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Man who murdered 14 women in LA in '80s and '90s charged with killing another woman in Utah
LOS ANGELES (CNS) — A man who murdered 14 women in Los Angeles from 1987-98 has been charged with killing another woman in Utah, authorities said this week.
Chester Turner, 57, is currently in state prison in California for killing 14 women in a several-mile area along Figueroa Street south of the 10 Freeway. The victims were mostly sex workers and/or homeless women, and one of them was pregnant.
Prosecutors once called him the city’s most prolific serial killer, and said most of his victims were also raped.
On Friday, the Salt Lake City District Attorney’s Office announced that Turner was charged with the murder of Itisha Camp, whose body was found at the back of a business on Sept. 24, 1998 by three juveniles. Prosecutors say she was killed by strangulation; most of Turner’s victims in Los Angeles were strangled.
Utah authorities say they linked Camp’s killing to Turner through DNA evidence. They said Turner fled to Utah in 1998 in violation of his parole in California for auto theft and drug sales.
“It must have been profoundly difficult for Ms. Camp’s family and loved ones over the last 25 years, not knowing if the suspect in her murder was still out in the public,” Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill said. “We hope the filing of this charge brings some relief to Ms. Camp’s loved ones and our entire community, knowing that the defendant is already behind bars.”
Turner was convicted in April 2007 of 10 counts of first-degree murder, and was subsequently convicted and sentenced to death in 2014 for the four other killings. His appeal for those four murders is still pending.
Turner was initially convicted of murdering:
— Diane Johnson, 21, who was found dead in March 1987;
— Annette Ernest, 26, who was killed in October 1987;
— Anita Fishman, 31, who was murdered in January 1989;
— Washington, 27, who was visibly pregnant when she was slain in
September 1989;
— Desarae Jones, 29, who was killed in May 1993;
— Andrea Tripplett, 29, who was strangled April 2, 1993, in South Los
Angeles;
— Natalie Price, 31, whose body was found outside a home on Feb. 12, 1995;
— Mildred Beasley, 45, whose body was found in a field on Nov. 6, 1996;
— Paula Vance, 38, who was strangled on Feb. 3, 1998, during the
commission of a rape, which was caught on grainy black-and-white surveillance
videotape in which the assailant’s face cannot be seen; and
— Brenda Bries, 37, who was found dead in the Skid Row area on April 6, 1998.
Turner lived within 30 blocks of each of the killings — with Bries’ body discovered in downtown Los Angeles just 50 yards from where he was living at the time.
He was linked to the strangulations through DNA test results after being arrested and convicted of raping a woman on Skid Row in 2002.
He was subsequently convicted in 2014 for the killings of 33-year-old Elandra Bunn in June 1987; 28-year-old Deborah Williams in November 1992; 42-year-old Mary Edwards in December 1992; and the February 1997 killing of 30-year-old Cynthia Annette Johnson in Watts.
It was not immediately clear if or when he would be sent to Utah to face the latest murder charge.
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Schmaltz’s 24 goals this season are a new career-high. He’s been a consistently strong presence and has taken on more responsibility with the switch from wing to center. His goal on the power play came just eight seconds into the man-advantage and opened the scoring early in the second period. In addition to his goal, he had an assist on Utah’s second goal of the game. Tourigny discussed Schmaltz’s maturity following the win.
“He’s a mature person, mature man,” Tourigny explained. “He really wants to make a difference. I always say about Schmaltz, (he’s) a gamer. He wants to play in those moments, and I think he’s excited about where our team is at, and he wants to be a big part of it, and he is. He’s a huge leader for us.”
Utah held Philadelphia to 16 total shots: four in the first period, seven in the second, and five in the third. The Mammoth showed their strong defensive game in the win.
“I think that’s when we’re at our best, when we’re defending hard,” Schmaltz said. “We’re playing with a lot of pace, not giving them time and space, frustrating them, and making them force plays, and then we turn it over and go the other way.”
On the flip side, against a stingy Philadelphia defense, Utah generated 23 shots including 14 in the second period. Schmaltz spoke to what led to the increased opportunities in the middle frame.
“A little bit more direct,” Schmaltz shared. “I think our transition game was really good. We were catching them, kind of hemming them in. Good line changes and just rolling them over and shooting a little bit more.”
In addition to Schmaltz’s goal, Captain Clayton Keller scored his 19th of the season seven and half minutes after his linemate’s tally to increase the score to 2-0. Michael Carcone’s empty net goal with 1:48 left in regulation secured the 3-0 win.
Additional Notes from Tonight (per Mammoth PR)
- The Mammoth’s power play went 1-for-2 against the Flyers. Utah has scored seven power play goals in seven games (7-for-18, 38.9%). On the other side of special teams, the Mammoth’s penalty kill went 3-for-3.
- JJ Peterka played his 300th NHL game. Peterka was selected 34th overall in the 2020 NHL Draft and is the ninth player from his draft class to reach the milestone. He is also just the eighth German-born forward in NHL history to accomplish the feat.
- Keller has recorded 11 points in his last seven games (2/2-3/5: 3g, 8a), finding the scoresheet in six of those contests.
- With two assists tonight, Dylan Guenther has posted his second straight multi-point outing (3/3 at WSH: 1g, 1a) and his third in five games (2/25 vs. COL: 2g).
Utah has won the first two games of a five-game road trip. Up next, the Mammoth travel to Columbus and face the Blue Jackets on Saturday night.
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LAS VEGAS (FOX5) — Officials have identified a 22-year-old man as the suspect in a Las Vegas homicide case that killed two people in a Southern Highlands neighborhood.
Detectives say 22-year-old Ziaire Ham was the suspect in the case. According to officials, Ham was located on Tuesday, March 3, by the Ogden City Police Department and the Utah Highway Patrol.
Ham was taken into custody and booked into the Weber County Jail. Las Vegas authorities said he will be charged with open murder with the use of a deadly weapon and will be extradited back to the valley.
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The shooting occurred Monday night at the 11000 block of Victoria Medici Street, near Starr Ave and Dean Martin Drive.
According to police, officers were conducting a vehicle stop in the area when they heard gunfire. After searching nearby neighborhoods they found a car with bullet impacts with a woman and a toddler inside suffering from gunshot wounds.
The pair were transported to hospital where they later died. The Clark County Coroner’s Office identified them as Danaijha Robinson, 20, and 1-year-old Nhalani Hiner.
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