Man accused of killing a woman protects grim photos

Man accused of killing a woman protects grim photos:Former photographer accused of killing four Northern California women with the appropriate initials in the 1970s and 1990s defended disturbing pictures of women that were found in his home state of Nevada, saying they were created for magazines, which featured the work.Comments by Joseph Naso, 78, was made during a preliminary hearing Tuesday in his murder. Naso has pleaded not guilty to murder and presents itself that is likely to be the case of the death penalty.

Probation Service, Roger Jacobs, who found the photos in search of home Naso, was the first witness called at the hearing. He said it showed pictures of naked women posed in "unnatural positions" that appeared dead or unconscious."I have seen many pictures of women in various unnatural positions," said Jacobs, who led the trial Naso for Nevada Department of Public Safety. "a few seemed to be sleeping, some were insensible and some do not respond."Naso was on probation in 2009 after convictions for felony theft in California. Jacobs discovered the photos to find Naso home after he violated his probation when officers found ammunition on the property Naso in Reno, Nevada

Jacobs said that the photos were a number of list Naso was scratched with a description of 10 women, including four references prosecutors believe victims describe the Naso is accused of murder: Roxene Roggasch, Carmen Colon, Pamela Parsons and Tracy Tafoya. The first letters of the names of the victims and the suspect gave rise to "double initial" nickname.Photos and a list led to the arrest for the murder of Naso four prostitutes in April, and his extradition to California from Nevada.

Six other women mentioned in this list has not yet been determined, but prosecutors say the investigation continues.Naso spectacles, who sat alone at the defense table in his red and white striped clothing jail, struggled throughout his cross-examination, often launching into a long statement, instead of asking questions.Naso said, but only photographs served as evidence that he enjoyed looking at the questions or "fabricated" photos of women who were themselves dead or asleep. He compared the photos for a horror movie, saying, disturbing images were created for magazines, which featured the work.

"Do you agree that you see in magazines like the image, like in the movies ... people poses appear dead?" Naso said Jacobs.Jacobs said that he did, but noted that women in the pictures Nazo appeared in "unnatural, uncomfortable or precarious" position.Prosecutors also said Naso kept newspaper clippings of the killings in the safe.Number 3 in the list of Naso was "The Girl from Loganitas", which prosecutors say Roggasch, whose body was found near Lagunitas, a small town near the coast in Marin County. Court documents show Naso could use pantyhose to strangle his then wife Roggasch, a prostitute whose murder went unsolved in 1977 over the decades. Authorities say DNA Naso's ex-wife was found on the hose.

Decomposed body was found near the Colon of Port Costa 1978 California Highway Patrol officer in Contra Costa County. Authorities said DNA evidence collected from her nails can connect Naso her murder.

Number 2 on the list was "The girl near Port Costa," Jacobs said.

Strangled body was found in Parsons' Yuba City in 1993, where Naso lived at the time with her mentally ill son. Court documents allege that Naso photographed Parsons.Tafoya was killed in Yuba City, where Naso lived there. Her body was found on the side of Interstate 70 near Marysville cemetery in 1994.

Number 10 on the list was "The Girl from MRV cemetery," said Jacobs.

Investigators are looking into other unknown links to a list of creepy in Naso. № 4 "The Girl from Tam Mountain", the popular hiking and biking mountain in Marin County. Other women on the list included mention of Healdsburg, a town in northern California, Berkeley, and seemed to address in San Francisco.