%3DDaniel%2BHorowitz%2B%26start%3D20%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26c2coff%3D1%26sa%3DN

[Pepperbelly]

30. I did ...

Still don't know who the fuck this guy is ...

[Draill]

3. Here's a link

<http://www.whitecollar.us/pages/917598/index.htm>

[Scurrilous]

5. From the link:

"Daniel Horowitz is a national Legal Commentator seen on the Abrams Report, Court TV and CNN with Nancy Grace, Fox News and as a regular guest with Rita Cosby."


I have the feeling we might be hearing a bit more about this case in the coming weeks. Just a hunch.

[salin]

7. nah - that means he is part of the "we protect our own" class

like RUsh - no one still talks about his drug habit/problems in the national media.

like ORielly - hear much about his sexual harrassment suit/settlement in the national media, lately?

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

8. Well, now Daniel can work pro bono

on cases in the joint.

Have a nice trip.

[prolesunited]

11. Jump to conclusions much?

:wtf:

[Retired AF Dem]

18. Where have you been?

Here on DU people are ALWAYS guilty before a trial.

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

32. Do you know

what the percentage of dead wives turn out to be murdered by husbands who appear above guilt.

[Gormy Cuss]

10. Very interesting and odd.

His current high profile case involves a woman named Susan Polk who killed her husband in their home in Orinda. For those unfamiliar with this area, Lafayette and Orinda are adjacent wealthy suburbs east of the Oakland/Berkeley hills. The picture of Horowitz on his web site looks like it may have been taken in his own backyard because the backdrop is Mt. Diablo, the landmark for all the towns in this part of the East Bay.

I guess the Vitale murder will be this year's sensational murder case in Lamorinda.

Link to the SF Chronicle article for more details
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/10/16/BAGORF976R1.DTL

[supernova]

13. This sounds like the murder case here in Durham

The couple, husband was a novelist, wife was an exec at Northern Telecom, lived in the old money section of Durham.

Reportedly she was found dead at the bottom of the stairs. One problem, there was too much blood on her to be from just a fall down the stairs.

He was found guilty of killing her by bludgeoning.

Eerie side fact: 20 years ago he was living in Germany and married to someone else. She too was found dead at the bottom of the stairs, but they cleared him of those charges.

edit: It's the Michael Peterson trial

http://search.wral.com/query.html?la=en&qt=Michael+Peterson

[Lex]

21. Hey supernova, I kept up with that case closely

when it was tried here in Durham--it was shown on CourtTV (as you probably know already).

That was an interesting trial.

[Cha]

27. And that sounds eerily like

a case I watched on Las Vegas CSI the week before last..

http://www.cbs.com/primetime/csi/episodes/603/

[schrodingers_cat]

31. Seems to be a common solution for spouse killers...there was a local

case that sounds almost identical - he was a college professor, and originally presumed innocent, but was later arrested and charged with killing her. I'm presuming that they do this to obscure evidence of the original trauma.

[LisaL]

25. Sometimes truth is stranger than fiction.

[smirkymonkey]

12. No suspects?

Usually the first suspect is the spouse or significant other of the deceased.

"Horowitz is a regular television legal commentator who appears frequently on CNN, MSNBC and Fox News and was a frequent commentator during the Laci Peterson murder trial.

Horowitz is currently defending Susan Polk, accused of murder in the 2002 stabbing death of her husband in the poolhouse of their Orinda home. The trial had been scheduled to continue next week."

Interesting.

[DoYouEverWonder]

14. Sounds like someone came to the door

or she was coming back in from somewhere. I don't get the feeling that Horowitz had anything to do with it.


"We're talking to several individuals," Lee said. "Nobody's in custody right now."

A call to the Horowitz' home from The Associated Press went unanswered late Saturday.

"I can't talk," Horowitz told the San Francisco Chronicle when reached on his cell phone Saturday. "I can't. It's beyond words."

[lonestarnot]

15. Lacy Peterson trial commentator on NBC ABC and CBS

<>


This is sad.

[kineneb]

16. If my memory (what is left of it) serves me,

DH is a neocon apologist and a favorite target of the students at SFSU.

[libnnc]

17. not the same guy n/t

[UTUSN]

19. That One is David (not Daniel)

[Blue_Roses]

20. this is him

[longship]

26. Rumpled trench coat, faded old Peugeot convertable...

..., uncombed hair, holding old stogie in his hands, obligatory little notebook but no pencil, dirty scruffed up shoes, etc.

"I just have one more question..."

That's right, Columbo is on the job.

[SoCalDem]

28. His picture