Deceased/Not Found CA - Molly Franquemont, 38, Sunnyvale, 9 March 2013

http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/f/franquemont_molly.html

Molly is described as a white female, 5'3" tall and 100 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes. She has a tattoo of an Asian bird on her hip, and disappeared from Sunnyvale, CA, on March 9 of last year under suspicious circumstances.

Cannot find any info about Molly's disappearance, until yesterday:

http://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/Homicide-suspect-shot-dead-by-Sunnyvale-police-5531299.php

Less than an hour earlier, officers had surrounded the residence in an effort to serve a search warrant and arrest Griggs in connection with the killing of a female acquaintance, Molly Franquemont, whose body hasn't been found, said Capt. Jeffrey Plecque of the Sunnyvale Department of Public Safety.

Franquemont had lived with Griggs and was 38 years old when she was reported missing in May 2013, police said. Investigators believed that Griggs had killed Franquemont, Plecque said.

"Based on the fact that it was a homicide investigation, yes, we definitely had concerns that there would be some difficulties encountered," Plecque told reporters.

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http://abc7news.com/news/sunnyvale-murder-suspect-shot-killed-by-officers/95472/

A wanted murder suspect is dead after an officer-involved shooting in Sunnyvale Thursday morning. Police were attempting to serve a warrant at a home off Fair Oaks and Maude Avenue but say when they arrived, the man pointed a gun and refused to drop it.

We've learned more about the suspect, Glen Griggs. He lived at the residence for at least 17 years. In 2013, a woman moved in. Police say he killed her.

Molly Anne Franquemont disappeared last year. On Thursday, Sunnyvale police and the SWAT team surrounded Glen Griggs' Sunnyvale home. They planned to arrest him for Franquemont's murder. But when they arrived, police say Griggs was armed.

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http://www.ktvu.com/news/news/crime-law/sunnyvale-officer-involved-shooting-forces-school-/ngFLG/

Griggs recently became a murder suspect stemming from the May 2013 disappearance of Molly Franquemont, who once resided with Griggs.

Sunnyvale Public Safety Captain Jeffrey Plecque told KTVU the missing person evolved into a homicide investigation "when more information came to light that there may have been more involved with the disappearance."

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Confusion on dates. Charley Project says Molly went missing on March 9, but these MSM reports say May, so I don't know.

http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/Sunnyvale-Police-Homicide-Suspect-Glenn-Griggs-Molly-Anne-Franquemont-262153451.html

The Sunnyvale Department of Safety on Friday is expected to give a news briefing regarding the officer-involved shooting of a homicide suspect, killed as he allegedly pulled out a "long gun" as police were searching a search warrant on his home.

Police are also expected to give more details on why they believe Gregg Griggs, 53 - killed on Thursday morning at his home - is suspected of killing Molly Anne Franquemont, 39, who used to live with Griggs but was last seen in March 2013.

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http://www.contracostatimes.com/new...-killed-by-sunnyvale-police-had-relationships

Bad things tended to happen to Glen Griggs' girlfriends -- things that involved excessive amounts of alcohol and ended in untimely death. But it wasn't until the third woman died that foul play was suspected in any of them, and when the fourth woman he called his girlfriend was missing for a year, police concluded he was her killer.

On the June day when Sunnyvale police intended to confront Griggs, he brandished a BB gun and officers killed him. Now they continue to sift the horrifying details of this 53-year-old handyman's past, in hopes it might lead them to Molly Franquemont's body...

Police began investigating Franquemont's disappearance in May after a family member filed a missing persons report. Police learned that Franquemont was fearful of Griggs and had sent text messages to a friend describing his odd behavior. Her last cellphone call was on March 12, 2013.

