Covering his tracks and the premeditation of some of the crimes, like the murders of the Gianeras, showed that he was legally sane, they told the jury. Prosecutors argued, however, that Mullin’s mental illness did not equal diminished capacity to understand his crimes. Mullin said he believed others, including the four teenage campers, had wanted to die as sacrifices to save the planet. Other victims, like Jim Gianera, were members of a “kill joy sadism” plot, led by Mullin’s parents, to ruin Mullin’s life, he claimed. In the murder of Tomei, Mullin said it was his father’s voice that told him to kill the priest. Some of the victims had been killed because voices told Mullin to kill them, J ackson said in court. His attorney claimed his paranoid delusions made him kill and he should not be held criminally responsible. The court learned that Mullin had been previously diagnosed with schizophrenia. “He is stark raving mad,” defense attorney Jim Jackson said, according to the Sentinel. His defense team argued that he was not guilty by reason of insanity. Mullin was ultimately charged with 10 murders in Santa Cruz County, though he admitted to the three others during his trial.
His family in 1863 established one of the area’s oldest fishing industries.īoxing under the name Freddie Bell, Perez fought his way to middleweight champion of Central California. Perez, 72, was part of one of the earliest families in Santa Cruz County, the Sentinel reported. Mullin was later linked to several of the killings through ballistics. A rifle was seized from Mullin’s car, as was a. Modesto police have not disclosed the possible motive or cause of death in the homicides.A Santa Cruz patrol officer spotted the wagon a few minutes later and pulled Mullin over before he could leave town.
Martinez was booked into Santa Clara County Jail on Sunday and was transferred to Stanislaus County Jail late Wednesday night or early this morning. Officers saw Martinez exit a movie theater, where he had was watching a film with his father, according to police. San Jose police investigators found out Martinez left the area with a family member in another vehicle, which was found at the Westfield Oakridge shopping mall parking lot around 12:45 a.m. San Jose police were informed by Modesto police that Martinez was driving a red Lincoln Navigator, which they found Saturday night in the 2400 block of Lucerne Way just north of Reid-Hillview Airport, San Jose police Officer Albert Morales said. Modesto police obtained a warrant for Martinez’s arrest and alerted law enforcement agencies across the state to look for him, police said. The 6-month-old infant was the daughter of Martinez and Crews, according to police.
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