Ex-BofA Banker's Murder Trial Postponed to March

Turner, 52 at the time, was released on $2 million bail after his arrest over three years ago. A judge denied prosecutors’ request for no bail but imposed stringent conditions on his release, including electronic monitoring, a curfew, a ban on female visitors and a requirement to stay away from airport, railroad and bus terminals.

The detective facing pregnancy complications ”is a necessary witness for any and all DNA evidence to be properly admitted in this case,” prosecutors said in the motion. She also interviewed 16 witnesses and collected over two dozen pieces of evidence, the notice says.

DNA evidence that allegedly connected Turner to a swab taken from the victim during autopsy is “paramount” to prosecutors’ ability to charge forcible rape and by extension, felony murder and the special circumstance of murder during a specified felony, the motion states.

The detective, in a signed statement, said she was the primary investigating officer in the case and, because of her expected maternity leave and commitment to appear in another case early next year, will become available to testify in March.

In 2020, BofA appointed Turner to be global commercial banking market executive for the Greater Los Angeles and Inland Empire markets, overseeing a 17-banker team.

Turner was registered with Merrill starting in 2004 and later with BofA Securities (2019-2022), according to Financial Industry Regulatory Authority BrokerCheck; he worked as a business banker for BofA from 2016 to 2022.

Credit: Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office