Jonathan Hunt

David Allen Funston was convicted in 1999 of 16 counts of kidnapping and child molestation after sexually assaulting multiple children, all under seven years old, in the Sacramento area in the mid-1990s.

He was sentenced to three consecutive sentences...

of 25 years to life.

But the state parole board granted now 64-year-old Funston what's known as elderly parole.

Fox's Jonathan Hunt in Los Angeles.

But before Funston could even be released, he was rearrested for another alleged crime against a young child, one that wasn't prosecuted.

I asked about the DNA that was found on that glove discovered near Nancy Guthrie's home.

Not a match.

Listen to the sheriff.

CODIS being the FBI's database, of course.

I also asked the sheriff about the theories that this may have all been a burglary gone wrong.

He shot that down.

It might be harsh to say that this investigation is back at square one, but I would certainly say in terms of the number of squares, you're certainly in the low single digits.

They shot Sonny on the causeway.

He's dead.

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The sheriff is trying to put that to bed once and for all, saying in a statement, and I'll quote here, to be clear, the Guthrie family, to include all siblings and spouses, has been cleared as possible suspects in this case.

The family has been nothing but cooperative and gracious and are victims in this case.

To suggest otherwise is not only wrong, it is cruel.