February 4, 1972, proved to be a tragic day in Sonoma County, California. Johnasen found that Kursa had been dead for one to two weeks, and he further concluded that Kursas killer had thrown her body into the ravine off Calistoga Road. 17 infamous crimes in Sonoma County history. Gallon is well known to Sheriff's Office Investigators, and early on in the Jenner murder investigation Gallon was a person of interest who detectives never ruled out as a possible suspect. Due to cold weather, her body was partially frozen and it appeared she had been killed one or two weeks prior. Authorities could not identify a cause of death for the victims who were found in 1979 but duct tape was found at the scene, likely indicating the two girls had been bound. Maureen Louise Sterling, 12, and Yvonne Lisa Weber, 13,[2] both Herbert Slater Middle School students,[3] disappeared around 9 p.m. on February 4, 1972, after visiting the Redwood Empire Ice Arena. The case remained unsolved at that time. As was so often the case in the 1970s, police officers believed that the girls were runaways. She is believed to have been between 16 and 21 when she was killed, had red, auburn or brown hair, was 5-foot-3 and wore hard contact lenses. Many claim to have spotted a beautiful woman in ghostly blue, and legend has it that she was murdered while walking up to the restaurant. Less than a month later, on December 14, Kursas partially frozen nude body was found by a couple out walking along Calistoga Road. Twenty-year-old Jeannette Kamahele was a student at Santa Rosa Junior College when she disappeared for good on April 25, 1972. The Black Dahlia. Both Cutshall and Allen were killed with a .45-caliber Marlin rifle as they slept in their sleeping bags on the beach. The . Nicknamed "the Doodler"because his modus operandi was to sketch victims, have sex with them and then stab them, this unknown San Francisco serial killerhunted the Castro District in 1974 and 1975. The views expressed in this post are the author's own. Investigators made the tragic match. He has been a guest speaker on numerous national radio and television stations and is a five time published author. She jumped out of the pickup, which was going about 55 miles per hour south of Novato, California. No profanity, hate speech or personal attacks. On . Perhaps in your youth, you caught the episode of Unsolved Mysteries that featured "the Blue Lady," a ghost said to haunt the Moss Beach Distillery and roam the coastal cliffs nearby. Shannon McAlvain, Lead Detective Joe Horsemen, Detectives Jeff Toney, Jayson Fowler and Jesse Hanshew. [7] It could not be determined whether the poison had been administered to Davis by needle or by pill. Nine days later, her body was found near a Highway 101 offramp in south Petaluma. That witness believed the drive was a white male in his early 20s with Afro style hair.. No clothing or other items belonging to Graham or Trimble were found at the scene.[2]. [67], Kenneth Bianchi and Angelo Buono, Jr., the Hillside Stranglers of Los Angeles, were also considered suspects at one time. Police learned from Jeannettes roommate Nora Morales that the Jeanette often hitchhiked 16 kilometers (10 mi) from her home in Cotati to her classes at Santa Rosa Junior College. No one has heard from the Zodiac Killer himself in decades. Lori had a history of running away, and it was believed she initially left of her own volition to stay with friends in Santa Rosa. She was treated at Novato General Hospital for a skull fracture and multiple, severe cuts and bruises. The cause of her death was strychnine poisoning 10 to 14 days before discovery. (Gallon in fact led them to a soda can with the two bullit casings). And the dedication of all the lieutenants, sergeants, detectives, and support personnel of Sheriff's Office Investigations throughout the years has totally amazed us. [4] Markings at the top of the embankment and a possible leg impression in the loam indicated the assailant likely slipped or fell while throwing or transporting the body. Trimbles mother had seen the girls at her home sometime on December 15, 1978 and Grahams sister recalled seeing them at her parents home either on December 15 or 16, 1978. The Sonoma County Sheriffs Office and their Secret Witness program raised a $9,500 reward for any information regarding Walshs death. [1] This is a list of notable male murderers who committed their murders in California, USA. No off-topic remarks. Officially, however, the mystery remains unsolved. Homicide detectives from the Sonoma County Sheriff's Department launched an investigation into the deaths. Based on what detectives have been able to learn, we feel confident that we have Jason and Lindsay's killer in custody. [10] The two men who gave her a ride, one of whom was given and passed a polygraph test, were ruled out as suspects. UPDATED: Please read and follow our commenting policy: From the mysterious disappearance of two teens in Forestville to answers in the killing of a Napa beauty queen, here are 11 cold cases we won't soon forget. The bodies of the slain couple were not discovered until Wednesday, August 18, when the Sheriff's helicopter was dispatched following a report of a man who was