In 1980, an unknown assailant abducted 19-year old Kym Morgan from a Los Angeles discotheque. But before he became known as the Zodiac Killer, he may have honed his proficiency with the 1963 killings of Domingos and Edwards in Santa Barbara County. 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. Bobby was always thoughtful.. They were young adults who had dreams and aspirations. One of the most notorious, and perhaps gruesome, murders connected to Santa Barbara County is that of Elizabeth Short, whose nude body was found in Leimert Park, Los Angeles, in 1947. Thank you for supporting LA Weekly and our advertisers. 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. 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. 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 point being, the more things change, the more they dont. Neighbors in the nearby Forte Ranch condominium community watched two and then 11 more law enforcement cars (among them forensics and Department of Justice criminalists) wind up the Hans driveway that evening. 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. -1 Likes, 0 Comments - Santa Barbara HS Young Life (@sbdonsyounglife) on Instagram: "MURDER MYSTERY CLUB TONIGHT!!! Santa Barbara Jugglers Association & Club Jugglers at UCSB, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Thor_Nis_Christiansen&oldid=1138542881, My Favorite Murder Podcast, Episode 27 "Your Hometown Murder Email Round-up", This page was last edited on 10 February 2023, at 06:57. Authorities believe he could still be alive. Its believed that the Golden State Killer would sometimes call his victims homes pretending he had called a wrong number. That was not something we were interested in. Minutes later, he shot her in the ear. The birth took place in a nearby cottage. Han graduated from medical school, and in the early 1980s he became aware that two post-graduate positions opened up at UCSBs psychology department. Deputy Boyer tells the Weekly that thinking like a deviant led him to conclude that a perpetrator had hobbled the Bermans in the desert by removing their shoes. She was working as a secretary and living with her teenage daughter, Laura, in Goleta. 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. Ive been waiting 30 minutes. Actually, Yanikian had been waiting considerably longer than that. When Glancey said he had, Gray pulled out a pistol and tried to shoot him. If you believe an Independent.com user or any material appearing on Independent.com is copyrighted material used without proper permission, please click here. There is no chance for parole. The two investigators pressed him, and Pepe eventually said, Oh hell, I might have gone to the peace [sign] that day. Pepe said he didn't remember if he was on foot or in his truck, saying, I think I went off um checking up whatever area it was., Deputy Leon Boyers sketch of Mike the Marine; Credit: Photo by Doug Kari, Asked if he'd brought up the idea of a threesome at the camp, he responded, I do recall conversations like that coming up., An investigator said, Perhaps you had put feelers out towards the Bermans to see if they would be willing to participate in such an activity? The Marine responded, I don't think that's true.. She had been missing since December 6, 1976. 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. At the time, he was described as a white male with blond hair and in good physical condition, articulate, well dressed, and clean-cut. Gray chased after him and shot him. Korb says the property was so remote that when he brought Mike Love of The Beach Boys to visit the couple, Love's vintage Rolls-Royce, leaking oil and straining up their corkscrew road, caught fire. In a 2008 blog post, Courtney said their mother, Nancy Berchtold Haobsh, 55, had died from lymphatic cancer. All rights reserved. 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. Also, the victims were shot and killed with a .22 caliber semi-automatic gun. With an eerie noir atmosphere, Shorts murder became a popular subject of books and films, and it even inspired the name of a heavy metal band. There were people coming and going at all hours of the night.. On May 22, 1977, the remains of Mary Sarris, 19, were discovered in a remote area near Los Alamos Canyon. If the Golden State Killer is still alive, police believe he is somewhere in the range of 60 to 75 years old. But as retired deputy Boyer recently said, it's not that unusual for people to take off into the desert and never come back.. I saw results within a week, he said. It focused on the citys ordinance against camping or sleeping outside. 