Knoller faces a second-degree murder charge in the January death of Diane Whipple. Noel is charged with involuntary manslaughter. Additional charges concerning keeping vicious dogs are also on file against both. Channel 5 has also learned that a car registered to Knoller has been vandalized in a San Francisco garage. The 1969 Mercury Cougar was spray-painted, its tires were flattened, and the windshield smashed.
Police have no suspects in the vandalism.