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Jurors in the Kevin Cooper murder trial Thursday visited the scene of the grisly Chino Hills slayings. San Diego Superior Court Judge Richard Garner allowed the jurors to visit the hilltop home where Doug and Peg Ryen, both 41; their daughter, Jessica, 10, and Christopher Hughes, 11, were killed on June 5, 1983. Jurors will also be allowed to inspect a neighboring house where Cooper admitted hiding after his June 2, 1983, escape from the nearby California Institution for Men at Chino. Cooper, 27, waived his right to visit the scene of the slayings. Defense attorney David Negus said he expects to rest his case next week, and jury deliberations could begin as early as the following Monday. Cooper denied any participation in the killings and said he never saw the Ryen home while he hid in the other house. Cooper is being tried in San Diego because of extensive pretrial publicity in San Bernardino County.

The FBI announced Wednesday that authorities in Mexico City have arrested Robert M. Brady in connection with the Jan. 2 slaying of San Diego-based Navy Petty Officer Gregory Lawless, 23, in Mexico City. Gary L. Penrith, FBI special agent in charge, said Brady, also known as Jorge Martinez, is wanted on two U.S. arrest warrants. Penrith said Brady is wanted by the FBI in Kansas City, Mo., on suspicion of unlawful flight to avoid prosecution and on suspicion of rape and sodomy, as well as by FBI authorities in Detroit for criminal sexual misconduct and kidnaping.

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