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. The Marine captain seemed an unlikely suspect. The following day, he was charged with the attempted murder of Lydia Preston. Then, in a narrow side channel of the wash, which easily could have been overlooked, the men discovered a grave-sized pile of rocks. "[15], During the trial, a psychiatric evaluation of Christiansen revealed he suffered from an "intermittent explosive disorder," a paranoid personality, chronic drug use, and necrophilia. She was a totally non-violent person, so alive, a source told the Santa Maria Times in a January 1980 article. For them, Han provided a one-two punch of psychological comfort and medical relief. The man known as Mike the Marine also went off and, upon his return to the springs later that day, gave one female camper the creeps by asking if she was interested in threesomes. Powered by WordPress VIP. Zemaitis remembers his fathers frustration about the FBIs inaction after contacting the agency regarding Shorts time in Santa Barbara County. Hans mother encountered high rates of ovarian cancer in the women she treated, becoming a pioneering expert in the disease. Her death was by murder, as she had been stabbed multiple times in the face and once in the neck and later decapitated with the sawing motion of a blade. A front-page photo in the Jan. 24, 1983, Santa Barbara News-Press showed Laura's car marooned with its roof torn open. Charges filed against Haobsh name special circumstancesincluding premeditation, lying in wait, and murder for financial gainwhich may make him eligible for the death penalty or life in prison without parole. 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. Soon buttons began appearing bearing the words: Oh no, my friend, oh no.. That morning, Henry Han had missed a Los Angeles business meeting and wasnt answering phone calls, prompting two colleagues to visit his home. If they did, I could shoot a German delicatessen owner and have witnesses say I was justified.. Michael Westerman, Louise Berman's son; Credit: Photo by Doug Kari. But their happiness was soon shattered. The hiker led the way up a dry wash, and Ganner soon found the second skull. In his possession was a loaded 9mm and property that detectives believe belonged to the Hans, said Brown. The next day, Jan. 6, Casey, Snyder and their buddy Mark Muscio drank coffee spiked with Kahlua and rode off on Yamaha dirt bikes, following a ragged set of tracks called the Eureka-Saline Corridor, which leads to Eureka Valley and some of North America's tallest sand dunes. [6], Patricia Marie Laney Peter Cacavas . Han graduated from medical school in Beijing, where he grew up. When Gray moved to Santa Barbara in 1870, he was described as reckless, unscrupulous, audacious, brilliant, enterprising, and witty. An attorney by profession, Gray represented clients who were described as gamblers, members of the sporting set, and habitus of saloons. In less than 10 years, Gray himself was arrested more than 20 times, mostly for fighting. News: Los Padres National Forest controlled burns, The following article was posted on October 27th, 2016, in the Santa Maria Sun - Volume 17, Issue 34, The following articles were printed from Santa Maria Sun [santamariasun.com] - Volume 17, Issue 34. Domingos was 18 and Edwards was 17. [3][4][5], Jacqueline Ann Rook Barry, who had chosen ironworking as his craft, settled into one of three weathered cottages on the El Capitan land overlooking the ocean. Yet Pepe revealed the fact that Barry was an experienced boater and navigator. An Eagle Scout, he had told Tramel earlier that night that he knew about gutting a deer. 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. Also in the tub were Casey's friend Greg Snyder and a military man, Mike the Marine. The Bermans talked about wanting to visit Indian ruins, Snyder says. Former sheriff's deputy Boyer says, Pepe has skated and skated and skated. As hope of finding the couple alive faded, Jules Berman formed a dark theory about their fate. Jules Berman also sprang into action, arranging his own plane to bring in a group of family and friends, then returning to Saline Valley in a Winnebago to join a private search party. 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. On Nov. 12, 1988, a hiker stumbled upon a human skull. When they heard sounds from the gazebo, they went to investigate. Back in California, he formally joined Radha Soami, pledging to follow the Path of avegetarian diet, moral behavior, daily meditation and abstinence from drugs and alcohol. The two were sweethearts. Camacho pled guilty to murder in the second degree on Jan. 20, 2023 and is set to be sentenced on Mar. No one saw Barry and Louise that day. On Wednesday evening, March 23, authorities discovered all three wrapped in clear plastic and duct taped in the garage of their 4640 Greenhill Way home near Goleta. Recently, in the doorway of her desert trailer home, the woman told the Weekly that she saw Mike the Marine return down the Corridor in his pickup that afternoon. The NCIS, the Los Angeles U.S. Attorney's Office and Inyo County Sheriff's Office all knew and shared with one another the fact that Pepe had been the key suspect in an old double murder, but they never went public with it. Although the anticipated response to this statement would be one of skepticism, let me say that we do not make this assertion frivolously, the press release stated. Memorials for family and friends who have lost family and friends to murder. Even though it wasnt Hans discipline, he crammed nonstop for two solid weeks, took the tests, and qualified for one of the openings. Then more teams descended, not to mention helicopters from the Navy, Army and California Highway Patrol. In the early 1940s, before her grisly murder in Los Angeles, Short spent a considerable amount of time in Santa Barbara County. He was always an elected delegate at Republican Party conventions. CBD is also found in marijuana, but in hemp, the levels of THCthe compound that gets users stonedare sufficiently low enough to be legal in the United States. The suspect was