Also, many of his crimes were committed near military bases. He was described at the time as white, about 5 foot-9 inches tall and weighing 150 to 175 pounds with blonde or light brown hair – a description so broad that it hasn’t helped solve the crimes.
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The FBI is launching a national campaign to catch a serial killer.
At a press conference in Sacramento, the Federal Bureau of Investigation partnered with local law enforcement to announce a $50,000 reward for information that would help authorities track, arrest and convict the man they’ve been investigating since Gerald Ford was president.
“It’s an ideal time to refresh everyone’s memories and try to get this reward to encourage people to come forward with information”, Swankie said. “He enjoys the terror”, said Sgt. Paul Belli of the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department.
Between 1976 and 1986, he committed 12 homicides, about 45 rapes, and multiple home burglaries in California. He may not have exhibited violent tendencies or have a criminal history.
Investigators believe his first attack was in 1976, the last one ten years later. “We didn’t lock our doors at night”. Wearing a mask and armed with a gun, he would tie up the man and pile dishes on his back.
Occasionally, the man would kill the couple. “It may push somebody over the edge who knows something”.
Burglaries and rapes began in the Sacramento area during the summer of 1976.
“Hello?” the woman can be heard saying on the FBI-released recording. He then killed several people along the California Coast over the next two years. Some victims reported receiving telephone calls from the suspect after the crimes.
Soon after, the killings began.
“The victims and their families deserve justice”, FBI Special Agent in Charge, Monica Miller, told reporters. People were concerned, and they had a right to be. “Obviously, this was a period when the community was terrorized and traumatized”. Then, suddenly, the crimes stopped. His victims were 13 to 41 years old. She had been raped. He killed couples and women at home alone or with their children. Most of the crimes were in the Sacramento area, but there were attacks in Contra Costa County as well. He investigated the double homicide of Brian Maggiore and his wife, Katie.
Authorities announced a $50,000 reward Wednesday as they renewed their search for an elusive serial killer they say committed at least 12 homicides, 45 rapes and dozens of burglaries across California in the 1970s and 1980s. He was known to surprise sleeping couples in bed, tying up the man and raping the woman.
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