The next court date has been set for the former colleague and ex-boyfriend of slain Bank of America executive Michelle Avan.
There will be a preliminary hearing on Sept. 30 at Los Angeles Superior Court in Van Nuys, California, for Anthony Duwayne Turner, the BofA broker who recently pleaded not guilty to murdering the head of BofA's global women's and underrepresented talent strategy, according to the office of Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón.
The defendant was "released on bail and is expected to appear at the next court hearing," a spokesman for Gascón told ThinkAdvisor on Tuesday.
Turner, 52, of Westchester, California, was arrested Aug. 5 and bail was set at $2 million, the Los Angeles Police Department had said.
Turner was charged with felony murder and first-degree residential burglary in his former girlfriend's death, according to Gascón.
"He was represented at the arraignment by Kellen Isaiah Davis," a spokesman for Gascón told ThinkAdvisor. Davis did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Avan's family requested that Gascón file a special circumstances murder charge against Turner in addition to the charges filed by the district attorney, according to published reports.
Vigil Held
A vigil was held for Avan outside of her Reseda, California, home on Saturday, according to a local CBS report.
Speakers including her relatives and colleague Brent Hamlet, a Merrill Lynch broker and advisor, remembered the BofA executive who served as a managing director at Merrill for 22 years before being promoted in June to head of BofA's global women's and underrepresented talent strategy, according to her LinkedIn profile.
Avan "let her light shine," Hamlet said, adding: "I walked on her coattails and I followed in her shadow. If I've got light it's because Michelle shined that light upon me."
