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James Michael BIELA

James Biela

James Biela reacts to a question from his attorney Maizie Pusich prior to the start
of his murder trial Monday May 17, 2010.
(Marilyn Newton/RGJ.com)

James Biela, convicted on all charges Thursday, glances toward the courtroom gallery
at the start of the penalty phase Friday May 28, 2010.
(Marilyn Newton/RGJ.com)

James Biela, convicted of the murder of Brianna Denison on Thursday, enters the courtroom
Friday May 28, 2010 for the penalty phase.
(Marilyn Newton/RGJ.com)

James Biela sits in his chair during a break in the penalty phase of his murder trial
on the afternoon of Tuesday, June 1, 2010.
(David B. Parker/RGJ.com)

James Biela

Around 1700 volunteers helped with the search of a 100-square-mile (260 km2) area during the time
Denison was missing, including Nevada's First Lady Dawn Gibbons (wife of Governor Jim Gibbons).

On February 15, 2008 a company worker discovered a body on a company's field, partially covered in
the snow. On February 16, 2008, an autopsy report confirmed that the body found in a field near a
Reno business park was that of Brianna Denison.

Washoe County Coroner personnel remove the body of Brianna Denison found in a field
in Reno, Nevada on Friday, February 15, 2008.

The victim

Brianna Zunino Denison, 19.