Moonda murder suspect will not face death penalty

AKRON --The federal government will not seek the death penalty against the man accused in the death of Dr. Gulam Moonda.
Prosecutors filed notice to the court late Friday afternoon in their case against Damian Bradford, 24, of Beaver County, Pa.
Bill Edwards, of the public information office for the U.S. Attorney's Office in Cleveland, said he could not comment on why prosecutors did not seek the death penalty.
Bradford could receive a sentence of life in prison if convicted at his trial, which is set to start July 24 before Senior U.S. District Judge David Dowd in Akron.
Bradford faces federal charges of interstate stalking and using a firearm during a crime of violence in the May 13, 2005, shooting death of Dr. Moonda, a millionaire urologist from Hermitage, Pa., on the Ohio Turnpike near North Royalton in Cuyahoga County.
Dr. Moonda's wife, Donna, and her mother were in the car when the trio pulled over to switch drivers and Dr. Moonda was shot in the face. The women were not hurt, and they told police they could not identify the shooter.
Authorities have contended that Bradford was having an affair with Donna Moonda. The pair met in a Beaver County drug rehabilitation program. Mrs. Moonda has not been charged.