identified as Gabriel Jose Zepeda, a 46-year-old transient that was arrested without incident. When asked if he met any couples there, he answered, There's couples up there all the time. Shown pictures of the Bermans, he responded, The guy looks somewhat familiar. Asked if he talked to them in the hot tub, he said, I don't know.. Camper Brian Casey tells the Weekly that a small pickup pulled up that evening, its headlights shining into the hot tub, and soon Barry and Louise, conspicuous because they wore swimsuits, climbed in. Panic, his attorney later argued, is simply not murder.. Nadine came from a traditional Circassian-Middle Eastern family, reads her online biography. When Henry Han was shot to death last week, nearly 200 patients suddenly found themselves without their doctor. The deaths of Domingos and Edwards are more than just a grim footnote in Californias history. On Jan. 5, 1986, Barry and Louise drove through the tiny outpost of Panamint Springs, and about 20 miles later left the pavement for a 50-mile dirt road trek into Saline Valley. The dirt bike riders cooperated with authorities and provided the Weekly with photos date-stamped Jan 1986 showing they rode the Corridor to Eureka Valley and back on Yamaha bikes that didn't have foot pegs to carry passengers. In our heart of hearts, we know he had not committed an act of murder, one speaker proclaimed. When State Supreme Court stopped the election, Theodore Glancey, the new Press editor, celebrated: The nomination was disgraceful in every respect, he wrote, relieved that the good people of Santa Barbara would not endure the administration of justice by hoodlums and law-breakers., Journalism at that time was not for the faint of heart, but there was nothing fainthearted about Glancey. His father, liquor importer Jules Berman, became known as Mr. No other details wereprovided. He had invited them to reclaim a painting stolen from the Turkish sultanate more than 100 years ago. While the Domingos-Edwards murders continue to drive speculation, the case remains unsolved. He marked the spot with a cairn and carried the skull to camp. Three Murders That Made Santa Barbara Shiver Armenians and Greeks, Bullies and Editors, Teen Soldiers and Homeless by Nick Welsh | Published October 31, 2019 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. At age 77, Yanikian was known to many in Santa Barbara as a retired civil engineer, folk-dance aficionado, and man about townbut the true story of his life had been written long ago in the blood of slaughtered Armenians. To Han, it was all valuable information that could help with the diagnosis. However, his arrest came about when Lydia Preston called investigators on July 11, 1979, stating she saw her attacker at a bar in Hollywood. Similar to some of the attacks on the couples in Vallejo and Napa, the killer forced one of his victims to bind the hands of the other with pre-cut lengths of narrow rope. faces new murder charges, this time in Santa Barbara County . Thirty-six hours later, detectives developed leads that implicated Pierre Haobsh, an Oceanside resident and a business acquaintance of Han, in the murders, which authorities say were motivated by financial gain. Haobsh was recently involved in a business transaction with Mr. Han, Santa Barbara County Sheriff Bill Brown said at a Friday briefing. Eckstein, Harriet, Santa Barbara Independent, 1996. It was just the kind of guy he was.. State and federal authorities interviewed hundreds of people, but no evidence has ever conclusively linked any suspects. 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.. The bullet struck one of Glanceys wrists, broke both bones, entered his stomach, and blew a hole through him. A 2007 movie, Zodiac, directed by David Fincher and starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Robert Downey Jr., points to a man by the name of Arthur Leigh Allen, but no conclusive evidence backs up this theory. Most recently, she worked at the herb clinic. Hughes was convicted in 1980 of the three murders and sentenced to three concurrent terms of 21 years to life in prison. 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. The next day a forensics team unearthed human remains, the underwire from a bra and the waistband from a pair of underwear. A Hispanic woman's body was found on March 31, 1988 in Santiago Park, Santa Ana, Orange County, California. I had a bad feeling about him., When the various visitors broke camp, no one immediately thought to tell the authorities that the Bermans were still out there a serious oversight. Many from Lompoc High School went off to a beach on this day, June 4, 1963. The young men were jacked out of their minds on adrenaline, testosterone, and hyperactive fantasies of revenge. It was a terrible irony when flash floods in a distant desert uncovered the remains of his friends. Words were exchanged. Fingerprint records discovered by detectives showed that she had applied for work at the commissary at Camp Cooke, which is now Vandenberg Air Force Base, according to Zemaitis. I recall Emilys love of serving me delicious sand cupcakes she had prepared during outdoor play. Neely recommended grieving families light a candle to honor Emily and her parents. Louise was concerned that they were falling apart, recalls her son Michael Westerman. 