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| An Oxford University employee who spent more than a week as a fugitive has appeared in court in the US accused of murdering a hairdresser whose body was found with more than 40 stab wounds. | An Oxford University employee who spent more than a week as a fugitive has appeared in court in the US accused of murdering a hairdresser whose body was found with more than 40 stab wounds. |
| Andrew Warren, who worked as a senior treasury assistant at Somerville College, appeared before a judge in San Francisco where he confirmed his identity. The 56-year-old handed himself in to police in California last week. | Andrew Warren, who worked as a senior treasury assistant at Somerville College, appeared before a judge in San Francisco where he confirmed his identity. The 56-year-old handed himself in to police in California last week. |
| He and another defendant, Wyndham Lathem, 42, a US academic, are suspected of murdering 26-year-old Trenton James Cornell-Duranleau on 27 July in Chicago. | He and another defendant, Wyndham Lathem, 42, a US academic, are suspected of murdering 26-year-old Trenton James Cornell-Duranleau on 27 July in Chicago. |
| Warren declined to fight his extradition to Chicago to face the murder charge and said he would accept a public lawyer on the basis that he could not afford his own. The judge, Edward Torpoco, denied him bail and confirmed he would be held in custody. | |
| After the hearing, Warren’s lawyer, Ariel Boyce-Smith, said: “Mr Warren is agreeable to being transported to Chicago. He wants the process to be started. I just want to remind everyone that he is presumed innocent and his agreement to go there to start the process is where we are now.” | |
| Lathem plans to plead not guilty, according to his lawyer, Kenneth Wine, who described him as a “gentle soul”. | |
| Chicago police said Cornell-Duranleau sustained more than 40 stab wounds to his upper body in a “very intense” attack at a high-rise apartment belonging to Lathem. | Chicago police said Cornell-Duranleau sustained more than 40 stab wounds to his upper body in a “very intense” attack at a high-rise apartment belonging to Lathem. |
| Authorities reported that the victim had been dead for at least 12 hours by the time he was found. | Authorities reported that the victim had been dead for at least 12 hours by the time he was found. |
| Anthony Guglielmi, a spokesman for the Chicago force, said detectives were examining the personal relationship between Lathem and Cornell-Duranleau. “We’ve been looking a great deal, not only at the relationship between Mr Lathem and the victim, but also the connection between all three,” he said. | Anthony Guglielmi, a spokesman for the Chicago force, said detectives were examining the personal relationship between Lathem and Cornell-Duranleau. “We’ve been looking a great deal, not only at the relationship between Mr Lathem and the victim, but also the connection between all three,” he said. |
| The two suspects were subjects of a nationwide manhunt and handed themselves in separately to authorities last week in California, more than 2,000 miles from the scene of the crime. | The two suspects were subjects of a nationwide manhunt and handed themselves in separately to authorities last week in California, more than 2,000 miles from the scene of the crime. |
| Warren, a resident of Faringdon, Oxfordshire, has been suspended from his job by Somerville College. Lathem, a microbiologist, was fired from his job at Northwestern University on 4 August. | Warren, a resident of Faringdon, Oxfordshire, has been suspended from his job by Somerville College. Lathem, a microbiologist, was fired from his job at Northwestern University on 4 August. |
| During the pair’s time as fugitives, friends of Warren encouraged him to hand himself in and said he had not told anyone of his plans to visit the US. | During the pair’s time as fugitives, friends of Warren encouraged him to hand himself in and said he had not told anyone of his plans to visit the US. |
| Janice King, who said she had been a close friend of Warren’s for almost two decades, said: “This has come as a complete shock to us. He didn’t tell anybody about going to America. The first thing I knew was his sister rang me to ask whether I knew where Andy had gone.” | Janice King, who said she had been a close friend of Warren’s for almost two decades, said: “This has come as a complete shock to us. He didn’t tell anybody about going to America. The first thing I knew was his sister rang me to ask whether I knew where Andy had gone.” |
| Warren’s family reported him missing to Thames Valley police on 25 July. He is understood to have left the UK the day before. | Warren’s family reported him missing to Thames Valley police on 25 July. He is understood to have left the UK the day before. |