stranded on a cliff above Fish Head Beach. They also found a distinctive hat on a turnout above the beach on Hwy 1. The victims were both counselors at a Northern California Christian camp and hoped to rent a room nearby, but couldn't find one. Between 1972 and 1973, one of Resslers monsters traveled the roads of Santa Rosa, California, looking for unsuspecting victims. A witness to Jeannette Kamaheles possible kidnapping said they saw her get into a 1950s pickup truck pulling a faded wooden camper that looked homemade. Nearly two decades after Lindsay Cutshall and. We praise the Lord for his capture and we trust in the due process of the law. Detectives are going over evidence to see if Bokin was involved. It is unsettling how many strings of mysterious unsolved murders are out there that have never been solved, their perpetrators . Kim went missing on March 4, 1972. Under California law, law enforcement agencies may ask the Governor to issue rewards in certain unsolved cases where they have exhausted all investigative leads, to encourage individuals with information about the crimes to come forward. Neither caller was able to provide further details. The combination of their humanity and professionalism would not allow them to give up on this case. The weapon used was a .45-caliber Marlin Model 1894 long rifle, either a long colt style, or a carbine magazine. [27] One expert consulted by authorities determined that the victim was likely killed between 1972 and 1974 and was about 19-years-old. The friend declined to accompany the girls to smoke with the man, whom she had never seen before. Lisa Michele Smith, 17, was last seen hitchhiking on Hearn Avenue in Santa Rosa, Sonoma County, California and her disappearance was never solved. BRUTAL CRIME MAY . The US in the early 1970s was awash in serial murder. [26][27] The victim had been hogtied[28] and her arm fractured around the time of her murder,[25][29] and her corpse had been stuffed into a laundry or duffel bag before being dumped in the ravine,[27] but there was no other evidence to establish a cause of death. Credit card receipts placed the duo at Fisherman's Wharf in San Francisco on August 14, 2004. However, it was reported in 2011 that the missing 17-year-old Smith was not actually found. Examinations of the remains found that both victims had been bound with duct tape and buried in plastic bags. Graham and Trimble, who had been associating with classmates who used drugs, had gone to school that day but did not attend classes. [20] The symbol was located on the roadway above the site where Davis was found. The girl, who fit Kursas description, appeared to be physically impaired in some manner, as the two men were supporting her between them. [5], Both Cutshall and Allen were counselors at Rock-N-Water, a Christian summer camp in El Dorado County, California. The cause of the plane's crash remains a mystery. The press conference was held at the Sheriff's Office building at 2796 Ventura Avenue in Santa Rosa. At that time, eyewitnesses saw Davis hitchhiking southbound on Highway 101. Walshs corpse was found six days later on December 28. [14], Location of shooting (red map pin) within Sonoma County (shown in green), Last edited on 19 September 2022, at 20:57, "Timeline: Who is the lone suspect in Jenner beach murders? On that day, two middle school students, Maureen Sterling (left above) and Yvonne Weber (right above), went missing. Lori, just 13, was reported missing by her mother in November 1972. [6] It could not be conclusively proven whether or not Davis had been raped. Arthur Leigh Allen, the man who Graysmith believes was the Zodiac Killer, has also been named as a possible suspect. To request removal of your name from an arrest report, submit these required items to arrestreports@patch.com. This is a family newspaper, please use a kind and respectful tone. Then someone killed him, An SF man was found dead in his locked home. The witness told interviewers that, in retrospect, she thought the man she saw in the lobby at the ice arena resembled photographs of notorious serial killer Ted Bundy. But several cold cases still remain unsolved. On that day, two middle school students, Maureen Sterling (left above) and Yvonne Weber (right above), went missing. The Doodler's identity remains a mystery. We already have this email. Look out for your first newsletter in your inbox soon! 1976: Alvin Maddux and Faye Maddux; Elaine Lehtinen, 1980: Charles Slack; Ruben Huijon; Douglas Hancock, 1981: Ian Dallas; Lloyd Johnson; Henry Villanueva, 1991: Kin Po-Ko; Peggy Swarts; Marty Davis, 2007-2009: Johnethel McGehee (McGhee's remains were found in the Berryessa area in 2009; detectives determined she died in 2007. The case was unsolved for two decades after investigators. At 10:30 AM on May 5, 2017, Sonoma County Sheriff Steve Freitas read the following statement regarding the 2004 Jenner double murder case: "Good morning ladies and gentlemen. Her killer was never caught. This unidentified victim had been hog-tied, with the killers rope looped around the womans throat. The Santa Rosa hitchhiker murders remain some of the Bay Area's most baffling unsolved crimes. Her left earlobe had not been pierced. [65], Fredric