Forensic Astrology - AMBER DuBOIS missing 2/13/09

nursebeeme · Apr 17, 2010

****thud*****

Knox · Apr 17, 2010

Once again Tuba's chart reading proves to be correct. Also, Nurse you were correct in your assumption too, I remember the question you asked the day of the presser.

Closure is a powerful thing, I hope Amber's loved ones can begin to heal now.

nursebeeme · Apr 17, 2010

http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local-beat/Spared-the-Gruesome-Details--91231509.html

the three videos in this link are tear jerkers. They are....well....you just must watch them.

Angel Who Cares · Apr 18, 2010

Part 2:

John Albert Gardner pleads guilty
April 16, 5:50 PM
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John Albert Gardner admitted to murdering Chelsea King and Amber Dubois, and raping another woman, in San Diego County, today. Gardner offered to plead guilty to both murders if prosecutors did not seek the death penalty.

"Accepting this plea has been an extremely difficult decision. We have the evidence to pursue a murder charge against the defendant for Chelsea's murder, but not for Amber's murder," said District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis.

"To end the anguish of the unknown for the Dubois family and to bring Amber home, we agreed," said Dumanis.

Slideshow: John Gardner pleads guilty
http://www.examiner.com/examinerslideshow.html?entryid=1181306

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyipjmjxETU[/ame]

Article:
http://www.examiner.com/x-18953-San...m4d16-John-Albert-Gardner-pleads-guilty-video
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REGION: State's death penalty lacks urgency
Chances of dying from old age, sickness or suicide are greater than lethal injection
April 17, 2010 5:42 pm
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The father of slain teen Chelsea King was right Friday when he complained that in California the death penalty "has become an empty promise."

The 701 death row inmates in California stand a better chance of dying from old age or disease than an executioner's needle. Appeals that can be filed at virtually every level of state and federal courts generally prevent the death penalty from being exercised in anything close to a speedy fashion in California.

In fact, the 684 men and 17 women sentenced to death in the Golden State spend, on average, more than 17 years on death row at San Quentin State Prison.

Since the state reinstituted the death penalty in 1978, only 14 convicted murderers from California's death row have been executed ---- and one of them was actually executed in Missouri for crimes committed in that state.

More than five times that number ---- 72 condemned inmates ---- have died from natural causes, suicide or other reasons, according to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.

The state's last two executions took place more than four years ago, with one in December 2005 and another in January 2006. Since February 2006, one month after the last execution, the state has had a de facto moratorium following a 9th Circuit Court of Appeals order that it must find a licensed technician to administer the injection ---- a condition which state officials at the time said they could not meet. The eleventh-hour ruling came hours before a scheduled execution.

Family wishes to play role
Former San Diego County District Attorney Paul Pfingst summed up one of the reasons his successor agreed to spare Gardner from death. "As a practical matter, there is no death penalty in this state," said Pfingst.

Pfingst said prosecutors face a host of issues when deciding whether the death penalty should be sought. The wishes of the victims' families often are the deciding factor, he said. In Gardner's case, Pfingst said the facts of his crimes as described in court Friday seem to merit the death penalty.

Gardner admitted kidnapping Amber on Feb. 13, 2009, as she walked to Escondido High School. He admitted raping and stabbing her to death within 90 minutes of coming across her. He buried her in a shallow grave.

The 31-year-old convicted sex offender also admitted snatching Chelsea from a running trail at Rancho Bernardo Community Park on Feb. 25, and raping and strangling her within an hour. He also buried her in a shallow grave.

"If this case doesn't merit the death penalty, what case does?" Pfingst said. "I know not seeking it is very unsatisfying for a lot of people." The danger in not seeking the death penalty is the precedent it can set, he said.

'Defendant will die in prison'
If nothing else, squeezing guilty pleas out of Gardner without having to put Amber's and Chelsea's families through the pain of a trial and post-conviction sentencing phase spares them a lot of pain and suffering, Dumanis said Friday. Gardner agreed to waive his right to appeal.

Article:
http://www.nctimes.com/news/local/sdcounty/article_f54f505a-2993-5c54-a248-ca751d3091ed.html
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Amber Dubois' Family Hosts Search And Rescue Training
POSTED: 9:18 pm PDT April 17, 2010
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Amber Dubois’ family is fighting back. They wrapped up hosting a three day search-and-rescue training seminar on Saturday, conducting field exercises like crime-scene preservation, tracking, and grid-searching.

Dubois’ mother, Carrie McGonigle, told 10 News she is still coming terms with the fact Gardner will not face the death penalty. She said “I go back and forth, I’m not against the death penalty, but in California, there really isn’t one. He’ll be in prison for the rest of his life and hopefully the prison system will take care of what they care of.”

Article:
http://www.10news.com/news/23185634/detail.html
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Father’s comments broke Gardner case
Moe Dubois’ TV remarks provoked Gardner to talk
Saturday, April 17, 2010 at 11:05 p.m.
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It was something Moe Dubois said.

His daughter’s jailed killer heard Dubois’ plea at a news conference and decided to lead authorities to the shallow grave where he had left the girl — 14-year-old Amber — a year earlier.

That detail was one of several that stunned Dubois on Thursday during a hush-hush and hastily called meeting with District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis in which the Escondido teenager’s parents learned that her murder had been solved. “It was quite surprising to us, the fact that he had a moment of remorse and the fact that the moment of remorse came from something I may have said,” Dubois said Saturday in an interview. “Actually, it scares me that I can connect to someone like that.”

Dubois said that prosecutors told him that Gardner had felt remorse after hearing one of Dubois’ pleas for help to find his daughter, and decided to make an offer. Gardner agreed to take authorities to Amber’s remains in a remote location north of Pala on condition that the information not be used against him.

Dubois said prosecutors accepted that deal, which came as a surprise to him, so that Amber’s family could have some closure and a body to bury — and so that investigators could seek other evidence linking Gardner to the crime. None was ever found, Dumanis said, meaning the only way to connect Gardner to Amber’s death was by a confession, which he gave recently and formalized Friday in court.

Moe Dubois said that he, his girlfriend, Rebecca Smith, and Amber’s mother, Carrie McGonigle, went to the 2 p.m. meeting in Dumanis’ office Thursday thinking prosecutors would say they were charging Gardner in Amber’s death. Instead, they were floored to hear he had confessed to raping and killing Amber 14 months ago and Chelsea in February and assaulting a college student in December. Chelsea’s parents, Brent and Kelly King, learned the same information Thursday morning in their own private meeting with Dumanis.

*More at link!

Documents related to John Albert Gardner III
http://www.signonsandiego.com/Gardner/

Article:
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/apr/17/fathers-comments-broke-case/
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San Diego Residents Support Chelsea's Light Foundation
Apr 17, 2010 at 11:35 PM PDT
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Fifteen local Golden Spoon frozen yogurt stores devoted Saturday to help raise money for Chelsea's Light Foundation.

San Diego residents told KUSI news that after the April 16 confession by John Albert Gardner III to both the murders of Chelsea King and Amber Dubois, they were committed to helping make things tougher for violent sexual predators.

The Hillcrest Golden Spoon gave away close to $2,000 worth of yogurt and raised about $550 for Chelsea's Light Foundation.

Video: San Diego Residents Support Chelsea's Light Foundation 1:44
http://www.kusi.com/home/91333514.html?video=YHI&t=a

Article:
http://www.kusi.com/home/91333514.html
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Victims’ kin know anguish of plea deals
Sunday, April 18, 2010 at 12:04 a.m.
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When the question is life or death, the answer is rarely easy. Those who have had to confront the issue sympathize with the anguish that went into the deal allowing John Albert Gardner III to escape the death penalty by pleading guilty Friday to killing North County teens Amber Dubois and Chelsea King. “In the end, you have to make the decision you think is best for you,” said Deana Alonso, one of the three widows from the 1996 SDSU shooting. “For us, we all had young children. We didn’t want to be going to court all the time. We wanted to concentrate on healing and moving forward.”

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*More at link!

Article:
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/apr/18/victims-kin-know-anguish-of-plea-deals/
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Amber's Stepfather Explains His Rage
Police questioned David Cave for months after Amber Dubois disappeared
Updated 9:54 AM PDT, Sun, Apr 18, 2010
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Amber Dubois’ stepfather says a trial for John Albert Gardner III would have been a waste of taxpayer’s money. Now he hopes this ordeal will somehow trigger change. David Cave was questioned by Escondido Police for months in Amber’s disappearance.

“Opened my house, gave them my computers, opened my vehicles up for them, gave them all my corporate account information,” Cave said. “I said, ‘you guys investigate me, do what you have to do, but hurry up so you can find the right person’.” He says detectives always treated him with respect, but until recently, never ruled him out as a possible suspect.

Now that the right person is behind bars, Cave says he feels a sense of closure -- but still, plenty of rage. “The jerk does not realize how many people's lives he's affected and destroyed,” Cave said.

Video: Dave Cave Explains His Rage
http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local-beat/Dave_Cave_Explains_His_Rage_San_Diego.html

Article:
http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local-beat/Ambers-Stepfather-Explains-His-Rage---91393939.html
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Details of search warrants for John Gardner's home
Posted: Apr 15, 2010 8:49 PM EDT
Updated: Apr 16, 2010 5:20 PM EDT
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A search warrant, given to Los Angeles radio station KFI by a relative of Gardner, shows what agents were hoping to find: digging tools, rope, zip ties, handcuffs, blood stained clothing and human hairs.

A hand written evidence list shows exactly what agents took from the home: three pick axes, 11 shovels, five pairs of blue jeans a pair of Reebok tennis shoes and a white, Hard Rock Cafe T-shirt. The records show agents were specifically looking for that Hard Rock T-shirt, suggesting they may have a witness who saw Gardner wearing it.

Gardner's relative told News 8 that agents searched the Lake Elsinore home on February 28, two days before Chelsea's body was found by Lake Hodge and again on March 9 - right after the body of Amber Dubois was found near Pala.

The relative spoke on the radio about the search: "I'm sitting in a room with FBI agents and the FBI was telling me what happened."

