Rockefeller impostor found guilty of murder
Christian Karl Gerhartsreiter was sentenced to 27 years to life in prison for the murder of his former landlady’s adult son, John Sohus, who vanished from San Marino in February 1985.
(Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)
Christian Karl Gerhartsreiter was accused of murdering John Sohus of San Marino in 1985. His attorneys said he was a con man, but not a killer.
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