Cold Case: Kuen Yin Ng murder 11/28/1989 Portland, OR *Jose Garcia-Lopez indicted with his beating death*

OSP Crime Lab DNA Analysis Helps Solve 1989 Homicide
Portland cold case detectives link 57-year-old to 1989 homicide of a transient man
PPB: Detectives solve 1989 cold case murder
Suspect found in Cold Case
Man charged in Utah murder indicted for another murder in Oregon
News Archive: Lela Rockwell murder

Jose Garcia-Lopez
aka Roberto Garcia-Lopez

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News Archive: Lela Rockwell murder

Lela Rockwell

Next court hearing: Arraignment May 24, 2013

Cold Case Charges: Jose Ortiz-Garcia charged with the murder of 62-year-old Lela Rockwell on 11/10/1989
Update: Lela Rockwell murder *Jose Ortiz-Garcia booked into Salt Lake County jail*
Update: Lela Rockwell murder *Jose Ortiz-Garcia ordered to stand trial for her murder*

INMATE INFORMATION

Sex: M
Age: 55
Height: 504
Weight: 180
Race: WHITE
Hair Color: BROWN
Eye Color: BROWN
Inmate Information
Booking #: 10039455 SO#: 338364
State ID: 326278 FBI: 590972P10
INS: A024224779 Citizen: UNITED STATES
COB: Texas

Incarceration Information
Current Location: MAIN County: SALT LAKE
Current Housing Section: 05 Current Housing Block: C
Current Housing Cell: 22 Current Housing Bed: B
Booked Date: 07/29/2010 Release Date:

Alias Information
JOSE GILBERT-ORTIZ
ROBERT LOPEZ
ROBERT LOPEZ JUAREZ
JOSE GARCIA
ROBERTO LOPEZ GARCIA
ROBERTO GARCIA-LOPEZ
GILBERTO HERNANDEZ
GILBERTO HURNANDEZ
ROBERT GARCIA LOPEZ
ROBERTO GARCIA LOPEZ
JOSE GILBERTO MARTINEZ
JOSE GILBERTO MARTINEZ
JOSE MARTINEZ-ORTIZ
ROBERTO LOPEZ-GARCIA
GILBERT GARCIA ORTIZ
JOE ORTIZ
JOSE GARCIA ORTIZ
JOSE GILLBERTO ORTIZ
GILBERTO ORTIZ-GARCIA
JOSE GILBERTO ORITZ-GARCIA
ROBERTO JOSE ORTIZ-GARCIA
ROBERT LOPEZ GARCIA
JOSE GARCIA-HERNANDEZ
JOSE GARIA-ORTIZ
JOSE HERNANDEZ
ROBERT MARTINEZ LOPEZ
ROBERTO G LOPEZ
ROBERTO HERNANDEZ LOPEZ
ROBERT LOPEZ-GARCIA
JOSE MARTINEZ
ROBERT GARCIA MARTINEZ
JOSE GIBBERTO ORTIZ
ROBERT ORTIZ
JOSE GILBERO ORTIZ-GACIA
ROBERTO ORTIZ-GARCIA
GILBERTO ORTIZ-HERNANDEZ
JOSE GILBERTO ORTIZ
ROBERT ORTIZ
ROBERTO LOPEZ GARIA
R G LOPEZ
JOSE GILBERTO GARCIA
ROBERT GARCIA

Detainer Information
Comp No Comp Date 07/29/2010 Issued By PROCESSING Set By OFA JOHANSSON

Bond Information
Case #: 101904172 Amount: $2,000,007.00 Status: Open Posted By: Post Date: 07/29/2010

Charge Information
Case # Offense Date Code Description Grade Degree
101904172 07/29/2010 76.5.202 Agg murder F 1
101904172 07/29/2010 76.6.302 Aggravated Robbery F 1
101904172 07/29/2010 76.5.405 Aggravated sexual assault F 1
101904172 07/29/2010 76.5.405 Aggravated sexual assault F 1

Update: Lela Rockwell murder *Jose Ortiz-Garcia ordered to stand trial for her murder*

Lela Rockwell

I was not surprised, but very happy with this development. His DNA was found on her body, which was covered with bitemarks and bruises. This was a horrific murder that seems to be overlooked in the news whenever something happens. Hopefully more will be printed soon. However, Jose Ortiz-Garcia has now been charged with a murder in Oregon that happened 8 days after Lela’s murder. I wonder if there are other murders as well. He seemed to be quite mobile and moved around a lot, like many serial killers. Just a thought.