Other documents turned over, include an undated letter written by Gardner to his ex-girlfriend Jariah Baker: "I am not a good person to be around at this moment."

Gardner also wrote: "I'll just ruin your life... I'm too depressed to do much of anything anymore." "I only can relate to crazy people in a conversation because it seems theirs is the only one w/ correct decisions."

PDF: John Gardner Search Warrants
http://www.kfi640.com/cc-common/mainheadlines3.html?feed=153218&article=6978166

Video: Details of search warrants for John Gardner's home 3:05
http://www.cbs8.com/global/category...default&clipId=4707560&flvUri=&partnerclipid=

Article:
http://www.cbs8.com/Global/story.asp?S=12321252
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Reaction to Gardner admission from parents of Chelsea and Amber
Posted: Apr 16, 2010 8:47 PM EDT
Updated: Apr 17, 2010 12:14 PM EDT
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The parents of both Chelsea King and Amber Dubois were downtown, when Gardner pleaded guilty Friday.

News 8's Adrienne Moore files this video report from downtown San Diego with their reaction.

Video: Reaction from Escondido and Poway to Gardner's surpirse plea 1:32
http://www.cbs8.com/global/category...default&clipId=4711682&flvUri=&partnerclipid=

Video: Reaction to Gardner's surprise guilty plea 2:48
http://www.cbs8.com/global/category...default&clipId=4711680&flvUri=&partnerclipid=

Video: Reaction to Gardner Admission from parents of Chelsea and Amber 2:58
http://www.cbs8.com/global/category...default&clipId=4710716&flvUri=&partnerclipid=

Article:
http://www.cbs8.com/Global/story.asp?S=12327394
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Gardner admits killing both Chelsea and Amber
Posted: Apr 16, 2010 5:34 PM EDT
Updated: Apr 18, 2010 4:56 PM EDT
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With two teary-eyed mothers looking on, sex offender John Albert Gardner pleaded guilty Friday to murdering their teenage daughters after prosecutors agreed not to seek the death penalty.

Gardner, 31, faces life in prison without parole for killing 14-year-old Amber Dubois and 17-year-old Chelsea King in San Diego County.

He also pleaded guilty to attempting to rape another woman who was jogging in San Diego and waived his right to an appeal.

Parents Brent and Kelly King, and Maurice Dubois and Carrie McGonigle were in the courtroom to hear the admissions. Kelly King and McGonigle were teary-eyed throughout the proceeding. Sobbing could be heard when Gardner entered his pleas.

Live Stream Video: John Gardner's court hearing 28:03
http://www.cbs8.com/global/category...default&clipId=4710322&flvUri=&partnerclipid=

Video: Gardner admits killing both Chelsea and Amber 3:45
http://www.cbs8.com/global/category...default&clipId=4710673&flvUri=&partnerclipid=

Article:
http://www.cbs8.com/Global/story.asp?S=12326318
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Reaction from Escondido to Gardner's surprise plea
Posted: Apr 16, 2010 9:12 PM EDT
Updated: Apr 18, 2010 4:56 PM EDT
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The stunning turn in the Gardner case is also the talk at Escondido High School, where Amber Dubois went to school.

Video: Reaction from Escondido to Gardner's surprise plea 2:14
http://www.cbs8.com/global/category...default&clipId=4710800&flvUri=&partnerclipid=

Article:
http://www.cbs8.com/Global/story.asp?S=12327435
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Local Psychiatrist Analyzes Gardner Letter To Girlfriend
POSTED: 6:25 pm PDT April 15, 2010
UPDATED: 12:34 pm PDT April 16, 2010
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A local psychiatrist analyzed a handwritten letter accused killer John Gardner wrote to his girlfriend, Jariah Baker, and described Gardner as "a very depressed individual." Gardner viewed himself as a victim, according to Dr. Mark Kalish, and that is what stands out in a two-page letter he handwrote to Baker last December.

In the letter, Gardner wrote, "I can only relate to crazy people in a conversation because it seems theirs is the only one with correct decisions." Kalish said, "I think what he is talking about is his immaturity and his inability to relate to normal people, adult people."

Gardner also expressed that he was overwhelmed with daily decisions. He said, "I have tried talking to you and everyone and asking for help, direction, advice, and no one will even talk to me anymore." Kalish said of those statements, "I think what he's talking about there is being overwhelmed by being an adult and having to make adult decisions."

Along with the letter was one page where it seems Baker is questioning Gardner. One of those questions asks where Baker's son Aaron slept. "Why would she be asking that, an odd question," remarked Kalish. Baker also asked Gardner "Did you use?" His reply was, "After midnight." The letter is full of suspicion, said Dr. Kalish, but no clue as to what prompted it. "The big question in my mind is how much did she know about his past history," Kalish said.

Gardner also wrote that he is still "a shy picked on kid, who took it until it was too much." Kalish said that is another indication of Gardner's immaturity and self pity.

Video: Local Psychiatrist Analyzes Gardner Letter To Girlfriend
http://www.10news.com/video/23167430/index.html

Video: 11 Shovels Among Items Found in Gardner's House
http://www.10news.com/video/23167559/index.html

Video: Report Reveals Gardner Search Warrant Details
http://www.10news.com/video/23163248/index.html

Video: Hundreds Post Reaction To Gardner Plea On Facebook
http://www.10news.com/video/23178893/index.html

Video: Reaction To Gardner Plea Mixed At Poway High School
http://www.10news.com/video/23178835/index.html

Video: Escondido High School Principal Urges Staff To Stay Vigilant
http://www.10news.com/video/23179150/index.html

Video: Neighbors Of John Gardner's Parents React To Gardner's Guilty Plea
http://www.10news.com/video/23179261/index.html

Video: Investigator Discovers Gardner's MySpace Page
http://www.10news.com/video/23026911/index.html

Video: King Family Heads To Sacramento To Push Chelsea's Law
http://www.10news.com/video/23126976/index.html

Video: Brent King Reacts To Gardner's Guilty Plea
http://www.10news.com/video/23178960/index.html

PDF: King Family Statement
http://10newsblogs.com/pdf/king-family-statement.pdf

PDF: Charges Against Gardner
http://10newsblogs.com/pdf/gardner-case-charges.pdf

PDF: Gardner Guilty Plea
http://10newsblogs.com/pdf/gardner-guilty-plea.pdf

Article:
http://www.10news.com/news/23167238/detail.html
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Gardner pleads guilty to killing 2 SoCal teens
Friday, April 16, 2010
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Gardner, 31, faces life in prison without parole for killing 14-year-old Amber Dubois and 17-year-old Chelsea King in San Diego County. He also pleaded guilty to attempting to rape another woman who was jogging in San Diego and waived his right to an appeal.

Parents Brent and Kelly King, and Maurice Dubois and Carrie McGonigle were in the courtroom to hear the admissions. Kelly King and McGonigle were teary-eyed throughout the proceeding. Sobbing could be heard when Gardner entered his pleas.

District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis said Gardner led investigators to the skeletal remains of Dubois two days after authorities charged him with the murder of King. He did so on the condition that prosecutors not go public with the information or use it against him in court. "This was a somber decision," Dumanis said. "To end the anguish of the unknown for the Dubois family and to bring Amber home, we agreed."

Video: Gardner pleads guilty to killing 2 SoCal teens 3:10
http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/video?id=7391248

Article:
http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/state&id=7390598

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Angel Who Cares · Apr 18, 2010

Part 3:

John Gardner Pleads Guilty to Amber Dubois and Chelsea King Murders
Last Update: 4/17 1:06 am
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convicted sex offender pleaded guilty Friday to killing a 17-year-old Poway High School senior and a 14-year-old Escondido High School freshman, and he was expected to be sentenced to two consecutive life prison terms without the possibility of parole. John Albert Gardner III, 31, also faces an additional 33 years to life in prison for assaulting a woman Dec. 27.

Gardner, whose plea spares him from a possible death sentence, is scheduled to be sentenced June 1. His plea also bars him from filing an appeal of his conviction and sentence.

Gardner entered his guilty pleas moments after prosecutors charged him with Dubois' murder and rape. Before the defendant entered his pleas, Superior Court Judge David Danielsen informed Gardner that he would be spending the rest of his life in prison. Gardner will also be deemed a sexually violent predator. the judge told him.

Defense attorneys Michael Popkins and Mel Epley refused comment after the court hearing, but District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis briefed reporters on the reason Gardner was allowed to plead guilty. "The murders of Chelsea King and Amber Dubois have shaken the collective soul of our community and beyond," she said.

Jogger's Family Reacts
Gardner admitted he attacked 22-year-old Candice Moncayo in broad daylight on a populated hiking trail near Lake Hodges, in Rancho Bernardo. Gardner tried to rape her, but Moncayo bashed him in the nose with her elbow and escaped.

Moncayo now lives out of state. Her family says Friday's plea brings back feelings of guilt that two others died while their loved one survived. "I feel so bad for them I can't imagine what they're going through, said Candice's younger sister, 18-year old Kelsey Moncayo. "I know what we're going through, and my sister's still alive."
*Much more at link!
**7-Page Article!!

King Family Statement
We stand here because of a despicable, evil act committed against our beautiful daughter Chelsea, committed against our family and committed against our community.

The decision whether to give our blessing to the District Attorney’s proposal was torturous. While our unequivocal first choice is the death penalty, we acknowledge that in California that penalty has become an empty promise.

For that reason, as well as the following, we support this penalty of life imprisonment without any possibility of parole or appeal.

First, a multi-year court proceeding will have a destructive effect on our 13-year-old son Tyler, who deserves as much of a normal childhood as we can provide. Additionally, our community will benefit from the opportunity to heal sooner knowing that this confessed murderer has been dealt with.

Second, we find ourselves in a position to help give another grieving family a measure of closure. The Dubois family has been through unthinkable hell the past 14 months. We couldn’t imagine the confession to Amber’s murder never seeing the light of day, leaving an eternal question mark.

Lastly, we know that Chelsea and thousands of others are counting on us. Now unencumbered from a protracted trial, we can fully devote ourselves to raising our son and bringing about changes that protect our children.

