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Trace Evidence: The Hunt for the I-5 Serial Killer

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by Bruce Henderson


  Video confession of I-5 Serial Killer Roger Kibbe now on YouTube:

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnpYuEtJSWw

  Index

  Acevedo, Stanley, 19–21, 25, 28–29

  Alameda County Sheriff’s Department, 89, 236

  Amador County, 78–79, 81–82, 118

  Amador County Sheriff’s Department, 83–84, 109, 148, 346

  “America’s Most Wanted,” 141, 373

  Anderson, Chuck, 124

  Anselmi, Bruce, 60–61, 62–63, 168

  Anselmi, Carmen, 57–61, 62–68, 82, 122, 357, 371

  Maulsby interviews of, 168–69, 216–17, 225, 307, 342, 365

  photo lineup viewed by, 133–34, 136, 204, 225, 365

  suspect composite by, 66, 68, 160, 343

  testimony of, 346–48, 357

  Antioch Police Department, 89

  Armstrong, Bobby, 173–74, 200

  ballistics, 278

  Beckham, Lisa, 74

  Bell, Bob, 70, 94–95, 200, 369

  at Finch crime scene, 148–50

  at Finch postmortem, 151–52

  Maulsby and, 111–12

  prioritizing suspects by, 105–6

  on surveillance, 212–13

  Berkeley Barb, 234

  Bertocchini, David “Vito”:

  background of, 22–23

  at Brown crime scene, 22–24, 41–43, 46, 49–50, 56

  on Brown jurisdiction, 52

  Brown postmortem and, 34–39, 44–45

  Burrier interview by, 39–40

  caseload of, 109, 141, 204

  current activities of, 369–70

  Datsun located by, 269

  Dodge Colt investigated by, 48–50

  Evans investigation by, 134–36

  on flight to Fallon, Nev., 289–91

  and identification of Brown, 33, 40–41

  Jo-Allyn Brown interview by, 43–44

  on Kibbe, 121–22, 125, 204–5, 262, 343

  Kibbe background interviews by, 236–48

  Kibbe interrogations by, 113–14, 117–19, 121, 203, 222–30

  on media, 88–91

  Miller interview by, 47–48

  photo lineup by, 133–34, 225

  polygraph and, 129

  roadblock by, 54–56

  on Sabrah case, 83–86, 370

  Sabrah missing persons case investigated by, 64–68

  and Sabrah undercover decoy, 75–76

  Samples investigation by, 122–23

  scissors discovered by, 56–57

  search warrant executed by, 220

  Steve Kibbe interview by, 295–97

  on surveillance, 212–13, 215–16, 219

  testimony of, 342–43

  Biondi, Greg, 148

  Biondi, Mark, 148

  Biondi, Ray:

  on Brown case, 26–28, 31–32, 41

  on Brown jurisdiction, 52, 167

  caseload of, 140, 213–14

  cases compared by, 349–57

  current activities of, 370

  description of, 26

  and Driggers’s identification of Kibbe, 283, 342

  at Finch crime scene, 148–50

  Finch investigation by, 157–58

  on Heedick case, 104–5, 166–67

  I-5 task force and, 169–73

  insufficient manpower of, 107–12, 125, 141–42, 161, 170–71, 199, 258

  on Kibbe, 121–22, 266–67

  management style of, 26, 142–44

  on Maulsby, 369

  media and, 88–91, 141, 249, 262–63, 270–71

  at National Conference on Serial Killing, 180–81

  physical evidence review by, 261–63

  Placer County murders and, 93–97

  press conferences of, 91–93, 97, 108, 162, 171, 270–71

  prioritizing suspects by, 105–7, 140–41, 169, 180, 203–4

  profiling and, 196–200

  Reed’s assignment to Heedick case by, 70–71

  at roadblock, 54–56

  on Sabrah case, 83–86

  on serial killers, 50–53, 85–86, 164–65, 349, 352, 356

  testimony of, 349–57

  trace evidence review by, 286–89

  Blackmore, Larry, 144–46, 154–56, 158

  Blackmore, Marcia, 146–47, 155

  Bland, Warren James, 369

  blood evidence, 34, 72, 86, 148–50, 220–21, 223, 230, 278, 287, 327–28

  Brannan Island, 68–69, 70–72, 85, 101, 105

  Brown, James, 192–93, 264–65, 275, 322, 324

  Brown, Jo-Allyn, 17–21, 30, 40–41, 43–44, 47, 49–50, 344–45, 371

  Brown, Lisa, 19, 371

  Brown, Michaela, 17, 19, 371

  Brown, Stephanie Marcia:

  description of, 20

  disappearance of, 15–24

  Kibbe confession in murder of, 373

  missing persons case of, 18–21, 25–33

  physical evidence in case of, 86–87, 163, 212, 278, 287, 342, 353, 371

  postmortem of, 34–39, 344

  Brown, Tom, 17, 19, 40–41, 43, 49, 371

  Browner, Jack, 123

  Burleigh, Lou Ellen, 233–35 see also Contra Costa County, missing persons case in

