Found Deceased CA - Deanna Johnson, 14, Vacaville, 15 Nov 1982 *Arrest in 2017*

Marvin Markle Jr. is also a person of interest in an unsolved homicide that occurred in Vacaville over 30 years ago, when he was just 17 years old. On November 15, 1982, 14 year old, Deanna Lynn Johnson went missing from a high school party in her own neighborhood. Her parents contacted police that evening, when Deanna Lynn failed to return home with her older brother. The next morning, two railroad employees made a horrifying discovery, it was Deanna Lynn Johnson. Her cause of death was determined to be blunt force trauma to the head.

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PastTense said:

http://www.truecrimecalifornia.com/tag/deanna-lynn-johnson/

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The defendant in the cold-case killing of 14-year-old De Anna Lynn Johnson, whose body was found in 1982 off Elmira Road in Vacaville, pleaded not guilty Wednesday when arraigned on a murder charge.

A March 30 readiness conference in Solano County Superior Court was set in the case involving Marvin Ray Markle, 51, a Kern Valley State Prison inmate serving 80 years for the murder of a Butte County woman.

The Vacaville Police Department announced Markle’s arrest in January. He was a Vacaville High School student when Johnson, a ninth-grader at then-Will C. Wood Junior High, was killed.

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Marvin Ray Markle Jr., 51, who sported a smirk as he entered the courtroom in chains to greet his council Thursday, plead not guilty in February to one count of murder in connection with the 1982 death of De Anna Lynn Johnson, 14. Markle was 17 at the time of the crime, hence why he remains in juvenile court.

With the Prosecuting Attorney seeking to move the case to adult court, Markle’s public defendant replied that he was not in a position to ask for a transfer hearing, citing a “massive case” of documents that still need to be examined by him. The prosecution attorney countered, saying, “It’s not brain surgery as to whether we should go forward or not.” The man proceeded to say that a decision not to set a jurisdictional hearing would be a “waste of time.”

Presiding Judge D. Scott Daniels questioned Markle’s public defendant, asking if Juvenile Court could provide his client with proper services. In conclusion, to give Markle’s public defendant more time to “get up to speed,” Judge D. Scott Daniels set a further readiness conference for April 27 at 9:30 a.m where a possible transfer to adult court will be discussed once again.

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A June 8 conference is set in Solano County Superior Court for the defendant in the cold-case killing of 14-year-old De Anna Lynn Johnson, whose body was found in 1982 off Elmira Road in Vacaville.

The county Probation Department is expected to prepare a report about whether Marvin Ray Markle, 51, a Kern Valley State Prison inmate serving 80 years for the murder of a Butte County woman, should be tried in a criminal court rather than a juvenile court.

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YESorNO said:

Police arrest suspect in 1982 killing of California teen

"VACAVILLE, Calif. – A suspect was arrested in the slaying of a Northern California teenager who went missing after attending a neighbor's party 34 years ago, police said Wednesday.

Marvin Ray Markle, 51, was arrested Tuesday in connection with the 1982 killing of 14-year-old De Anna Lynn Johnson. A longtime suspect in the case, Markle was 17 years old at the time, Vacaville Police Chief John Carli said..."

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/01/26/police-arrest-suspect-in-1982-killing-california-teen.html

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JusticeWillBeServed said:

Conference set in Vacaville cold-case homicide

https://www.dailyrepublic.com/solano-news/fairfield/conference-set-in-vacaville-cold-case-homicide/

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A 51-year-old convicted murderer facing another charge of murder was back Thursday in Solano County Juvenile Court.

Marvin R. Markle, 51, is still awaiting the seemingly inevitable decision that will move his case to adult court.

With the motion to transfer still pending, Markle, held in Solano County Jail, will be back July 28 in Juvenile Court for an evidentiary hearing.

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Accused killer Marvin Markle was sent to adult criminal court Friday.

“After considering all the evidence and information provided . . . I think the people have made their burden of proof,” Juvenile Court Judge D. Scott Daniels said after giving a step-by-step explanation of how he came to his decision.

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A 51-year-old convicted killer already serving 80 years to life in state prison made his first appearance Tuesday in Solano County Superior Court, where he was arraigned on murder charges in a 1982 Vacaville cold case.

A smiling Marvin R. Markle, 51, looked on as his court-appointed lawyer entered his pleas of not guilty to all charges and special allegations.

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A man accused of murdering a 14-year-old Vacaville girl in 1982 was ordered Wednesday after two days of testimony in a probable cause hearing to face a jury trial.

Markle was ordered to return to court Feb. 7 to be arraigned on the murder charge.

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Markle, who has pleaded not guilty, is set to begin trial Oct. 15. Before then, he was ordered to return to court March 23 for a hearing about whether prosecutors need to disclose the identity of a confidential informant in the case.

Markle is also set to be in court April 11. His lawyer has previously alluded to some sort of pre-trial plea deal.

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