There is nothing satisfying about this moment. It is only one more unbearably painful day that we will have to carry in our memory as long as we live.

KFI: Search warrant records
http://www.kfi640.com/cc-common/mainheadlines3.html?feed=153218&article=6978166

PDF: Read Gardner's Signed Admission (24.2KB)
http://www.sandiego6.com/media/lib/...34a-0f70558856c7/John_Gardner_s_Admission.pdf

PDF: Read the Gardner Plea of Guilt (2.5MB)
http://www.sandiego6.com/media/lib/...10___John_Albert_Gardner___Plea_of_Guilty.pdf

PDF: Read the charges against Gardner (4.2MB)
http://www.sandiego6.com/media/lib/...5700/04_16_10___John_A._Gardner___Charges.pdf

PDF: Read the amended complaint (52.2KB)
http://www.sandiego6.com/media/lib/...28-aec90437f818/Amended_Complaint_Gardner.PDF

PDF: Read the DA's statement upon guilty plea (216.3KB)
http://www.sandiego6.com/media/lib/...13-8676e7fe8fc1/Gardner_Statement_4_16_10.pdf

PDF: Read the Gardner protective order (39.6KB)
http://www.sandiego6.com/media/lib/...61b30398/GARDNER_PROTECTIVE_ORDER_4_16_10.pdf

PDF: Read part 1 of the John Gardner prison file (6.0MB)
http://www.sandiego6.com/media/lib/...2-a69e-219d3a4bc058/Gardner_central_file1.pdf

PDF: Read part 2 of the John Gardner prison file (6.1MB)
http://www.sandiego6.com/media/lib/...e-9f55-95da0db88115/Gardner_central_file2.pdf

PDF: Read the John Gardner criminal complaint (1.6MB)
http://www.sandiego6.com/media/lib/...b4ab9a900be5/CD225886_John_Albert_Gardner.pdf

Video: John Gardner News Conference 4/16/10 14:38
District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis and members of Chelsea King and Amber Dubois's families announce the guilty plea from John Gardner in the murders of the two teens.
http://www.sandiego6.com/mediacenter/local.aspx?videoId=772571@xetv.web.entriq.net&navCatId=5

Video: Gardner's Remorse? 4/18/10 1:44
John Gardner reportedly decided to confess to Amber Dubois' killing while watching her father on TV.
http://www.sandiego6.com/mediacenter/local.aspx?videoId=773205@xetv.web.entriq.net&navCatId=5

Video: Gardner Plea Follow Up 4/17/10 2:12
For the last three days Amber Dubois' family hosted a search and rescue training in Poway.
http://www.sandiego6.com/mediacenter/local.aspx?videoId=772973@xetv.web.entriq.net&navCatId=5

Video: Gardner And Taxpayers 4/17/10 1:02
California taxpayers pay more than 47 thousand dollars a year to house, feed, and secure a single inmate.
http://www.sandiego6.com/mediacenter/local.aspx?videoId=772969@xetv.web.entriq.net&navCatId=5

Video: John Gardner Pleads Guilty To Murder 4/16/10 11:31
John Gardner will spend the rest of his life in prison after he admitted to murdering Chelsea King and Amber Dubois. Runs 12 min.
http://www.sandiego6.com/mediacenter/local.aspx?videoId=772645@xetv.web.entriq.net&navCatId=5

Video: Guilty Plea 4/16/10 2:36
Attorneys for John Gardner asked the judge to extend a protective order for Gardner. We explain what that means. Plus, reactions from San Diegans to the guilty plea.
http://www.sandiego6.com/mediacenter/local.aspx?videoId=772631@xetv.web.entriq.net&navCatId=5

Video: Gardner Pleads Guilty 4/16/10 6:08
Former SD County District Attorney Paul Pfingst offers insight into the behind the scenes negotiations that led to the plea deal.
http://www.sandiego6.com/mediacenter/local.aspx?videoId=772744@xetv.web.entriq.net&navCatId=5

Video: John Gardner Pleads Guilty 4/16/10 3:17
Register sex offender admits killing both Chelsea King and Amber Dubois.
http://www.sandiego6.com/mediacenter/local.aspx?videoId=772570@xetv.web.entriq.net&navCatId=5

Video: San Diego 6 News Update 4/16/10 4:00
John Gardner is expected in court today for a status hearing, a high-speed chase comes to an end in Linda Vista, a 76-year old woman is honored today, and Brooke Landau has the weekend weather outlook.
http://www.sandiego6.com/mediacenter/local.aspx?videoId=772568@xetv.web.entriq.net&navCatId=5

Video: Search Warrant 4/15/10 1:29
New search warrant records have been released in the John Gardner case and we're learning more about items seized from Gardner's home.
http://www.sandiego6.com/mediacenter/local.aspx?videoId=772148@xetv.web.entriq.net&navCatId=5

Video: Parole Questions 3/31/10 3:29
While convicted sex offender John Gardner was on parole, he was considered to be a very low threat to the public. Now lawmakers want to know why.
http://www.sandiego6.com/mediacenter/local.aspx?videoId=765292@xetv.web.entriq.net&navCatId=5

Article:
http://www.sandiego6.com/news/local...-Bernardo-jogging/zTLAKar0XUGyf78trbfHvg.cspx
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PODCAST AUDIO: Gardner Relative 6PM (4/16)
John Gardner Relative Speaks To John & Ken
http://www.kfi640.com/mediaplayer/?...demand&item=18755645&feed_name=JohnandKen.xml

PODCAST AUDIO: Steve Gregory 4PM (4/16)
KFI News Steve Gregory Blows The Lid Off Of The John Gardner Murder Case
http://www.kfi640.com/mediaplayer/?...demand&item=18755643&feed_name=JohnandKen.xml

PODCAST AUDIO: Guilty Plea 3PM (4/16)
John Gardner Pleas Guilty Of Killing Both Amber and Chelsea
http://www.kfi640.com/mediaplayer/?...demand&item=18755642&feed_name=JohnandKen.xml

PODCAST AUDIO: Guilty Rumors 2PM (4/16)
Could John Gardner Plead Guilty?
http://www.kfi640.com/mediaplayer/?...demand&item=18755155&feed_name=JohnandKen.xml

PODCAST AUDIO: Missing Parolees 4PM (4/15)
State Officials Admit To Losing Parolees
http://www.kfi640.com/mediaplayer/?...demand&item=18733759&feed_name=JohnandKen.xml

PODCAST AUDIO: KFI Investigates 4PM (4/14)
Steve Gregory On His Investigative Piece On John Gardner
http://www.kfi640.com/mediaplayer/?...demand&item=18708480&feed_name=JohnandKen.xml

PODCAST AUDIO: Jason The Stud 6PM (4/7)
Alleged Murderer Rapist John Gardner Had A Myspace Site
http://www.kfi640.com/mediaplayer/?...demand&item=18570926&feed_name=JohnandKen.xml

PODCAST AUDIO: Search Dogs 4PM (4/5)
Search Dog Owner Talks About Finding Amber Dubois
http://www.kfi640.com/mediaplayer/?...demand&item=18529638&feed_name=JohnandKen.xml

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Angel Who Cares · Apr 23, 2010

Amber's Dad Grateful to Gardner: Report
There is one thing Moe Dubois would thank John Gardner for. Just one.
Updated 7:29 AM PDT, Mon, Apr 19, 2010
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John Gardner admitted he killed and raped Amber Dubois, the Escondido teenager who disappeared in February 2009 and whose body was found near Pala more than a year later.

Even after that disclosure, Amber’s father, Moe Dubois, told a local television reporter that he would actually thank the killer for one thing – telling him where his daughter was.

"Is he a monster? Of course. Did he ruin my life? Yes. Did he allow my family to have closure and be able to bury our daughter? Yeah, he did. So, I would actually thank him for giving us the closure, and I wouldn’t say anything else to him," Dubois told KGTV.

"I have to thank the King family for going the route they did or we wouldn't have the closure you know," said Amber’s mother Carrie McGonigle. "It put a lot of weight on them to say, give the Dubois family some closure."

McGonigle, who said she learned the details of the plea in a secret parking-lot meeting with the DA’s office, found Friday’s court appearance nearly unbearable. "Rage, wanting to go up there and just kill him myself basically," McGonigle said. "It's a lot to handle.”

“Just looking at him and seeing that kind of person hurting our girls and killing them,” she said. “There's no words for it, the disgust."

Video: Amber's Mom Talks About Plea Deal
http://www.nbcsandiego.com/station/as-seen-on/Amber_s_Mom_Talks_About_Plea_Deal_San_Diego.html

Article:
http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local-beat/Ambers-Dad-Grateful-to-Gardner-Report-91463634.html
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WANTED: Mandatory Prison Sentences for Child Sex Offenders
There should be a MINIMUM 20-year sentence for the violent, sexual assault of a child.
By Dr. Dale Archer
April 19, 2010
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Chelsea King was a straight-A college bound senior who went for a run in the park and never came back. Amber Dubois was a 14-year-old member of Future Farmers of America who disappeared on her way to school. Candice Moncayo was tackled at the end of a jog by a man who tried to rape her and threatened to kill her -- she escaped. What do these 3 events have in common? They were all committed by John Albert Gardner III, a violent sex offender who recently plead guilty to raping and killing Chelsea and Amber. He received consecutive life sentences with no possibility of parole. This in and of itself is bad enough, but it gets worse. He was convicted in 2000 of assaulting (repeatedly punching her in the face) and molesting a 13-year-old. A court appointed psychiatrist, Dr. Mathew Carroll, recommended the maximum 30- year-sentence, stating that Gardner showed no remorse and that he would continue to be a danger to underage girls. The prosecutor in that case opted for a plea deal for 6 years in order to spare the young girl from a trial. Gardner served 5!