News Archive: Lela Rockwell murder
Trial ordered in Utah cold-case murder of 62-year-old woman

INMATE INFORMATION

Sex: M
Age: 55
Height: 504
Weight: 180
Race: WHITE
Hair Color: BROWN
Eye Color: BROWN
Inmate Information
Booking #: 10039455 SO#: 338364
State ID: 326278 FBI: 590972P10
INS: A024224779 Citizen: UNITED STATES
COB: Texas

Incarceration Information
Current Location: MAIN County: SALT LAKE
Current Housing Section: 05 Current Housing Block: C
Current Housing Cell: 22 Current Housing Bed: B
Booked Date: 07/29/2010 Release Date:

Alias Information
JOSE GILBERT-ORTIZ
ROBERT LOPEZ
ROBERT LOPEZ JUAREZ
JOSE GARCIA
ROBERTO LOPEZ GARCIA
ROBERTO GARCIA-LOPEZ
GILBERTO HERNANDEZ
GILBERTO HURNANDEZ
ROBERT GARCIA LOPEZ
ROBERTO GARCIA LOPEZ
JOSE GILBERTO MARTINEZ
JOSE GILBERTO MARTINEZ
JOSE MARTINEZ-ORTIZ
ROBERTO LOPEZ-GARCIA
GILBERT GARCIA ORTIZ
JOE ORTIZ
JOSE GARCIA ORTIZ
JOSE GILLBERTO ORTIZ
GILBERTO ORTIZ-GARCIA
JOSE GILBERTO ORITZ-GARCIA
ROBERTO JOSE ORTIZ-GARCIA
ROBERT LOPEZ GARCIA
JOSE GARCIA-HERNANDEZ
JOSE GARIA-ORTIZ
JOSE HERNANDEZ
ROBERT MARTINEZ LOPEZ
ROBERTO G LOPEZ
ROBERTO HERNANDEZ LOPEZ
ROBERT LOPEZ-GARCIA
JOSE MARTINEZ
ROBERT GARCIA MARTINEZ
JOSE GIBBERTO ORTIZ
ROBERT ORTIZ
JOSE GILBERO ORTIZ-GACIA
ROBERTO ORTIZ-GARCIA
GILBERTO ORTIZ-HERNANDEZ
JOSE GILBERTO ORTIZ
ROBERT ORTIZ
ROBERTO LOPEZ GARIA
R G LOPEZ
JOSE GILBERTO GARCIA
ROBERT GARCIA

Detainer Information
Comp No Comp Date 07/29/2010 Issued By PROCESSING Set By OFA JOHANSSON

Bond Information
Case #: 101904172 Amount: $2,000,007.00 Status: Open Posted By: Post Date: 07/29/2010

Charge Information
Case # Offense Date Code Description Grade Degree
101904172 07/29/2010 76.5.202 Agg murder F 1
101904172 07/29/2010 76.6.302 Aggravated Robbery F 1
101904172 07/29/2010 76.5.405 Aggravated sexual assault F 1
101904172 07/29/2010 76.5.405 Aggravated sexual assault F 1

Unsolved Serial Killings: The Colonial Parkway Killer

Victims
Cathleen Marian Thomas, 27 [October 1986]
Rebecca Ann Dowski, 21 [October 1986]
David Knobling, 20 [September 1987]
Robin Margaret Edwards, 14 [September 1987]
Cassandra Lee Hailey [4/8/1988]
Richard Keith Call [4/8/1988]
Annamaria Phelps, 18 [September 1989]
Daniel Lauer, 21 [September 1989]

Charley Project: Cassandra Lee Hailey
Charley Project: Richard Keith Call
Williamsburg slayings: ‘Murder with no clue’
Colonial Parkway murders reward upped to $20,000
Victims’ families find renewed hope
Scores of suspects – but no serial killer
Serial killer’s trademark: Cool, in control
A cold case heats up: The Colonial Parkway murders
20-year-old note may have clues in double murder
FBI takes fresh look at unsolved Colonial Parkway Murders
Organized search for `Parkway Murders’ victims canceled
Facebook: What happened to Richard Keith Call and Cassandra Hailey

Books
Profiles in Murder: An FBI Legend Dissects Killers and Their Crimes
Predators on the Parkway: A Former Homicide Detective Explores the Colonial Parkway Murders

Movies/Documentaries
Real Stories of the Highway Patrol: Colonial Parkway Killer
Sensing Murder: Parkway Mystery
Dark Minds: The Colonial Parkway Murders

Cold Case: Lisa Joan Summers murder 6/19/1989 Indianapolis, IN *David Ashworth convicted of her murder, sentenced to 50 years in prison

Lisa Joan Summers

Charges filed in 17-year-old murder case
Man found guilty in 1989 murder
Man Convicted In Indy Woman’s 1989 Slaying
Man Found Guilty of 1989 Murder
Court reduces man’s murder sentence
Grave markers dedicated for teen murder victims Lisa Summers, Ryan Sampson

