The most recent killing linked to the Golden State Killer occurred in 1986, and he has remained elusive ever since. On Dec. 30, 1979, Debra Manning and Robert Offerman were killed in Goleta, near Santa Barbara. Gray chased after him and shot him. Lucas, Mottweiler, Ganner and the hiker drove up the Corridor for miles, beyond where most of the searching took place in 1986. Eventually she made it back to California. With philanthropist Kit Tremaines support, the homeless people of Santa Barbara became one of the best organized in the country. Three years before he died, Berman told UCLA's oral history program that, because of the brutal killings of his son and daughter-in-law, My philosophy is, if there's a God, he's not for me; he's for someone else.. Lyman and Charlene Smith were murdered in their Ventura home in March 1980. All of the murders have either occurred here or their victims were somehow connected to Santa Barbara County. The unnamed woman repeated to the Weekly what she told long-ago investigators: Mike the Marine told us he'd been in a threesome. Did the Zodiac Killer strike in Santa Barbara County? They also plan to erect electronic billboards nationwide with information on the crimes in order to encourage the public to come forward with information. Wilson, and left in a state of insensibility., Originally from Illinois, Glancey had the personality and physique of an ax handle. He was held in a Santa Barbara County jail on $500,000 bond. He did the one-on-one with the patients; his assistants mixed the herbal concoctions. 29, 2023 in Ventura County Superior Court. His friend Pat Brown, governor of California, appointed him to the state athletic commission. No other details wereprovided. . Any number of people could be a suspect, Zemaitis said. Nadine came from a traditional Circassian-Middle Eastern family, reads her online biography. In recent years, Han started branching out into new medical and business opportunities. Police also believe he was responsible for a slew of burglaries in neighborhoods where the rapes occurred. But by 1985, their May-December marriage had hit rough waters. He remembers learning about the mystery after looking through his fathers scrapbook and seeing newspaper clippings on Shorts death. Alex Murdaugh's defense attorneys will deliver their closing arguments in his murder trial on Wednesday as they seek to raise reasonable doubt about whether he killed his wife and son in 2021 . By allowing himself to be arrestedhe immediately reported the crime to the hotels front deskhe hoped his trial would become an international showcase convicting Turkey of crimes against humanity. DNA testing initially showed that the Santa Barbara murders were committed by a killer separate from the Original Night Stalker. Boyer, who pegged Mike the Marine as a likely suspect, drew a composite sketch of him and set out to find him. When something comes up, I always want to help.. [21][22], Last edited on 10 February 2023, at 06:57, List of serial killers in the United States, "Christiansen confesses to three SB murders", "Christiansen gets life imprisonment (1/2)", "Thor Christiansen receives 27 year prison sentence", "New Plea Entered in Murder, Assault Case", "Suspect Held in Killings of Three Women Hitchhikers", "Murder defendant Thor Christiansen enters additional plea of insanity (1/2)", "Murder defendant Thor Christiansen enters additional plea of insanity (2/2)", "Christiansen trial delayed, may not occur at all", "Judge rejects diminished capacity in murder trial", "Accused Murderer Had Diminished Capacity", "Christiansen gets 25 years to life (1/2)", "Christiansen gets life imprisonment (2/2)". Louise's faith in Radha Soami helped sustain her. Richard Martinez, whose son Christopher was murdered during the UC Santa Barbara shooting massacre, sat down with Peter Rodger, the father of the gunman. Both came from messed-up families. His crimes motivated large demonstrations opposed to violence against women, and in favor of better transportation for the young people residing in Isla Vista. Even though it wasnt Hans discipline, he crammed nonstop for two solid weeks, took the tests, and qualified for one of the openings. Man on Death Row for 1980 Killing of Isla Vista Boy Found Dead in Prison Cell. Fingerprint records discovered by detectives showed that she had applied for work at the commissary at Camp Cooke, which is now Vandenberg Air Force Base, according to Zemaitis. Santa Barbara County, California April 18, 1965 - February 28, 1992 Stabbed in neck His dad, naturally, was going to develop it. Kathy Neely, who taught Emily for two years during preschool at the Waldorf School of Santa Barbara, remembers her as strong-willed, courageous, and having a joyful personality. She loved to play, Neely said. It has yet to be approved by the Senate, however, and no voteas yethas been scheduled. Dental records confirmed the remains were Barry and Louise. [6], Mary Ann Sarris When Gray moved to Santa Barbara in 1870, he was described as reckless, unscrupulous, audacious, brilliant, enterprising, and witty. An attorney by profession, Gray represented clients who were described as gamblers, members of the sporting set, and habitus of saloons. In less than 10 