Trial ordered for man accused of strangling San Diego masseuse in 1975

SAN DIEGO - A former Camp Pendleton Marine accused of killing a masseuse in a downtown San Diego massage parlor more than 35 years ago must stand trial on a murder charge, a judge ruled today.

Judge Charles Rogers said that enough evidence had been presented to order Leon Johnson to stand trial for allegedly strangling 27-year-old Luz Borrayo on Nov. 22, 1975.

Johnson, 57, was serving a life sentence in Mississippi for murdering a store clerk when he was extradited to San Diego last summer in connection with Borrayo's slaying.

San Diego police were called to the Twilight Massage Parlor on Fift...