More than a quarter century ago 9-year-old Beth Ringheim walked into her father's home on Brighton Drive and into a horrific, bloody scene.
It was Jan. 24, 1986, and the girl had been dropped at the Dublin home by her mother for a planned weekend visit. Inside, she found the bodies of her father, Harve Ringheim, 41, a Pleasant Hill veterinarian, and her stepmother, Keiko, 29, on the family room floor.
Her father had been stabbed multiple times in the head, neck and heart. His hands were tied behind his back. His wife had heavy duct tape binding her hands behind her back, her mouth was covered with a 2-inch strip of tape, and her head was in a bucket of water. She had been strangled.