Manalli, a 41-year-old Santa Rosa Junior College creative writing instructor,[66] was suspected[67] when, after his August 24, 1976 death in a head-on collision on Highway 12,[68] sadomasochistic drawings he had created depicting a former student, Kim Wendy Allen, who was one of the victims, were discovered among his belongings. The couple met in 2002 while Cutshall was a student at the Appalachian Bible College in West Virginia, and became engaged six weeks later. [4] Two people later called in tips to the police about possible sightings of Kursa. A number of high-profile 1970s serial killers were probed for links to the Bay Area murders. Gallon's motive for the killings of the couple and his brother have not yet been ascertained. [13] The girl had a single wire loop in each earlobe, but the rest of the earrings were missing and were not found at the scene. [4], Lindsay Cutshall and Jason Allen grew up in the Midwestern United States. Michelle . Her body was found six days later by kayakers in Mark West Creek in Sonoma County. [11] Her checkbook was deposited in a drive-up mailbox across from the Kentfield, California Post Office sometime on the morning of March 24, 1972, 20 days after she was murdered. No definitive links were ever made. The Sonoma County Sheriff's Office held a press conference on Friday, May 5, 2017, regarding major developments in the 2004 Jenner double murder case. On July 8, 1979, skeletal remains were found in a shallow embankment inside the Jackson State Forest in Mendocino County, California. [5], On July 16, 2009, a 62-year-old drifter named Joseph Henry Burgess was killed in a shoot-out in the remote Jemez Mountains of New Mexico. [4] Both girls, like other young people in that era, often hitchhiked. She was last seen with friends in Santa Rosa on the day of her disappearance. Police had believed the girls were runaways. [5] Their bodies were found on December 28, 1972, [6] 2.2 miles (3.5km) north of Porter Creek Road on Franz Valley Road, down a steep embankment approximately 66 feet (20m) off the east side of the roadway. when I comitt my murders, they shall look like routine robberies, killings of anger, + a few fake accidents, etc." Camping near thebeach is one of life's great pleasures. All of the victims were found nude in rural areas near steep embankments or in creek beds near roads. The views expressed here are the author's own. [69] [70], Kerry Ann Graham and Francine Marie Trimble, Thompson, Emily G. 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According to acquaintances, Cutshall and Allen had left the camp on a road trip the day before they were killed. This story was originally published Feb. 1, 2021. Camo beer originates in Wisconsin, is no longer made, and is an uncommon beer in California. In the decades since 1979, several high-profile names have been suggested as to the identity of the Santa Rosa murderer. The police did, however, conclude that the girls had been murdered elsewhere and that their killer had kept their clothes, possibly as trophies.[2]. We know that we have miles to go before the case is closed with a conviction, but we also know the power and wonder of God's grace. The Winchester Mystery House is a mansion in San Jose, California which was once the personal residence of Sarah Winchester, the widow of gun magnate William Wirt Winchester. A Pan Am airplane named "The Romance of the Skies" took off from SFO in 1957 but never arrived in Hawaii as scheduled. The reward money went unclaimed, and Walsh left behind a two-year-old son named Danran. Police thought it was suicide, but friends are sure it's murder. A little later, at around 9:00 PM, both girls were seen hitchhiking on Guerneville Road. [7] They last saw her at approximately 5:20 p.m. hitchhiking to school near the Bell Avenue entrance to Highway 101, northbound,[4] carrying a large wooden soy barrel with red Chinese characters on it. The broken neck would have prevented Kursa from moving, but it would have taken some time for her to die from the injury. Thank you. They did not tell her brother that Graham was missing until they saw him in person years later. They'd started their road trip from Fisherman's Wharf the day before their murders, which remain unsolved to this day. Looking further into this, according to the same report, from 1965 to 2019 there were roughly 128,787 murders in California alone. [16] A friend witnessed her likely abduction and reported that she entered a faded brown Chevrolet pickup truck fitted with a homemade wooden camper and driven by a 20- to 30-year-old Caucasian male with an Afro hairstyle. Camping on a state beach is technically illegal, but the 20-something couple didn't have a lot of other options. Reports also stated that the van was noticeably damaged on one side and that the driver was a white male with a Afro-like hairstyle.