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An intruder in Wicht’s home in the early-morning hours of Nov. After Brian Maggiore was shot, Katie Maggiore ran away and yelled for help, but DeAngelo caught up with her and shot her in the head, prosecutors said.Oct 31, 2020Genetic material will be shipped to a laboratory this week to determine whether the DNA evidence collected at the scene where Rhonda Wicht, a 24-year-old waitress and cosmetology student, was beaten, raped and strangled is a match for DeAngelo. In February 1978, the 'Golden State Killer' shot and killed Brian and Katie Maggiore, who were walking their dog in the Sacramento area.

Rich Pedroncelli / Associated PressColey, a Vietnam veteran who had recently broken up with Wicht, was arrested after he called police to find out what had happened to his ex and her son, both of whom he professed from the beginning to love. Coley says it was the 'worst nightmare' and even nearly $2 million in state compensation can't make up for his lost time. 15, 2018, in Sacramento, Calif. “We definitely want to look into it, because he was in the area at the time.” Craig Coley, who spent 39 years in prison for a murder he didn't commit, talks with reporters Thursday, Feb. He has been linked by DNA and other evidence to many other crimes, authorities said.David Livingstone, the Simi Valley police chief, said Monday that he expects results from a laboratory this week or next.“There are similarities in the case,” Livingstone said, referring to the fact that the killer broke into the Simi Valley house in the middle of the night, raped the victim and strangled her with a rope.

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He said several other viable suspects were not seriously investigated.“There were just too many red flags — the time frame was wrong his alibi was great” except for that 20-minute window, Bender said. His father died in 1988, and all seemed lost until the early 1990s when then-Simi Valley police Detective Mike Bender decided to take a second look at the case.He said it was obvious from the get-go that it had been a shoddy investigation. “They didn’t listen to me.”Coley said his father, a police officer, and mother, a teacher, spent every cent they had fighting for his exoneration. You better keep looking,” he said on Monday. And 5:20 a.m., when he said he was sleeping.His first trial ended in a hung jury, but he was convicted in a second trial in 1980 and sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.“I told them you’ve got the wrong man. The only gap in his alibi was between 5 a.m.

I’d just pray for his soul,” he said. Matches, but if it doesn’t come back as a match, I won’t be surprised,” Bender said.If it does match, Coley would have clear justification to wish vengeance on the man whose time he served, but he doesn’t plan to fall into that trap.“I wouldn’t have a word to say to him. The Golden State Killer was in the Simi Valley area, killing Lyman Smith, 43, and his 33-year-old wife Charlene Smith, 39 miles away in Ventura County, but that was almost two years later on March 13, 1980.Although the murders were similar — the killer used drapery cords to tie the couple before beating them to death with a log from their fireplace — the serial killer to that point had never killed a child as young as Wicht’s son.“From what I’ve seen, his general M.O.

It may sound selfish, but I want to spend the time I’m out enjoying what I’ve missed, in a godly way, and I’m not going to let anybody else disturb the time I have left.”Peter Fimrite is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer.