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MURDER IN CALIFORNIA

The Topography of Evil: Notorious California Murder Sites

By Marques Vickers

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MURDER IN CALIFORNIA

The Topography of Evil: Notorious California Murder Sites

For my daughters Charline and Caroline, who have chosen the light.

MURDER IN CALIFORNIA

THE TOPOGRAPHY OF EVIL: Notorious California Murder Sites

PREFACE:

ASSASSINATION KILLINGS

ABDUCTIONS

HISTORICAL LEGACIES AND SPECULATIONS

CHANCE ENCOUNTERS AND MANSLAUGHTER KILLINGS

UNSOLVED MURDERS

RAMPAGE KILLINGS

PREMEDITATED MURDERS

LAW ENFORCEMENT FATALITIES AND CONTROVERSIES

SERIAL KILLINGS

Fatality Victims:

Raphanar Or, Ram Chun, Thuy Tran, Sokhim An, Oeun Lim. Sebastian Holzer, Vincent Holzer, William Holzer, Sheila Holzer, Bryan Zuckor, Randy Gordon, Chen Liang, Preston Lowrey III, Constantinos Lyrintzis, David Caouette, Randy Lee Fannin, Michelle Fournier, Lucia Kondas, Victoria Buzzo, Christy Wilson, Michelle Fast, Laura Webb, Seth Fessenden, Stephen Becker, Paul Herzberg, Bruce Jacobson, Donald Aarges, Frank Teplansky, Deborah Paulsen, Burton Wragg, Mike Suchar, Sylvia Ortega-Pardo, Alicia Sotomayor Ortega, Joseph Ortega, Charles Ortega, James Ortega, Cheri Lynn Ortega, Teresa Ortega, Alicia Ortega Ortiz, Michael Andre Ortiz, Cheng Yuan Hong, George Chen, Katherine Cooper, Veronika Weiss, Christopher Michael-Martinez, Weihan Wang, Joanie Harper-Brothers, Marques Brothers, Marshall Brothers, Lyndsey Brothers, Earnestine Harper, Bonnie Lee Bakley, Emil Matasareanu, Larry Phillips, Jr., Nicole Brown-Simpson, Ronald Goldman, Jose Menendez, Kitty Menendez, Sue Morency, Dorothy Stratten, Matthew Pavelka, Demetrius DuBose, Thomas Guerry, James Pence, George Alleyn, Walt Frago, Roger Gore, Captain Walter Auble, Sam Cooke, Sal Mineo, Ronni Chasen, Ramon Novarro, Lana Clarkson, Phil Hartman, Marvin Gaye, Mabel Monohan, John Stompanato, Haing Nogor, Ennis Cosby, Kevin Dean Reida, Charles Hogan, Joel Kocab, Ned Doheny, Hugh Plunkett, Ted Healy, William Desmond Taylor, Kym Morgan, Geneva Ellroy, Raymond Washington, Elizabeth Short, Yolanda Washington, Judith Miller, Lissa Kastin, Dolores Cepeda, Sonja Johnson, Kristina Weckler, Jane King, Lauren Wagner, Kimberly Martin, Cindy Hudspeth, Cyndi Vanderheiden, Henry Howell, Robin Armtrout, Howard King, Paul Cavanaugh, Chevelle Wheeler, Kimberly Ann Billy, Joann Hobson ,Cornelia Crilley, Ellen Hover, Jill Barcomb, Georgia Wixted, Charlotte Lamb, Jill Parenteau, Robin Samsoe. Lucinda Schaefer, Andrea Hall, Jackie Gilliam, Jacqueline Lamp, Shirley Ledford, 41 Members of the Heavens Gate Cult, Mei Leung, Jennie Vincow, Maria Hernandez, Christina Caldwell, Mary Caldwell, Dayle Okazaki, Tsai-Lian Yu, Vincent, Maxine Zazzra, Harold Wu, Edward Wildgans, Peter Pan, Elyas Abowath, Bill Doi, Mary Louis Cannon, Joyce Nelson, Lela Kneiding, Maxon Kneiding, Chainarong Khovananth. Dr. Robert Offerman, Debra Manning, Charlene Smith, Lyman Smith, Keith Harrington, Patrice Harrington, Manuela Witthuhn, Cheri Domingo, Gregory Sanchez, Janelle Cruz, 50+ Medically Assisted Homicide Victims by Efren Saldivar, Donald Shorty Shea, Leno LaBianca, Rosemary LaBianca, Sharon Tate, Jay Sebring, Abigail Folger, Wojciech Frykowski, Steven Parent, Gary Hinman, Billy DeVerell, Ron Launius, Joy Miller, Barbara Richardson, Vic Weiss, Robert Kennedy, Christopher Wallace, Mickey Thompson, Trudy Thompson, Benjamin Bugsy Siegel, Ramona Irene Price (Presumed Dead), James Campbell, Nicholas Markowitz, Dr. Marcus Foster. George Moscone, Harvey Milk, Chauncey Bailey Jr., Judge Harold Haley, Joseph The Animal Barboza, Kevin Collins (Presumed Dead), Kristin Smart (Presumed Dead), Brooke Hart, Polly Klaas, Rachel Newhouse, Aundria Crawford, Fung Little Pete Jing Toy, Virginia Rappe, Diane Whipple, Huey P. Newton, Laci Peterson, Conner Peterson, Oakland Policemen Mark Dunakin, John Hege, Ervin Romans and Daniel Sakai, David Nadel, Kim Allen, Lori Lee Kursa, Yvonne Weber, Maureen Sterling, Carolyn Davis, Therese Walsh, Lindsay Cutshall, Jason Allen, 918 Victims of the Jonestown Settlement Massacre in Guyana, Ivan Stineman, Annette Stineman, Selina Bishop, Jennifer Villarin, James Gamble, Deborah Fogel, John C. Scully, Allen J. Berk, David Sutcliffe, Shirley Mooser, Donald Michael Merrill, Victor Ohta, Virginia Ohta, Dorothy Cadwallader, Derrick Ohta, Taggart Ohta, Oscar Grant III, Denise Louie, Calvin Fong, Paul Wada, Donald Quan, Fong Wang, Mel Grimes, Elizabeth Grimes, Tshering Rinzing Bhutia, Doris Chibuko, Sonam Chodon, Grace Eunhae Kim, Katleen Ping, Judith Seymour, Lydia Sim, Hugh Scrutton, Thomas J. Mosser, Gilbert Murray, Cesar Gonzalez, Jose Vasquez, Jose Delores Salazar, Edmund Emil Kemper I, Maude Matilda Hughey Kemper, Mary Ann Pesce, Anita Luchessa, Aiko Koo, Cindy Schall, Rosalind Thorpe, Alice Liu, Clarnell Strandberg Kemper, Sally Hallett, Ambrose Griffin, Theresa Wallin, Evelyon Miroth, Daniel Meredith, Jason Miroth, David Michael Ferreira, Kenneth Whitacre, Andrew Zatko, Norman Metcalfe, Danny Cizek, David Law, Joe Garcia, Kris Staub, Ruth Munroe, Dorothy Miller, Benjamin Fink, Leona Carpenter, Lawrence Whitey White, Mary Guilfoyle, Father Henri Tomei, Jim Gianera, Joan Gianera, Kathy Francis, Daemon Francis, David Francis, David Oliker, Robert Spector, Brian Card, Mark Dreibelbis, Fred Perez, Edda Kane, Barbara Schwartz, Anna Mejivas, Anne Anderson. Shawna May, Diane OConnell, Cynthia Moreland, Richard Towers, Ellen Hansen, Heather Scaggs, Anna K. Menjivar, Mary Frances Bennett, Quita Hague, Frances Rose, Saleem Erakat, Paul Dancik, Marietta DiGirolamo, Ilario Bertuccio, Neal Moynihan, Mildred Hosler, Tana Smith, Vincent Wollin, John Bambic, Jane Holly, Thomas Rainwater, Nelson Shields IV, Betty Lou Jensen, David Faraday, Darlene Ferris, Cecelia Shepard and Paul Stine.