[5]. Graham was reportedly reported missing on Christmas Eve that year. Most importantly I want to thank the Cutshall and Allen families, who have consistently been supportive and patient during this 13 year investigation. Almost an entire year would go by before Sterling and Webers bodies were found. This victim has yet to be identified. No known connection to him between Lindsay Cutshall or Jason Allen has been uncovered yet either. At around 5:20, Allen was seen hitchhiking at the Bell Avenue Freeway entrance. Skeletal remains were found the following July in Mendocino County where they were dumped off the side of a rural highway, but they were not identified as belonging to Graham and Trimble until 2015 thanks to DNA analysis. Up to 14 victims have been attributed to the Doodler. For a time, serial killer Ted Bundy was suspected of carrying out a few of the Santa Rosa murders. [11] DNA tests in the early 2000s could not match Allen with any of the prints taken from the Zodiac crime scenes. Some investigators also rule Bundy out as a suspect because they think the killer probably lived in the Santa Rosa area and only a local man, perhaps someone who worked as a mail carrier or a public utility worker, would have been familiar with the remote, rural locations where the victims were recovered. She was carrying the barrel, which had red Chinese characters on it, when she was last seen hitchhiking near a ramp to northbound Highway 101 in San Rafael. At least seven women and girls were killed in the span of a few years, all dumped on the sides of roads in Sonoma County. In early January, about 30 people attended a memorial walk in Petaluma for Georgia Lee Moses, who was murdered in 1997 when she was 12 years old. [3], Kerry Ann Graham, 15, and Francine Marie Trimble, 14, of Forestville, disappeared in mid-December 1978. I also want to thank the many men and women of the Sheriff's Office who have worked on this investigation over the years. We would like to thank the heartfelt concern of the people of Jenner and Sonoma County. The Santa Rosa hitchhiker murders were a series of at least seven unsolved homicides involving female hitchhikers that took place in Sonoma County and Santa Rosa of the North Bay area of California in 1972 and 1973. I would like to acknowledge and thank the current investigative team: Lieutenant Tim Duke, Sgt. They were last seen sometime between 9 and 11 p.m. on Feb. 4, 1972. A reward of up to $2,500 is being. A high school friend said she last saw the girls on a morning in December when all of them were smoking outside the high school. Sheriff's Office detectives are continuing to follow-up on leads and are working hard to complete the investigation. This location connected Walsh with Michelle Way, a road that intersected with Lorraine Way in Santa Rosa. Eyewitnesses who claimed to have seen Kursa in Santa Rosa told investigators that she had been thrown into a van on Parkhurst Drive by two unidentified men. Police thought it was suicide, but friends are sure it's murder, Your Privacy Choices (Opt Out of Sale/Targeted Ads). Theresa Diane Smith Walsh, 23, of Miranda,[21] was last seen on December 22, 1973, at Zuma Beach in Malibu, intent on hitchhiking to Garberville and joining her family for Christmas. Shockingly, Daviss corpse was left almost at the exact same place where the bodies of Maureen Sterling and Yvonne Weber had been found. Another possible victim of the Santa Rosa killer, 17-year-old Lisa Smith of Petaluma, had been abducted not long after hitchhiking on Hearn Avenue in Santa Rosa. Many of us will never forget when Sonoma County was rocked by the discovery of a young innocent couple found murdered on a secluded beach where they spent the night. Moses was last seen getting into a car with a 25- to 30-year old man in Santa Rosa on Aug. 13, 1997. I'm pleased to announce that the Sheriff's Office has made a major break-thru in the investigation surrounding the murders of Jason Allen and Lindsay Cutshall that took place in August, 2004 in Jenner. During those years, at least seven young women were sexually assaulted, tortured, and murdered by an unknown killer. 200 150 100 50. . At the time of Allens murder, Manalli, a former member of the US Army and a native of Illinois, had been a creative writing professor at Santa Rosa Junior College. New evidence including poems found near the crime scene, writings contained in a journal left for visitors inside a nearby driftwood hut, an empty 40-ounce bottle of Camo beer, and drawings inked onto pieces of driftwood near the site of the killings. To this day, Jeannette Kamahele has never been found. Despite an exhaustive effort by detectives, this avenue of the investigation never yielded any solid leads. [7] Semen was recovered from the body and a single gold loop earring was found at the site. For that reason, we are releasing a photo of Shaun Gallon. Her parents found a note waiting for them at their Anderson, California, home. All of them were wearing life jackets. [5], On Saturday - the probable night of the murder - it is speculated, but not confirmed, that the couple went to a local motel and restaurant called River's End but were unable to rent a room. Read More . BY PRESS DEMOCRAT STAFF. But when their parents returned at 11 p.m., the girls werent waiting as theyd promised. The pair, both aged 12 and students at Herbert Slater Middle School, spent their last night alive hanging out at the Redwood Empire Ice Arena. The helicopter spotted the bodies and notified the department. February 4, 1972, proved to be a tragic day in Sonoma County, California. Although DNA analysis has helped investigators piece together many of the crimes, others still remain a mystery. Given that some eyewitnesses told police that Allen had gotten into a car containing two men, Sonoma County officials quickly brought both of those men in for questioning. 