Updates

SF Gate
BERKELEY
November 6, 2005
Slaying suspect talks about his dead friend.
He says he wishes he could trade places with victim.

North Gate News Online
BERKELEY
October 5, 2005
After a lengthy delay in court today, Christopher Hollis pleaded not guilty to the murder of his high school friend Meleia Willis-Starbuck the 19 year-old Dartmouth freshman who was fatally shot outside her apartment on College Ave. near the UC Berkeley campus.


Berkeley Daily Planet
BERKELEY, CA
September 30, 2005
Attorney Says Hollis Didn’t Mean to Kill Anyone
While not conceding that Christopher Hollis fired the bullet that killed his friend and former Berkeley High School classmate Meleia Willis-Starbuck, his attorney John Burris said the 21-year-old Berkeley native had confirmed earlier press accounts of the shooting.

SF Gate
BERKELEY, CA
September 27, 2005
Victim argued with Cal players
Football team member grazed with bullet during shooting incident

"Police believe the woman slain on July 17, Meleia Willis-Starbuck, called a close friend on a cell phone during the argument to ask for help. That friend, 22-year-old Christopher Hollis, allegedly arrived with a gun and opened fire from a half-block away - inadvertently striking Willis-Starbuck in the chest.

Berkeley Daily Planet
FRESNO, CA
September 27, 2005
Fresno Police Chase Down Suspect in BHS Grad Murder
The suspected shooter in the July 17 killing of Meleia Willis-Starbuck was captured in a Fresno apartment Friday as he hid in a bedroom closet.

Berkeley Police
FRESNO, CA
September 24, 2005
Second Suspect in Willis-Starbuck
Homicide Arrested

Hollis Photo Berkeley, California On Friday September 23rd, Fresno Police Arrested Christopher Hollis on a Berkeley Homicide Warrant.

CAS | NEWS
BERKELEY, CA

August 4 , 2005

Below are two announcements. The first has to do with the availability of counseling and therapy for those who need to process their feelings. The second is about a fantastic fundraiser to raise money for the scholarship in memory of Meleia.

SF Gate
BERKELEY, CA
July 22, 2005
Close-knit friendship, mysterious tragedy. Questions abound over circumstances in Berkeley slaying