• Who's who

Carmin D. Ross
Police found Carmin Ross dead in November 2003 inside her home at 1860 E. 1150 Road. An attorney trained as a mediation expert, Ross previously worked as Manhattan city prosecutor and director of employee relations for Kansas State University. She had moved to Lawrence after divorcing Murray and was trying to establish Lawrence as the primary residence for the couple's 4-year-old daughter. She also had developed an interest in alternative healing.
More:
Photos of Carmin Ross; with her fiance, Larry Lima; and her daughter, Ciara. Couple's conflicts intensified near end (Dec. 12, 2004)
Violent ending difficult to grasp (Nov. 27, 2003)
Questioning hints at stabbing (Nov. 26, 2003)
Friends of homicide victim frustrated by silence (Nov. 26, 2003)

Thomas E. Murray
Murray is a Kansas State University English professor and an expert in linguistics. Students describe him as an excellent teacher. He told detectives he liked his life to be "dull and boring." Prosecutors allege he stabbed and beat his ex-wife, Carmin D. Ross, to death in a crime of passion shortly after she told him her new love interest was moving from California to Lawrence. Murray told the Journal-World shortly after Ross' death that the killing was "the saddest moment in my life."
More:
Police search prof's house (Nov. 20, 2003)
Victim's parents suspect husband (May 11, 2004)
K-State prof charged in ex-wife's slaying (Oct. 5, 2004)

Angela Wilson - Assistant district attorney
Age: 32
Lives in: Lawrence
Education: J.D., Kansas University 1997. Bachelor's degrees in communication and psychology, Pittsburg State, 1994.
In brief: Wilson has been a prosecutor in the Douglas County District Attorney's Office since 1998. Other cases she's tried in Douglas County include the 2004 trial of rapist Patrick Neal and the 2003 attempted murder trial of Antonio E. Floyd, who was sentenced to nearly 52 years in prison.
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Amy McGowan - Assistant district attorney
Age: 46
Lives in: Kansas City
Education: J.D. KU, 1984. Bachelor's degree in film studies, KU, 1981.
In brief: McGowan was hired earlier this year by Dist. Atty. Charles Branson. Before that she had been a Jackson County, Mo. prosecutor since 1988 and previously worked from 1985 to 1988 in the Shawnee County Dist. Atty.'s office.
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Tom Bath - Private prosecutor hired by the Ross family
Age: 44
Lives in: Leawood
Education: J.D., KU, 1986.
In brief: Bath, partner in the Overland Park firm Bath & Edmonds, was hired by the Ross family after the November election, in which Dist. Atty. Christine Kenney was ousted by Charles Branson. He worked for six years as a prosecutor in Johnson County before becoming a defense attorney in 1992. He was named Kansas Prosecutor of the Year in 1992 by the Kansas County and District Attorneys' Associations and was an adjunct professor of law at KU from 1990 to 1995.
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Bob Eye - Defense attorney
Age: 53
Lives in: Lawrence
Education: J.D., Washburn University, 1980. Bachelor's and master's degrees in political science, Kansas State University, 1974 and 1976.
In brief: Eye is a partner in the Topeka firm Irigonegaray and Associates. He made headlines in 2003 with his work representing Ed Rosenthal, a California man charged in federal court with growing marijuana for the City of Oakland's medical-marijuana program. Eye also is known for running for governor in 1994 and for his work as an environmental advocate.
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Pedro Irigonegaray - Defense attorney
Age: 56
Lives in: Topeka
Education: J.D., Washburn University, 1973. Bachelor's degree in business administration, Washburn, 1970.
In brief: Irigonegaray, a native of Cuba, has lived in Kansas for 44 years and founded his law firm in 1973. His recent high-profile cases include representing Topeka banker Clinton Odell Weidner II, who was convicted of bank fraud in connection with the Westar Energy scandal, and the family of Shannon Martin, the Kansas University student killed while studying in Costa Rica.
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Robert W. Fairchild - District Court judge
Age: 56
Lives in: Lawrence
Education: J.D., KU, 1973: Bachelor's degree, Texas Tech University, 1970.
In brief: Fairchild is chief judge of District Court. He practiced law for 23 years before being appointed to the bench in 1996 by Gov. Bill Graves.
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