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Polly Hannah Klaas (January 3, 1981 – October 1, 1993) was an American murder victim whose case garnered national media attention. On October 1, 1993, at age 12, she was kidnapped at knifepoint during a slumber party at her mother's home in Petaluma, California , and strangled to death.
The Polly Klaas Foundation worked with Convio to send targeted letters to state and federal officials to implement Amber Alerts in all 50 states. Polly's father, Marc, is not associated with this foundation. However, her mother, Eve Nichol, serves on the board.
Detectives grilled Polly Klaas' 12-year-old friends, who had witnessed the abduction. Was this some kind of prank? Did Polly have a boyfriend? Had she run off with him? Were they covering for her?
He was convicted in 1996 of first-degree murder with special circumstances (burglary, robbery, kidnapping, and an attempted lewd act upon a child under the age of 14) of 12-year-old Polly Klaas. As of January 2024, Davis remains on California's death row in the Adjustment Center at San Quentin State Prison .
A California judge will consider Friday whether to recall the death sentence against Richard Allen Davis, who in 1993 killed 12-year-old Polly Klaas after kidnapping her from her bedroom at ...
Her new partner, 15-year-old Matt Jacoby, released a statement through his mother, Liz Abercrombie, saying "words cannot express" his sorrow at the loss of his partner and friends on Flight 5342.
Richard Allen Davis (born 1954), career criminal convicted of killing Polly Klaas; born and raised in San Francisco [261] The Doodler , also known as the Black Doodler, unidentified serial killer believed responsible for up to 16 murders and three assaults of men in San Francisco between January 1974 and September 1975; had a habit of sketching ...
An eight-year-old has said she feels “proud and accomplished” turning children’s drawings into cuddly toys alongside her mother, in a “unique” process that brings both them and other ...