The man accused of killing Erin Corwin, the wife of a Twentynine Palms Marine, made his first appearance in court yesterday in Anchorage, Alaska, his home state. The state of Alaska charged Christopher Lee, 24, a former Marine and neighbor of Erin and Jonathan Corwin in Twentynine Palms, as being a fugitive from justice and the court set his bail at $2 million. Meanwhile, in California, San Bernardino County District Attorney Michael Ramos said Lee will be charged with Corwinâs murder with special circumstances of âlying in wait,â which if convicted, means he will be sentenced to either life without parole or the death penalty. Corwinâs body was discovered Saturday afternoon, at the bottom of a 140-foot mine shaft in the Rose of Peru mine, east of Twentynine Palms, and recovered Sunday. Leeâs arrest warrant states that he conducted Internet searchesâand also asked someoneâon how to dispose of a human body. According to the arrest warrant, investigators recovered at the mine shaft bullet casings and rebar that matched bullet casings and rebar found in Leeâs car and at his residence, along with other evidence. The Alaska Dispatch News reported that Lee asked to speak with his attorneyâwho practices in Californiaâbefore making a decision on extradition to California. Ramos said depending on whether Lee waives extradition, his return to California could be in just a few days, or up to four to five weeks. In addition, Ramos told a Los Angeles radio station that Leeâs wife, Nicole Lee, is a âperson of interest.â The Sheriffâs Department is investigating to determine if Nicole Lee helped her husband with the murder or conceal it afterward.