(CNS) Posted Wednesday May 25, 2011 – 8:20am
An attorney who represents some members of the family of the suspect jailed in the Opening Day beating of San Francisco Giants fan Bryan Stow said the suspect's 10-year-old daughter is willing to testify that her father was not at Dodger Stadium that day.
Chip Matthews said in broadcast reports that he interviewed the daughter, who told him her father Giovanni Ramirez, was with her and other family members all day on March 31.
``She is a beautiful, smart young lady and she will happily testify about that,' Matthews said. ``The believability that she brings to the table will serve him well.'
Ramirez, 31, of Los Angeles, was arrested Sunday morning in East Hollywood.
He was booked on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon -- the foot he allegedly used to kick his victim -- and held on $1 million bail.
Charges have not been filed against Ramirez. He will remain in jail on a parole hold, police said following a meeting between detectives from the Los Angeles Police Department's Northeast Division and officials of the District Attorney's Office.
Investigators were said to be preparing police lineups with multiple witnesses to the March 31 attack in a Dodger Stadium parking lot on the 42-year-old Stow, who was wearing Giants apparel.
Lineups ask witnesses to identify or recognize a suspect in person and generally produce stronger evidence compared with a witness choosing a suspect from a series of photographs.
The tip that resulted in the arrest was provided by a parole officer, LAPD Chief Charlie Beck said.
A mug shot of Ramirez from a file kept by parole agents recently was posted on some news media websites, angering LAPD officials, who feared that the photo would compromise the investigation if some witnesses saw it before they saw the lineups.
Officials contacted news outlets to ask for the removal of the mug shot and requested that no one post the image until the lineups were conducted.
Two other suspects -- a man sought for his involvement in the assault and a female thought to have been the getaway driver -- remain at large, police said.
Stow is listed in critical condition in a San Francisco hospital.
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