1980 in Ventura, when Charlene Smith, 33, and her husband Lyman . 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 younger Haobsh left a scarce Internet trail (he had a Facebook page with one profile picture visible to the public). He was taken into custody at gunpoint without incident. The body of. No other details wereprovided. He was held in a Santa Barbara County jail on $500,000 bond. His bail is set at $1,000,000. Sullivan even gave birth to her daughter in one of the cottages as Barry looked on. His killer was not identified. Copyright 2023 Santa Barbara Independent, Inc. Reproduction of material from any Independent.com pages without written permission is strictly prohibited. There is some doubt about this, since the Zodiac never took credit for the murders. Man on Death Row for 1980 Killing of Isla Vista Boy Found Dead in Prison Cell. Louise Berman turned 52 five days before she and her husband set out for the desert on Jan. 3, 1986. Nadine Courtney, a beauty blogger and former Newlyweds reality TV star, told the Associated Press via email Saturday that she is Haobshs sister. However, the victims, and their families, still await justice. 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. At the time, the BLM was undertaking a controversial land-use study, and Boyer noticed a petition posted by activists at Lower Springs for visitors to sign. 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. Name index of death index created by the California Department of Health Services, Vital Statistics Section in Sacramento. LAWeekly Instagram: Featuring the culture of LA since 1978 , Relationship with the Victim* 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. Though nobody acknowledges it, the massive government response clearly was prompted by Jules Berman's political and business connections. Index includes name, sex, date and place of birth, date and county of death, father's last name, and mother's maiden name. Domingos cousin, who didnt want to be identified for this story, is now in his 70s and lives in Lompoc. 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.. Nadine came from a traditional Circassian-Middle Eastern family, reads her online biography. However, in 1972, the now-Santa Barbara County Sheriffs Office issued a press release stating that the killings were the work of the infamous serial killer. THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) Rescuers using cranes and heavy machinery on Thursday searched the wreckage of trains involved in a deadly collision that sent Greece into national mourning and . Thor Nis Christiansen Lana Clarkson Murder of Marcy Renee Conrad Jim Cook (racing driver) Tara Correa-McMullen Kirsten Costas Barry Crane Charles H. Crawford Murder of Stephanie Crowe Robert Curtis (basketball) D Nagi Daifullah Danielle van Dam Gregory de Villers Karel deLeeuw Murder of Rick DeVecchi Caleb W. Dorsey Amber Dubois Dominique Dunne E Section #1. This summer, the 74-year-old former police officer pleaded guilty to 13 counts of first-degree murder. 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. He didnt want them to suffer, he later testified, but he also told the jury, I destroyed two evils. 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 . faces new murder charges, this time in Santa Barbara County . Han graduated from medical school, and in the early 1980s he became aware that two post-graduate positions opened up at UCSBs psychology department. The bullet struck one of Glanceys wrists, broke both bones, entered his stomach, and blew a hole through him. On May 26, 1979, the decomposed body of Laura Benjamin, 22, was found in a drainage culvert near Big Tujunga Dam. 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. When asked if he thinks the Zodiac is responsible, he said he doesnt believe it. Santa Barbara, CA 93102 Noozhawk is a founding member of the Local Independent Online News (LION) Publishers . Nearly three years after Barry and Louise Berman vanished, setting off one of the most elaborate searches of its era, the couple's bleached bones and bits of clothing were discovered after a desert hiker spotted a skull, uncovered by heavy rains. He worked four days a week, seeing about 15 patients a day. 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. [20], Patricia Laney has become a prominent symbol for groups that advocate against violence to women in the Santa Barbara/Goleta/Isla Vista area. 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. 