The drunk man
Answering the questions of Detective Wygnanski James, Biela denied any involvement in the murder of Brianna and claimed that he was staying with his girlfriend, who would provide an alibi for the duration of the incident. case. Detective Wygnanski, though aware of the unusual in this man, but lacking the necessary evidence, could not accuse Biela.
James Biela was born on June 29, 1981 in Chicago and moved with his family to Reno when he was 9 years old. Despite being commented by the surrounding people as quite fun, Biela is also famous for being hot-tempered and often bullies friends during school. After graduating from high school, Biela joined the Marines and was knighted. However, in 2001, Biela was expelled from the army for using drugs.
Back home, Biela is on the government’s watchlist for being drunk and fighting with others. Biela once used a knife to threaten a neighbor of his former lover and was arrested. Biela was administratively sanctioned and banned from approaching the victim within 1 year. After this case, Biela and her lover also broke up.
Later, Biela met a new girlfriend and moved with her in Sparks, east of Reno City. Two people have together a boy. The neighbors commented that Biela was friendly.
Important testimonies
On 11/12/2008, detective Wygnanski met Biela’s girlfriend. She confirmed the two have been in a relationship for 6 years and their son is now 4 years old. Despite this, she said that although she was still living together, she did not dare to testify to the alibi for Biela on the morning of December 16, 2007 and January 20, 2008. The reason is because the relationship of two people sometimes malfunction and Biela often leave home for days. The time frames that the detectives were interested in coincided on such days.
However, there is one remarkable detail that she provided to the police. From March to August 2008, Biela left Reno City to work in Washington and sold a Toyota Tacoma, a car that matched the description of the victim in a previous seּxual assault. Once, she spotted a woman’s panties in the car. When questioned by her, Biela said it was mixed in a woman’s clothes pile in a laundromat in Washington.
Biela’s girlfriend then volunteered to provide DNA samples from their two sons. The police can compare this DNA with the suspect’s sample leaving the scene.
Unexpectedly, on November 25, 2008, the results showed that the child’s DNA sample was similar to that of the murderer Brianna Denison. Biela was arrested shortly thereafter. At this point, the suspect was forced to give his DNA to the police and the results showed that they were identical to the DNA samples on the scene and on the body of the victim Brianna Denison. The murderer had to bow his head to plead guilty.
On May 27, 2010, James Biela was brought to trial for kidnapping, rape and murder of Brianna Denison. Jeames Biela was also accused of raping two students at a university garage in December 2007. On June 2, 2010, the Washoe district court announced that Biela had killed Brianna Denison, raped two students and had to face a death sentence.
