The skeletal remains of Amber Dubois, a 14-year-old Escondido teen missing for over a year, have been found in a rural area of northern San Diego County. The discovery came only three days after sex offender John Albert Gardner III was charged with the high-profile murder of another area teen, Chelsea King, who was raped Feb. 25 as she jogged in a park near her home. Dubois disappeared on the morning of Feb. 13, 2009, only about 100 yards from Escondido High School. In the wake of the King murder, Dubois's case received new attention and tips which led to the discovery 20 miles north of Escondido,...
- 3/7/2010
- by Howard Breuer
- PEOPLE.com
Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economyThis week, Kelly and Brent King received the worst news any parent could hear: Their beautiful daughter Chelsea, 17, was found murdered, five days after she was last seen jogging in a San Diego, Calif., park. "Within five minutes of me finding her car," said her father Brent King, appearing with wife Kelly on Friday's Today show, "I had this dread roll over me ... a dread of, 'Where's my daughter?' It's the most empty feeling you could have." Their grief is compounded by the realization that the tragedy...
- 3/5/2010
- by Stephen M. Silverman
- PEOPLE.com
As John Albert Gardner III pleaded not guilty Wednesday to murdering 17-year-old Chelsea King, the court-appointed psychiatrist who recommended at Gardner's first sex assault case that he be put away for a long time was furious that his warnings went unheeded. Dr. Matthew Carroll was appointed by the court in 2000 after Gardner sexually assaulted a 13-year-old neighbor in his mother's house. Noting that Gardner denied the evidence and showed no remorse, Carroll warned the court Gardner would be a "continued danger to underage girls" and urged the maximum sentence, 30 years. Instead, Gardener struck a plea deal for six years, was out in five,...
- 3/4/2010
- by Howard Breuer
- PEOPLE.com
A body recovered Tuesday afternoon near San Diego appears to be that of Chelsea King, the 17-year-old honor student who disappeared Thursday as she jogged in a community park just east of Lake Hodges, authorities say. The remains were removed from a shallow grave on the shoreline as hundreds of volunteers combed the forest and brush in Rancho Bernardo Community Park in search of the Poway High School student, whose classmates hung missing posters around campus and posted prayers to a Help Find Chelsea King Facebook page with 77,000 fans. "This was our worst fear, that we would find her as we did today,...
- 3/3/2010
- by Howard Breuer
- PEOPLE.com
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