Two other men -- Charles Anthony Murphy Jr., 28, and Vitaliy Krasnoperov, 28 -- previously were convicted for the May 21, 2007, killings of Jayprakash Dhanak and his 20-year-old daughter, Karishma Dhanak, and the attempted murder of Leela Dhanak, Jayprakashs wife.
After Goethals cleared the courtroom of jurors, Murtaza pushed a CD player and other items off the defense counsels table, Gundy said. During the guilt phase of the trial, Murtaza lashed out at Leela Dhanak as she told jurors what she remembered about the attack that nearly killed her.