She was a totally non-violent person, so alive, a source told the Santa Maria Times in a January 1980 article. [6], Patricia Marie Laney I was messed up, he said, as tears formed in his eyes. SEAL BEACH (*2 unsolved murders) Cindy Van Cott, age 24, March 30, 1980 Van Cott, a young factory worker who lived in Santa Ana, was last seen alive at about 11 p.m. March 29, when she left a . State and federal authorities interviewed hundreds of people, but no evidence has ever conclusively linked any suspects. Ive been waiting 30 minutes. Actually, Yanikian had been waiting considerably longer than that. Gray chased after him and shot him. As Carlson recalls, Han had patients from all over the country, especially in response to the AIDS epidemic. Clarence Gray ranks as one of the great villains in Santa Barbara history, yet few people know his name. On Dec. 30, 1979, Debra Manning and Robert Offerman were killed in Goleta, near Santa Barbara. In 1880, Gray again sought his partys nomination for District Attorney. But Tramel asked: Have you ever killed a deer with your bare hands? Copyright 2023 Santa Barbara Independent, Inc. Reproduction of material from any Independent.com pages without written permission is strictly prohibited. [16] On May 14, 1980, Christiansen was sentenced to 25 years to life for the murder of Laura Benjamin, and 9 years for the attempted murder of Lydia Preston. Its believed that the Golden State Killer would sometimes call his victims homes pretending he had called a wrong number. A guide to Santa Barbara's philanthropic community. The family initially settled in Inglewood, California, and then moved to Solvang, where his father, Nis, ran a restaurant. A year later, the crimes moved south to Santa Barbara County. Mike: Well, they told me they had a boat, and they told me they were into astrology. In 1880, Graya charismatic, if frightening, force within Santa Barbaras Republican Partyactually shot and killed the editor of the Santa Barbara Press in broad daylight on State Street. The hiker led the way up a dry wash, and Ganner soon found the second skull. Relis recalled Han telling him how his parents sneaked out late at night, armed only with flashlights and minimal medical equipment, to treat peasants living nearby. At his home in Carpinteria, Korb recalls telling Barry, Man, you've got to check this out., The stark desert site where the Bermans' remains were found; Credit: Photo by Doug Kari. A lot of suffering patients will be without their Henry, said Cathy McNease, an herbalist and acupuncturist who worked with Han in the early 1990s. It made me upset. As it turned out, the gun used in all three murders was a .38-caliber pistol (some sources say it was a .45-caliber gun) that had been purchased in October 1980. Michael Stephensons body was found in the gazebo at Alameda Park, where he had been stabbed 16 times and had his throat cut with sufficient force to sever his spinal cord. Desert campers who hung out with the couple the day they vanished had no clue that Barry was heir apparent to a vast fortune. His father sparked more outrage when he bought much of Runyon Canyon and razed its historic San Patrizio mansion in order to avoid paying taxes. His student visa expired. Eventually, they worked things out. At the time of the killings, his wife, a doctor, had been suffering from severe dementia for seven years, and the once-wealthy family was now destitute. Armenians and Greeks, Bullies and Editors, Teen Soldiers and Homeless. His political reporting was said to be terse, pointed, and fearless., In hindsight, it seems inevitable that Glancey and Gray would come to blows. Barry, who owned a sailboat and sometimes navigated the Pacific coastline, talked about sailing alone to New Zealand. But the brook that sometimes trickled across Refugio Road had become a raging torrent, and Laura and her VW were swept downstream and slammed into a bridge. It just leaves our lives completely empty., Despite finding the remains, the Inyo County Sheriff's Office, hampered by lack of funds, shelved the investigation a decision the couple's friend Pauline Colbert calls a monumental fuck-up. Retired deputy Boyer says, I was bummed out.. In Santa Barbara, California, the fascinating and tumultuous life of the rich Capwells around who gravitate other families, from the Lockridges, the rival family, to the Andrades or the Perkins, more modest families but which destinies know the same torments. Her ex-husband, former L.A. firefighter Wes Westerman, now retired in the San Juan Islands, remains bitter about her radical awakening, complaining, She met people who brought in drugs. Everybody loved him, he said. Nadine Courtney, a beauty blogger and former Newlyweds reality TV star, told the Associated Press via email Saturday that she is Haobshs sister. Make it a habit to search newspaper archives whenever you add someone to your family tree. He moved out of his parents' house, dropped