His son James was charged with murder, domestic violence, kidnapping, and child abduction and endangerment stalking and a special allegation of murder during the commission of a kidnapping after he had shown up at the Novato, California, home of his one-time fiancée, Danielle Keller, 29, the mother of their one-year-old daughter, Samantha Rae on 12 July 2009, killing Keller with a metal baseball bat, then fled with Samantha, leading police on a five-hour manhunt ending in Citrus Heights. James had a history of domestic violence and two court orders barring him from contact with Keller. He was convicted of first degree murder in 2011 and sentenced to 35 years to life in prison.