years, Gray himself was arrested more than 20 times, mostly for fighting. Santa Barbara area voters defeated it by a wide margin. faces new murder charges, this time in Santa Barbara County . In person, he radiated a calming clinical confidence. Jeannie Mills (39), was a female early defector from the Peoples Temple along with her husband and teenage daughter, who were all murdered on 26 February 1980 in front of their Berkeley, California home. His last words reportedly were, No, my friend.. Thank you for supporting LA Weekly and our advertisers. President Ronald Reagan, who spent considerable time at his Refugio Canyon ranch, was being castigated for the class cruelty of his trickle-down economic policies. Blondes, Brunettes and Burlesque at Peek-A-View, Hakeem Rowe Talks Insane Career Arc and His Departure From No Jumper, ASTN is Happier Than Ever about his newest release Be So Cruel, RealestK Isnt Nearly As Toxic As TikTok Is, Erykah Badu Drops That Badu Cannabis Line, Best HHC Products to Elevate Your Cannabis Experience, CA Legal Cannabis Faces Its Biggest Blizzard Yet, Understanding The Possible Allergies To Hemp Oil. He beat, raped and left her for dead. He thinks Domingos may have known his killer. Then, using Korb's directions to a natural hot springs, they'd see Saline Valley in the Mojave. Then in the early 1970s, Barry moved to Santa Barbara County, where his father owned the historic and breathtaking El Capitan Ranch, a 3,638-acre property overlooking the Pacific Ocean. The Weekly has learned what three law enforcement agencies have kept to themselves for years: that the former Marine officer, now serving 210 years in federal prison, is Mike the Marine, a desert camper who was extensively questioned in the 1980s and viewed by local police as the prime suspect after Barry and Louise Berman were killed. The citation noted that Christiansen had a .22 caliber pistol in his car, which was confiscated by the police. The Chinese government was after him. At this time, Han worked in a rehabilitation center, treating Reliss uncle who had suffered a stroke. Michael Westerman says his mom and Barry were two souls headed in the same direction. That direction led them to the vanishing point. Jennie, whom Neely remembers as vivacious like Emily, waitressed for two years at Saigon Noodle House about six years ago, said the restaurants manager, who preferred to be identified as David. Then Kurtzman attacked. Craycraft retired from the NCIS, and Inyo County officials didn't pick up the case until the Weeklybegan connecting the dots and discovered that circumstantial evidence clearly points in Pepe's direction. The Isla Vista Juggling Festival has been held annually in her memory since 1977, and is still active as of 2019. Not much is known about Frederick, but online searches show he founded the now-defunct oil company Cal Tech International Inc. and was an ex-CIA agent of Jordanian descent. The man known as Mike the Marine also went off and, upon his return to the springs later that day, gave one female camper the creeps by asking if she was interested in threesomes. When Henry Han was shot to death last week, nearly 200 patients suddenly found themselves without their doctor. Also in the tub were Casey's friend Greg Snyder and a military man, Mike the Marine. The Bermans talked about wanting to visit Indian ruins, Snyder says. Korb says the property was so remote that when he brought Mike Love of The Beach Boys to visit the couple, Love's vintage Rolls-Royce, leaking oil and straining up their corkscrew road, caught fire. We have found that there appears to be a high degree of probability that this subject is responsible for the double murder in our county., The police never said how they came to this conclusion. Anyone with information is urged to call 1-800-CALL-FBI (1-800-225-5324) or submit tips online at tips.fbi.gov. Thirty-six hours later, detectives developed leads that implicated Pierre Haobsh, an Oceanside resident and a business acquaintance of Han, in the murders, which authorities say were motivated by financial gain. Haobsh was recently involved in a business transaction with Mr. Han, Santa Barbara County Sheriff Bill Brown said at a Friday briefing. [9], On July 27, 1979, after interviewing over 115 persons over the previous two years, Christiansen was arrested for the murders of Patricia Laney, Jacqueline Rook, and Mary Sarris. Barry, who had chosen ironworking as his craft, settled into one of three weathered cottages on the El Capitan land overlooking the ocean. Barry and Louise had strong spiritual grounding 'what has to be has to be,' recalls Ray Castellino, a Santa Barbara natural health care practitioner. Barry and Louise's remains were found seven rugged miles above the Palm Spring campground it's unlikely they hiked in, given that Louise had a sore ankle. A nightmare beyond a nightmare.. It turned out to be Michael Joseph Pepe. I wanted to get that guy out of there. The dirt bike riders cooperated with authorities and provided the Weekly with photos date-stamped Jan 1986 showing they rode the Corridor to Eureka Valley and back on Yamaha bikes that didn't have foot pegs to carry passengers. Domingos was three years older than him.His cousin said he looked up