Reno police have charged James Michael Biela, 27, left, in the murder of 19-year-old college student Brianna Denison, right.
(Courtesy Reno Police Department/The Reno Gazette-Journal)Reno Murder Suspect Faces 3 New Rape Charges
Suspect in Reno murder of college student accused of raping 3 women, attempted attack on 4th
Prosecutors in Nevada have filed three new rape charges against a former Marine accused of killing a college student.
James Michael Biela was charged Friday with the rapes of Briana Denison and another woman. He was also charged with attempted sexual assault of a student in November 2007.
The 27-year-old was arrested Nov. 25 and charged with strangling Denison and sexually assaulting another woman in December 2007.
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Washoe County prosecutors were reviewing whether to seek the death penalty.
Denison, a Santa Barbara City College sophomore, was abducted from a friend's house, and her body was found in a Reno field.
Denison's family declined to comment. Calls to the county public defender's office were not answered Saturday.
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