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Lynsie Ekelund

  • News

    November 15, 2012

    Finding Lynsie Ekelund

    How the search for a missing Fullerton College student began with Chris McAmis, the last man who saw her alive

  • Blogs

    August 15, 2012

    Paula Zahn to Cover the Case of Missing Fullerton College Student

    Those with premium cable packages will want to tune in to Investigation Discovery at 10 p.m. on Sunday. That's when crime magazine On the Case with Paula Zahn will air its coverage of the Lynsie Ekelund story. Ekelund was a Fullerton College student with a promising future who seemingly vanishe ... More >>

  • News

    May 3, 2012

    Chris McAmis' Chilling Confession of Lynsie Ekelund's Murder

    Tapes reveal a portrait of a cowardly killer

  • Blogs

    April 20, 2012

    What We Learned, April 14-20

    It's our weekly look back at the Weekly's week that was, with taglines indicating what this taught us.APRIL 14: Ron Thomas, the father of Kelly Thomas, the young man beaten to death by Fullerton cops in July 2011, participates in the Social Justice Summit at Cal State Fullerton. His topic is not ven ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 16, 2012

    BREAKING: Chris McAmis Pleads Guilt, Officially a Murderer

    At what was expected to be a preliminary hearing, the accused murderer of Fullerton College student Lynsie Ekelund pled guilty today. Christopher Michael McAmis, 31, will serve a sentence of 15 years to life for murdering 20-year-old Ekelund in 2001 at his Whittier apartment.Ekelund disappeared ... More >>

  • News

    October 27, 2011

    OC's Scariest People 2011

    Celebrating the Day of the Dead with some of the county's worst offenders

  • Blogs

    March 22, 2011

    [UPDATED] Chris McAmis Enters Not Guilty Plea in Lynsie Ekelund Killing

    ​UPDATE, MARCH 22, 12:44 P.M.: Today, after months of delays, 32-year-old Christopher McAmis entered a plea of not guilty to allegedly murdering and attempting to rape Placentia woman Lynsie Ekelund a decade ago. This was McAmis' fourth appearance at the Superior Court in uptown Whittier since his ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 20, 2011

    Chris McAmis' Arraignment on Murder Charge Delayed

    ​Accused murderer Chris McAmis requested a new arraignment date today via his public defender, Leslie Gordon, at the Los Angeles Superior Court in Whittier. Commissioner Armando Moreno granted the request and set a new date for March 22, though he warned there would be no further continuances.

  • Blogs

    December 18, 2010

    Lynsie Ekelund Remembered at Moving Service

    ​Almost two months after  Los Angeles County Coroner's officials removed the bones of missing Fullerton College student Lynsie Ekelund from a shallow grave in Santa Clarita, a memorial service was held today for the 20-year-old Placentia woman. Ekelund left her mother's Placentia home on ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 30, 2010

    Chris McAmis, Accused of Murdering Lynsie Ekelund, Has New Arraignment Date

    Courtesy Orange County Sheriff's Department​Chris McAmis, accused of murdering Fullerton College student Lynsie Ekelund in 2001, this morning waived his right to a speedy arraignment at the Whittier Superior Courthouse. His arraignment was rescheduled for Jan. 20. Police say McAmis, now 31, str ... More >>

  • News

    November 11, 2010

    Lynsie Ekelund's Accused Killer Awaits Arraignment

    Chris McAmis confessed to murdering the Fullerton College student in 2001. Their families now try to come to grips with the news

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