Murder case sees plea deal

The deal is also expected to offer evidence that could shed light on the alleged actions Adella, Hillsborough woman Tiffany Li, 32, and her boyfriend Kaveh Bayat, 31, took to murder Keith Green, according to prosecutors.

“It changes the complexion of the trial a little bit,” said District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe. “It isn’t circumstantial evidence, it’s direct evidence of how the crime occurred.”

Li, the mother of Green’s children, was previously being charged for his murder alongside Bayat, who is being accused of pulling the trigger of the gun that killed Green, and Adella, who was long believed to be the muscle behind the crime. Wagstaffe said Adella admitted to being involved in disposing of Green’s body after the murder.

Li and Bayat’s trial, which has been set for Sept. 17, will now proceed without Adella as a co-defendant, according to prosecutors.

Li was alleged to have a custody dispute at the time of 27-year-old Green’s disappearance April 29, 2016. Almost two weeks after he met up with Li at a Millbrae pancake house the evening he disappeared, Green’s body was discovered near a Sonoma County homeless encampment May 11, according to prosecutors.

Li posted $35 million bail by putting up several Bay Area properties valued at $62 million along with $4 million in cash in April. Bayat was assigned $35 million bail in June but remains in custody, according to prosecutors.

Adella, a Burlingame resident, will remain in custody and without a sentence until after Li and Bayat’s trial is complete, according to prosecutors. Defense attorneys did not respond to requests for comment aside from Geoff Carr who said this deal was expected.

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