Family protests release of man in CA woman's death

— A man who pleaded guilty in the death of a San Diego State University student whose body was never found has been released from prison.

John Steven Burgess was released Wednesday after serving half of his five-year sentence for involuntary manslaughter.

The mother, father and sister of Donna Jou (joh) appeared earlier Wednesday outside the Los Angeles Criminal Courts building demanding justice for the 19-year-old woman.

They want her case reopened and a new search for her body launched. They say they don't know if she's really dead.

Prosecutors say there isn't any evidence for a murder charge.

Burgess, a registered sex offender, admitted giving Jou cocaine and heroin and said he dumped her body in the ocean after she overdosed.

The Associated Press