to Domingos. Minutes later, he shot her in the ear. It was a terrible irony when flash floods in a distant desert uncovered the remains of his friends. One of the most infamous murder cases in New York City during the 1980s involved a Ridgewood woman at the center of a criminal investigation against her employer, who made sure a professional . Domingos death deeply affected his cousin. Six weeks after Barry and Louise disappeared, Inyo County investigators landed their first solid lead: Two pairs of Nikes were found tucked under a bush by the dirt road below Palm Spring. His father sparked more outrage when he bought much of Runyon Canyon and razed its historic San Patrizio mansion in order to avoid paying taxes. The photos provided a clue: Barry and Louise were wearing Nike sneakers. Dad did research and called the FBI, but they never called back, Zemaitis told the Sun. On Nov. 20, 1986, nearly a year after the couple vanished, Inyo County Sheriff's investigators Randy Nixon and Marston Mottweiler asked Pepe for a meeting. This summer, the 74-year-old former police officer pleaded guilty to 13 counts of first-degree murder. According to 73-year-old Lee Gnesa, a childhood friend, Domingos was dating Edwards at the time and they were most likely going to get married right out of high school. It was the murder of a homeless man in a city decried for its homeless laws in the county where the president lived. He looked for signers named Mike and found one who'd written down his address at a Marine Corps base. Described as argumentatively gifted, Glancey was a radical Republican, a strict abolitionist, and an even stricter teetotaler. In addition, Han was intrigued by the prospect of deploying stem cells in the manufacture of skin-regenerating cosmetics. [13], Following a delay, on March 24, 1980, Christiansen withdrew his double plea in favor of a diminished capacity defense. District Attorney Joyce Dudley will make that decision at a later date. A year later, the crimes moved south to Santa Barbara County. The NCIS, the Los Angeles U.S. Attorney's Office and Inyo County Sheriff's Office all knew and shared with one another the fact that Pepe had been the key suspect in an old double murder, but they never went public with it. The notorious "Golden State Killer" was behind serial rapes and murders across California in the 1970s and 1980s -- but decades passed before a suspect was identified. Tramel and Kurtzman were tried as adults, found guilty, and sent away for a long time. Memorial Wall for Murder Victims. Before the two went on the prowl, another student asked him, What are you going to do, kill someone? He replied, Thats the idea., James Tramel (left) and David Kurtzman | Photo: Christopher Gardner, As Tramel and Kurtzman entered Alameda Park, they thought they were following one of the gang members, but they quickly lost him in the dark. Domingos was 18 and Edwards was 17. Today, the cliffside cottages are owned by Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, but long ago the land was home to Chumash Indians. Massacres do not form a defense, Minier told the judge. Spurred by the Weekly's probe, investigator Dan Williams of the Inyo County Sheriff's Office has opened a formal homicide investigation into the Berman case. He was taken into custody at gunpoint without incident. Site by During the tumultuous and freewheeling years of the late 1960s and early 1970s in the San Francisco Bay Area, a killer emerged. In an online video, retired Sacramento County Sheriffs Department detective Ray Biondi said he regrets not being able to solve the crimes. At the time of the killings, his wife, a doctor, had been suffering from severe dementia for seven years, and the once-wealthy family was now destitute. The paperunder a previous editorhad described Gray as a blatherskite and brazen-faced demagogue and hoodlum. In 1876, Gray beat up William Russell, editor of The Index, another publication, leaving his head a bloody mess. Two decades had passed when, in 2006, the retired Marine was arrested and accused of being a vicious child rapist in Cambodia. He was also dubbed the Original Night Stalker (not to be confused with now-deceased Night Stalker serial killer Richard Ramirez), because his crimes typically occurred early in the morning. Each had been shot multiple times, and their official cause of death was listed as gunshot wounds to the head.. Police found the murdered couple's grave nearby they were buried atop one another. In 1991, he bought out Yu, who moved to San Luis Obispo. She was working as a secretary and living with her teenage daughter, Laura, in Goleta. The deaths of Domingos and Edwards are more than just a grim footnote in Californias history. Although they began as roommates in Barry's seaside cottage, Korb recalls how one day he saw Louise playfully grab Barry's balls and realized that the two had become intimate. Unlike some herbalists and acupuncture practitioners who saw themselves as distinct from traditional Western medicine, he practiced an East-West blend of practices. Barry, who owned a sailboat and sometimes navigated the Pacific coastline, talked about sailing alone to New Zealand. Sheriff Brown called the diabolical and premeditated crime one of