Actor Daniel Wozniak Convicted of Gruesome Double Murder

California Theater actor Daniel Wozniak was found guilty of a gruesome double murder on Wednesday afternoon and now faces a possible death sentence.

The 31 years old killed his neighbour, Army veteran Sam Herr, and Herr's friend Juri "Julie" Kibuishi in 2010 as part of a ploy to clean out Herr's $62,000 savings so he could pay for his upcoming wedding to his actress fiancée Rachel Buffett.  On May 20, 2010, Wozniak shot Herr twice in the head with a .38-caliber semiautomatic pistol after luring him to the attic of an empty theatre on the Joint Forces Training Base in Los Alamitos. Hours later, he lured an unsuspecting Kibuishi, a college student studying fashion, into Herr's bedroom and then shot her twice in the head before staging the crime scene to make it look like Herr had sexually assaulted her.  Wozniak hoped to "use his magical acting powers to trick the dumb police," Prosecutor Matt Murphy told jurors on Wednesday during his closing argument. Instead, he was arrested by police at his bachelor party just days later after they discovered he stole Herr's ATM card and convinced a teen to pull money out of Herr's bank account.

Wozniak eventually confessed to the killings while in police custody. “I killed Julie, I killed Sam Sam came first. It was all just about the money that was it” Wozniak allegedly told detectives. Evidence showed from Wozniak's computer showed that he had searched for quick ways to kill people. Police also found a backpack Wozniak gave his brother Tim that contained a bloody shirt and gloves, Herr's cell phone, his checkbook, wallet, and passport, Murphy said during his opening statements on Dec. 9.  Wozniak's defence attorneys did not argue with the prosecution's case, calling no witnesses and presenting no evidence. They simply hope to avoid a death sentence for their client.