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San Francisco murder case solved after 47 years
A nearly 50-year-old San Francisco cold case has come to a close after a Colorado man was found guilty this week of killing a teenager visiting San Francisco back in 1978, according to the San Francisco District Attorney’s Office.
Fifteen-year-old Marissa Harvey was visiting her sister when she went missing on March 27, 1978, after saying she was going to Golden Gate Park. A day later, Harvey’s body was found at Sutro Heights Park, with signs she had been sexually assaulted.
Harvey was found to have died of strangulation.
The San Francisco Police Department’s homicide division responded to the scene, but the case went cold for decades, with no suspect identified. In 2000, new technology allowed law enforcement to pull DNA from Harvey’s clothing and some used chewing gum found on her back.
It took 21 more years before SFPD’s cold case division was able to use that DNA to identify a suspect via investigative genealogy and homed in on Mark Personette.
In a joint operation with the FBI, law enforcement surveilled Personette in Denver, where he lived, and watched as he discarded trash about 15 miles from his home. They then used that trash to obtain his DNA and found it was a match for the DNA found on Harvey’s clothing and the gum at the scene.
While Personette claimed he had not been in San Francisco at the time, law enforcement also found 1970s maps of the city and a set of California license plates with a 1979 registration sticker. During the trial, another woman testified that Personette had sexually assaulted her a year and a half after Harvey’s murder.
“At long last, justice has been delivered, and Mr. Personette is being held accountable for this horrific crime,” District Attorney Brooke Jenkins said in a statement. “I would like to thank the survivor and the victim’s family for never losing hope and remaining steadfast in their commitment to seeing justice done.”
After being found guilty of murder, Personette, now 80, faces seven years to life in prison. He is expected to be sentenced on Dec. 15.
San Francisco, CA
Authors gathering in San Francisco to raise awareness and money for the National Kidney Foundation
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Aaron Judge went hitless on opening day for the first time and struck out four times for the first time since September 2024, but the New York Yankees still produced plenty of offense and beat San Francisco 7-0 Wednesday night in the debut of Giants manager Tony Vitello as the major league season began.
José Caballero drove in the go-ahead run with an RBI single in a five-run second and also lost the first challenge taken to Major League Baseball’s so-called robot umpire, unsuccessfully appealing a strike by Logan Webb in the fourth.
Max Fried (1-0) allowed two hits in 6 1/3 innings to became just the fifth Yankees pitcher since 1969 with at least 6 1/3 shutout innings on opening day, joining Catfish Hunter (1977), Ron Guidry (1980), Rick Rhoden (1988) and David Cone (1996). New York won an opener with a shutout on the road for the first time since 1967.
Webb (0-1) started the fourth inning with a 90.7 mph sinker on the upper, inner corner that was called a strike by Bill Miller, a major league umpire since 1997. Caballero tapped his helmet, and the 12 Hawk-Eye cameras of the Automated Ball-Strike System upheld Miller’s decision in a graphic shown on the Oracle Park scoreboard.
Caballero singled in the second and Ryan McMahon followed with a two-run single before Austin Wells’ single prompted a mound visit for Webb. Trent Grisham hit a two-run triple and was checked by medical staff after a hard slide into third.
Judge was booed before the game and during each at-bat as he began his 11th big league season. The California native had been pursued by the Giants during free agency in 2022 but he ultimately chose the Yankees’ $360 million, nine-year contract offer.
Webb, a 15-game winner last season making his fifth start on opening day, was tagged for six earned runs — seven in all — and nine hits over five innings.
The 47-year-old Vitello made the big jump from coaching the University of Tennessee.
The teams resum3 the series Friday afternoon, with RHP Cam Schlittler starting for New York opposite lefty Robbie Ray.
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One person was found dead Tuesday night in a house fire in San Francisco’s Portola neighborhood.
The one-alarm fire occurred in the 500 block of Dwight Street and caused major damage to the interior of the home, the Fire Department said.
Firefighters extinguished the fire and remained on the scene checking for hidden fire in the walls and roof.
One person was declared deceased at the scene. The exact manner and cause of the person’s death will be determined by a medical examiner. The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
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