Here’s the deal: Doing a psychiatric evaluation on a sex offender is not rocket science. In terms of assessing relapse potential you want to see them take responsibility for their actions, not make excuses, admit what they did was wrong AND most importantly show regret and remorse. That’s it! If you don’t get that then I’ll bet you a million bucks they will relapse. On top of that, violent sex offenders may have a progressive course that goes from molesting to rape to murder. Their recidivism rate is the highest for all crimes and is 400% the rate of other convicted felons. As for prison, pedophiles tend to serve easier time because they are sometimes kept out of the general population for their own safety and are often released early for good behavior because…guess what, here are no kids in prison! Add to this the fact that there is no generally accepted treatment/cure for this condition and you end up with only one conclusion: If you’re convicted once of the violent, sexual assault of a child then you need to be in prison for a LONG, LONG time.

Now is the time to take a stand, NOW! We must draw a line in the sand and make it very clear to politicians, judges, prosecutors and organizations that our children are our future and that we will do everything in our power to protect them from these sexual predators. What do you think the punishment should be for the violent, sexual assault of a child?

May Amber and Chelsea R.I.P.

Dr. Dale Archer is a psychiatrist and frequent guest on FoxNews.com's "The Strategy Room." For more, visit his website:
http://drdalearcher.com/

Article:
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2010...ex-offender-amber-dubois-john-albert-gardner/
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Monster or Killer With a Conscience?
Updated 8:37 PM PDT, Mon, Apr 19, 2010
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Was it compassion or self-interest that caused John Gardner to admit he killed Amber Dubois? A letter Gardner wrote to a former girlfriend may provide answers to that question.

James Reavis, who is an expert in sexual violence and deviant behavior, said Gardner might have felt remorse -- and guilt -- and wanted to help Amber's family after hearing Moe Dubois speak. "It's not impossible for an offender who kills a victim to feel that," Reavis said. Reavis thinks Gardner had other motives, though. "I would guess that he's more interested in saving his life than he is in providing peace to the family," Reavis said.

Reavis said that a letter Gardner wrote to a former girlfriend, Jariah Baker, reveals Gardner's inner-self. "It's self-pitying, you see: 'I'm a terrible friend to all I'm around. I try to talk to people and it doesn't help. I can only relate to crazy people,' " Reavis said, reading from Gardner's letter. "And there's nothing genuine here about remorse or empathy."

Reavis said Gardner's motive for confessing could also mixed: a last ditch effort to avoid the death penalty and some true feelings of guilt. "He certainly wasn't touched, however, in the midst of his crimes, by the victim's pleas before he killed them," Reavis said. "That did not penetrate him. He was caught up in the frenzy of his desire."

Video: Monster or Killer With a Conscience?
http://www.nbcsandiego.com/station/as-seen-on/Monster_or_Killer_With_a_Conscience_San_Diego.html

Article:
http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local-beat/Monster-or-Killer-With-a-Conscience-91552074.html
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Gardner's relatives fear there may be more victims
Posted: Apr 19, 2010 8:40 PM EDT
Updated: Apr 19, 2010 9:36 PM EDT
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John Gardner's relatives say they don't have any proof, but have a gut feeling Amber Dubois and Chelsea King were not his only victims. Now they're pleading with the 31-year-old to come clean.

Gardner's cousin says he's cutting ties with the person he now knows is a cold-blooded killer. "I just call him 'it' or 'creature' - it's really not human to me," he said.

Two of Gardner's family members agreed to speak with News 8 on the condition we wouldn't identify them. They describe Gardner as having two personalities, one outgoing and funny, and the other, mysterious and scary. "I know there was this dark side to him. I know his anger-temper side. I didn't see it a lot, but when it came up it was scary. When I saw him angry it made me afraid," a relative said.

One relative worked with the 31-year-old last summer, and says he just would disappear for days at a time. "There were just odd things that would occur, he'd show up at the house wearing pants only. No shoes, no shirt and drenched in sweat, like wondering what's going on," the relative said.

With so many bizarre and unexplained absences, relatives now fear Amber Dubois and Chelsea King weren't his only victims. "I believe there are other cases that haven't been uncovered," a relative said. "I'm not satisfied that everything has been resolved, that there may be more and we may never know."

Video: Gardner's relatives fear there may be more victims 2:53
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Article:
http://www.760kfmb.com/Global/story.asp?S=12338363
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Death Penalty History Played Role In Gardner Plea Deal?
POSTED: 5:24 pm PDT April 19, 2010
UPDATED: 6:05 pm PDT April 19, 2010
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On June 1, John Gardner will be formally sentenced to life in prison for admitting he killed Escondido teenager Amber Dubois and Poway teen Chelsea King.

Gardner's plea agreement took the death penalty off the table and was based partly on the fact that death row inmates are more likely to die of old age than execution. The state of California has not carried out an execution in four years, even though 20 more inmates are added to death row each year.

Brent King described giving up the option of the death penalty in exchange for Gardner's guilty pleas in the murders of his daughter and Dubois as torturous, but it also made plain sense. "Most of us realize that a death sentence at this time is a hallow promise in California," said San Diego County District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis.

10News learned if the state did away with the death penalty, taxpayers would save about $125 million a year.

Video: Death Penalty History Played Role In Gardner Plea Deal?
http://www.10news.com/video/23201722/index.html

Article:
http://www.10news.com/news/23201523/detail.html
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Gardner Could Face More Charges With New Info
New Information Could Help Find More Victims Of John Gardner
POSTED: 6:19 pm PDT April 19, 2010
UPDATED: 7:14 pm PDT April 19, 2010
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"Now that they have suspect in custody -- a confessed killer -- now it's easier for them to track back where was he staying and was there anybody in that general area that also came up missing," said Kevin LaChappelle, a former investigator.

Last January, Gardner was pulled over and ticketed for expired license tags on his girlfriend's car in Lake Elsinore at a DUI checkpoint.

Three months earlier, someone tried to kidnap a woman at gunpoint. While a sketch was distributed, San Diego County Sheriff's deputies did not connect it to Gardner, a registered sex offender who was listed in the computer database.

Gardner was sentenced to live in prison without parole, but there's still good reason to close every case possible. Another family may still be searching for answers or a woman could be living in fear of the man who attacked her.

Some of the case files may be opened to the public after a hearing on Thursday, which could lead to more questions. The file will stay open if new information leads to additional charges. "Many people think [Gardner is] being locked up for a number of life sentences...but families need closure, if there are any other victims," said LaChappelle.

Video: Gardner Could Face More Charges With New Info
http://www.10news.com/video/23201934/index.html

Article:
http://www.10news.com/news/23201879/detail.html
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ESCONDIDO: Amber's father recalls secret meeting with district attorney
Dubois forms group dedicated to finding missing children
April 19, 2010 10:32 pm
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On Thursday, Maurice "Moe" Dubois waited five painfully long hours ---- and came away with more revelations than he possibly could have seen coming. At 9 a.m. that day came a call from Escondido police, requesting his presence at 2:15 p.m. for a secret meeting with San Diego County District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis, Dubois said on Monday. It was an odd time, 2:15 p.m., he remembered thinking. Odd location, too: a parking lot a couple of blocks from the county courthouse. He was told to look for a man in a red Ford Taurus.

Dubois had become numb to the unusual in the months spent investigating the disappearance of his daughter, Amber Dubois, 14, whose remains were found last month. But this meeting was different. He knew something big was coming. The man in the red sedan took Dubois, his longtime girlfriend, Rebecca Smith, and Amber's mother, Carrie McGonigle, to a parking garage under the Hall of Justice, the courthouse in downtown San Diego. Avoiding the main entrance to the courthouse, as well as public scrutiny, the man escorted them upstairs to the district attorney's main offices.

Dumanis was there. So was Deputy District Attorney Kristen Spieler, who was prosecuting John Albert Gardner III, the registered sex offender accused of killing one teen and suspected of killing Amber. Also at the table, Dubois said, were Escondido police Chief Jim Maher and Lt. Bob Benton. "We thought for sure they were going to tell us they were charging somebody," Dubois said. "But it wasn't at all what we thought it was going to be."

That's when Dubois learned Gardner had led police to his daughter's remains. And that Gardner had confessed to the killing. Raping her. Stabbing her. All inside of 90 minutes. And then he buried her. It was the first time Dubois heard how his daughter died, although authorities still haven't told him how the hulking Gardner got the freckled freshman into his car. They did tell him, though, that when Gardner confessed to killing Amber, he said that Dubois' statements at a March 3 news conference had influenced his decision to come clean.

Court documents show that Gardner and his attorney signed the proposed plea deal on April 5 ---- 10 days before Dubois met with Dumanis. Dubois read the statement that would serve as the basis for Gardner's guilty plea, three paragraphs that included the words: "I took Amber Dubois to a remote area of Pala where I raped and stabbed her." Dumanis was thinking of taking the deal. And she wanted input from Amber's parents, Dubois said. Dumanis met with Amber's family after meeting separately with Chelsea's parents, Kelly and Brent King.

Amber's disappearance has shaped her father's life. During the year before her remains were found, he and Smith started More Kids, an organization dedicated to finding missing children. The group ---- at www.morekids.org ---- will work to support victims and families of missing kids "whether they need a Web site put up or just a hug," he said. It will also help coordinate search efforts when kids go missing. Public safety and education are also a part of the master plan.

He also hopes to reform legislation dealing with search efforts for missing children. Not sweeping changes, Dubois said, but rather "fixing the leaks." "We have been through what we have been through, and we have seen flaws in the system," Dubois said. "Amber was my only child. I want to protect the child of everybody out there."

Article:
http://www.nctimes.com/news/local/escondido/article_383d8fb4-8e0f-5eb9-a9b1-4d01919236ad.html
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Families of crime victims share support
Tuesday, April 20, 2010 at 12:02 a.m
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The vigil, sponsored by several law enforcement and victim advocate groups, drew about 250 people at the San Diego Police Officers’ Association Hall in Kearny Mesa. The event is held during National Crime Victims’ Rights Week.

“It just breaks my heart to see this many people have lost loved ones to violent crime,” said Debbie Steingraber, whose 26-year-old son Daniel Alexander was shot to death in Escondido last Fourth of July. “I’m hoping for some closure to this case. His killer is still out there.” Steingraber was among many who wore T-shirts honoring slain family members.

Tears flowed freely as speakers shared their heartbreak, and many dabbed at their eyes with tissues that were left on seats. Crisis intervention counselors stood at the ready in the back in case anyone needed special attention.

