James biela reno nv

However, James refused to cooperate with the police, and they had to let him go initially. He was only nine when his family moved to Reno in Washoe County, Nevada. Reports claimed James brought life to a party or a gathering in a bar with his dry sense of humor. He also took martial arts classes and was known to have a quick temper, with some describing him as a bully.

James joined the Marine Corps after high school and was promoted to Lance Corporal, but was discharged in for drug use. He was arrested, and his former girlfriend filed a restraining order against him.

RENO - Convicted murderer and rapist James Biela grew up in a poor, abusive and "frankly bizarre" household where his father routinely beat his mother and the children .

James pleaded guilty in April to a misdemeanor charge involving the knife incident. The court sentenced him to alcohol counseling and restricted him from contacting the victim for a year. Yet, no DNA samples were collected because the plea was only a misdemeanor. After his brief run-ins with the law, James resided with a new girlfriend in Sparks, east of Reno, and they had a son together in late The Reno Police Department first heard about James being a suspect in the January abduction and murder of teen Brianna Zunino Denison when a friend of his girlfriend contacted the police anonymously on November 1 of the same year.

They interviewed the victims to find a general description of the perpetrator and the make of the vehicle he drove.

RENO, Nev. (CBS/AP) It took a Nevada jury just six hours to convict James Biela of the rape and murder of Brianna Denison - a little over two years after the year-old's .

When the detectives questioned James on November 1, he denied having anything to do with the crimes and turned down a saliva swab request. Still, the officers were suspicious of his nervous disposition and refusal to cooperate. The detectives also learned James had worked as a pipefitter on a construction project on the University of Nevada, Reno UNR campus — the university where the assault victims hailed from.