the most odious that I have been involved in.. the state of California in the 1970s and 1980s, killing at . SpouseParentChildSiblingFamily memberOther, Sweet James has my permission to help provide a free police report, Ciel Spa aka @CielSpaBH located the SLS Hotel i, Welcoming over 100,000 people every year, what beg, The holiday season is a time of giving! Gnesa was a part of the party that found the bodies of Domingos and Edwards. He had just moved to Santa Barbara only a few years after the previous Press editor had been horsewhipped down State Street by the District Attorney, W.T. Their excursion to Saline Valley was meant as a make-up trip: They'd visit Death Valley and tour Scotty's Castle to see its exquisite ironwork. I saw results within a week, he said. Powered by WordPress VIP. No one saw Barry and Louise that day. If you believe an Independent.com user or any material appearing on Independent.com is copyrighted material used without proper permission, please click here. Trew Knowledge. State and federal authorities interviewed hundreds of people, but no evidence has ever conclusively linked any suspects. Allen died in 1992. He finally settled on murder. Gourgen Yanikian was in a big hurry. Soon De la Guerra Plaza was packed morning, noon, and night with homeless people and their supporters. David Kurtzman | Photo: Christopher Gardner, Blessed with a cheerful, open face and a mustache that would be the envy of any firefighter, Stephenson had been living rough in Santa Barbara for about three years. Life was good, with Barry focusing on his ironworking business, Valley Forgeworks, and hosting satsang meetings with Louise. Artists Scaling Down, Thinking Bigger at Santa Barbara City College Exhibition. Eventually, they worked things out. That night, Stephenson was in his sleeping bag on the floor of the gazebo, listening to music on his boom box, when two 17-year-old military prep school studentsJames Tramel and David Kurtzmanstumbled upon him. This put him sideways with Chinese authorities. This week, over 40 years later, Gresham police identified a Troutdale. [11][12] He was scheduled to go to trial in Los Angeles on February 4, 1980, for the 1977 murder of Laura Benjamin, and in Santa Barbara on March 17, 1980, for the Isla Vista murders. Korb says that sometimes, after a heavy rain, ancient artifacts on the land are exposed including human remains. As Carlson, Relis, and Bardach tell it, Han was about 12 when doctors, intellectuals, and professionals were rounded up as part of Chinas now infamous Cultural Revolution. The death of Short remains one of Los Angeles oldest unsolved murders. The next day nobody saw the Bermans, who were assumed to be exploring. His father, Joseph, was a career Navy man, his mother, Dorothy, a registered nurse. They were bound for the hot springs in Saline Valley, 50 miles from the nearest pavement and long a popular Mojave Desert draw for nudists and eccentrics. The colleagues found the front door ajar and Han and Yus cars parked in the garage; they called 9-1-1, and dispatchers requested the welfare check that led authorities to the crime scene. He married an American citizen, but the marriage didnt last. Looking further into this, according to the same report, from 1965 to 2019 there were roughly 128,787 murders in California alone. And he got away with it. The two were sweethearts. I checked her out, of course, he says. Although the anticipated response to this statement would be one of skepticism, let me say that we do not make this assertion frivolously, the press release stated. Lucas' team jimmied open the Datsun and found two cameras with undeveloped film inside. He committed an act of justice. Accordingly, the killings in Isla Vista were dubbed the "look-alike" murders. He bought a seven-acre spread with a gated driveway a quarter mile long. Retired Inyo County Sheriff's deputy Leon Boyer, who has lived with the baffling case for three decades, today says, You can't commit a homicide and get away with it.. Back in California, he formally joined Radha Soami, pledging to follow the Path of avegetarian diet, moral behavior, daily meditation and abstinence from drugs and alcohol. Though nobody acknowledges it, the massive government response clearly was prompted by Jules Berman's political and business connections. He moved his parents over from China, and they lived with him; his new wife, Jennie; and their daughter, Emily. Domingos taught him how to shoot a .22 rifle. They're looking for a way to bring charges. Staff Writer David Minsky can be reached at dminsky@santamariasun.com. including Santa Barbara County DA Joyce Dudley, that he wished to plead guilty to the 26 counts of murder and kidnapping in exchange for escaping the death . There was no sign of Louise's wedding ring or Barry's silver belt buckle, unique pieces that Korb, the jewelry maker at El Capitan, had handcrafted. His mother was a talented ob-gyn, and his father was a dermatologist; medical practitioners went back in the Han family for many generations. The story got uglier when some local businesspeople were discovered pouring bleach on food discarded in dumpsters to discouraging homeless foraging. Higher education no longer denoted a member of a parasitic