US Film-maker Who Saved Orphans Shot Dead
Film-maker John Upton Jr has been shot following an apparent dispute with a neighbour over the trimming of shrubbery outside his home in Southern California.
The 56-year-old was found dead on Thursday on a path in the garden of his Encinitas property.
San Diego County Sheriff's Department said detectives arrested Michael Vilkin, 61, on suspicion of murder. He was being held without bail, and is expected to appear in court on Tuesday.
Vilkin, in an interview conducted in jail, told KGTV in San Diego he fired gunshots in self-defence after Mr Upton allegedly threatened him with a gun during a dispute over foliage.
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The film-maker's Emmy Award came in 1990 for an after-school special on teenage promiscuity.
The same year, after he watched a film about Romanian orphans on ABC's 20/20 programme, Mr Upton decided to help publicise the brutal conditions of the orphans and bring as many as possible to America.
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...another shrubbery! Then, when you have found the shrubbery, you must place it here, beside this shrubbery, only slightly higher so you get a two layer effect with a little path running down the middle..."
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