A Family Business (43 page)

LEFT
: Los Angeles County Deputy District Attorney Harvey Giss, who was scheduled to prosecute David Sconce for the murder of Tim Waters. He was later forced to drop the charges due to lack of evidence. He hopes to be able to prosecute Sconce for conspiracy to murder Elie Estephan, another rival funeral home director.
RIGHT:
Co-prosecutor Kevin De Noce, also scheduled to present the case against Sconce in connection with Waters’s death. (
Photos by Stacey Gore
)

David Sconce with defense attorney Roger Diamond (
left
). (
Photo by Stacey Gore
)

Sconce in court, up on charges that he had murdered Tim Waters. (
Photo by
San Diego Union/
Roni Galgano
)

Jerry, Laurieanne, and David’s brother Gary in the courthouse, just before murder charges accusing David of murdering Waters were dropped. (
Photo by Stacey Gore
)

David and his mother leave the courtroom, the murder charge against him dismissed. (
Photo by Stacey Gore
)

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