BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.—A 29-year-old Los Angeles man was behind bars Nov. 2 in connection with the slaying of Jacqueline Avant, wife of music executive Clarence Avant, during an apparent break-in at the couple’s home in Beverly Hills.
Aariel Maynor was arrested about 3:30 a.m. Wednesday following an unrelated burglary in the 6000 block of Graciosa Drive in the Hollywood Hills, committed roughly an hour after Avant’s shooting, according to Beverly Hills police Chief Mark Stainbrook.