Chelsea King

Convicted killer John Albert Gardner III is being investigated as a possible suspect in assaults in San Diego, San Bernardino and Riverside counties, law enforcement officials said Monday. "We believe he's involved in other cases, not necessarily murder,...

SAN DIEGO -- Authorities are revealing new details about the sex offender who raped and murdered Amber Dubois and Chelsea King. San Diego County's district attorney, sheriff and other law enforcement officials held a news conference Monday to answer...

SAN DIEGO -- Convicted killer John Gardner has been transferred to a state prison north of Bakersfield. Gardner, 31, left his downtown San Diego jail cell at 2 a.m. Tuesday for North Kern State Prison The medium-security facility in Delano is one of...

SAN DIEGO -- The mother of a 14-year-old Amber Dubois confronted her daughter's killer in a jailhouse meeting. Fifteen months after the Escondido teenager was murdered by John Albert Gardner III agreed to speak with Amber's mother, Carrie McGonigle at...

A bill aimed at toughening restrictions on violent sexual predators, and named after a slain Poway High School senior, was unanimously passed by the state Senate Tuesday and was headed for the governor's desk. "Chelsea's Law,'' introduced by...

The California DNA databank has matched 2,000 crime scene samples to suspects and set a record in March with more than 400 matches, Atty. Gen. Jerry Brown announced Thursday.The database averages 300 matches a month, and the number jumped to......

A 31-year-old registered sex offender pleaded guilty Friday to murdering two teenage girls in northern San Diego County in a plea bargain meant to spare him from the death penalty. John Albert Gardner III, who served five years in prison......

The parents of two teenage girls slain in San Diego County said they hope the plea deal reached with the girls' killer will bring some level of closure to the high-profile cases. At a news conference Friday, Amber Dubois’ father,......

The families of Chelsea King and Amber Dubois supported a plea agreement by a 31-year-old registered sex offender who has admitted murdering the two teenage girls, prosecutors said. John Albert Gardner III, 31, has pleaded guilty to strangling King...

The parents of slain San Diego County teenager Chelsea King are asking a judge to prevent details of her death from becoming public. A King family spokesman said, "to honor their daughter's memory and to allow the community to heal,"......

A San Diego County judge Thursday turned down a plea from the family of murdered teenager Chelsea King to seal documents involving the police investigation and autopsy of their daughter. Superior Court Judge David Danielsen also lifted the gag order......