The parents of slain teenagers Amber Dubois, 14, and Chelsea King, 17, were not present, but District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis spoke for a moment of the toll the case has taken on everyone involved. Sex offender John Albert Gardner III pleaded guilty to both murders on Friday.

The faces of 51 victims flashed before the crowd in a somber slide show, and later families lit electronic candles for each of the deceased.

Emotion in the room peaked when 14-year-old Hamlett addressed the crowd. She was 11 when she witnessed her mother get stabbed to death by a former boyfriend. She hid in a bedroom, called 911 and later faced her mother’s killer in court.

“This is something no one can get over. All I have to do is learn to live with it, because I can never fully recover all of the pieces. There will always be a few missing,” Hamlett said amid tears. “Forgiveness might have been the hardest part, but I had to realize that it wasn’t for the person who killed my mom, but so that I could move on. If you could analyze my heart, you’d see scars, because those will never go away. They will just become a part of my normal.”

Article:
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/apr/20/families-of-crime-victims-share-support/
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Calif. lawmakers advance bill targeting molesters
Posted: 04/20/2010 11:24:14 AM PDT
Updated: 04/20/2010 01:22:11 PM PDT
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A bill that would allow life sentences for some convicted child molesters and lifetime electronic monitoring of others cleared its first legislative committee Tuesday after a grieving father evoked the memory of his slain daughter.
The legislation was proposed after the slaying of 17-year-old Chelsea King in a San Diego County park. A convicted child molester, John Albert Gardner, pleaded guilty last week to raping and killing King and 14-year-old Amber Dubois along with assaulting another woman.

"Our daughter, Chelsea, would want to be here today," Brent King told members of the Assembly Public Safety Committee. He recalled her interest in promoting positive change and said it is a tragic irony that her murder has inspired public safety legislation. "She's behind this movement to protect our children," King told committee members. "In her memory ... please vote in favor of Assembly Bill 1844."

Four committee members, two Democrats and two Republicans, approved the bill, sending it to the Assembly Appropriations Committee. One Democrat abstained, and two other Democrats were not present.

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has given his support, applauding the effort to "create harsher penalties for those that prey on children."

The bill advanced despite objections from representatives of defense attorneys and the American Civil Liberties Union. They said the measure is too broad, too restrictive in banning offenders from parks, does not require treatment and rehabilitation, and would further crowd prisons.

Article:
http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_14921137
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Schwarzenegger endorses Chelsea's Law
Named for Poway teen, the measure passes an Assembly committee
Tuesday, April 20, 2010 at noon
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Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger today endorsed “Chelsea’s Law,” providing fresh momentum to the measure as it maneuvers through the Legislature. “It is our job to make sure that we have the right laws in place that will keep our children safe,” the governor said in a statement. Schwarzenegger vowed to work to get the measure to his desk so that he can “make Chelsea’s Law a reality and create harsher penalties for those that prey on children.”

The law would increase penalties for sexual predators, including adding a one-strike provision for the worst crimes that would put an attacker behind bars for life without parole. Assembly Bill 1844 also strengthens the penalties for other forcible sex crimes against children, depending on the age of the victim and whether serious physical harm was inflicted. Also, registered sex offenders could be charged with a misdemeanor and have their parole revoked if they are found in a park where children gather unless securing prior permission of authorities.

The measure now goes to the Assembly Appropriations Committee, which will analyze costs. Fletcher has said he will present that panel with a comprehensive financing plan. A meeting has not been set.

Gardner is expected to be sentenced June 1 to two life terms without the possibility of parole.

Full text of Chelsea's Law, AB 1844 (PDF)
http://media.signonsandiego.com/news/documents/2010/04/13/AB_1844_Language.pdf

Provisions
• Life in prison without parole for forcible sex crimes against children under 18 with aggravating circumstances such as physical harm, kidnapping, torture or use of a weapon.
• Registered sex offenders would be subject to misdemeanor charges and possible parole revocation if found without permission from authorities in a park where children regularly gather.
• Parole terms would be doubled to 10 years for a forcible sex crime, regardless of the age of the victim.
• Those convicted of a sex crime against a child under 14 would be on lifetime parole, requiring constant supervision and electronic tracking.

Article:
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/apr/20/schwarzenegger-endorses-chelseas-law/

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Angel Who Cares · Apr 27, 2010

Search warrants in Chelsea King case remain sealed
April 22, 2010 at 9:40 a.m., updated April 22, 2010 at 12:33 p.
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Four search warrants filed in connection with the slaying of Poway teenager Chelsea King will remain sealed, at least for now, a judge ruled Thursday morning.

Judge Peter Deddeh will decide Monday whether redacted versions of the warrants can be released. The redactions have been proposed by the District Attorney’s Office. The nature of the information to be redacted was not revealed.

Deddeh denied requests from The San Diego Union-Tribune and other media organizations during a hearing in El Cajon Superior Court on whether the documents should be unsealed. The warrants have been under court seal since they were filed March 9.

The seal is separate from a gag order in the case, which will be discussed during a hearing in downtown San Diego Thursday afternoon. Brent and Kelly King, Chelsea’s parents, have hired attorneys in hopes of expanding the gag order, prohibiting the release of any photographs, reports, documents, information or opinion regarding Chelsea.

Download: Request of media for an immediate hearing and public access (doc)
http://media.signonsandiego.com/news/documents/2010/04/22/2010warrantrequest.DOC

Article:
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/apr/22/search-warrants-in-chelsea-king-case-wont-be/
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Remember Cara, Chelsea, Amber
April 22, 2010 at 12:02 a.m.
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In 25 years, when many of us are gone — and others have grown up — how should North County remember Chelsea and Amber? Consider the only victim I can remember who rivals Chelsea and Amber for the effect her murder had on the region’s collective psyche. Fourteen years ago, nearly 10 years after CHP Officer Craig Peyer stopped her on Interstate 15, lured her to a dark frontage road, strangled her and threw her body off the old Highway 395 bridge, Cara Knott was awarded her own bridge, a symbol of the past’s link to the future.

Forget Cara, whose Portuguese name means “precious”? How could we? In a given year, millions of motorists on I-15 speed across the Cara Knott Memorial Bridge on the border of Sabre Springs and Scripps Ranch. Down below, far from the madding commute, in the eastern reach of Los Peñasquitos Canyon Preserve, is the San Diego Crime Victims Oak Garden (originally dedicated in 1996 as the Cara Knott Memorial Oak Garden) where the world slows to a reflective sigh.

It took a decade to name the bridge after Cara, to dedicate the park to the aspiring elementary schoolteacher’s memory. Why did it take so long? Well, several reasons. Two tense trials, for one. The first ended in a deadlocked jury. It took Paul Pfingst, a brash, young deputy district attorney, to win a 25-year-to-life conviction. Muddying matters was the Knott family’s explosive civil suit against the CHP. A jury awarded the Knott family $7.5 million, which the CHP appealed. (Shortly after the garden was dedicated, the Knotts agreed to a $2.7 million settlement.)

Meanwhile, Sam Knott, Cara’s father, was on a lifelong crusade to promote laws protecting innocents from rogue officers like Peyer. As a 1996 San Diego Union-Tribune story put it, “Before there was a Fred Goldman or a Marc Klaas, there was Sam Knott.” What’s more, legislation had to be passed in Sacramento to name the I-15 bridge after Cara. San Diego Councilwoman Barbara Warden and San Diego police officers worked for more than two years to iron out a land swap for the oak garden.
*More at link!

Article:
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/apr/22/remember-cara-chelsea-amber/
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Judge Lifts Gardner Case Gag Order
Updated 5:55 PM PDT, Thu, Apr 22, 2010
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The double-murder case involving Chelsea King and Amber Dubois took another dramatic twist on Thursday.

San Diego County Superior Court Judge David Danielson set aside a gag order that has, with one notable exception, muzzled law enforcement agencies in connection with the case. He also refused the family's request to prohibit any public agency from distributing any photos or reports about Chelsea's death.

In court for the hearing Thursday were Maurice "Moe" Dubois and Brent and Kelly King. Gardner, who admitted in court last week that he murdered and raped two teens, was not at the hearing but was defended by his attorneys.

In fact, there were six attorneys in the downtown court. Danielson said he had reservations about continuing the protective order and efforts by the families to seal the documents. In an unusual turn of events, the King family supported the defense's efforts to keep the documents involved in the case sealed.

Danielson also said on Thursday that while he felt for the teens' parents very much and would like to help them, he had concerns about what he could legally do. He told the court that he was unable to find anything in case law that addressed the issue but added that statutes do prohibit some of the information from being released. In the end, he did not authorize the release of any information, arguing that common decency would stop the release and that it was up to the responsible law enforcement agencies to determine whether to release any documents related to the case.
*Much more at link!

Video: DA Discusses Gardner Case
http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local-beat/DA_Discusses_Gardner_Case_San_Diego.html

Raw Video: Deputy DA Discusses Gardner Court Hearing
http://www.nbcsandiego.com/station/...iscusses_Gardner_Court_Hearing_San_Diego.html

Article:
http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local-beat/Judge-Lifts-Gardner-Case-Gag-Order-91854984.html
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Gag order lifted in Gardner murder case
April 22, 2010 at 1:27 p.m., updated April 22, 2010 at 5:04 p.m.
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Calling it overly broad and unconstitutional, a Superior Court judge denied a request Thursday from the family of Chelsea King to bar officials from talking or releasing information about the case against John Albert Gardner III.

Yet details of how Gardner was tied to the murder of 17-year-old Chelsea and how he abducted another murder victim — 14-year-old Amber Dubois of Escondido — may remain unanswered until after Gardner’s June 1 sentencing, if not longer.

Deputy District Attorney Kristen Spieler said outside the courtroom that her office would honor a request from both families to keep silent about the case — and ask other law enforcement officials to do the same.

Moments after San Diego Judge David Danielsen lifted the gag order Thursday, San Diego County Sheriff’s Department spokesman Jan Caldwell said Sheriff Bill Gore would stay silent about the case. “At the request of the district attorney, we are not going to be making any comment until after sentencing,” Caldwell said. “For the integrity of the case, we’re just not going to be making any statement.”

