Crime & Safety
Pre-Trial Hearing Held for Man Accused of Killing Texas Teen in Marina Del Rey
Cameron Anthony Frazier, 21, is charged in the Jan. 6 shooting death of 17-year-old Kristine Carman, who was visiting her sister.
MARINA DEL REY, CA -- A pre-trial hearing was held Thursday for the San Diego man accused of killing a teenage girl from Texas in Marina Del Rey earlier this year.
Cameron Anthony Frazier, 21, is charged in the Jan. 6 shooting death of 17-year-old Kristine Carman, also faces a special circumstance allegation of murder during the commission of a robbery.
Prosecutors have yet to decide whether to seek the death penalty against Frazier, who was arrested Jan. 18 by members of the FBI Fugitive Task Force outside his residence in Vista.
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Along with the murder count, Frazier is charged with two counts of attempted second-degree robbery involving two other alleged victims, and also faces an allegation that he intentionally discharged a handgun.
The victim lived in Houston, Texas, and was visiting relatives in the Southland. She was shot to death during a robbery attempt while she sat in an SUV with two other people at the Villa Marina Marketplace mall, according to Deputy District Attorney Keri Modder.
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Following the shooting, the person behind the wheel drove across the parking lot, stopping in a parking space outside a Panda Express, where the girl was ultimately found dead.
The suspect fled the location in a dark-colored SUV, possibly heading toward the Marina (90) Freeway, police said.
Lacey Carman of Marina del Rey wrote on Facebook that Kristine was her sister. She said she was the one driving the vehicle her sister was in, and that “my sister was just murdered in front of me in a robbery gone wrong.” Her sibling, she wrote, was “beautiful smart and undeserving” of the fate that befell her.
“I pray that God is real and holding my sisters hand right now. I pray that you never have to feel this pain or this self loathing,” she said.
Frazier is being held without bail. He is due back at the Airport Branch Courthouse in Los Angeles on Jan. 5 for another pre-trial hearing.
--City News Service contributed to this report, photo courtesy of the family.
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