Emily Sander as Zoey ZaneThe man suspected of killing 18-year-old Emily Sander -- a college student who posed on an Internet porn site as Zoey Zane -- has been extradited back to Kansas from Mexico, the Associated Press reports. The AP says Israel Mireles' first court appearance on charges of capital murder, rape and aggravated criminal sodomy is scheduled for Friday in Butler County District Court.One of my all-time favorite stories in The Pitch was Alan Schersthul's "The Truth Behind Zoey" (Fe
Emily Sander as Zoey ZaneThe preliminary hearing for the man suspected of killing Emily Sander (known online as Internet porn model Zoey Zane) started Tuesday. Israel Mireles is charged with capital murder, rape and aggravated criminal sodomy in Sander's death. Friends testified that they saw Sander, 18, kissing Mireles and later leaving a bar with him, the Associated Press reported. One witness testified that she was hanging out with Sander and Mireles but left early because Mireles tried to
Emily Sander posed online as Zoey Zane.Israel Mireles is charged with raping, sodomizing and killing Emily Sander, an 18-year-old Kansas college student who was also known as Internet porn model Zoey Zane. Mireles is scheduled to go on trial February 8, but his defense attorney has reportedly filed a motion to get the charges dismissed, and a Kansas judge is slated to hear oral arguments today. At an August preliminary hearing, Sander's friends testified that they saw Sander and Mireles kissi
The trial of Israel Mireles, the man accused of killing college student and Internet porn model Emily Sander (porn name Zoey Zane), is underway. Emily Sander as Zoey ZaneAccording to the Wichita Eagle, Attorney General Steve Six recounted the scene inside room 21 at the El Dorado Motel where authorities say Sander was stabbed and strangled with a telephone cord in November 2007.Prosecutors have charged Mireles with capital murder, rape and aggravated sodomy. Mireles' defense attorney reported
Zoey ZaneThe trial of Israel Mireles, the man charged with capital murder in the death of Emily Sander (known in Internet porn circles as Zoey
Zane) is set to resume. Yesterday, the gory details of Sander's death were revealed. The Wichita
Eagle reports that Sander was stabbed twice in the chest and
strangled with a telephone cord -- and any of those wounds could have
been fatal, according to testimony from Sedgwick County coroner Jaime Oeberst. In
addition, Oeberst testified that a mus
Zoey ZaneIsrael Mireles, the man charged with the murder of Emily Sander, took the stand today, testifying that after he found Sander's dead body in a motel bathroom he went on the run, afraid authorities would blame him.
During opening statements, Mireles' attorney claimed that Sander was killed by another man who broke into the hotel room after a drug deal gone bad.
The Salina Journal reports that Mireles testified to returning to the motel room and seeing blood, then San
On Friday, a Butler County jury convicted Israel Mireles for the murder of Emily Sander.
Emily Sander as Zoey ZaneSander, an 18-year-old Butler Community College student, was also known as Internet porn model Zoey Zane. Her November 2007 slaying made national headlines, and Plog followed testimony in last week's trial.
The jury also found Mireles guilty of one count rape and one count aggravated criminal sodomy. Kansas Attorney General Steve Six announced the verdict in a statement on
