Rockefeller impostor found guilty of murder

Christian Karl Gerhartsreiter talks with his attorneys before his guilty verdict in the murder case is read in a Los Angeles County Superior Court room.  (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

Ellen Sohus, sister of victim John Sohus, appears at a news conference after the jury finds Christian Karl Gerhartsreiter guilty of first-degree murder.  (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

Christian Karl Gerhartsreiter, right, sits with one of his attorneys, Brad Bailey, after the guilty verdict is read.  (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

Prosecutor Habib Balian answers questions from the media after Christian Karl Gerhartsreiter’s guilty verdict.  (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

Christian Karl Gerhartsreiter is shown just before he is led away by a Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy after the guilty verdict.  (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

Christian Karl Gerhartsreiter sits with attorney Bradford Bailey, left, as prosecutors began their opening statements in Gerhartsreiter’s murder trial in Los Angeles.  (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)

Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies searched the backyard and pool of a San Marino home in 2008. Bones found in 1994 were later identified as the skeletal remains of Jonathan Sohus. His wife, Linda, has not been found.  (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

Ray Cornwall, outside his San Marino home, speaks about a man known as Christopher Chichester. Cornwall’s former neighbors, Jonathan and Linda Sohus, vanished without a trace in 1985. Chichester lived in a guest house on their property.   (Nick Ut / Associated Press)