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. But she, too, developed no solid evidence. During this time, Christiansen gained a great deal of weight, at one point weighing 275 pounds (125 kg). In them, hed take credit for murders and taunt police. Trew Knowledge. Wilson, and left in a state of insensibility., Originally from Illinois, Glancey had the personality and physique of an ax handle. Santa Barbara County District Attorney Joyce E. Dudley announced . Christiansen was a good student until his junior year of high school, when he began neglecting his schoolwork. Advertising disclosure: We may receive compensation for some of the links in our stories. His political reporting was said to be terse, pointed, and fearless., In hindsight, it seems inevitable that Glancey and Gray would come to blows. He caught the attention of investigators in February 1977, when he was cited for being a minor in possession of liquor. Both came from messed-up families. Then on Feb. 2, 1978, he began killing. Panic, his attorney later argued, is simply not murder.. He committed his first three murders in late 1976 and early 1977, killing young women of similar appearance from nearby Isla Vista. And the forensics team found an item of spine-chilling significance: a handcuff key. Friends of his lived in the other cottages, including jewelry maker Arthur Korb and healer Mary Sullivan, all disciples of the same guru master. Three couples were attacked in remote locations, either shot or stabbed, and in all but one case, only the female victims died. It was the murder of a homeless man in a city decried for its homeless laws in the county where the president lived. A year later, the crimes moved south to Santa Barbara County. When the Press newspaper offices were destroyed in an arson fire, Gray was the chief suspect, though no charges were ever filed. 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. While some students basked together on the beach, Bobby Domingos and Linda Edwards instead went to a different beach by themselves. President Ronald Reagan, who spent considerable time at his Refugio Canyon ranch, was being castigated for the class cruelty of his trickle-down economic policies. The gazebo in Alameda park circa 1985 | Photo: Christopher Gardner. He had invited them to reclaim a painting stolen from the Turkish sultanate more than 100 years ago. Barry and Louise had strong spiritual grounding 'what has to be has to be,' recalls Ray Castellino, a Santa Barbara natural health care practitioner. Until his arrest, American-born Pierre Haobsh lived with his French-born father, Frederick Smith, or Frederick Haobsh, in rented rooms of an Oceanside house. Marcus Knutson, a FBI special agent, believes the killer may have a collection of crime scene tokens stashed away somewhere. DNA testing initially showed that the Santa Barbara murders were committed by a killer separate from the Original Night Stalker. 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. By all accounts, Tramel was the instigator. Michael Westerman, Louise Berman's son; Credit: Photo by Doug Kari. His dad, naturally, was going to develop it. It was devastating. His friend Pat Brown, governor of California, appointed him to the state athletic commission. He finally settled on murder. 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. Their wrists were bound with drapery cord using a diamond knot, and the suspect also became known as The Diamond Knot Killer. A 2006 film about the murderappropriately titled The Black Dahliastarring Josh Hartnett and Scarlett Johansson was nominated for an Academy Award. Sgt. One lucky, FAMILY AFFAIR: INSIDE SNOOP DOGG AND HIS BOSS LADY, By continuing to use our site, you agree to our, Newsom Ends 3-Year COVID-19 State of Emergency In California, Vanessa Bryant And L.A. County Reach Settlement Over Kobe Crash Site Case, Record Storm Tests The Limits Of Los Angeles Infrastructure, Gallery: Bravos Top Chef Brings The Best Of Britain To Hancock Park, Regarding Her Celebrates Womens History Month, A Stabby Meal at Chain and Tea Returns To The Biltmore Heres Whats Popping Up. 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. Louise was concerned that they were falling apart, recalls her son Michael Westerman. He was always an elected delegate at Republican Party conventions. 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 riders hadn't. Police found the murdered couple's grave nearby they were buried atop one another. So if for some reason [someone]whether their family member is deceased or theyre cleaning out a storage unitcome[s] across a weird collection of items such as womens IDs, rings, earringsanything thats out of the ordinaryit could be significant.. With philanthropist Kit Tremaines support, the homeless people of Santa Barbara became one of the best organized in the country. 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 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. Eventually she made it back to California. Around 12:25 a.m. Friday, Santa Barbara and Oceanside authorities spotted Haobsh driving a 2013 red Lexus sedan and followed him to a Bonsall gas station east of Oceanside. 