Jury Hits Guru With $907-Million Verdict

A counterculture guru convicted in absentia of killing his girlfriend and stuffing her body in a steamer trunk 22 years ago was ordered by a jury to pay her family $907 million. The wrongful-death verdict in the civil case against Ira Einhorn came after a trial in which Einhorn--who lives as a free man in France, where he is fighting extradition--put up no defense. The case was the subject of an NBC miniseries, “The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer.” Einhorn did not profit from it. Holly Maddux was bludgeoned to death in 1977; her body was found 18 months later in Einhorn’s home.