California serial killer convicted in 1973

Nabil Anas

Global Courant 2023-04-29 07:54:56

A California serial killer was convicted Thursday of murdering a 21-year-old Stanford graduate and librarian in a crime that had eluded authorities for decades, officials said.

John Arthur Getreu, 79, was sentenced to seven years to life in prison for the 1973 murder of Leslie Perlov. That’s what the Santa Clara County District Attorney said in a press release.

He was is already serving a life sentence for another murderthe 1974 murder of 21-year-old Janet Taylor.

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Prior to his arrest, Getreu lived with his wife in Hayward, about 27 miles southeast of San Francisco, the prosecutor’s office said.

Goodbye was convicted in 2021 in nearby San Mateo County for Taylor’s murder. She was the daughter of the Stanford football coachChuck Taylor.

Taylor, who had been strangled, was found dead on March 25, 1974, on a road south of San Francisco, the San Mateo County District Attorney’s Office said. DNA from her pants linked Getreu to her murder.

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