  Burrier, Patty, 15–20, 39–40, 53, 345

  Byerly, Angela, 67

  Byerly, John, 67

  California Department of Justice (DOJ), 74, 83–84, 89, 96, 111, 142, 171, 197, 261, 269, 275, 279–80

  Crime Laboratory of, 77, 81, 123, 125, 136–37, 163–64, 171–72, 181, 204, 288, 369

  Homicide Analysis Unit of, 106–7, 140

  Missing Persons Unit of, 101

  Riverside lab of, 278, 288

  California Highway Patrol, 21, 28–30, 48, 54–55, 59–60, 69, 142

  Carter, Tom, 169, 173, 203

  Chase, Richard (“Vampire Killer”), 51, 71

  Chula Vista, Calif., 9–13

  Chula Vista High School, 245

  Chula Vista Hospital, 13, 247

  Chula Vista Police Department, 10, 238–39, 244

  Chula Vista Star, 10

  Civil Air Patrol, 68

  Clark County Public Defender’s Office, 372

  clothing, cut, 351–52, 355–57, 360–61

  in Brown case, 46, 47, 56, 77, 86–88, 180

  in Chula Vista, 13, 240, 244, 248, 296, 304, 318

  in Finch case, 149–50, 163–64, 180, 356

  in Frackenpohl case, 184, 187–88, 262, 335–36, 364

  in Heedick case, 72–73, 88, 167, 180, 261, 263

  media and, 88–89, 91–92, 270

  in Sabrah case, 87–88, 180

  Coffelt, Charles, 177–80, 255

  Consorti, Joseph, 370

  Contra Costa County, missing persons case in, 114, 119–20, 122, 134, 203, 233–36

  cord, white nylon, 211–12, 296, 305, 318, 327, 336, 358–59, 361–63, 365

  in Frackenpohl case, 187–88, 205, 211–12, 222, 274, 287–89, 319–20, 329–31, 335, 350, 352, 362–63

  in Guffie case, 201–2, 203–4, 211–12, 259, 327, 329–31, 335, 352, 363

  in Kibbe search, 221–22, 261, 302–3, 329–31, 335, 341, 362–63

  in Quinones case, 369

  red paint on, 287–89, 303, 305, 330, 331, 359–60, 363, 366

  Craig, Glen, 141–42, 170, 263, 270

  “Crime Scene: Avoiding Tunnel Vision” (Springer), 330

  criminalists, 77–78

  criminal signatures, 317–18, 356–57

  Dakin, Allen, 21–22

  Dean, Joe, 166–67, 169, 173, 198–99

  background of, 166

  at Frackenpohl postmortem, 184–85

  Harriet Kibbe interview by, 214–15

  search warrant executed by, 220–21

  death penalty, 316, 367, 372

  DNA analysis, 34–35, 75, 86, 278, 370–71

  Dougherty, Robert, 367–68

  Douglas County Sheriff’s Office, 125, 210, 249, 373

  Dowell, Jack, 244
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  dowling, wooden, 201, 221–22, 261, 302, 369