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. [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. They searched a maze of narrow canyons and dry waterfalls but found nothing. Then more teams descended, not to mention helicopters from the Navy, Army and California Highway Patrol. This put him sideways with Chinese authorities. The only vehicles seen in the Corridor on Jan. 6, 1986, were three dirt bikes and Pepe's pickup. Site design and development by Hop Studios Hop Studios Dad did research and called the FBI, but they never called back, Zemaitis told the Sun. She had. Soon after Yanikians conviction, 40 Turkish diplomats were gunned down around the world. He came alone, hung around, ogled at girls with no clothes on and had a sexual motivation.. Artists Scaling Down, Thinking Bigger at Santa Barbara City College Exhibition. 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. In an online video, retired Sacramento County Sheriffs Department detective Ray Biondi said he regrets not being able to solve the crimes. She was working as a secretary and living with her teenage daughter, Laura, in Goleta. In person, he radiated a calming clinical confidence. A nightmare beyond a nightmare.. Boyer, who pegged Mike the Marine as a likely suspect, drew a composite sketch of him and set out to find him. Minutes later, he shot her in the ear. the state of California in the 1970s and 1980s, killing at . For them, Han provided a one-two punch of psychological comfort and medical relief. The Isla Vista Juggling Festival has been held annually in her memory since 1977, and is still active as of 2019. [4][17], To the prosecution's surprise, when the trial began on May 28, 1980, Christiansen pleaded guilty to all three counts of murder. Make it a habit to search newspaper archives whenever you add someone to your family tree. As Carlson recalls, Han had patients from all over the country, especially in response to the AIDS epidemic. I quickly took care of that, he says. 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. They were the nicest young people you could ever meet in your life, Gnesa said. Last year, both parents died, one two weeks after the other. Soon De la Guerra Plaza was packed morning, noon, and night with homeless people and their supporters. On May 22, 1977, the remains of Mary Sarris, 19, were discovered in a remote area near Los Alamos Canyon. 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. She went from house to house, staying on friends couches. The citation noted that Christiansen had a .22 caliber pistol in his car, which was confiscated by the police. 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. They also plan to erect electronic billboards nationwide with information on the crimes in order to encourage the public to come forward with information. [10], On December 26, 1979, Christiansen entered a plea of "not guilty by reason of insanity," in addition to his previous "not guilty" plea. And he got away with it. Barry took note of the beautiful woman who had a way with men. There were people coming and going at all hours of the night.. Han graduated from medical school in Beijing, where he grew up. He was held in a Santa Barbara County jail on $500,000 bond. 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. 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. 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. He thinks Domingos may have known his killer. 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. Charlene Smith was bound . Accordingly, the killings in Isla Vista were dubbed the "look-alike" murders. Most recently, she worked at the herb clinic. 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. Grays role in community life, however, was more complicated than his rap sheet might suggest. Domingos cousin recalls massive funerals for the couple. Ive been waiting 30 minutes. Actually, Yanikian had been waiting considerably longer than that. 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. Unlike some herbalists and acupuncture practitioners who saw themselves as distinct from traditional Western medicine, he practiced an East-West blend of practices. District Attorney David Minier blocked Yanikians efforts to call Armenian survivors and historians to testify. [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. BLM ranger Albert, now retired, calls it the largest search effort in Inyo County history., Lucas, who rose to Inyo County sheriff before retiring in Arkansas, today says: I kept calling in more and more people. According to Carlson, this has long been the Holy Grail of the cosmetics industry. Dust-covered and sweaty, she recalls, He was super nervous. By injecting skin cells obtained through stem-cell harvesting into the cosmetics, Han believed it was possible to repair and replace damaged tissue. I could feel the energy of their spirits, Margolis tells the Weekly now. It focused on the citys ordinance against camping or sleeping outside. According to 73-year-old Lee Gnesa, a childhood friend, Domingos was dating Edwards