out of school, and began working as a gas station attendant. Santa Barbaras New State Street Hotel Opens, Santa Barbara Supes Approve 94 Transitional Cabins, Downed Eucalyptus Temporarily Shuts Down Hwy. [5][9], On August 20, 1979, Christiansen was charged with the murder of Laura Benjamin. When Henry Han was shot to death last week, nearly 200 patients suddenly found themselves without their doctor. It was the last time they were seen alive. In 1873, Gray sought the Republican Party nomination for District Attorney and came within seven votes of winning. The paperunder a previous editorhad described Gray as a blatherskite and brazen-faced demagogue and hoodlum. In 1876, Gray beat up William Russell, editor of The Index, another publication, leaving his head a bloody mess. Lyman and Charlene Smith were murdered in their Ventura home in March 1980. And new location? Bringing together non-profits with an audience of affluent donors. Over the years, roughly 79,967 of those murders were solved, leaving more than 48,000 unsolved murders in California. Han pursued both these projects on Wednesdays, the one day of the week he did not work at the Herb Clinic. Site by Lucas recently told the Weekly, Foul play was in the back of my mind. The sergeant even ordered his team to roll the couple's Datsun pickup into the belly of the CH-47 so it could be flown to the high-desert town of Bishop for examination. Domingos was your all-American high school student. And the forensics team found an item of spine-chilling significance: a handcuff key. He was held in a Santa Barbara County jail on $500,000 bond. A federal prosecutor told the Weekly that the double murder didn't happen in her jurisdiction, so it wasn't up to her to act on it. Yanikian was found guilty of murder and received a life sentence. A nightmare beyond a nightmare.. She miraculously survived. On January 27, 1973, in his Biltmore cottage, Yanikian sat down to lunch with two senior diplomats from the Turkish consulate. The following day, he was charged with the attempted murder of Lydia Preston. In 1943, she was arrested in Santa Barbara for underage drinking and sent home to Massachusetts on a train. Barry and Louise's remains were found seven rugged miles above the Palm Spring campground it's unlikely they hiked in, given that Louise had a sore ankle. Williams recently drove to the federal prison in Tucson, Arizona, and met with Pepe. There is no chance for parole. Use this page here to login for your Independent subscription. She had. [3][4][5], Jacqueline Ann Rook Search the newspapers of all the areas you know they lived or spent time in for things such as work or school. Tom Ganner, the new campground host, called the sheriff on his two-way radio. Not much is known about Frederick, but online searches show he founded the now-defunct oil company Cal Tech International Inc. and was an ex-CIA agent of Jordanian descent. Soon after Yanikians conviction, 40 Turkish diplomats were gunned down around the world. However, details revealed on zodiackiller.com indicate a connection, concluding that the Domingos-Edwards tragedy has the Zodiacs fingerprints all over it.. Former sheriff's deputy Boyer says, Pepe has skated and skated and skated. He pleaded guilty to 13 murders, including those of four Santa Barbara County residents, and dozens of sexual assaults and burglaries in the 1970s and 1980s Thursday, November 10 , 2022, 2:55 pm . [4][17], To the prosecution's surprise, when the trial began on May 28, 1980, Christiansen pleaded guilty to all three counts of murder. She had alabaster skin and light blue eyes that contrasted with her black hair. There was no sign of Louise's wedding ring or Barry's silver belt buckle, unique pieces that Korb, the jewelry maker at El Capitan, had handcrafted. The Isla Vista Juggling Festival has been held annually in her memory since 1977, and is still active as of 2019. Zodiackiller.com, however, points to another manRichard Gaikowski, a former Bay Area newspaper reporterwho died in 2004. Tramel thought to bring along Kurtzmans 10-inch hunting knife, the blade blackened in the flame of a eucalyptus candle. Jim Zemaitis of Santa Maria-based Overland Security said his father, Bruno Zemaitis, a security guard and amateur sleuth, briefly investigated Shorts death. The Domingos and Edwards murders are just two of the 26 cold cases in Santa Barbara County, some of which are believed to have been committed by infamous serial killers. The citation noted that Christiansen had a .22 caliber pistol in his car, which was confiscated by the police. On Nov. 20, 1986, nearly a year after the couple vanished, Inyo County Sheriff's investigators Randy Nixon and Marston Mottweiler asked Pepe for a meeting. Once, he beat a priest senseless. Their excursion to Saline Valley was meant as a make-up trip: They'd visit Death Valley and tour Scotty's Castle to see its exquisite ironwork. When something comes