| Connecticut Post Newspaper Tuesday, March 27, 2007 By - Daniel Tepfer Post reader's prints may convict relative Bridgeport - A city woman's penchant for reading the newspaper may help convict her cousin of fatally shooting a Toronto man. Police officers testified Monday in Superior Court that near the body of 24-year-old Zoltan Kiss on Pembroke Street on the early morning of Sept. 28, 2001, they found a copy of that morning's Connecticut Post. On the newspaper they found three fingerprints belonging to Luisa Bermudez, whose cousin, Miguel Zapata, is on trial for killing Kiss during a robbery attempt. Witnesses presented by Senior Assistant State's Attorney C. Robert Satti Jr. have already testified they saw Bermudez on Pembroke Street when Zapata was shooting Kiss. Other witnesses testified that Bermudez was always reading the Post. George Onze, the newspaper's assistant production manager, testified Monday that the Post would have been available for purchase about 1a.m., at least an hour before police believe the shooting took place. Zapata, 22, of Bridgeport, is facing a 12-member jury, charged with Murder, Conspiracy to Commit Murder and Carrying a Pistol Without a Permit. He is accused of fatally shooting Kiss, 24, of Toronto, who police said went to Pembroke Street to buy the drug Ecstasy. Zapata was later arrested in Tennessee. Zapata is represented by Francis O'Reilly. Testimony continues this morning. |
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