Christian Karl Gerhartsreiter: Ellen Sohus

John Sohus Dept: LOS ANGELES, Calif. - A German immigrant who spent decades posing as an heir to the fabled Rockefeller oil fortune and using other identities was found guilty of first-degree murder in the death of a man whose bones were found buried nearly 20 years ago at a suburban home, according to Winnipeg Free Press. Much of the prosecution's evidence focused on the strange behaviour of the man who went by many names, including Clark Rockefeller and Ellen Sohus sister of murder victim John Sohus talks during a news conference after a jury found Christian Karl Gerhartsreiter guilty of first-degree murder in the 1985 San Marino killing on Wednesday, April 10, 2013 in Los Angeles. The verdict was reached Wednesday after the jury deliberated about a day. Testimony in the cold-case trial of Gerhartsreiter focused on the discovery of the bones of John Sohus long after he and his wife disappeared from his mother home in San Marino, a wealthy Los Angeles suburb. The defendant, a German immigrant with delusions of grandeur, rented a cottage at the Sohus home in 1985 then disappeared about the same time as Sohus and his wife Linda who was never found. AP Photo/San Gabriel Valley Tribune,Walter Mancini MAGS OUT; NO SALES; MANDATORY CREDIT Christian Gerhartsreiter, 52, was convicted Wednesday in the heavily circumstantial case that went to trial 28 years after the disappearance of newlyweds John and Linda Sohus. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.