up, I always want to help.. They also plan to erect electronic billboards nationwide with information on the crimes in order to encourage the public to come forward with information. Given the circumstances of her death, Shorts murder became sensational, and she was given the name Black Dahlia. He'd been having an affair, his marriage was in trouble and, he'd said, the stress was building and building., Pepe admitted that he had visited Saline Valley around New Year's but claimed not to remember where he camped. On both Monday and Tuesday, Haobsh had reportedly walked into Hans Santa Barbara Herb Clinic across from La Cumbre Plaza, bypassed the front desk, and said in a brusque, dismissive manner, Henry knows who I am. Han was last seen alive at 10 p.m. Tuesday night, and Yu and Emily at 7 p.m. that night, according to Brown. Unlike some herbalists and acupuncture practitioners who saw themselves as distinct from traditional Western medicine, he practiced an East-West blend of practices. Lucas found the skull jauntily arranged atop a picnic table with flowers in its eye sockets and a patch of moss for a hairpiece. Zepeda was transported to the Santa Barbara County Jail and booked for Homicide (felony) and Robbery (felony). Name index of death index created by the California Department of Health Services, Vital Statistics Section in Sacramento. In 1874, when Judge Pablo de la Guerra died, Gray was one of 12 pallbearers who carried the coffin through a crowd of 2,000 mourners. When funding for the movie deal collapseddone in, it would turn out, by actions of the State Department and the Shah of IranYanikian began searching for a Plan B. Copyright Santa Maria Sun. He was fined $20. Advertising disclosure: We may receive compensation for some of the links in our stories. Police also believe he was responsible for a slew of burglaries in neighborhoods where the rapes occurred. Four suspects convicted; one trial pending. Have you ever felt a knife go through a human head?, In his confession, Kurtzman talked about flashes in his head, blood pulsing in his ears, and panic that gang members were crawling into the gazebo. For the past 30 years, Hana skilled, quietly charismatic, and by all accounts brilliant herbal doctorhad treated roughly 13,000 people, many confronting serious health challenges such as cancer, osteoporosis, and hepatitis. He had invited them to reclaim a painting stolen from the Turkish sultanate more than 100 years ago. None of this mattered, however, on the evening of August 4, 1985, when Stephenson became the victim of the most lethal panic attack in Santa Barbara history. Camacho pled guilty to murder in the second degree on Jan. 20, 2023 and is set to be sentenced on Mar. However, in 2011, advanced DNA testing confirmed that these four victims were also killed by EAR/ONS. Han, his older sister, and his parents were exiled to a re-education camp in the rural outposts of western China. This put wealthy, beautiful Santa Barbara in the crosshairs of the emerging homeless rights movement. That night, Stephenson was in his sleeping bag on the floor of the gazebo, listening to music on his boom box, when two 17-year-old military prep school studentsJames Tramel and David Kurtzmanstumbled upon him. On June 18, 1980, Christiansen was sentenced to life in a maximum security prison. Short would dress in all black and wear a black flower in her hair. In January 1983, as an Alaskan storm pounded California, Louise's daughter, Laura, 19 and pretty like her mother, decided to drive her VW fastback up the mountain to see her mom. [20], Patricia Laney has become a prominent symbol for groups that advocate against violence to women in the Santa Barbara/Goleta/Isla Vista area. He added that bruises were on Domingos fist, indicating that he may have fought his attacker, although police werent able to confirm this. Bobby was always thoughtful.. She was working as a secretary and living with her teenage daughter, Laura, in Goleta. Thirty years later, the FBI, in conjunction with police from Contra Costa and Sacramento counties, announced in June a national campaign to identify the killer. More victims followed. Dr. Henry . Domingos was three years older than him.His cousin said he looked up to Domingos. But political activist Selma Rubin, later dubbed the Mother of Earth Day, forced Berman's plan onto the ballot. He wasnt passionate about the case, but it upset him that they didnt get back to him.. 