class. The last attack was in 1986,. On Nov. 12, 1988, a hiker stumbled upon a human skull. There were people coming and going at all hours of the night.. SEAL BEACH (*2 unsolved murders) Cindy Van Cott, age 24, March 30, 1980 Van Cott, a young factory worker who lived in Santa Ana, was last seen alive at about 11 p.m. March 29, when she left a . When the Press newspaper offices were destroyed in an arson fire, Gray was the chief suspect, though no charges were ever filed. He died the next day, lamenting: I am dying without seeing my dear little wife-girl.. Healer-acupuncturist Mary Sullivan says, We have a living master, his job is to take you back home it doesn't matter how you die., Jules Berman, who died in 1998, didn't enjoy such peace. Lead investigator Dan Williams says they have a super strong person of interest, after the Weekly linked the unsolved desert murders to a modern atrocity: sexual predator Michael Joseph Pepe and his sentencing in Los Angeles in 2014 for vicious crimes against children in Southeast Asia. Barry and Louise came together in Santa Barbara in the 1980s through the same guru master. As it turned out, the gun used in all three murders was a .38-caliber pistol (some sources say it was a .45-caliber gun) that had been purchased in October 1980. The late summer of 1988 brought flash flooding to Saline Valley. She had been a community volunteer with organizations that advocated against violence to women. She had been missing since December 6, 1976. The three recounted here, however, hit us with their loud and obvious resonance with whats happening today on the world stage and right here in Santa Barbara. Where have you been? he asked the sheriffs deputies when they showed up at the Biltmore Hotel to arrest him for the murder of two Turkish diplomats. His political reporting was said to be terse, pointed, and fearless., In hindsight, it seems inevitable that Glancey and Gray would come to blows. Bringing together non-profits with an audience of affluent donors. Advertising disclosure: We may receive compensation for some of the links in our stories. His victims had long, straight hair, wore similar clothing, and had about the same build. Soon after Yanikians conviction, 40 Turkish diplomats were gunned down around the world. But the brook that sometimes trickled across Refugio Road had become a raging torrent, and Laura and her VW were swept downstream and slammed into a bridge. The first trial ended with a hung jury. With rippling, wind-formed sand dunes, the valley boasts some of California's most magnificent scenery. Zemaitis recalled his father saying she was so strikingly beautiful that everyone would drop what they were doing to catch a look at her. Since Han set up shop in Santa Barbara in the 1980s, there was never anything the least bit woo-woo or New Age about the medicine he practiced. [3][4][5], Jacqueline Ann Rook The two campers, the sheriff's office realized, weren't your average missing visitors they were neighbors of President Reagan and had disappeared into an unforgiving desert of mazelike canyons. By 20, Yanikian had seen thousands of dead Armenians26 bodies were members of his own family. Yet Pepe revealed the fact that Barry was an experienced boater and navigator. In them, hed take credit for murders and taunt police. Glancey stumbled into the Morris Hotel at State and Haley and collapsed in the reading room. The next morning, four of those students reported the crime to police, turning over the perpetrators bloodstained clothes as evidence. Have you ever felt a knife go through a human head?, In his confession, Kurtzman talked about flashes in his head, blood pulsing in his ears, and panic that gang members were crawling into the gazebo. . Two million words I have written, and nobody pays attention, Yanikian testified during his trial. [16] On May 14, 1980, Christiansen was sentenced to 25 years to life for the murder of Laura Benjamin, and 9 years for the attempted murder of Lydia Preston. In our heart of hearts, we know he had not committed an act of murder, one speaker proclaimed. That morning, Henry Han had missed a Los Angeles business meeting and wasnt answering phone calls, prompting two colleagues to visit his home. Former sheriff's deputy Boyer says, Pepe has skated and skated and skated. He was very smug., Some of Barry and Louise's fellow spiritualists believe that, in the truest sense, they are still alive. The suspect was identified as Gabriel Jose Zepeda, a 46-year-old transient that was arrested without incident. The following day, he was charged with the attempted murder of Lydia Preston. For them, Han provided a one-two punch of psychological comfort and medical relief. Domingos still has family living in Lompoc who hold his memory dear. The point being, the more things change, the more they dont. Then, in a narrow side channel of the wash, which easily could have been overlooked, the men discovered a grave-sized pile of rocks. The only vehicles seen in the Corridor on Jan. 6, 1986, were three dirt bikes and Pepe's pickup. However, his arrest came about when Lydia Preston called investigators on July 11, 1979, stating she saw her attacker at a bar in Hollywood. 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