WOBURN (AP) — A lawyer for a Wayland man accused of killing his teenage girlfriend and leaving her body in a marsh wants evidence seized at his client's home barred from being introduced at trial.
The attorney for Nathaniel Fujita said in court Monday that the affidavit written by police to get a search warrant for Fujita's home last July 4 did not establish probable cause that Fujita had any connection to the slaying of 18-year-old Lauren Astley.
The MetroWest Daily News (http://bit.ly/LYIvYb ) reports that the prosecutor argued that the defense was looking at only a small piece of the search warrant application.
Fujita faces first-degree murder and other charges. He and Astley were 18 and had just graduated from Wayland High School last July. They had dated for several years before splitting.
The newspaper reports that a memorial to Astley will be unveiled during a public ceremony Saturday at the high school courtyard. A group of students helped design and build it. They say the colors used had special meaning to Astley.
