Dawn Viens -- Missing 10/18/09

March 3, 2011 1:57 PM

Dawn Viens Update: Husband of missing woman admits killing her, say police

Posted by Camille Mann

snipped:
Crews searched for two days using a cadaver sniffing dog, pulling up the concrete floors and sifting through dirt where the dogs indicated. By Wednesday afternoon the coroner said there was no evidence of any human remains on the property.

Read more:
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504083_162-20038879-504083.html?tag=contentMain;contentBody

Lomita restaurant owner pleads not guilty to murder charge in wife's death

March 28, 2011 | 12:39 pm

A Lomita restaurant owner injured when he jumped off a 100-foot cliff as sheriff's deputies followed him was wheeled into a downtown Los Angeles courtroom on a gurney Monday and pleaded not guilty to killing his wife.

David Robert Viens, 47, made a brief appearance on a yellow gurney to answer charges that he killed his wife, who disappeared 17 months ago.

Read more: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2011/03/lomita-restaurant-owners-pleads-not-guilty-to-wifes-murder.html

I wonder if he's in a regular jail cell or what, since he had to be wheeled in on a gurney........

Friends of slain woman to hold vigil outside Lomita restaurant

By Larry Altman Staff Writer
Updated: 10/17/2011 03:09:52 PM PDT

Friends of a slain Lomita woman whose body has never been found will hold a candlelight vigil tonight outside the restaurant where she worked.

The vigil to remember Dawn Viens, 39, will begin at 6 p.m. in the 24400 block of Narbonne Avenue, said Viens' friend, Joe Cacace.

Tuesday marks the two-year anniversary of her disappearance.

Read more: http://www.dailybreeze.com/crimeandcourts/ci_19132221