Convicted and/or Deceased Killers:

Patrick Purdy (Deceased), Nicolas Holzer, Charles Andy Williams, Frederick Davidson, Scott Dekraai, Edward Charles Allaway, Brenda Spencer, Bruce Pardo (Deceased), Elliot Rodger (Deceased), Vincent Brothers, Erick Menendez, Lyle Menendez, John Morency, Paul Snider (Deceased), Ramon Arranda (Deceased), David Garcia, Bruce Bowersox (Deceased), Frank Bowersox (Deceased), Bobby Davis (Deceased), Jack Twinning (Deceased), Carl Sutherland (Deceased), Lionel Ray Williams, Harold Martin Smith (Deceased), Paul Ferguson, Tom Ferguson (Deceased), Phil Spector, Brynn Hartman (Deceased), Marvin Gay, Sr. (Deceased), Emmett Perkins (Deceased), Jack Santo (Deceased), Barbara Graham (Deceased), Indra Lim , Jason Chan, Tak Sun Tan, Mikhail Markhasev, Michael Clark (Deceased), Angelo Buono (Deceased), Kenneth Bianchi, Wesley Shermantine, Loren Herzog (Deceased), Rodney Alcala, Lawrence Bittaker, Roy Norris Marshall Applewhite (Deceased), Richard Ramirez (Deceased), Efren Saldivar, Bruce Davis, Leslie Van Houten, Steve Grogan, Patricia Krenwinkel, Charles