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Oregon Road Conditions & Cams Email Story to a Friend October 25, 2005 Sexual advances led to murder, accused says By SARAH LEMON Mail Tribune Unwanted sexual advances prompted last year’s murder of a paroled sex offender, according to conversations between police and the man awaiting trial on the crime. The attorney for 25-year-old David Michael Jurich has moved to keep jurors from hearing his client’s confession to detectives. Investigators for Medford police department and the Jackson County Sheriff’s Department illegally continued to question Jurich after he asked to speak to an attorney, defense attorney Robert Abel said Monday. Jurich admitted to attacking 68-year-old David Evan Rice in a drunken rage inside an Ashland motel room he shared with the man on Oct. 28. In a videotaped interview about a week after the murder, Jurich told police that Rice "flashed" the younger man and asked him to lie down in bed with him. "He’s a rapist," Jurich told detectives Bill Ford and Colin Fagan. "I just went insane after that." Jurich told investigators he believed he struck Rice with a metal bar but wasn’t sure where he got the weapon or where he disposed of it. Ford told the suspect that blood spatter in the room suggested Rice was struck in the head between six and eight times. Advertisement Rice’s naked body was found the next day under bedclothes in room 8 of the Relax Inn. Jurich had hopped a bus to San Francisco and wound up in Reno, Nev., before police caught up with him. He and Rice had met in jail before living on the streets and occasionally panhandling together, Jurich told detectives. The night of the killing was the first time Rice had come on to him, he added. Jurich has filed a notice in Jackson County Circuit Court of his intent to rely on the defense of extreme emotional disturbance. If his attorney proves the defense, Jurich’s murder charge will be reduced to first-degree manslaughter, which carries a mandatory 10-year prison sentence. The penalty for murder is life in prison with a 25-year minimum term before parole eligibility. Jurich spoke to police for about an hour, denying he had ever stayed at a motel with Rice before requesting the assistance of an attorney. Fagan testified Monday that he and Ford continued to talk to Jurich for another six minutes about a warrant for his arrest and extradition to Medford. When Jurich said he wanted to continue talking, the detectives re-read his rights. Circuit Court Judge Ray White made no ruling on the motion Monday. Attorneys’ closing arguments will be heard at a later date. Jurich’s trial is set for Nov. 15 in Circuit Court but may be postponed, attorneys said. Reach reporter Sarah Lemon at 776-4487, or e-mail Sexual advances led to murder, accused says ">[email protected] . Mail Tribune Home | Local News | Sports | Business | Obituaries | Life | Opinion AP News | Archives | Site Map | Community | Classified Copyright © 1997-2005 Mail Tribune, Inc. All rights reserved. Privacy Policy | Terms & Conditions | Website Feedback www.bingo.com Home Security Systems Trunks, Footlocker dvd-r Distance Education Computer Security Ztech Media Hosting Sports Equipment Student Loans tcg student loan consolidation Online Pharmacy online casino Myspace Home Equity Loans Windermere Van Vleet Rogue Valley Travel Reservationstogo Hotel Reservations Southern Oregon Loans Online Casino News Natto Kinase Nattokinase Casino Gambling Sites Budget Website Templates Investments & Loans Advertisement s