  Driggers, James, 101–5, 121, 166–67, 283, 338–42, 347, 365, 368

  current whereabouts of, 371

  Kibbe composite by, 139

  photo lineup by, 136, 204, 341, 357

  polygraph of, 137–38, 167

  Driggers, Rita, 101, 103, 138, 166–67

  Drossel, Robert, 315–36, 338–53, 356–67, 371–72

  closing argument of, 362–64

  opening statement of, 315–19

  duct tape, 150, 154, 164, 183, 201, 211, 221

  Dunkle, Jon, 51

  E. and J. Gallo, 102

  El Dorado County, unidentified victims in, 172, 181–89, 222, 261, 262, 270, 313

  El Dorado County District Attorney’s Office, 371–72

  El Dorado County Sheriff’s Department, 172, 181, 189, 275, 289, 291

  exchange evidence, 280

  eyewitness identification, 357–58

  Falkenstein, Sylvia, 325

  Farrell, Raymond, 358–59, 365–66

  Faureck, Judy, 9–10

  Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), 76

  Behavior Science Unit of, 76, 196–200

  silence of, 89–90, 96

  Ferrari, Larry, 204–5, 213, 219

  current activities of, 370

  Kibbe background interviews by, 236–48

  search warrant executed by, 220–21

  fiber evidence, 281–82, 286–87, 296, 327–28, 333, 361

  in Frackenpohl case, 183, 284–85, 328, 336, 362, 365

  in Guffie case, 201, 211

  in Heedick case, 348–49

  from Kibbe search, 221, 269, 328, 331, 334, 348–49, 362, 365, 369

  in Quinones case, 369

  in Sabrah case, 348–49

  Finch, Glen, 146–47, 151–52, 153–54

  Finch, Karen, 153–62, 270, 278, 303, 306, 318, 356, 371, 373

  disappearance of, 144–47

  postmortem of, 151–52, 164

  Finch, Naomi, 145–47, 151–52, 153–54

  Finney, Terrence M., 314, 317, 320, 332, 335, 340–41, 345–47, 357–58, 366–67

  Folsom State Prison, 372, 373

  “48 Hours,” 317

  Frackenpohl, Darcie Renee, 222, 301–2, 306–7, 313, 350–52, 355–56, 360, 362–65, 371, 372

  background of, 190–94

  identification of, 272–73, 274–76

  Kibbe arrested for murder of, 289, 292, 295, 298, 300, 310

  Kibbe’s trial for murder of, 315–37, 338–68

  missing persons case of, 194–96, 264–66

  postmortem of, 184–85 see also El Dorado County, unidentified victims in

  Frackenpohl, Judy, 190–94, 195, 264, 266, 272–73, 274–76, 300, 367

  current activities of, 371

  testimony of, 323–24

  Frackenpohl, Larry, 190–91, 193, 264, 300, 323, 371

  Frazier, Jim, 16–20, 345

  “Freeway Killer,” 280

  fungal spores, 285, 329, 332–33, 360, 363

  Gallego, Gerald, 51

  Gallo, Ernest, 102

  Gallo, Julio, 102

  Gardner, Doug, 9–10

  genetic fingerprinting, see DNA analysis

  Gerson, Rick, 158–61

  Gillis, Robert, 255

  Gonzales, Carlos, 57, 59–61, 68

  Gould, George, 82

  Green River murders, 195, 275

  Kibbe killings vs., 353–55

  Green River Task Force, 194–95, 199

  Gritzmacher, Gary, 169, 173, 203

  Guffie, Debra Ann, 277, 288, 349–50, 352, 355, 371

  assault on, 174–76, 177–78, 180, 214, 215, 217–19, 221–22, 302, 317, 325

  assault trial testimony of, 251–57, 326

  Maulsby interviews of, 217–19, 257–58

  murder trial testimony of, 324–27

  Gutierrez, Alex, 148

  Hackney, Duane, 370

  Haggins Oaks Golf Course, 177–80

  Hagland, Bill, 265

  Hagmaier, Bill, 199–200

  hair, cut, 44–45, 56, 77, 84, 86–87, 91–92, 150, 212, 320, 353

  hair evidence, 86, 220–21, 223, 228, 230, 269, 281, 287, 329, 331–32, 360, 361, 365, 369, 371

  Harriman, Cliffe, 361–62

  Hatch, Mike, 194–96, 264–66, 272–73

  Heedick, Lora Renee, 136–39, 160, 204, 283, 303, 306–7, 318, 348–51, 355

  clothing of, 72, 88, 259–61

  Driggers’s testimony on, 338–42

  missing persons case of, 101–5

  postmortem of, 72

  Hendershon, Hector, 246–48

  Hicks, Walter, 62–63

  Higgins, Nicole, 144–46, 153–54, 158

  Higgins, Steve, 144–46, 153, 156–57, 158, 160

  “Hillside Strangler,” 280

  Holloman, Joyce, 75–76

  Hood Franklin Road, 28–31, 49, 54

  Hummel, Penny, 256

  Hunter, Robert, 372

  I-5 Investigative Tip Sheet, 140–41, 169, 180, 203

  I-5 task force, 162, 165–66, 204

  Biondi and, 169–73

  interdepartmental infighting, 85–86, 96–97

  Interstate 5 (I-5), 54

  June, Renee, 74

  jurisdiction, 52, 167, 316, 317, 351, 354–55, 370

  Kearns, Jack, 10

  Kelly, Leo J., 10–13, 239–40, 243–44

  Kibbe, Denise, 243

  Kibbe, Harriet, 119–22, 135, 205–9, 235, 250, 260, 272, 282, 292–93, 298–99, 300–301, 303–7, 322, 343