Gardner’s attorneys declined comment after the hour-long hearing.

Danielsen heard from lawyers for both Gardner and the King family that the gag order should be extended. Instead he lifted it, saying it “unnecessarily chills the freedom of the press.”
*More at link!

Article:
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/apr/22/gag-order-gardner-case-stays-place-now/
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Judge lifts gag order in Chelsea King, Amber Dubois murder cases
Thursday, April 22, 2010
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In addition to lifting the gag order that had been in place, San Diego Superior Court Judge David Danielsen rejected a request by Chelsea’s parents for a new order blocking the media from making public photos and information contained in court documents about the killings.

Danielsen had discussed the issue privately with attorneys for Chelsea’s parents on Tuesday. The Kings said they wanted the protective order to honor the memory of their daughter and give the community time to heal.

Today, an attorney hired by the King family, Pat Swan, argued unsuccessfully that a narrowly-worded protective order should be issued “to protect the privacy of the King family.”

The King family wanted the judge to bar the release of crime scene photos, sexual assault reports and photos and autopsy reports and photos from the medical examiner’s office.

Swan said Marsy’s Law — the California Victims’ Bill of Rights passed in 2008 — protects the privacy of crime victims. The attorney filed a declaration by Brent King detailing how his daughter’s death has devastated his family.

“This has been particularly devastating to my son Tyler,” he wrote. “Before Chelsea’s death, he was a happy 13-year-old attending middle school. He rarely missed a day of school. He enjoyed school and his friends. He now has difficulty going to school, and is basically attending school part-time.

“Chelsea’s death and all the details that have leaked out to date have truly traumatized Tyler,” his father wrote. “I cannot imagine the trauma and horror that my son will experience if any crime scene photographs of my daughter are released, or details of the forensic examination of her become public. He has already experienced a level of pain that is hard to imagine.”
*More at link!

Article:
http://www.sdnn.com/sandiego/2010-0...der-in-chelsea-king-amber-dubois-murder-cases
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Gardner Case Becomes Marsy's Law Test Case
Updated 5:56 PM PDT, Thu, Apr 22, 2010
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The lawyers and judge involved in the Gardner case agree that it involves the first court test of Marsy's Law -- the so-called Victims' Bill of Rights passed by California voters in the November 2008 election. On Thursday, it appeared that the test case was trumped by the First Amendment right of a free press. It's not clear whether the ruling will be appealed.

Danielson didn't -- and can't -- order the case files unsealed, so the decision to release the documents rests with the agencies involved in the investigation. For her part, District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis has requested they follow her lead in maintaining the secrecy of the documents, regardless of media vows to treat the information with sensitivity in the event it is released.

"I think it's important to keep in mind that what you and I might think to be salacious, horrific, is perhaps completely different to what the families of the victims might feel," Deputy District Attorney Kristin Spieler said after Danielson lifted the gag order, "and perhaps something as insignificant -- a minor fact -- that no one would think would have an effect would have a tremendous fact on the families involved."

The phrase "common decency" echoed in this case. Attorneys for the victims' families had no comment after the judge's ruling as to whether they would take the "privacy and dignity" issue up on appeal.

NBCSanDiego has no interest in revealing any details about how Chelsea King or Amber Duboid died or showing any photos of their death. It will be consulting with its attorneys on how best to approach further inquiries with the authorities and what use to make of any material it eventually may receive.

Article:
http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local-beat/Garnder-Case-Becomes-Marsys-Law-Test-Case-91868074.html
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Police debut digital tool for crime alerts
Public gets update within few hours
April 22, 2010 at 6:03 p.m., updated April 23, 2010 at 1:20 p.
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The San Diego Police Department has launched a new digital tool to alert the public to crime as it happens, officials announced Thursday.

Residents can now sign up for e-mail and text-message alerts on significant incidents in the city through Nixle, a Web-based notification system. The program is free for government agencies and is already being used by Crime Stoppers, police in Chula Vista and Escondido and the county Sheriff’s Department.

The new system comes after the public complained that the Police Department did not do enough to warn residents about an attack on a jogger, Candice Moncayo, near Lake Hodges on Dec. 27.

Her assailant, John Albert Gardner III, raped and murdered Chelsea King, 17, of Poway two months later in the same area. Gardner pleaded guilty to both attacks last week, as well as to the rape and murder of Amber Dubois, 14, of Escondido.

The Police Department has been using Nixle for about a week. Some of the alerts sent to subscribers so far included information on an ATM theft, an armed robbery, a bank robbery and a major-injury accident.

Long said he hopes subscribers will also be able to provide valuable feedback to police on crime in their neighborhoods. In the future, police plan to link the alerts to the Twitter microblogging service.

ALERT ME
To sign up for e-mail or text-message alerts from the San Diego Police Department:
•Go to nixle.com and click “Residents Sign up Now.”
•Create a user account.
•Go to “Settings” and check the agencies you want to hear from and types of alerts. You can also search for other agencies that don’t serve your immediate area.
•Typical alerts include robberies, assaults, fatal crashes, shootings, pursuits, crime sprees and road closures.

Article:
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/apr/22/police-launch-digital-crime-alert-tool/
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Father of slain teen urges restraint on details
April 22, 2010 at 8:22 p.m.
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For the sake of their younger siblings, details on the murders of teenagers Amber Dubois and Chelsea King should never come out, Moe Dubois said shortly after a judge lifted a gag order in the cases Thursday.

His biggest fear about releasing the information is “the effect it has on Tyler and Allison,” Dubois said during a press conference held after San Diego Superior Court Judge David Danielsen lifted the order preventing law enforcement agencies from releasing information about John Albert Gardner III.

Dubois said Amber’s sister Allison, 6, and Chelsea’s brother Tyler, 13, have “suffered more than anyone” and deserved to be shielded from the brutal details in the murders that rocked the county and gained national attention. “We’re talking about two minors here and to protect their dignity is very important,” he said.

Dubois said he and Amber’s mother, Carrie McGonigle, were frustrated by Danielsen’s ruling. McGonigle was not at the press conference. “We feel that Marsy’s Law is there to protect victims and their families and it should have applied here,” Dubois said.

Dubois said he will attend Gardner’s June 1 sentencing and would make a statement. If Gardner offers an apology, Dubois said he won’t accept it. “I wouldn’t even acknowledge the words,” he said. “There’s no apology. How can you apologize for ruining a family’s lives?”

Article:
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/apr/22/father-of-slain-teen-urges-restraint-on-details/
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Judge Denies King/Dubois Family Request
Last Update: 4/23 9:00 am
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Concerned about graphic images and content related to the murders of their daughters, the King and Dubois families asked a superior court judge to extend a media gag order.

Superior Court judge David Danielsen says, "the request for protected order is denied." Deliberate and delicate. Judge Danielsen denied a request from the King and Dubois families to keep sensitive and possibly graphic information about their daughter's murders from being released to the media. Danielsen said, "the advocates for the Dubois family and the King family over read the authorization of Marsy's law."

Deputy District Attorney Kristen Speiler said, "the people fully support the constitutional rights of the victims in this case." She continued, "based upon their request the district attorney is going to honor their wishes and not speak about this case publicly and in addition we have requested that the law enforcement agencies also honor their request."

John Gardner will be sentenced June 1st for the murders of Chelsea King and Amber Dubois.

Video: Murder Cases Details 4/23/10 2:49
The parents of two teen murder victims fear graphic details or photos from the investigation could be made public.
http://www.sandiego6.com/mediacenter/local.aspx?videoId=775273@xetv.web.entriq.net&navCatId=5

Article:
http://www.sandiego6.com/news/local...is-Family-Request/T56LzHjgbkiHDi0btFhhdw.cspx
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REGION: Judge lifts John Gardner gag order, but agencies still mum
Judge cites scrutiny of "free and vigorous press" in need for open records
April 22, 2010 12:38 pm
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A judge lifted a gag order Thursday in the case against admitted killer John Albert Gardner III, technically freeing up attorneys and agencies to speak with news reporters and release documents about Gardner ---- if they want to.

But apparently nobody wants to.

News organizations, including the North County Times, fought efforts to gag attorneys and seal evidence, citing free speech rights and laws aimed at broad access to public records. Danielsen found that, in light of Gardner's guilty plea, there was no reason to keep the gag order in place. He also unsealed transcripts of a closed-door hearing held April 14, two days before Gardner's guilty plea. Those transcripts are expected to be available Friday.

Danielsen rejected the request of the victims' families to seal crime scene photos and autopsy reports ---- potentially lurid and graphic pieces of evidence. Even though the documents are not sealed, prosecutors and law enforcement can deem reports and evidence as part of an ongoing investigation ---- making the items exempt from laws that require public disclosure.

After Thursday's ruling, the San Diego County Sheriff's Department and the county medical examiner's office both declined to release documents related to the Gardner matter. In asking for certain photos and reports to be sealed, the families cited Marsy's Law, a voter-approved 2008 amendment to the California Constitution that delineates the rights of victims, including the general right "to be treated with fairness and respect for his or her privacy and dignity."

Earlier Thursday, news organizations asked a different judge to unseal search warrant documents related to Gardner's case. Superior Court Judge Peter Deddeh signed the search warrants, so the request to unseal those specific documents starts with him. Deddeh said he would hear more arguments about the matter Monday morning. And he also agreed to take a look at the releasing the documents with redactions ---- a suggestion made by prosecutor Spieler.
*Much mkore at liink!

Article:
http://www.nctimes.com/news/local/sdcounty/article_f978a6bc-7b06-5b5e-b77c-d44377ab942c.html
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Sexual Predator Legislation Introduced By Local Lawmakers
Friday, April 23 2010
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Three pieces of legislation dealing with sexual predators were introduced within the last week in Sacramento. The first, Senate Bill 1204, was authored by Sen. George Runner. SB1204 would require sex offenders to register online addresses with state law enforcement.

Failure to do so would earn them a penalty of six months in jail. The measure passed the Senate Public Safety Committee and moves to the Senate Appropriations Committee for further consideration. "We know where they live and now we will know what web pages, instant messaging names and email addresses they control," Runner said. "The Internet has become a virtual playground to predators. It makes sense to force convicted sex offenders to share their online addresses with law enforcement."