101 Near La Cumbre, Housing Challenge Intensifies Between Goleta and County of Santa Barbara, Santa Barbaras New DA Gets $500,000 for Racial Disparity Analytics, Lake Cachuma Releases Expected to Contribute to Flooding in Lompoc, Giant Eucs Down at Santa Barbaras Shoreline Park, Investigation Launched After Student Is Sedated, Arrested, Isla Vista Man Charged with 26 Counts of Illegal Electronic Peeping, An evening with Peter White and Richard Elliot, Dos Pueblos Jazz Festival Jazz in Paradise, Please note this login is to submit events or press releases. It was always in the back of my mind. They were bound for the hot springs in Saline Valley, 50 miles from the nearest pavement and long a popular Mojave Desert draw for nudists and eccentrics. Louise and Barry Berman at the ashram in India known as the Dera. A kindergartener at Foothill Elementary School, Emily would have turned 6 on March 26. We worked and worked and worked.. Santa Barbara County, California April 18, 1965 - February 28, 1992 Stabbed in neck Trew Knowledge. [1] In 1979, he killed a young woman from Los Angeles. In an online video, retired Sacramento County Sheriffs Department detective Ray Biondi said he regrets not being able to solve the crimes. On the 35th anniversary of Morgan's disappearance, the FBI Most Wanted Twitter page posted an alert seeking information with a $25,000 reward for this unsolved murder. 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. She had alabaster skin and light blue eyes that contrasted with her black hair. 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. [21][22], Last edited on 10 February 2023, at 06:57, List of serial killers in the United States, "Christiansen confesses to three SB murders", "Christiansen gets life imprisonment (1/2)", "Thor Christiansen receives 27 year prison sentence", "New Plea Entered in Murder, Assault Case", "Suspect Held in Killings of Three Women Hitchhikers", "Murder defendant Thor Christiansen enters additional plea of insanity (1/2)", "Murder defendant Thor Christiansen enters additional plea of insanity (2/2)", "Christiansen trial delayed, may not occur at all", "Judge rejects diminished capacity in murder trial", "Accused Murderer Had Diminished Capacity", "Christiansen gets 25 years to life (1/2)", "Christiansen gets life imprisonment (2/2)". 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. He committed his first three murders in late 1976 and early 1977, killing young women of similar appearance from nearby Isla Vista. The Sun researched three of the most notorious unsolved cases for this story. Life was good, with Barry focusing on his ironworking business, Valley Forgeworks, and hosting satsang meetings with Louise. In addition, Han was intrigued by the prospect of deploying stem cells in the manufacture of skin-regenerating cosmetics. Their deaths are tragic and mysterious. His father, Joseph, was a career Navy man, his mother, Dorothy, a registered nurse. [13], Following a delay, on March 24, 1980, Christiansen withdrew his double plea in favor of a diminished capacity defense. The notorious "Golden State Killer" was behind serial rapes and murders across California in the 1970s and 1980s -- but decades passed before a suspect was identified. The ammunition, Winchester Western Super X copper-coated bullets, matched the bullets used in the other Zodiac murders. Police have linked the rapes and the Golden State Killers subsequent murders through DNA evidence and details of the crimes. According to Carlson, this has long been the Holy Grail of the cosmetics industry. 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. On Oct. 1, 1979, a couple from Goleta survived an attack from a man believed to be the Golden State Killer, according to a report in the Santa Maria Times. He came alone, hung around, ogled at girls with no clothes on and had a sexual motivation.. Michael Joseph Pepe handcuffed in Phnom Penh, Cambodia; Credit: AP Photo/Heng Sinith. After trackers found promising shoe prints, the National Guard took the unusual step of sending in a massive CH-47 helicopter. 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. Both were seeking admission to the national military academies West Point and the Air Force Academy. Then, using Korb's directions to a natural hot springs, they'd see Saline Valley in the Mojave. Domingos taught him how to shoot a .22 rifle. Her body was cut in half, drained of all its blood, and given a Glasgow smile, with her cheeks sliced open from ear-to-ear at the corners of her mouth. The Investigation, and the Legacy of Dr. Henry Han, Pierre Haobsh, 26, spoke only twice Tuesday in Judge Raimundo Montes De Ocas courtroom. Westerman, Louise's son from her first of four marriages, still chokes up remembering her. 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. 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. When the Press newspaper offices were destroyed in an arson fire, Gray was the chief suspect, though no charges were ever filed. Preston jumped out of the car and made it to the hospital; the bullet was removed and she recovered. Use this page here to login for your Independent subscription. 