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1983
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14 August |
East Area Rapist Sought 5 Years Later (Clark Brooks, Sacramento Bee) |
EAR: 5 year recap; mentions Don Richard’s manuscript and suspect who the police eliminated
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15 September
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4 Assaults in 24 hours Stir Fear in Irvine.
(Steve Tripoli and Nancy Wride
Los Angeles Times)
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Other OC Crimes |
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17 September
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Arrests Made in 2 Sexual Assault Cases. Rapes are Unrelated to Rash of
Attacks in Irvine, Authorities Say.
(Nancy Wride, Los Angeles Times)
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Other OC Crimes |
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18 September
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Opinion: Rapes in Irvine Shatter an Illusion
(Robert Scheer, Los Angeles Times)
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Other OC Crimes |
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18 September
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Rapes Spur Change in Celebrated Irvine Life Style
(Doug Brown, Los Angeles Times)
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Other OC Crimes |
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1984
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5 April |
Role In Rape Case Tied To Pay Claim
(Mike Castro, Sacramento Bee)
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EAR |
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15 June
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$25,000 Reward Posted in Two Goleta Murders
(Chuck Schultz, Santa Barbara News-Press)
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Goleta Murders |
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17 July
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Man Held in Laguna Hills Nurse’s Death
(Bill Billiter, Los Angeles Times)
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Other OC Crimes |
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17 November
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Baby Sitter, 25, is Found Dead in Santa Ana
(Nancy Wride, Los Angeles Times)
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1985
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25 January |
Santa Ana Man Held in Torture and Murder of Disabled Baby Sitter
(Nancy Wride, Los Angeles Times (Orange County Edition)
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Other OC Crimes |
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1986
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20 March
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Job Corps Offers New Opportunity Youths Get Chance to Learn Trades,
Finish High School; (Marie Montgomery , Los Angeles Times [Orange County Edition])
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Linked Murders: Janelle Cruz in an article a few weeks before she was murdered. |
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9 May
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Irvine
Los Angeles Times
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Linked Murders: Janelle Cruz homicide |
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24 June
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Irvine
Los Angeles Times [Orange County Edition]
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Linked Murders: Man arrested in Janelle Cruz murder |
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1987
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10 March
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Murder, Rape Charges Dropped in Irvine Woman's Death
(Jeanne Wright, Orange County Register)
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Linked Murders: Suspect released in Janlle Cruz murder. |
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7 August
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Murderer Gets Death Verdict in Santa Ana Case
(Jerry Hicks, Los Angeles Times (Orange County Edition)
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Other OC Murders |
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1988
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17 January
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For Police, OC's Unsolved Murders
Have Life of their Own
(Steve Eddy, Orange County Register)
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Other OC Murders |
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17 March |
Case Not Closed
(Bob Sylva, Sacramento Bee) |
EAR: 10 year recap; Bevins one man task force; still only mentions 2d Goleta attack as possible linked attack in the south.
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27 March
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Story on Rapist Angers Some
(Art Nauman, The Ombudsman,
Sacramento Bee)
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EAR |
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25 July
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Police Still Seeking Leads in '79
Bludgeon Killings
(Eric Healy, Los Angeles Times [Orange County Edition])
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Bedroom Basher |
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11 November
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Orange County's Oldest Unsolved Homicides
Los Angeles Times [Orange County
Edition]
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Bedroom Basher; Linked Murders: The Witthuhn murder and a Basher attack were the oldest unsolveds in Irvine and Tustin in 1988
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11 November
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Police Files Remain Open on These More Baffling Slayings in County
(Richard Beene, Los Angeles Times [Orange County Edition])
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Linked Murders: The Harrington murders listed among several other OC ones. |
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1989
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17 May
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Ex-Marine Pleads Guilty to Avoid 2nd Trial in ’79 Slaying
(Kevin O’Leary, Los Angeles Times [Orange County Edition])
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Other OC murders: Conviction in the Savannah Anderson murder |
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27 September
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Security Boom in Orange County Gated Communities: False Sense of
Safety?;
(Jim Carlton, Los Angeles Times [Orange County Edition])
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Linked Murders: Mentions Harrington murders. |
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1990
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4 September |
Investigators Haunted by Murders Past Mysteries
(Carol Watson, Los Angeles Times [Ventura County Edition])
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Linked Crimes: Smith murders. |
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1993
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21 March |
‘Ear' Still At Large
70s Rape Cases Vex Retiring Detective
(Wendy McClellan, Sacramento Bee)
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EAR: Retrospective |
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1995
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20 December |
DA's Target: Ghosts of Murders Past
(Stuart Pfeifer, Orange County Register)
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BB: Retrospective on old OC cases including Bedroom Basher crimes.
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1996
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21 June
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Killing Stopped When Suspect Jailed
Crime: Authorities Say DNA and Confessions Link Him to the String
of Slayings.
(Jonathan Volzke, Orange County Register)
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BB |
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22 June
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Killer Put Costa Mesa in the Grasp of Fear CITIES: In 1979, a String of Slayings Made Nervousness the Order of the
Day as Police Followed Up All Leads.
(Jonathan Volzke, Orange County Register)
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BB |
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22 June
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Prosecutors Crack the Case Using
Old-Fashioned Detective Work
SUCCESS: Deputy district attorneys don't have time to celebrate. They've got more work to do.
(Stuart Pfeifer, Orange County Register)
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BB |
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22 June
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The Lives and Deaths of a Serial
Killer's Victims
(Orange County Register)
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BB |
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22 June
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Lives in Collision
People: The Story of Kevin Green and Gerald Parker Reverberates
Across the Country.
(Tony Saaverda and Anne Mulkern, Orange County Register)
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BB |
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22 June
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Justice Delayed / DNA Evidence Frees One Man, Points to Another In 1979 Case; Heating the Cold Trail of the 'Bludgeon Killer'; Investigation: New Technology and Old-Fashioned Persistence Finally Led to Charges in the Series of Slayings.
(Geoff Boucher, Anna Cekola, Lee Romney. Los Angeles Times [Orange County Edition])
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BB |
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22 June
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Ex-Marine Charged in '70s Killings; Crime: Gerald Parker Committed Six O.C.
Murders, Authorities say, Including One for Which Another Man Endured 17
Years in Prison.
(Thao Hua, Lee Romney, Mark Platte. Los Angeles Times [Orange County Edition])
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BB |
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23 June
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From Series of Slayings to Arrests to One Man's Freedom
(Orange County Register)
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BB |
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23 June
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On the Streets, Suspect was Handled
with Care CRIME: Other homeless people in Santa Ana Remember Gerald Parker
as Someone to Watch Out For.
(Bryon MacWilliams and Anne C. Mulkern, Orange County Register)
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BB |
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23 June
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`It's Not Fair': Attack Victim is Shut
Out by the Statute of Limitations
CRIME: Kim Whitecotton and other survivors may never have
resolution of their cases.
(Anne C. Mulkern, Orange County Register)
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