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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.

Criminalists with the sheriff's Crime Laboratory developed a DNA profile for the teen, and two days later matched DNA taken from a sample of the blood, O'Brien wrote.

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 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.

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
 
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
 
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
 
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
 
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
 
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&#8217;s affidavit states.

Brent and Kelly King, Chelsea&#8217;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/
 
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
 
John Gardner: In His Own Words, Pt. 1

Posted: Apr 29, 2010 5:12 PM PDT

SAN DIEGO, Calif. (CBS 8) - The man who admitted to raping and murdering Chelsea King and Amber Dubois broke his silence in an extended interview with News 8. John Gardner is making stunning allegations and offers new, behind-the-scenes details into his brutal crimes and the plea deal that saved his life.

For more than two hours, News 8 spoke to John Gardner in a recorded telephone interview. We realize this is a very sensitive issue for the families involved, and we did notify them in advance of airing this story

<<<<<<<<<<<RECORDING OF INTERVIEW and article at link>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

http://www.cbs8.com/Global/story.asp?S=12401580


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John Gardner: In His Own Words, Pt. 2

SAN DIEGO, Calif. (CBS 8) - John Gardner says he was never trying to avoid the death penalty, in an exclusive interview with News 8.

Gardner showed remorse for his victims, and thumbed his nose at the death penalty when he spoke to News 8 from his jail cell. And for the first time, we're learning more about the plea deal that saved his life.

News 8 asked Gardner why he admitted to killing Chelsea King and Amber Dubois.

<<<<<<<<<<<RECORDING OF INTERVIEW and article at link>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

http://www.cbs8.com/Global/story.asp?S=12401882


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John Gardner: In His Own Words, Pt. 3

SAN DIEGO, Calif. (CBS 8) - Why did John Gardner kill Amber Dubois and Chelsea King, and could the killings have been prevented? Those are questions only he can answer. News 8 spoke exclusively with Gardner about his long history of mental illness and the motivation behind his horrendous crimes. He says he has received many emails in jail, and everybody has the same question -- why?

"There are so many things that caused me to go into a spiral downhill that I went in," Gardner said.

Confessed rapist and murderer John Gardner tried to explain the unexplainable in his two and a half hour interview with News 8.


<<<<<<<<<<<RECORDING OF INTERVIEW and article at link>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>




http://www.cbs8.com/Global/story.asp?S=12402002
 
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