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Santa Barbara County, California April 18, 1965 - February 28, 1992 Stabbed in neck Note: An earlier version of this story said Mary Sullivan gave birth in Barry Berman's cottage. It was national news when Santa Barbara lawyers won a case before the Supreme Court allowing those with no fixed abode to register to vote. Tramel and Kurtzman were tried as adults, found guilty, and sent away for a long time. Sullivan even gave birth to her daughter in one of the cottages as Barry looked on. There were no children, a source of significant friction. Dan Lucas from the Inyo County Sheriff's Office began scouring the area. It screwed me up. Retired Inyo County Sheriff's deputy Leon Boyer, who has lived with the baffling case for three decades, today says, You can't commit a homicide and get away with it.. Gnesa was a part of the party that found the bodies of Domingos and Edwards. Glancey stumbled into the Morris Hotel at State and Haley and collapsed in the reading room. Surrounded by large gardens and situated on a seven-acre avocado ranch, the familys hillside Mediterranean-style home is not visible from the main road below. The bullet struck one of Glanceys wrists, broke both bones, entered his stomach, and blew a hole through him. Domingos cousin, who didnt want to be identified for this story, is now in his 70s and lives in Lompoc. On May 26, 1979, the decomposed body of Laura Benjamin, 22, was found in a drainage culvert near Big Tujunga Dam. But their happiness was soon shattered. Craycraft even flew to Cambodia when Pepe was arrested, but sources tell the Weekly he refused to talk to her about Saline Valley. He married an American citizen, but the marriage didnt last. Yet Pepe revealed the fact that Barry was an experienced boater and navigator. It was surreal, she recalls. There were people coming and going at all hours of the night.. Instead, Yanikian yanked out his Luger, secreted in a hollowed-out copy of Whos Who in the West, and fired nine rounds at the diplomats. The Weekly obtained a copy of the transcript of that meeting, which reveals that the Marine captain's life wasn't so square-edged after all. [6], Mary Ann Sarris Days after they went missing, the bodies of Domingos and Edwards were found hidden in a ramshackle shed near a remote stretch of Gaviota Beach. Kathy Neely, who taught Emily for two years during preschool at the Waldorf School of Santa Barbara, remembers her as strong-willed, courageous, and having a joyful personality. She loved to play, Neely said. According to Carlson, Han had been buying large quantities of hemp in China and shipping it to Burma, where it was processed into CBD-rich oils and other products. Over time, Hans practice grew. Neither Frederick Smith nor Courtney responded to questions from The Santa Barbara Independent. At his Forest Lawn funeral, 350 Armenian rights activists gathered to honor his crime. On September 25, 1880, Gray confronted Glancey on State Street, demanding to know if he had written the article condemning his nomination. Zemaitis mother waited on her occasionally at the diner. Any number of people could be a suspect, Zemaitis said. Although they began as roommates in Barry's seaside cottage, Korb recalls how one day he saw Louise playfully grab Barry's balls and realized that the two had become intimate. For the first time in 35 years, Congress has just now passed a resolution acknowledging the genocide of the Armenians. Louise Berman turned 52 five days before she and her husband set out for the desert on Jan. 3, 1986. When asked whether he could hear from his position behind protective glass, he said, Yes, I can. When asked if, at prosecutors request, he agreed to postpone his arraignment by two weeks, he said, Yes, I do.. She was last seen on November 20, 1976. Weekly Poll After serving nine years in prison, he was transferred to a care facility, a sick old man. Years later, after Louise found her soul mate in Barry, a fellow spiritual seeker, the couple received a generous wedding gift: In May 1981, Jules Berman bought property for Barry high above the ocean on exclusive Refugio Road near Santa Barbara. Richard Martinez, whose son Christopher was murdered during the UC Santa Barbara shooting massacre, sat down with Peter Rodger, the father of the gunman. Trew Knowledge. the state of California in the 1970s and 1980s, killing at . According to Bruce Albert, a Bureau of Land Management ranger who drove through that day, about 50 travelers were camping at Lower Warm Springs, whose waters fed an oasis of palm trees and hot tubs. In recent years, Han started branching out into new medical and business opportunities. Realizing the men were still alive, he pulled out another handguna Browningand shot both in the head twice. His mother was a talented ob-gyn, and his father was a dermatologist; medical practitioners went back in the Han family for many generations. The killer is suspected in at least eight killings and some 40 rapes that took place from 1979 to 1986 in Santa Barbara, Sacramento, Ventura and Orange counties. The body of. Both came from messed-up families. Carlson and Han established a lasting friendship as well as medical relationship. The Santa Barbara County Psychological Association has created a list of therapists offering free or reduced-cost sessions for anyone affected by the murders. Preston jumped out of the car