  current activities of, 372

  description of, 113

  health of, 314

  Jack Kibbe, Sr. on, 241–43

  at landfill dump, 310–12

  marriage of, 114–17, 126–33, 206, 229, 232, 237–38, 308, 310, 315

  Pursel on, 236–38

  Redman on, 231–32

  Roger Kibbe’s meetings with, 307–9, 313–15

  suicide contemplated by, 130–31

  surveillance of, 212–16, 220

  Kibbe, Jonathan “Jack,” Jr., 210, 238, 242–43, 296

  Kibbe, Jonathan “Jack,” Sr., 210, 238, 239, 240–42, 243–44, 245, 247, 298, 373

  Kibbe, Julie, 130–32

  Kibbe, Lorraine, 209–10, 239, 240–41, 243–44, 245, 247, 315, 373

  Kibbe, Marjorie, 231–32, 245

  Kibbe, Roger Reece:

  assault arrest of, 207–8, 215, 237

  assault sentencing of, 257

  assault trial of, 251–57, 308–9

  Bertocchini on, 121–22, 125, 204–5, 262, 343

  Biondi on, 121–22, 266–67

  blood type of, 278

  cars of, 121, 130, 136–37, 207, 269, 276, 282, 284, 300, 308, 311, 321–23, 325, 328, 331, 333, 339, 348–49, 356, 362–65, 369, 372

  childhood of, 209–10, 240–41, 243–44, 245, 247–48, 268, 373

  confession to Dougherty by, 368

  confession to Harriet Kibbe by, 307–9, 310

  confession to Sanders by, 373

  criminal background of, 120, 122, 228, 239, 245–46

  criminal signature of, 317–18, 356–57

  current activities of, 373

  description of, 63–64, 100, 139

  disappearance of, 126–33

  guilty verdict for, 366

  Harriet Kibbe’s meetings with, 307–9, 313–15

  interrogations of, 113–14, 117–19, 203, 222–30

  marriage of, 114–17, 126–33, 206, 229, 232, 237–38, 308, 310, 315

  Maulsby interviews of, 266–69, 271–72, 276–77, 282–84, 291–95, 304–7, 309

  murder arrest of, 289, 292, 295, 298, 300, 310

  murder trial of, 315–37, 338–68

  in phone conversations with Steve Kibbe, 293–95, 297–99

  after police questioning, 205–10

  as prime suspect, 140, 169, 203, 210, 252–53, 258

  profile of, 42, 52–54, 76–77, 196,
198–200

  Redman interview about, 231–32

  Reed interviews of, 301–7, 309–10

  with Sabrah and Anselmi, 59–62

  San Diego polygraph of, 244–46, 318–19

  sentencing of, 366–67

  “Social Evaluation” of, 318–19

  suicide threats of, 250, 295, 298, 315, 326–27

  surveillance of, 212–16, 219–20

  as suspect in Contra Costa County missing persons case, 114, 119–20, 122, 134, 203, 233–36

  as teenager, 9–13, 239, 243, 296, 304, 318

  traffic violation by, 99–101

  unidentified victims of, 262, 270, 313

  Watson interviews of, 291–93, 299–301

  Kibbe, Steve, 125, 127, 207–10, 228, 230, 236, 282, 309, 315, 343–44

  advice of, 114, 121, 301

  award presented to, 209–10, 241

  Bertocchini and Rosenquist interview with, 289, 295–97

  current activities of, 372–73

  and Kibbe’s suicide threats, 131, 326

  Kibbe’s visits to, 115, 118–19, 131–32, 237–38, 313

  Maulsby interview of, 249–51, 268

  in phone conversations with Kibbe, 293–95, 297–99

  Kibbe, Susan, 210, 240, 245

  King County Department of Public Safety, 193–94

  King County Medical Examiner’s Office, 265, 275

  Kissinger, Dennis, 221, 322–23

  Kohn, Phil, 317, 319–20, 322, 324, 326–27, 334–37, 340–45, 347–49, 353–59, 364–66, 372

  closing argument of, 364–66

  opening statement of, 357

  Kolpacoff, Tom, 317, 320, 330–32, 334–36, 360, 362

  Lee, Angelica, 74

  Leonard, Eric Royce (“Thrill Killer”), 370

  Lindbergh, Charles, 247

  Locard Exchange Principle, 280

  Lytle, Alice A., 251–52, 256–57

  Machen, Harry:

  Brown missing persons case investigated by, 25–33, 43

  Finch investigation by, 153–54

  on surveillance, 212–13

  Macris, Tom, 66

  McCrone Associates, 328, 332–33

  McCullough, Jeanne, 251–56

  Majors, James David, 369

  Maple, Jerry, 210

  “Married with Children,” 373

  Maulsby, Kay, 109–12, 211, 269, 278–79, 297, 339, 369

  Anselmi interviews by, 168–69, 216–17

  appointed to I-5 task force, 162, 165–69

  Bell and, 111–12

  in consultation with Vice, 173–74

  in discussion with McCullough, 252–53, 256

 

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