at the time and they were most likely going to get married right out of high school. Also, the victims were shot and killed with a .22 caliber semi-automatic gun. Each had been shot multiple times, and their official cause of death was listed as gunshot wounds to the head.. Zemaitis remembers his fathers frustration about the FBIs inaction after contacting the agency regarding Shorts time in Santa Barbara County. She was a totally non-violent person, so alive, a source told the Santa Maria Times in a January 1980 article. Police also believe he was responsible for a slew of burglaries in neighborhoods where the rapes occurred. All rights reserved. Two decades had passed when, in 2006, the retired Marine was arrested and accused of being a vicious child rapist in Cambodia. On April 18, 1979, Christiansen offered Lydia Preston, 24, a ride. Instead, he sought out Henry Han. A year and a half later, in July 1981, 35-year-old Cheri Domingo, a corporate secretary, and 28-year-old Gregory Sanchez, an electronic engineering technician, were found shot and bludgeoned to death in a home located on Toltec Way in Goleta, according to an article published at the time in the Santa Maria Times. For the first time in 35 years, Congress has just now passed a resolution acknowledging the genocide of the Armenians. Their deaths are tragic and mysterious. Gnesa was a part of the party that found the bodies of Domingos and Edwards. He was also dubbed the Original Night Stalker (not to be confused with now-deceased Night Stalker serial killer Richard Ramirez), because his crimes typically occurred early in the morning. Many from Lompoc High School went off to a beach on this day, June 4, 1963. [1] The murder is still unsolved. You just have to wait it out, Carlson recalls being told. However, in 2011, advanced DNA testing confirmed that these four victims were also killed by EAR/ONS. Once, he beat a priest senseless. He beat, raped and left her for dead. The buyer, Mollie Purnell, bought the firearm at a gun store in San Leandro, California. That they intended to bag a Mexican became utterly beside the point. Domingos was three years older than him.His cousin said he looked up to Domingos. And new location? But by 1985, their May-December marriage had hit rough waters. Yanikians plan was simple. He marked the spot with a cairn and carried the skull to camp. A fifth intended victim escaped with a bullet in her head, and later identified him in a Los Angeles bar. It has yet to be approved by the Senate, however, and no voteas yethas been scheduled. In fact, Han personally intervened to help Relis and his wife adopt a baby girl from China 19 years ago. Described as argumentatively gifted, Glancey was a radical Republican, a strict abolitionist, and an even stricter teetotaler. 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. -1 Likes, 0 Comments - Santa Barbara HS Young Life (@sbdonsyounglife) on Instagram: "MURDER MYSTERY CLUB TONIGHT!!! It was surreal, she recalls. For a while, Han worked with an herbal practitioner named Jean Yu, owner of the Herb Clinic. I have a shotgun ready for the day I find out whoever may have done this.. Authorities believe he could still be alive. The next day a forensics team unearthed human remains, the underwire from a bra and the waistband from a pair of underwear. In the early 1940s, before her grisly murder in Los Angeles, Short spent a considerable amount of time in Santa Barbara County. 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. 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. I wanted to get that guy out of there. It was the fourth time Gray had assaulted Russell. Then Kurtzman attacked. Lucas found the skull jauntily arranged atop a picnic table with flowers in its eye sockets and a patch of moss for a hairpiece. By allowing himself to be arrestedhe immediately reported the crime to the hotels front deskhe hoped his trial would become an international showcase convicting Turkey of crimes against humanity. 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. Han had grown concerned Chinas intense pollution could prove deleterious to his plants and herbs. On January 20, 1979, the body of Jacqueline Rook, 21, was found, shot in the head, in Refugio Canyon near Santa Barbara. All this was just getting off the ground when Tramel and Kurtzman murdered Stephenson. There were no children, a source of significant friction. Startled by the arrival of Tramel and Kurtzman, Stevenson sat up, startling Kurtzman. . Craycraft even flew to Cambodia when Pepe was arrested, but sources tell the Weekly he refused to talk to her about Saline Valley. 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. Hed hoped to grow his own on his own land. It made me upset. In response to the uprising of Tiananmen Square, Han reportedly signed a statement in support of the protestors. 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