The suspect in last year’s shooting death of a Jamaica Plain convenience store clerk was held without bail following his indictment on murder and other charges, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley said today.

<p></p>Conley’s chief trial counsel, Assistant District Attorney Patrick Haggan, described Corliss’ “troubling and horrendous” criminal record before recommending that Corliss continue to be held without bail. Clerk Magistrate Gary D. Wilson granted that request.

<p></p>A Suffolk County grand jury on Feb. 25 indicted Corliss for first-degree murder, armed robbery while masked, and unlawful possession of a firearm. Wilson scheduled his trial on those charges for Feb. 24, 2011.

<p></p>“This was in many ways a high-tech investigation, but shoe leather got us where we are today,” Conley said.

<p></p>Haggan told the court that Dangol began his scheduled shift at 11:00 a.m. at the Tedeschi Foot Mart on Centre Street, where he had been working for the past two years. A Nepali immigrant, Dangol had been saving money he earned from the job, “hoping to eventually bring his wife and 9-year-old daughter to the United States,” Haggan said.

<p></p>On the same day, Haggan said, Corliss – who was “having financial difficulties and had complained to others that his government assistance funding had been cut in recent months” – was preparing himself for the robbery by donning a wig, an overcoat with padding underneath, a winter cap, gloves, and a scarf.

<p></p>Corliss also armed himself with a loaded .380 caliber semi-automatic handgun, which he concealed on his person, Haggan said.

<p></p>At about 2:00 p.m., Corliss asked a family member to drive him to the area of Centre Street and Eliot Street in Jamaica Plain, Haggan said. Beginning at about 2:30, Corliss can be seen on a surveillance video milling around outside the convenience store carrying a backpack and approaching the store only to walk away upon seeing customers inside.

<p></p>Shortly before 3:00, Haggan said, Corliss entered the store with a scarf pulled up covering his face below the eyes.

<p></p>“At that time, only the victim, Mr. Dangol, and Corliss were present in the store,” Haggan said.

<p></p>Corliss “approached the victim at the store counter, removed the loaded gun, and pointed it at the victim,” Haggan said. “Within seconds and without any resistance, the victim opened the register and removed all of the cash, placing it into the assailant’s backpack.”

<p></p>Haggan described how Dangol returned the backpack, now full of cash, and “immediately outstretched and partially raised his hands in a fully submissive manner,” when Corliss pointed the gun and fired one shot into the victim’s chest at close range.

<p></p>“The single bullet pierced the left side of the victim’s chest, striking his heart and lung,” Haggan said.

<p></p>Dangol fell to the ground, mortally wounded. He subsequently died of his injury.

<p></p>Corliss allegedly fled the store with approximately $700 in cash and ran down Eliot Street, where the Plymouth Acclaim was parked. Getting into the passenger seat, Corliss allegedly told the driver to flee the area at a high rate of speed, all of which was captured on surveillance video, Haggan said.

<p></p>Corliss allegedly disposed of the wig and other clothing in a nearby dumpster, Haggan told the court. The next day, he allegedly travelled to Revere Beach, dumped the backpack in a trash can, and discarded the murder weapon in a rocky area near the surf.

<p></p>On Dec. 28, Corliss allegedly obtained an MIT alumni bumper sticker and placed it on the driver’s side door of the getaway vehicle. It was that side of the vehicle that was visible in surveillance footage released by authorities and repeatedly broadcast by Boston-area media outlets.

<p></p>Investigators consulted with automotive industry experts to determine the vehicle’s make, model, and era of manufacture – a white Plymouth Acclaim from the late 1980s or early 1990s. They consulted with state and federal authorities to refine the surveillance images and compile a list of similar vehicles registered in Massachusetts. They undertook an owner-by-owner search for the Acclaim used to flee Dangol’s homicide.

<p></p>On Dec. 29, Boston Police homicide detectives went to Corliss’ address based upon their finding that such a vehicle was registered to his wife. They photographed the Acclaim and matched certain unique features to those on the vehicle represented in the surveillance images. They learned that the MIT sticker had recently been placed upon its door and that it had been kept in the back of the residence since Dangol’s homicide.

<p></p>Corliss’ open parole was revoked on Jan. 7 and Conley approved a warrant for his arrest on Jan. 14. On Jan. 20, based on additional information and statements gathered in the course of the investigation, Boston Police homicide detectives travelled to Revere Beach to assess the feasibility of sending professional divers to search for the murder weapon.

<p></p>“It was a sharp-eyed detective, however, who spotted a .380 caliber semiautomatic firearm pointing up from the sand,” Conley said. “That weapon was seized, test-fired, and found to be a match with the one that killed Mr. Dangol.”

<p></p>Catherine Yuan is the assigned victim-witness advocate. Corliss is represented by attorney John Hayes. He will return to court on April 13.