Chester Turner, Was he the worst serial killer in Los Angeles’s History?

Chester Turner, a former pizza deliveryman,  has been accused of being one of the most prolific serial killers in Los Angeles’s History. On Tuesday he was ordered to stand trial for the murder of 10 women, 2 of whom were pregnant.

These slayings had gone unsolved until 2002 when a cold case homicide until started looking into the case. When Turner submitted a DNA sample in an unrelated rape case, the sample matched those found with the women who were killed back in 1987 and 1988.

Turner, 38, is currently serving an eight-year prison sentence in an unrelated rape case. Pounders set a Nov. 15 arraignment date.

Turner’s DNA was matched to sperm cell evidence from the bodies of all the victims, said Carl Matthies of the police department’s scientific investigations division. The likelihood of the genetic profile belonging to someone other than Turner was one in one-quintillion, Matthies said.

Defense attorney John Tyre said outside court that DNA does not prove murder. “If it is his DNA it indicates he had sex with these women some time prior to them dying,” Tyre said.

Deputy medical examiner Lisa Scheinin testified that all 10 women were strangled, nine had cocaine in their systems, one was 6 1/2 months pregnant and one was between four and five months pregnant.

Via the AP

Prosecutors have not said that they were going to seek the death penalty for Turner. It is very hard in California to get a death penalty conviction. However, if he is convicted of these horrible crimes, the death penalty would be fitting in this case.

Police Stop Calling Ben Fawley ‘Person of Interest’ in Behl Case. Really? Or Did They?

In a situation that sounds all too familiar, the AP is reporting that Richmond Police no longer consider a 38-year-old Richmond man a person of interest in the disappearance of Virginia Commonwealth University freshman Taylor Behl.

Richmond police spokeswoman Cynthia Price says police initially called Ben Fawley a person of interest in Behl’s case because they wanted to interview him. But they’ve done that, and NO longer classify him as such.

Last week, police said they had several persons of interest in the case. Price says that now they have none.

Fawley was arraigned Monday on 16 counts of possession of child pornography and ordered held without bond. Police raided Fawley’s apartment last week and took several computers and C-s, according to a search warrant.

As also reported by NBC4 it could be a matter of semantics rather than anything else. No really really believes that Ben Fawley really isn’t a suspect in the disappearance of Taylor Behl do they?
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Ben Fawley, Friend of Missing Teen Taylor Behl is Charged With Child Pornography

According to NBC4, Richmond police arrested 38-year-old Ben Fawley Friday, the “friend” of 17-year-old missing Taylor Behl.

A friend of a missing teenager from Vienna has been arrested on child pornography charges.

Richmond police arrested 38-year-old Ben Fawley Friday. The photographer has been linked to 17-year-old Taylor Behl, the Virginia Commonwealth University freshman who has been missing since Sept. 5.

Fawley lives in an apartment near VCU. Police searched the apartment and seized a number of computers, hard drives and CDs. Police said they were looking for images and files linked to the possession and distribution of child pornography.

People with information about Behl’s whereabouts are asked to call 8-7-7-2-4-4-H-E-L-P.

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Ben Fawley, Taylor Behl’s 38 year old “friend” link to Child Porn Investigation

The investigation in to the disappearance of VCU freshman Taylor Behl took a strange twist yesterday. The 38 year old amateur photographer, Ben Fawley, who has been rumored to have had a relationship with Taylor Behl was linked to a child pornography investigation according to court documents as reported by NBC4.

The investigation into a missing Virginia Commonwealth University freshman from Vienna took a new turn Wednesday.

Police filed unrelated charges against a person questioned in the student’s disappearance.

Police searched the apartment of 38-year-old photographer Ben Fawley as part of a child pornography investigation, according to court documents. According to the search warrant, investigators went to Fawley’s apartment looking for images and documents related to child pornography and the distribution of child pornography. Investigators said they took away at least five computers and an assortment of computer equipment.

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