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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.
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.
Murder of Polly Klaas: Petaluma: 1993-10-01: 12-year-old kidnapped during a slumber party and later strangled by Richard Allen Davis [191] 41: Sara Kruzan: Riverside: 1994-03-09: Sexually trafficked at age 16, she shot and killed the surrogate father who was trafficking her, later became an anti-trafficking activist [192] [193] 42: Murder of ...
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?
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 ...
Police in King County suspected Friend in the Green River Killer case, and considered him a suspect in the murder of two girls in Tacoma in 1987. [3] However, police were unable to uncover a connection to those crimes. The 1987 kidnapping of the 14-year-old victim was the inspiration for the Nirvana song "Polly", released in 1991.
Karen Klaas, 32, was attacked Jan. 30, 1976 as she returned to her home in Hermosa Beach. Murder of 'Righteous Brothers' singer's ex-wife is solved 41 years later through DNA Skip to main content
Perpetrator of the 1993 Murder of Polly Klaas in which Davis kidnapped and killed the 12-year-old girl. [18] [19] Jon Dunkle: D30423 Murdered three boys in the 1980s. [20] Robert Mark Edwards: P11700 Murdered two women. [21] Pedro Espinoza AM7801 One of the perpetrators of the Murder of Jamiel Shaw II. [22] Wayne Adam Ford: F65748 Murdered 4 ...