Suspect is same person believed to have killed Leslie Perlov at Stanford, both in mid 1970s.
https://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/2019...ial-killer
https://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/2019...ial-killer
Killer of daughter of ex AD Taylor likely ID’d
Suspect is same person believed to have killed Leslie Perlov at Stanford, both in mid 1970s.
https://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/2019...ial-killer
https://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/2019...ial-killer
Quote:A 74-year-old Hayward man [John Arthur Getreu] who has been accused of murdering two 21-year-old women on Stanford University property about a year apart in the 1970s pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder in one of the cases on Friday.
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Getreu, who lived in Palo Alto at the time of the murders, was convicted in 1963 for raping and murdering a 15-year-old American girl in Germany, for which he was sentenced to 10 years in prison. He was 18 years old at the time of the crime and lived with his family in Bad Kreuznach, where the fathers of both teens were stationed at a U.S. Army base. He was charged with the rape of a 17-year-old girl in Palo Alto in 1975 and pleaded to a lesser charge of statutory rape, according to court documents.
Getreu will appear in Santa Clara County Superior Court in San Jose on July 15 to enter a plea [in the Perlov case]. He is scheduled for a preliminary hearing in San Mateo County Superior Court on Nov. 4 [in the Taylor case].
https://www.mv-voice.com/news/2019/06/17/man-accused-of-1974-cold-case-killing-near-stanford-campus-pleads-not-guilty
Eric
"the older we get the better we were"
Quote:A 74-year-old Hayward man [John Arthur Getreu] who has been accused of murdering two 21-year-old women on Stanford University property about a year apart in the 1970s pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder in one of the cases on Friday.
...
Getreu, who lived in Palo Alto at the time of the murders, was convicted in 1963 for raping and murdering a 15-year-old American girl in Germany, for which he was sentenced to 10 years in prison. He was 18 years old at the time of the crime and lived with his family in Bad Kreuznach, where the fathers of both teens were stationed at a U.S. Army base. He was charged with the rape of a 17-year-old girl in Palo Alto in 1975 and pleaded to a lesser charge of statutory rape, according to court documents.
Getreu will appear in Santa Clara County Superior Court in San Jose on July 15 to enter a plea [in the Perlov case]. He is scheduled for a preliminary hearing in San Mateo County Superior Court on Nov. 4 [in the Taylor case].
https://www.mv-voice.com/news/2019/06/17/man-accused-of-1974-cold-case-killing-near-stanford-campus-pleads-not-guilty
Eric
"the older we get the better we were"
11-07-2019, 11:38 AM
Quote:On Tuesday, San Mateo County Superior Court Judge Clifford Cretan found there was adequate evidence to hold Getreu for trial in Taylor's murder.
https://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/2019...iller-case
Eric
"the older we get the better we were"
Quote:On Tuesday, San Mateo County Superior Court Judge Clifford Cretan found there was adequate evidence to hold Getreu for trial in Taylor's murder.
https://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/2019...iller-case
Eric
"the older we get the better we were"
Quote:A man charged with killing two young women in the 1970s on Stanford University property has been hospitalized right before his trial was set to begin in San Mateo County.
John Arthur Getreu, 76, of Hayward, is accused in the killings of Leslie Marie Perlov and Janet Ann Taylor, both 21, in 1973 and 1974, respectively. He was identified as the alleged killer through modern DNA techniques after eluding arrest for decades.
https://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/2020...yW-JcU9L4I
Eric
"the older we get the better we were"
Quote:A man charged with killing two young women in the 1970s on Stanford University property has been hospitalized right before his trial was set to begin in San Mateo County.
John Arthur Getreu, 76, of Hayward, is accused in the killings of Leslie Marie Perlov and Janet Ann Taylor, both 21, in 1973 and 1974, respectively. He was identified as the alleged killer through modern DNA techniques after eluding arrest for decades.
https://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/2020...yW-JcU9L4I
Eric
"the older we get the better we were"
09-22-2020, 12:51 PM
If he's in the hospital, he's getting a few needles right now. I would presume that the DNA evidence is pretty conclusive...not sure there would be any other reason to overprosecute a cold case like this. Glad to see that there is still some justice in this world.
Quote:A jury took a little over an hour to find serial killer John Arthur Getreu guilty of first-degree murder and infliction of great bodily harm in the strangulation death of La Honda resident Janet Ann Taylor
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Diane Perlov, Leslie Perlov's younger sister, watched from the courtroom as Getreu's verdict in the Taylor case was read. It could be more than a year until he comes to trial in Santa Clara County for her sister's death due to a backlog of cases, she said.
https://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/2021...MpXyD01PzQ
Eric
"the older we get the better we were"
Quote:A jury took a little over an hour to find serial killer John Arthur Getreu guilty of first-degree murder and infliction of great bodily harm in the strangulation death of La Honda resident Janet Ann Taylor
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Diane Perlov, Leslie Perlov's younger sister, watched from the courtroom as Getreu's verdict in the Taylor case was read. It could be more than a year until he comes to trial in Santa Clara County for her sister's death due to a backlog of cases, she said.