Besides registering online addresses, one of the objectives of SB 1204 is to prevent sex offenders from joining Facebook, MySpace and other social networking websites. While on parole, sex offenders can be prohibited from accessing social networking sites. Once parole is completed, however, a sex offender is free to join such sites.

By requiring sex offenders to register their online addresses, SB 1204 not only creates a database for law enforcement but creates a tool, which can be used to remove sexual predators from social networking sites.

While the law cannot directly prohibit sex offenders who are no longer on parole from joining, Runner hopes that online address information collected under SB 1204 may be used to permit social networking sites like Facebook and MySpace to voluntarily purge registered sex offenders from the sites.

Chelsea's Law now goes to the Assembly Appropriations Committee for consideration.
*More at link!

Article:
http://hometownstation.com/index.ph...010-04-23-15-06&catid=26:local-news&Itemid=97
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Gardner gag order is lifted, but no one is talking
Posted: Apr 23, 2010 8:42 PM EDT
Updated: Apr 24, 2010 1:10 PM EDT
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The gag order in the John Gardner trial has been lifted, but documents about the murder of Chelsea King and Amber Dubois remain sealed. That's because there's a question about whether the public's right to know outweighs the victims' right to privacy.

News 8 has learned four out of 10 search warrants could be released on Monday, but autopsy reports are routinely sealed until sentencing. And even then, there could be another big legal challenge over releasing it.

Judge David Danielson couldn't order the case files unsealed, so the decision to release records must come from the sheriff's department, Escondido police and the medical examiner's office.

News 8 has submitted records requests with each agency, but so far no one is talking and nothing is being released. "The amount of information that would be available would be massive," Nimmo said. "Toxicology reports could be instructive if there's some hint that these ladies were drugged in some way."

Nimmo says these documents could provide valuable insight into John Gardner's method of operation, and specifically how he was able to abduct both teens. "Each of these incidents that have happened and thousands of other ones are all very instructive on how you should construct yourself to avoid harm," Nimmo said.

Video: Gardner gag order is lifted, but no one is talking 2:54
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Article:
http://www.760kfmb.com/Global/story.asp?S=12366859

San Diego judge won't keep seal on Gardner murder cases
Posted: Apr 22, 2010 1:06 PM EDT
Updated: Apr 22, 2010 8:34 PM EDT
<snipped>
A judge has denied a request by the families of two murdered girls to ban the release of information on the investigations of those crimes.

The Kings released a statement Thursday saying, "This action has become necessary in response by some media outlets to obtain the release of all records related to Chelsea's death, which runs counter to the King's family's wishes to honor their daughter's memory, and to allow the community to heal."

Video: Gag order lifted in John Gardner case 2:08
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Video: San Diego judge won't keep seal on Gardner murder cases 2:16
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Video: Chelsea's parents want autopsy details kept private 0:28
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Article:
http://www.760kfmb.com/Global/story.asp?S=12357103
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REGION: Slain girl's mom asks: Why Amber?
Carrie McGonigle has questions for her daughter's admitted killer
April 24, 2010 8:03 pm
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Why Amber?

Her mother wants to know.

If Carrie McGonigle could talk to the man who admitted he abducted, raped and killed her daughter on Feb. 13, 2009, that would be her first question.

Why, John Albert Gardner III, did you choose Amber Dubois?

More questions would follow.

Were you watching my 14-year-old daughter? For how long? Just that drizzly Friday morning? Or had you spotted her, fixated on her, before the day you took her?

Did you make contact with Amber in the days or weeks before you did what you did to her? Talk to her or nod hello as she made her way down the street as she usually did at 7 a.m., as she walked to Escondido High School?

What did you say to my daughter, John Gardner?

And how did you get her into your vehicle? Trick her? Threaten her? Grab her and throw her in?

What did you do with her backpack, her cell phone? Was that you who called it long enough to check voicemail the day after you killed her?

Why, as you stood handcuffed and shackled in front of a judge to plead guilty, why did you look right at me for a few long seconds? How did you know who I was?

Waiting for details
In her first at-length interview since Gardner's guilty plea on April 16, Amber's mother said last week she doesn't think he has given those sorts of details to authorities. She hopes he will.

A year of searching
Gardner's crime touched off a cruel year for McGonigle. She believed deeply that her daughter was alive and waiting to be rescued. Over the next year, McGonigle searched often and slept little. From prowling the Internet to peering with a flashlight into darkened cars, the blue-eyed woman with long auburn hair looked for clues.

The media comes into play
Amber's parents said authorities told them Gardner revealed Amber's gravesite based on something the slain girl's father said at a press conference an hour after prosecutors charged Gardner with Chelsea's rape and murder.

Moe Dubois said he doesn't know what he said to trigger the confession, or how Gardner saw footage of his statements. Nor does McGonigle.

At last, peace
Amber's mother said she has a sense of peace now. She is grieving, of course, but gone is the anxiety that plagued her when she spent her days convinced that Amber was waiting for rescue.
*Much more at link!

Article:
http://www.nctimes.com/news/local/sdcounty/article_d88cb456-2128-55e9-b4f4-c4bc7f06aa50.html
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State's death penalty: a hollow promise?
‘The death penalty in California doesn’t really exist,’ one victim’s father says of a system that has been declared dysfunctional by a state commission
Sunday, April 25, 2010 at 12:04 a.m
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In the three decades since the death penalty was reinstated, 86 condemned inmates have died in California.

Thirteen were executions.

Death-row prisoners are far more likely to succumb to natural causes. That’s what claimed 50 of them. Suicide is more common, too.

There’s disagreement about whether it’s good or bad that so few have been executed. Death-penalty advocates say it’s “justice delayed, justice denied,” especially when victims’ relatives die before the killers. Opponents say delays leave time for evidence to be found to exonerate the innocent. Still, almost no one disputes the conclusion of a state commission two years ago that capital punishment in California is “dysfunctional” — costly, inefficient, deadlocked.

“A hollow promise” is what San Diego County District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis called it when she explained why she agreed to a recent deal allowing John Albert Gardner III to plead guilty to killing North County teens Amber Dubois and Chelsea King in exchange for escaping the death penalty. Amber’s father, Moe Dubois, said the clogged execution pipeline is why he’s satisfied with Gardner receiving a life sentence without parole instead of lethal injection.

The first state-conducted execution in California was in 1893, and for the next seven decades, there was at least one a year — and as many as 17. In the 32 years leading up to the state Supreme Court declaring the death penalty unconstitutional in 1972, there were 187 executions.

In the 32 years since the state reinstituted the death penalty: 13. And never more than two in any year.

The last was Clarence Ray Allen. He was convicted of ordering the murders of three people in Fresno and received his death sentence in 1982, but wasn’t executed until January 2006. On one of his last appeals, Allen, then 76, argued that his long stay on death row amounted to “cruel and unusual punishment” in violation of the Eighth Amendment.

That wasn’t a new argument. When the state Supreme Court outlawed executions in 1972, it lamented the “cruel and unusual” nature of forcing inmates to wait so long to be executed.

The average wait then? About eight years.
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The execution chamber and lethal-injection table at San Quentin State Prison. 1996 file photo

Male inmates awaiting execution in California are housed at San Quentin State Prison, where Capt. K.J. Williams once ran death row.

Article:
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/apr/25/hollow-promise/
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John Gardner issues apology to families of victims
Posted: Apr 26, 2010 12:33 AM EDT
Updated: Apr 26, 2010 9:37 AM EDT
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Gardner's first public statement since the murders was given to News 8 by a source who asked not to be identified by name. The statement also includes important new information in the case.

The statement reads:
"I'm sorry. I wish I could take it back. I know that it doesn't mean anything to anybody but I really am sorry for everything. I wish that I was able to get help when I tried to get help. I tried to seek out help and was not able to get any."

The source also tells News 8, days before the murder of Poway teenager Chelsea King, Gardner tried to admit himself into a mental hospital but was denied. News 8 has been unable to confirm whether Gardner actually tried to enter a mental hospital. He was a registered sex offender in Riverside County at the time.

Chelsea's parents, Brent and Kelly King, declined through a spokesperson to comment on Gardner's apology.

On his attorney's advice, the father of Gardner's other victim, 14-year-old Amber Dubois, also declined to respond. Amber's mother did offer a short response. "To me it's just words. There's no meaning behind it," said Carrie McGonigle. "It doesn't bring Chelsea or Amber home or back to us."

Video: Gardner apologizes to Amber and Chelsea's families 2:27
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Video: John Gardner issues apology to families of his victims 1:50
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Video: Gardner apologizes ahead of hearing to release search warrants 2:22
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Article:
http://www.760kfmb.com/Global/story.asp?S=12373080
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Reports Reveal John Gardner's Apology
POSTED: 9:49 pm PDT April 25, 2010
UPDATED: 4:37 am PDT April 26, 2010
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Published reports reveal John Gardner's own words apologizing for what he did. "I'm sorry. I wish I could take it back. I know that it doesn't mean anything to anybody, but I really am sorry for everything. I wish that I was able to get help when I tried to get help. I tried to seek out help and was not able to get any."

According to the report, Carrie McGonigle, mother of murdered teen Amber Dubois, responded by saying, "Those are just words. Words are cheap. They don't bring Amber and Chelsea back."

Psychiatrist Michael Mantell works with the San Diego Police Department and said the apology is not genuine. "The fact is, he's blaming the fact he didn't get help, and I don't think that's necessarily remorse."

Dr. Mantell also said that it is clear Gardner is still too self-absorbed to see the true impact of his actions. Dr. Mantell pointed out that Gardner did not mention his victims in the apology. "I'm sure life in prison causes him to think about what's happening and to say 'gee I wish I would have gotten help.' it's not the same as real remorse for what he did to these human beings."