and made it to the hospital; the bullet was removed and she recovered. Not so much anymore. The death of Short remains one of Los Angeles oldest unsolved murders. Han graduated from medical school, and in the early 1980s he became aware that two post-graduate positions opened up at UCSBs psychology department. Martinez hopes the incident will shed. The Investigation, and the Legacy of Dr. Henry Han, Pierre Haobsh, 26, spoke only twice Tuesday in Judge Raimundo Montes De Ocas courtroom. Once, he recalls how Domingos had a brush with death when he accidentally shot himself in the lip with a .22 bullet, the same kind of gun that would end his life just a few years later. All this was just getting off the ground when Tramel and Kurtzman murdered Stephenson. District Attorney Joyce Dudley will make that decision at a later date. We were pretty sure he's the guy. But they had no bodies yet, and no evidence. Haobshs arraignment was postponed due to Dozer, Ladinig, and Montez taking issue with the Public Defenders Office having obtained a weekend order from Judge James Herman to meet with Haobsh in County Jail before he had requested an attorney. Santa Barbara may be paradise, but its inhabitants have been killing each other in ways mundane and spectacular since the days of Adam and Eve. He played football, lived on a family ranch on Drum Canyon Road, and was handsome, mechanically inclined, and a man anyone would like to have as his or her friend. That they intended to bag a Mexican became utterly beside the point. Blondes, Brunettes and Burlesque at Peek-A-View, Hakeem Rowe Talks Insane Career Arc and His Departure From No Jumper, ASTN is Happier Than Ever about his newest release Be So Cruel, RealestK Isnt Nearly As Toxic As TikTok Is, Erykah Badu Drops That Badu Cannabis Line, Best HHC Products to Elevate Your Cannabis Experience, CA Legal Cannabis Faces Its Biggest Blizzard Yet, Understanding The Possible Allergies To Hemp Oil. Two decades had passed when, in 2006, the retired Marine was arrested and accused of being a vicious child rapist in Cambodia. During the tumultuous and freewheeling years of the late 1960s and early 1970s in the San Francisco Bay Area, a killer emerged. But his brutal murder at the hands of a cadet at Northwestern Preparatory School here on Aug. 4--the second killing of a transient here in nine months--has become a symbol in an ongoing battle . Theyve entered the annals of American crime lore, and have been the subject of Hollywood movies, countless books and articles, and the obsessions of numerous sleuths whove attempted to solve the crimes. His father, liquor importer Jules Berman, became known as Mr. Lucas, Mottweiler, Ganner and the hiker drove up the Corridor for miles, beyond where most of the searching took place in 1986. I quickly took care of that, he says. Alex Murdaugh's defense attorneys will deliver their closing arguments in his murder trial on Wednesday as they seek to raise reasonable doubt about whether he killed his wife and son in 2021 . His redemption was the stuff of much media coverage. The relationship was sweet they were good partners, says Sullivan, then an El Capitan dweller and now an acupuncturist in North Fork, California. The Naval Criminal Investigative Service, which can investigate crimes involving Marine Corps personnel, began working on the case, and lead NCIS investigator Cheryl Craycraft dogged Michael Pepe. When Glancey said he had, Gray pulled out a pistol and tried to shoot him. Domingos cousin recalls massive funerals for the couple. By 11:30 p.m., Sheriffs detectives had launched a suspicious-death investigation, which led them to the San Diego suburb of Bonsall. He came alone, hung around, ogled at girls with no clothes on and had a sexual motivation.. Christiansen also said he killed his victims, took them to a secluded place, unclothed them, and sexually explored their bodies. Last Wednesday, Hahn had an appointment to meet his partners in one of these ventures. Since Han set up shop in Santa Barbara in the 1980s, there was never anything the least bit woo-woo or New Age about the medicine he practiced. Another three days passed before a deputy ran the license plate on the Datsun truck. Then, in a narrow side channel of the wash, which easily could have been overlooked, the men discovered a grave-sized pile of rocks. He'd spent years building the nationally known Kahlua Collection an awe-inspiring number of pre-Columbian burial effigies by cutting deals with relic hunters. Section #1. 7:27PM @ 676 Circle Dr. Park responsibly and bring" He marked the spot with a cairn and carried the skull to camp. A California man convicted of killing a Santa Barbara County family, including its 5-year-old daughter, will serve life in prison, a judge ruled Friday. On May 22, 1977, the remains of Mary Sarris, 19, were discovered in a remote area near Los Alamos Canyon. 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