Crime & Safety
Brandon Caesar Murder Trial Begins
24-year-old Cleveland man accused of stabbing 64-year-old Cleveland Heights man to death in 2009

The trial of a Cleveland man accused of stabbing 64-year-old David Oliver to death in 2009 was set to begin Monday.
According to prosecutors, Brandon Caesar went to the home of the mother of his child on July 21, 2009 and attacked her with a knife. When the woman's grandfather stepped in to help her, Caesar stabbed him, killing him, prosecutors say.
Police said they found him in the home when they arrived, trying to climb out of a bedroom window.
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According to The Plain Dealer's article, the victim, Lamborgini Thompson, was 20 at the time of the attack and was living with Oliver at Monticello and S. Belvoir Boulevards.
Caesar has been in Cuyahoga County Jail since his arrest that night on a $1 million bond.
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