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. But political activist Selma Rubin, later dubbed the Mother of Earth Day, forced Berman's plan onto the ballot. The last attack was in 1986,. A guide to Santa Barbara's philanthropic community. Neither Frederick Smith nor Courtney responded to questions from The Santa Barbara Independent. He played football at Hueneme High School, although according to former teammate Dan Marple he was not very popular. By the time the Bermans disappeared, Pepe was on his second marriage and was aide-de-camp to a general at a Marine Corps logistics base in Barstow. Wearing a blue button-up shirt, a tie, and at times a half-smile, Haobshs tone didnt betray that, early Friday morning, he was arrested at a San Diego County gas station and charged with three counts of first-degree murder for the brutal killings of well-known herbalist Dr. Weidong Henry Han, 57; his wife, Huijie Jennie Yu, 29; and the couples daughter, Emily Han, 5. Gray moved to San Francisco, but the cataclysmic fire of 1906 destroyed his health, and he died in Sacramento one year later. Spurred by the Weekly's probe, investigator Dan Williams of the Inyo County Sheriff's Office has opened a formal homicide investigation into the Berman case. I could feel the energy of their spirits, Margolis tells the Weekly now. Lucas, Mottweiler, Ganner and the hiker drove up the Corridor for miles, beyond where most of the searching took place in 1986. . [11][12] He was scheduled to go to trial in Los Angeles on February 4, 1980, for the 1977 murder of Laura Benjamin, and in Santa Barbara on March 17, 1980, for the Isla Vista murders. Barry was our only child, the grieving Jules Berman said in a Nov. 16, 1988, Los Angeles Times article. By all accounts, Tramel was the instigator. Han had grown concerned Chinas intense pollution could prove deleterious to his plants and herbs. It was the murder of a homeless man in a city decried for its homeless laws in the county where the president lived. 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 . It was the fourth time Gray had assaulted Russell. Barry and Louise had strong spiritual grounding 'what has to be has to be,' recalls Ray Castellino, a Santa Barbara natural health care practitioner. It is mind-boggling that he committed so many crimes without a slip-up, Biondi said, adding that he still believes the killer can be brought to justice. Unlike some herbalists and acupuncture practitioners who saw themselves as distinct from traditional Western medicine, he practiced an East-West blend of practices. He told the Sun that just before his death, Domingos landed a job driving a fuel delivery truck for Atlantic Richfield oil company. [6], Mary Ann Sarris Retired deputy Leon Boyer says that Chili Bob finally radioed in on Jan. 10, five days after the Bermans were last seen in camp, to report an abandoned Datsun truck at the Palm Spring campground. More than two months later, in late December, the Santa Maria Times reported that 35-year-old Santa Maria psychologist Alexandria Manning and 44-year-old Dr. Robert Offerman were found murdered, shot multiple times, in a residence located on Avenida Pequena in Goleta. He eventually was turned over to U.S. agents and flown to Los Angeles to stand trial committing a sex crime against a minor anywhere in the world is a federal offense. SpouseParentChildSiblingFamily memberOther, Sweet James has my permission to help provide a free police report, Ciel Spa aka @CielSpaBH located the SLS Hotel i, Welcoming over 100,000 people every year, what beg, The holiday season is a time of giving! In 1873, Gray sought the Republican Party nomination for District Attorney and came within seven votes of winning. According to Inyo County Sheriff's records obtained by the Weekly, Mike the Marine said that he might've spotted the couple hiking the Corridor with backpacks a comment now considered a key admission by investigators. Their wrists were bound with drapery cord using a diamond knot, and the suspect also became known as The Diamond Knot Killer. They had families and friends. Though more than a half-century-old, the mystery of the Zodiac lingers, and police believe he could still be at large. Death finally came for a "condemned" inmate from Santa Barbara County convicted in the heinous 1980 murder of a 6 . For the first time in 35 years, Congress has just now passed a resolution acknowledging the genocide of the Armenians. LAWeekly Instagram: Featuring the culture of LA since 1978 , Relationship with the Victim* Much of her whereabouts from this time until her death are shrouded in mystery. When Ganner came to the aid of his future wife, who got a flat tire at the hot springs, he joked he was her knight in naked armor.. [10], On December 26, 1979, Christiansen entered a plea of "not guilty by reason of insanity," in addition to his previous "not guilty" plea. If anyone has new information about the murder, not previously reported to the Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Department, please contact Lt. Eric Koopmans, at (805) 681-4100, between 8:00 am. They're looking for a way to bring charges. His victims had long, straight hair, wore similar clothing, and had about the same build. He committed an act of justice. The family initially settled in Inglewood, California, and then moved to Solvang, where his father, Nis, ran a restaurant. He said he'd quit smoking, [but] he wanted to trade some canned goods for a pack of cigarettes., After the trio of dirt bikers returned, talk turned to the couple from Santa Barbara had anyone seen them that day? 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