An avowed white supremacist who admitted he killed three people outside two Jewish sites seemed upbeat as jury section began in his capital murder trial. He has chronic emphysema and has said he doesn’t think he has long to live, and he has attended hearings since his arrest using a wheelchair equipped with an oxygen tank.
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Frazier Glenn Cross, also known as Glenn Miller, is accused of shooting teenager Reat Underwood and his grandfather, Dr. William Corporon, at the Jewish Community Center and mother Terri LaManno at the Village Shalom Care Center in April 2014. He said he was targeting Jews, although none of the three were Jewish. He is representing himself, although court-appointed lawyers he fired will be on stand-by.
Questioning Monday will focus only on each person’s availability for a potential trial of several weeks.
Miller offered to plead guilty in return for not getting a death penalty if he’s allowed to make a statement about why he committed the murders.
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Cross called the Johnson County District Attorney Steve Howe “Howdy Doody” at one point and asked if he could switch seats so he could sit closer to the jury. Ryan warned Miller earlier this month that any outbursts in front of jurors could result in his removal from the courtroom or in a mistrial.
