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Updated at 3:15 p.m., Friday, March 14, 2008

Lankford murder trial goes on the road

Advertiser Staff

Hawaii news photo - The Honolulu Advertiser

From left, Honolulu City Prosecutor Peter Carlisle, court stenographer Amy Sadiarin, Circuit Court Judge Karl Sakamoto, defense lawyer Donald Wilkerson and defendant Kirk Lankford stop along Pupukea Road on O'ahu's North Shore during a tour conducted today during Lankford's criminal trial.

GREGORY YAMAMOTO | The Honolulu Advertiser

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Hawaii news photo - The Honolulu Advertiser

Circuit court clerk Amy Kato, from left to right, court stenographer Amy Sadiarin, defense lawyer Donald Wilkerson, Circuit Court Judge Karl Sakamoto, bailiff Aaron Dunn and Honolulu City Prosecutor Peter Carlisle prepare to embark on a tour of the North Shore as part of the criminal trial of Kirk Lankford today.

GREGORY YAMAMOTO | The Honolulu Advertiser

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The criminal trial of Kirk Lankford convened at 10 a.m. at Foodland on Pupukea Road as part of a field trip in which jurors in the case are viewing various locations where the victim, Masumi Watanabe, was last seen by witnesses April 12, 2007.

The stops this morning included the home where Watanabe, 21, was staying.

This afternoon, jurors will be taken to view a series of locations where Lankford is known to have stopped his work vehicle that same day. Prosecutors have said only two of the stops were authorized by Lankford's employer.

The last scheduled stop is at Kahana Bay, where a witness said he encountered Lankford digging a hole around midnight.