Virginia: Sniper suspect faces capital murder charges

Prosecutors in Fairfax sought capital murder indictments Tuesday against teenage sniper suspect John Lee Malvo following a juvenile judge’s ruling that he could be tried as an adult.

Prosecutor Robert F. Horan said he sought the grand jury indictment against Malvo for the Oct. 14 slaying of FBI analyst Linda Franklin. He said the Fairfax County grand jury’s decision would be made public today, adding, “I’m sure he was indicted.”

Malvo, 17, and John Allen Muhammad are accused of shooting 18 people, killing 13 and wounding five, in Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, Virginia and Washington. They are being tried first in Virginia because its laws allow the best opportunities for the death penalty.

A juvenile judge last week ruled Malvo could be tried as an adult, making him eligible for the death penalty if convicted of capital murder.

Florida: Clonaid executive ordered to testify

A judge ruled Tuesday in Fort Lauderdale that a Clonaid executive must testify at a hearing on a request for a court-appointed guardian for an infant the company claims is the world’s first cloned human.

Judge John Frusciante refused to quash a subpoena served to company vice president Thomas Kaenzig, saying he must testify Wednesday even if by phone from Las Vegas.

Kaenzig’s lawyers argued Kaenzig had no knowledge of the location of the purported child or the mother.

Clonaid officials announced earlier this month that a cloned baby girl had been born in a foreign country.

The company wouldn’t identify the alleged mother or the country and reneged on a promise to prove its claims through independent DNA tests. It said it would not identify the mother out of fear the court action may take the baby away from her.

Miami attorney Bernard Siegel filed the petition, saying he wanted to protect the interest of the child.