Elena

Exactly. That's the only thing. That only Stoney. Now, along with the pistol and the witness descriptions, the jacket put David Carpenter at the scene of the Hansen murder the previous month. That afternoon, Brooke called the FBI surveillance team and reported what they'd learned on the afternoon of May 15th. David Carpenter was arrested for the murder of Ellen Hansen.

Exactly. That's the only thing. That only Stoney. Now, along with the pistol and the witness descriptions, the jacket put David Carpenter at the scene of the Hansen murder the previous month. That afternoon, Brooke called the FBI surveillance team and reported what they'd learned on the afternoon of May 15th. David Carpenter was arrested for the murder of Ellen Hansen.

Following his arrest and arraignment for the murder, seven witnesses, including Steve Haerdel, identified Carpenter as the man who they'd seen fleeing Mount Tam on the day Ellen Hansen was murdered. About a week later, on May 24th, hikers walking along the railway at Big Basin State Park unfortunately discovered the nude decomposing body of Heather Skaggs. Oh.

Following his arrest and arraignment for the murder, seven witnesses, including Steve Haerdel, identified Carpenter as the man who they'd seen fleeing Mount Tam on the day Ellen Hansen was murdered. About a week later, on May 24th, hikers walking along the railway at Big Basin State Park unfortunately discovered the nude decomposing body of Heather Skaggs. Oh.

She had been sexually assaulted and shot in the face with a .38 caliber handgun. Oh, God. The same gun used in the shooting of Ellen Hansen and Steve Heredal. During the trial, one of Carpenter's friends, Molly Purnell, testified that she had purchased the gun at David's request.

She had been sexually assaulted and shot in the face with a .38 caliber handgun. Oh, God. The same gun used in the shooting of Ellen Hansen and Steve Heredal. During the trial, one of Carpenter's friends, Molly Purnell, testified that she had purchased the gun at David's request.

And two other witnesses testified to having been shown the gun by David Carpenter at various points in the previous year.

And two other witnesses testified to having been shown the gun by David Carpenter at various points in the previous year.

During his interviews, Carpenter claimed not to own a gun. But one of the former halfway house residents David lived with had turned on him and confessed to having been given the gun by Carpenter and asked to destroy it. Oh, my God. Yeah.

During his interviews, Carpenter claimed not to own a gun. But one of the former halfway house residents David lived with had turned on him and confessed to having been given the gun by Carpenter and asked to destroy it. Oh, my God. Yeah.

You really think they're going to have your back here? No. Like, come on. That man led police to where he had thrown it and the weapon was recovered. Whoa. Yep. In late July 1981, David Carpenter was charged with five counts of murder, rape, and attempted rape in Santa Cruz County.

You really think they're going to have your back here? No. Like, come on. That man led police to where he had thrown it and the weapon was recovered. Whoa. Yep. In late July 1981, David Carpenter was charged with five counts of murder, rape, and attempted rape in Santa Cruz County.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Which is even scarier somehow.

Which is even scarier somehow.

Yeah. Now, a trial was scheduled, but in the months that followed, additional charges were added for the murders in Marin County, and that complicated the case. Things were further complicated by multiple requests for a change of venue after Carpenter's lawyers argued that there had been too much press coverage in Santa Cruz and the jury was going to be biased.

Yeah. Now, a trial was scheduled, but in the months that followed, additional charges were added for the murders in Marin County, and that complicated the case. Things were further complicated by multiple requests for a change of venue after Carpenter's lawyers argued that there had been too much press coverage in Santa Cruz and the jury was going to be biased.

By the time the case went to trial in April 1984, it took nearly three months to impanel a jury in Los Angeles where the case had been moved. Now, in July 1984, after a three-month trial, David Carpenter was found guilty of all charges in the Santa Cruz cases, and in November of that year, he was sentenced to death. Goodbye.

By the time the case went to trial in April 1984, it took nearly three months to impanel a jury in Los Angeles where the case had been moved. Now, in July 1984, after a three-month trial, David Carpenter was found guilty of all charges in the Santa Cruz cases, and in November of that year, he was sentenced to death. Goodbye.