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http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/world/58222349-68/griggs-police-franquemont-death.html.csp

In 2006, Griggs told investigators he last saw Daniel at his home on Sept. 1 of that year. Her body was found at the garbage center four days later, but the coroner could not determine when she died. A toxicology report determined Daniel’s blood alcohol content was 0.246 percent -- meaning she was severely impaired. A year earlier, Griggs called the Sunnyvale Department of Public Safety to report another woman’s death. He told the police that he found the woman, with whom he was living, in bed after he returned home from a walk. The coroner determined the woman, Beverly Donaldson, 48, died accidentally from acute ethanol intoxication.

Another woman, Evalene Jordan, 38, died in the home where Griggs was living in Tuolumne County in October 2003. He’s the one who called the Sheriff’s Office there to report her death, which the coroner said was from natural causes. She had a 0.31 blood alcohol content...

The affidavit also includes information about Griggs’ connection to the death of a 6-year-old Florida boy in 1980. A friend of Griggs, Larry Chartrand, confessed to strangling the boy inside a mobile home trailer, where Griggs admitted seeing the boy’s body with a belt wrapped around his neck. Griggs said he helped Chartrand dig a hole under the trailer; the boy’s body was eventually found in the hole.

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Article from this month about how the Sunnyvale officers won't be charged with Griggs' fatal shooting. Mentions Molly:

Franquemont had moved in with Griggs in January 2013 and was reported missing two months later, the report said.

Before Franquemont disappeared, she told friends that Griggs was “erratic,” talked to himself about torturing other people and she feared he would kill her, according to the report.

Throughout the remainder of 2013, Griggs had multiple contacts with officers claiming he had recently seen Franquemont and was in a relationship with her, the report said.

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http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/20...ged-in-2014-fatal-shooting-of-murder-suspect/

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Franquemont, circa 2013; Glen Griggs

• Missing Since 03/09/2013
• Missing From Sunnyvale, California
• Classification Endangered Missing
• Sex Female
• Race White
• Date of Birth 04/26/1975 (48)
• Age 37 years old
• Height and Weight 5'3, 110 pounds
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• Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian female. Brown hair, brown eyes. Franquemont has a tattoo of an Asian bird on her hip.

Details of Disappearance​

Franquemont was last seen in Sunnyvale, California on March 9, 2013. Her last cellular phone call was on March 12. She has never been heard from again.

Authorities believe she was murdered, and Glen Griggs is a suspect in her presumed death. He was her boyfriend, and she moved in with him in January 2013 after she was evicted from her own apartment. When police approached him about Franquemont's disappearance on March 20, he claimed she was working in Redwood City, California.

A relative of Franquemont's filed a missing person's report in May. Although Griggs claimed their relationship was good, authorities learned she had in fact been fearful of him. A photo of Griggs is posted with this case summary. He claimed Franquemont was working in southern California and visited him once a week, but the police had set up surveillance on him and knew this was untrue.

He is also a suspect in the deaths of three other girlfriends, dating back to 2003. All three women had been severely intoxicated when they died, and their deaths were initially thought to be alcohol-related. It wasn't until after the third person died that investigators began to suspect foul play.

In June 2014, Griggs was shot to death by police after they attempted to serve a search warrant on him in connection with Franquemont's case and he threatened them with a BB gun. He has a prior criminal history in Florida for being an accessory after the fact in the homicide of a six-year-old boy; he helped the killer bury the child's body.

Franquemont's case remains unsolved. Authorities stated they plan to focus their effort on finding her rather than bringing charges against anyone.

Investigating Agency​

• Sunnyvale Department of Public Safety 408-730-7101

Source Information​

• California Attorney General's Office
• CBS San Francisco Bay Area
• The San Jose Mercury News
• ABC 7 News
• KTVU

Updated 2 times since October 12, 2004. Last updated August 28, 2014; picture added, details of disappearance updated.

updated Aug 12, 2016

If I am understanding this correctly, he is a suspected serial killer? Too bad the other three women’s deaths didn’t flag him sooner. How does that happen and no one takes serious pause?

Did he live in a house? Have cadaver dogs been used on his property? Crazy case.

Amateur opinion and speculation