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8B ARTS &ENTERrAtl\/ENTmieCharioaBPost Thutsday, Apni 17,1997 Cosby case witness misses suspect in lineup THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES - The key witness to the slaying of Bill Cosby’s son fingered every person in a police lineup as pos sibly the COSBY killer - ' except the '■ suspect now in custody, a I television station reported last ' Thursday. Sources told KCAL-TV the ■ witness said five of the six peo- 1 pie in the lineup looked like the man she saw moments before Ennis Cosby was slain. The only one she failed to rec ognize was Michael Markhasev, 18, who is charged in the shooting death. “It wasn’t that this person said, ‘Gee, you know, I can’t ■pick out anyone.’ It was, ‘It could be this guy, it could be this guy’ But we never men tion the suspect,” said Dale Rubin, one of Markhasev’s attorneys. Police Chief Willie Williams confirmed Thursday the wit ness couldn’t pick Markhasev out of a police lineup, but declined to give details. He insisted it “should not in any way impede the investigation and the prosecution.” “The only thing that I will confirm is that the information that was reported regarding a lineup is nothing new, it’s nothing startling, it’s nothing that has not been known from the time that we made the arrest,” Williams said. Markhasev’s attorneys criti cized police for releasing Markhasev’s photo at the time of his March 12 arrest when they still might need to put him in future lineups. The judge at Markhasev’s arraign ment refused to allow photog raphers to take the suspect’s picture. Sandi Gibbons, spokes woman for the district attor ney’s office, refused to discuss the results of the lineup. Charles Lindner, another one of Markhasev’s attorneys, wouldn’t identify the witness brought in for the lineup, but KCAL-TV said it was the woman Cosby was en route to visit on the night of the slay ing. The woman was reportedly seated in her car on Jan. 16 while Cosby, 27, changed a flat tire. The gunman knocked on her window and told her to get out of her car. She fled, then returned to find the doctoral student fatal ly shot beside his Mercedes- Benz. Sketch artists constructed a drawing of the suspect based on the woman’s description, and Markhasev’s mug shot appeared similar to the draw ing. Police arrested him based on several tips. Markhasev pleaded innocent March 29 to murder, attempt ed robbery and use of a firearm during a crime. A pre liminary hearing was set for April 18. SUBSCRIBE TODAY! 376-0496 J'lif rcisliiiIII Show )oii Won't Want To Miss! ^ “Signs of Spring ‘97’’ lilt' IMtest Collection of Intimate Alipiirel. Sirim Veiir. Casual and Formal fashions Sunday. April 2'',)‘)97 KiOdpin Until UuthiurC.luh 921 ticanics I onl ltd I harlottc. JInrs d'oeiii res. 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