2011. Gallon had a history of criminal misconduct, including attempted murder with a package bomb in June 2004, a conviction for wounding a man with an arrow and allegedly killing his younger brother in March 2017. He reportedly brandished a gun and threatened to rape her. "Sometimes I felt like I was letting the girls down, Carlstedt said in 1989. Following a small snowstorm on Thursday, December 28, 1972, both bodies were found 3.5 kilometers (2.2 mi) from the rural Porter Creek Road, located in the Franz Valley Road area. The pair, both aged 12 and students at Herbert Slater Middle School, spent their last night alive hanging out at the Redwood Empire Ice Arena. Like so many of us, Kristin Modaferirelocated to the Bay Area from across the country. [13][2] Her frozen remains were located on December 14, 1972, in a ravine approximately 50 feet (15m) off Calistoga Road,[4] northeast of Rincon Valley in Santa Rosa. A few weeks later, between 6 a.m. and noon on March 24, the killer dropped her personal checkbook into a drive-up mailbox across from the Kentfield post office; two fingerprints on the checkbook may have been the killers, the Press Democrat reported at the time. The mystery surrounding her death has always messed with my head, brother Larry Kursa told the Press Democrat in 2011. Dont worry too much about me, the only thing I'm gonna be doing is keeping myself alive. It was signed, Love, Carolyn.. The VCI unit is responsible for the investigation of a wide variety of serious incidents including assaults, robberies, kidnapping, weapons violations, missing persons and hate crimes. Smiths disappearance was reported on March 28, 1971, and as of this writing, her body has never been found. He died in December 2021 at the California Department of Corrections Medical Facility in Vacaville, where he was serving a life sentence for attempted murder. Fourteen-year-old Carolyn Davis, a resident of Shasta County, California, ran away after being dropped off at the post office in Garberville by her grandmother. Authorities later said she had traveled to Illinois and New Mexico. A second caller reported seeing a girl with a Caucasian man who had bushy hair in a pickup truck that had been parked near the site where Kursa was later found deceased. Cutshall was from Fresno, Ohio and Allen was from Zeeland, Michigan. "It's a horrible, senseless crime," said Margo Rohrbacher of the Central Marin Police. One of the killers oldest victims, Theresa Walsh, died at the age of 23. Police also learned that an eyewitness had seen Jeanette getting into a brown Chevrolet pickup truck. 2019. The bodies of Lindsay Cutshall, 22, and her fianc Jason S. Allen, 26, were found on Fish Head Beach, between Russian Gulch and the mouth of the Russian River, in the small coastal hamlet of Jenner, California. Individuals wishing to remain anonymous may submit their tip via the anonymous tip form. Eureka/Humbold [7] The cause of death could not be determined[4] from the skeletal remains. An aerial view of the hills around Santa Rosa. The sheriff pegged it as an obvious suicide, even though the dead guy didn't seem troubled and was about to take a walk along the railroad tracks with his brother and niece. She was a 19-year-old art student, described by friends as a "pure spirit," "innocent" and possessing a "child-like acceptance of people." [4] An autopsy found that Davis had an injury to her right earlobe that appeared to be an attempted ear piercing. Although ballistics determined the gun type, police declined to publicly disclose it, in order "to eliminate false leads." It was proven early on that Kursa had deliberately run away from home. The crime remains unsolved, and the Sonoma County Sheriffs Office recently asked for the publics help identifying a suspect in the case. We are especially grateful to the Sonoma County Sheriff's Office for their tireless pursuit of Jason's and Lindsay's killer. In August of 2004, a young couple was shotin their tent while camping on Fish Head State Beach in Jenner, Sonoma County. [7] Someone reported possibly seeing Kursa hitchhiking on November 30. DNA testing linked him in 2022 to the 1996 unsolved murder of a woman in Californias wine country. We will remove any comments or commenters that do not follow this commenting policy. But the M.O. [7] They also confirmed that none of Cutshall's or Allen's belongings had been taken, ruling out robbery as a motive, and that neither of them had been sexually assaulted. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Sonoma County Sheriffs Office at 707-565-2650. ", I will now take some questionsand while I want to be as transparent as possible, please understand that I don't want to jeopardize the continued investigation and prosecution of this case, so I will not be answering any questions that might disclose information that should be saved for the courtroom. 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