https://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/2021...MpXyD01PzQ
Eric
"the older we get the better we were"
09-17-2021, 02:41 PM
(09-17-2021, 01:28 PM)Phogge Wrote: Now the needle.Tonight on ABC's 20/20.
https://abcnews.go.com/2020/video/stanfo...c-80044474
(09-17-2021, 01:28 PM)Phogge Wrote: Now the needle.Tonight on ABC's 20/20.
https://abcnews.go.com/2020/video/stanfo...c-80044474
11-06-2021, 10:36 AM
John Getreu receives life sentence for 1974 murder of Janet Ann Taylor
https://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/2021...NwFUnJqMZE
https://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/2021...NwFUnJqMZE
Eric
"the older we get the better we were"
John Getreu receives life sentence for 1974 murder of Janet Ann Taylor
https://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/2021...NwFUnJqMZE
https://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/2021...NwFUnJqMZE
Eric
"the older we get the better we were"
01-10-2023, 04:57 PM
Quote:Serial killer John Getreu pleads guilty to 1973 murder of Leslie Perlov
https://paloaltoonline.com/news/2023/01/...lie-perlov
Eric
"the older we get the better we were"
Quote:Serial killer John Getreu pleads guilty to 1973 murder of Leslie Perlov
https://paloaltoonline.com/news/2023/01/...lie-perlov
Eric
"the older we get the better we were"
01-11-2023, 10:34 AM
Could someone explain to me why he was working for Stanford hospital after having been previously convicted of raping and murdering a 15-year-old?
Could someone explain to me why he was working for Stanford hospital after having been previously convicted of raping and murdering a 15-year-old?
01-11-2023, 10:57 AM
(01-11-2023, 10:34 AM)gdog13cavs Wrote: Could someone explain to me why he was working for Stanford hospital after having been previously convicted of raping and murdering a 15-year-old?
From the article-
Quote:Although Getreu was previously convicted of murder in a similar crime in Germany in the early 1960s, he was not in any digital database due to the age of the case and its overseas location, according to law enforcement officials.
(01-11-2023, 10:34 AM)gdog13cavs Wrote: Could someone explain to me why he was working for Stanford hospital after having been previously convicted of raping and murdering a 15-year-old?
From the article-
Quote:Although Getreu was previously convicted of murder in a similar crime in Germany in the early 1960s, he was not in any digital database due to the age of the case and its overseas location, according to law enforcement officials.
04-27-2023, 05:46 PM
Quote:A serial killer who murdered a law librarian in the 1970s received a life sentence for her death, a Santa Clara County Superior Court judge decided on Thursday, April 27.
John Arthur Getreu, 78, received the prison sentence after pleading guilty in January to the brutal strangulation murder of Leslie Marie Perlov on Feb. 13, 1973. Her body was found near what is now the Stanford Dish hiking area.
https://paloaltoonline.com/news/2023/04/...0s-murders
Eric
"the older we get the better we were"
Quote:A serial killer who murdered a law librarian in the 1970s received a life sentence for her death, a Santa Clara County Superior Court judge decided on Thursday, April 27.
John Arthur Getreu, 78, received the prison sentence after pleading guilty in January to the brutal strangulation murder of Leslie Marie Perlov on Feb. 13, 1973. Her body was found near what is now the Stanford Dish hiking area.
https://paloaltoonline.com/news/2023/04/...0s-murders
Eric
"the older we get the better we were"
04-27-2023, 06:00 PM
(04-27-2023, 05:46 PM)82lsju Wrote:Quote:A serial killer who murdered a law librarian in the 1970s received a life sentence for her death, a Santa Clara County Superior Court judge decided on Thursday, April 27.
John Arthur Getreu, 78, received the prison sentence after pleading guilty in January to the brutal strangulation murder of Leslie Marie Perlov on Feb. 13, 1973. Her body was found near what is now the Stanford Dish hiking area.
https://paloaltoonline.com/news/2023/04/...0s-murders
Can't be anyway he lives long enough to even try for parole, if the possibility even exists. He can only die once unfortunately.
(04-27-2023, 05:46 PM)82lsju Wrote:Quote:A serial killer who murdered a law librarian in the 1970s received a life sentence for her death, a Santa Clara County Superior Court judge decided on Thursday, April 27.
John Arthur Getreu, 78, received the prison sentence after pleading guilty in January to the brutal strangulation murder of Leslie Marie Perlov on Feb. 13, 1973. Her body was found near what is now the Stanford Dish hiking area.
https://paloaltoonline.com/news/2023/04/...0s-murders
Can't be anyway he lives long enough to even try for parole, if the possibility even exists. He can only die once unfortunately.
04-27-2023, 06:05 PM
(09-18-2021, 09:23 AM)JohnR34231 Wrote:(09-17-2021, 01:28 PM)Phogge Wrote: Now the needle.
Not in California.
If you live in any other state besides Texas these days, your chances of being executed for a crime are just about zero.
Utah. Texas. Wyoming. Alabama. Mississippi. Alaska. Idaho. Others.
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