Video: Prison Official: Gardner May Be At Risk In Prison
http://www.10news.com/video/23202182/index.html

Video: Gardner Could Face More Charges With New Info
http://www.10news.com/video/23201934/index.html

Article:
http://www.10news.com/news/23262393/detail.html
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'I Just Want to Know'
Updated 8:46 AM PDT, Mon, Apr 26, 2010
<snipped>
McGonigle laid out several questions for her daughter's murderer. Among others: Why did he choose Amber? Did he have previous contact with her? How did he get Amber into his vehicle?

McGonigle also told the paper that she and her ex-husband, Maurice "Moe" Dubois, still don't understand exactly why Gardner led police to the site of their daughter's body. District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis said, after Gardner's plea deal was announced, that the killer had been moved by a statement Dubois made after Chelsea's death. "Why then?" McGonigle told the paper. "He had to have seen us on TV pleading and begging for information all year. Why when he was in jail did he suddenly have a guilty conscious? Was it just that he was sober because he was incarcerated?"

They are questions that, for now, go unanswered.

McGonigle said she plans to play a video of Amber at Gardner's sentencing in June. Under the terms of the plea deal, Gardner would receive a sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole.

Article:
http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local-beat/I-Just-Want-to-Know-92097009.html

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Angel Who Cares · Apr 27, 2010

Part 2:

Search Warrants: DNA Evidence Linked Gardner To King Death
Search Warrants Issued In Chelsea King Investigation
POSTED: 10:33 am PDT April 26, 2010
UPDATED: 8:19 pm PDT April 26, 2010
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The 17-year-old Poway High School senior's blood was also found on the same undergarment, and documents also revealed Gardner may have followed a pre-teen girl home from school.

According to the documents, Gardner was arrested less than five hours after being identified as a suspect through the DNA link. According to a declaration in support of one of the search warrants, prepared by sheriff's Detective Patrick O'Brien, the undergarment was discovered near running trails leading from Rancho Bernardo Community Park on Feb. 26, the day after Chelsea was reported missing.

According to search warrant affidavits from the Department of Justice released Monday afternoon by El Cajon Judge Herbert Exarhos, two utility workers learned sheriff's deputies were searching Pala for Amber's body last month and reported seeing a male and female together in the area around 8 a.m. the morning she disappeared in 2009.

The warrants released by Deddeh revealed that an 11-year-old girl was followed by a large man -- believed to be Gardner -- driving a black compact car as she walked home from Bernardo Heights Middle School on Feb. 24.

The afternoon Chelsea disappeared, the defendant also had contact with two women along the jogging trail. One said she saw him drinking beer and watching a rattlesnake -- and she chatted with him as she passed him back and forth on her run. Another saw him running and believed she later saw Chelsea jogging.[/U]

Read: Gardner Affidavit Part 1
http://media.signonsandiego.com/news/documents/2010/04/26/affidavit-part1.pdf

Read: Gardner Affidavit Part 2
http://media.signonsandiego.com/news/documents/2010/04/26/affidavit-part2.pdf

Read: Gardner Search Warrant Inventory
http://media.signonsandiego.com/news/documents/2010/04/26/search-warrant-returns.pdf

Read: Home Searches, Electronic Records
http://media.signonsandiego.com/news/documents/2010/04/26/LakeERBmyspace.pdf

Read: Dubois/Gardner Witness Sighting
http://media.signonsandiego.com/news/documents/2010/04/26/sdge.pdf

Read: Gardner Guilty Plea
http://10newsblogs.com/pdf/gardner-guilty-plea.pdf

Read: Charges Against Gardner
http://10newsblogs.com/pdf/gardner-case-charges.pdf

Read: King Family Statement
http://10newsblogs.com/pdf/king-family-statement.pdf

Video: Search Warrants: DNA Evidence Linked Gardner To King Death
http://www.10news.com/video/23272761/index.html

Video: Psychologist Analyzes Gardner Search Warrants
http://www.10news.com/video/23272274/index.html

Article:
http://www.10news.com/news/23267628/detail.html
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Details Emerge About Chelsea King Investigation
John Gardner pleaded guilty earlier this month to murdering Chelsa, Amber Dubois
Updated 9:20 PM PDT, Mon, Apr 26, 2010
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Among the details contained in the documents: On Feb. 26 at 12:33 p.m., searchers at Rancho Bernardo Community Park, where Chelsea went running prior to her slaying, found clothing, and a yellow and white Adidas running shoe, which Chelsea's parents said were similar to those worn by Chelsea. The information was included in the "probable cause" portion of the sheriff's department's request for a search warrant for Gardner's Lake Elsinore house.

Video: Details Emerge About Chelsea King Investigation
http://www.nbcsandiego.com/station/...out_Chelsea_King_Investigation_San_Diego.html

Article:
http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/loc...bout-Chelsea-King-Investigation-92108739.html
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REGION: Gardner deal struck before Amber's parents knew of it
Newly unsealed transcripts: Chelsea's parents had input, Amber's family did not
April 26, 2010 7:21 pm
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When prosecutors told a judge that John Albert Gardner III would plead guilty to raping and murdering two North County teens, victim Chelsea King's parents had been told of the plea deal ---- but Amber Dubois' parents remained in the dark.

The revelation comes from newly unsealed transcripts of a closed-door hearing between the case prosecutor, Kristen Spieler, and Gardner defense attorney Mel Epley and San Diego Superior Court Judge David Danielsen.

Article:
http://www.nctimes.com/news/local/sdcounty/article_4b23df62-8908-5bc6-8dcd-65bb88a4ac37.html
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Warrants suggest Gardner followed 11-year-old
Monday, April 26, 2010
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An 11-year-old girl told police a man followed her home from school the day before registered sex offender John Albert Gardner raped and murdered a 17-year-old girl in a nearby park, according to search warrants unsealed Monday.

According to the documents, the 11-year-old watched as a man driving a black car slowly drove past her as she walked alone. Moments later a woman pulled up beside the girl and offered to follow her home to protect her from the suspicious looking man. Police said Gardner then made a U-turn and drove away.

Investigators said these are just some activities Gardner was doing in the hours leading up to Chelsea King's death.
*More at link!

Video: Warrants suggest Gardner followed 11-year-old
http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/video?id=7408091

Article:
http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/state&id=7408088
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Judge Orders Gardner Arrest Warrant Released
Last Update: 4/26 11:14 pm
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In the warrant, a jogger describes seeing a man she later identified as Gardner hours before Chelsea was attacked. At 1:00 on February 25, Cindi Jo Stock said John Gardner was drinking several beers near the trail. Stock watched as he smoked cigarettes, and engaged her in conversation about nearby rattlesnakes. Around 3:00, Jacqueline Maxton saw a man she believed to be Gardner. She also spotted Chelsea King on her afternoon run, headed towards Gardner's direction.

According to the warrants, SDG&E employees Chris Jensen and Brad Carter contacted authorities on March 26. They remember seeing Gardner and Amber together near Pala on February 13, 2009. They claim to have seen Gardner and Dubois at 8 AM, about 50 minutes after Amber was last seen walking to Escondido High School.
*More at link!

Video: Killer On The Hunt 4/26/10 3:25
http://www.sandiego6.com/mediacenter/local.aspx?videoId=776724@xetv.web.entriq.net&navCatId=5

Article:
http://www.sandiego6.com/news/local...-Warrant-Released/sym3VPYP8UeHZCV1AINzZw.cspx
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Drinking preceded killing of Chelsea, warrants say
Sex offender was seen surrounded by cans, sitting by a rattlesnake
April 26, 2010 at 11:48 a.m., updated April 26, 2010 at 10:48 p.m
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Registered sex offender John Albert Gardner III spent the afternoon of Feb. 25 guzzling beer and watching a coiled rattlesnake on the trails near Lake Hodges before snatching and murdering Poway teenager Chelsea King as she jogged alone, according to search warrant affidavits unsealed Monday.

Two women who spoke to investigators after Chelsea disappeared recalled seeing Gardner on the trails, and one of them may have been the last witness to see Chelsea alive as she ran past a fork in the path about 3 p.m., the woman’s affidavit states.

Brent and Kelly King, Chelsea’s parents, did not argue against the release of the warrants Monday as long as certain information, such as the names of minors, was redacted.
*More at link!

Documents related to John Albert Gardner III
http://www.signonsandiego.com/Gardner/

PDF Document: Gardner search warrant affidavit, Part 1
http://media.signonsandiego.com/news/documents/2010/04/26/affidavit-part1.pdf

PDF Document: Gardner search warrant affidavit, Part 2
http://media.signonsandiego.com/news/documents/2010/04/26/affidavit-part2.pdf

PDF Document: Gardner search warrant inventory
http://media.signonsandiego.com/news/documents/2010/04/26/search-warrant-returns.pdf

PDF Document: Search warrant affidavits for Lake Elsinore and Rancho Bernardo homes, and electronic records
http://media.signonsandiego.com/news/documents/2010/04/26/LakeERBmyspace.pdf

PDF Document: Affidavit describing witness sighting of Amber Dubois with John Gardner
http://media.signonsandiego.com/news/documents/2010/04/26/sdge.pdf

Article:
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/apr/26/gardner-drank-beer-park-day-he-killed-chelsea/
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REGION: Girl, 11, told police Gardner stalked her
Search warrants also show SDG&E workers saw him with Amber near murder site
Posted: April 26, 2010 12:45 pm
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An 11-year-old Rancho Bernardo girl told investigators she was stalked by convicted murderer and rapist John Albert Gardner III on Feb. 24, one day before he kidnapped and killed 17-year-old Chelsea King, according to search warrant records released Monday.

The records also show that two San Diego Gas & Electric Co. workers saw people they identified as Gardner and his other known murder victim, 14-year-old Amber Dubois of Escondido, about 50 minutes after she was kidnapped in February 2009.

John Albert Gardner III - Search Warrants released April 26, 2010
http://www.nctimes.com/news/local/sdcounty/pdf_81bec1e1-e36c-524c-86ce-63932e9fe7d7.html

Complete John Albert Gardner III news coverage
http://www.nctimes.com/special-reports/johngardner

Article:
http://www.nctimes.com/news/local/sdcounty/article_2c0c03de-93cb-5005-977b-af71928f9a6f.html

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Angel Who Cares

If you seek an angel with an open heart, you shall

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