Movies/Documentaries
Catch My Killer: The Good Girl

INMATE INFORMATION

DOC Number 174329
First Name DAVID
Middle Name
Last Name ASHWORTH
Suffix
Date of Birth 03/28/1960
Gender Male
Race White
Facility/Location Indiana State Prison
Earliest Possible Release Date 03/18/2031
Sentence Information
Date of Sentence 04/16/2008
Description MURDER
Term in Years / Months / Days 49 11 00030
Type of Conviction M
Indiana Citation Code 35-42-1-1
Cause Number 49G02-0609-MR-174377
County of Conviction MARION
Projected Release Date 03/18/2031

Deadly Women: Mary Ellen Samuels, “The Green Widow” hired a hitman to kill her husband, then one to kill the hitman; Sentenced to death

Robert Samuels

Victims
Robert Briskham Samuels, 45 – husband [12/7/1988]
James Bernstein, 27 – suspected hitman of husband [June 1989]

Paul E. Gaul is the person who Mary Ellen Samuels hired to kill James Bernstein, the hitman who she hired to kill her husband. Gaul pled guilty and was sentenced to 15-years-to-life in prison. He was released on parole in 2009.

IMDb: Robert Samuels
Judge Allows Photo of Widow in Slaying Trial
Wife Faces Charges of Hiring Assassins–Twice
Trial Under Way in Dual Murder Case
Strange Case of Mary Ellen Samuels Unfolds
Murder Trial Tells Tales Seedy and Bizarre
Murder Defendant’s Daughter Says Her Stepfather Raped and Beat Her
Samuels Denies Role in Double Slaying
Woman Is Convicted of Plotting 2 Murders
Attorney Pleads for Life of Woman Who Planned 2 Murders
Jury Urges Execution of Woman
Woman Sentenced to Death in Paid Killings
Judge Sentences Samuels to Death
S.C. Upholds Death Sentence for Valley Woman
The People v Mary Ellen Samuels 2005
Murderpedia: Mary Ellen Samuels
Court of Appeal Orders Board to Reconsider Parole for Hired Killer

Movies/Documentaries
My Dirty Little Secret: Green Widow
Nothing Personal: Green Widow
Snapped: Mary Ellen Samuels

INMATE INFORMATION

Name: SAMUELS, MARY ELLEN
CDCR#: W54370
Age: 65
Admission Date: 09/22/1994
Current Location: Women’s Facility
23370 Road 22
Chowchilla, CA 93610
(559) 665-5531

Serial Killer: Robert Ben Rhoades *The Truck Stop Killer*

Victims
Patricia Candace Walsh, 24 [murdered probably in TX & dumped in Fillmore, UT] (pled guilty, sentenced to life in prison)
Douglas Scott Zyskowski, 25 [body found in TX] (pled guilty, sentenced to life in prison) (no picture)
Ricky Lee Jones (body found in MS, not convicted of his murder)
Regina Kay Walters, 14 [body found in a barn in IL] (convicted, sentenced to LWOP)

Find-A-Grave: Douglas Scott Zyskowski
Find-A-Grave: Patricia Candace Walsh Zyskowski
Find-A-Grave: Regina Kay Walters
Doe Network: Ricky Lee Jones
Accused killer awaits hearing
Texas trucker pleads guilty to 2 more murders
Trucker With Traveling Torture Chamber Admits to More Murders
Highway Injustice
Murderpedia: Robert Ben Rhoades
The Mobile Torture Chamber of Serial Killer Robert Ben Rhoades
Profile of Robert Ben Rhoades
Dead End

Books
Roadside Prey
The Evil That Men Do: FBI Profiler Roy Hazelwood’s Journey into the Minds of Sexual Predators (very good book)
Predators: Who They Are and How to Stop Them
Murder–one jurisdiction at a time: the case of Robert Ben Rhoades.(Case Study): An article from: The Forensic Examiner
The Truck Stop Killer
Case Study: Murder—one Jurisdiction at a Time: the Case of Robert Ben Rhoades

Movies/Documentaries
FBI Files: Driven To Kill
Very Bad Men: Hell on Wheels

INMATE INFORMATION

B24683 – RHOADES, ROBERT B.
Parent Institution: PONTIAC CORRECTIONAL CENTER
Offender Status: IN CUSTODY
Location: PONTIAC
Sex Offender Registry Required

PHYSICAL PROFILE
Date of Birth: 11/22/1945
Weight: 195 lbs.
Hair: Brown
Sex: Male
Height: 5 ft. 11 in.
Race: White
Eyes: Brown

MARKS, SCARS, & TATTOOS
TATTOO, ARM, LEFT UPPER – BANNER W/USMC & DAGGER
SCAR, ABDOMEN – SCAR ON ABDOMEN
SCAR, SIDE, RIGHT – HERNIA OPERATION SCAR ON RT SIDE
SCAR, ARM, RIGHT – APPROX 12 IN LIN SCAR
SCAR, SHOULDER, RIGHT – LARGE LIN IN RIGHT SHOULDER

ADMISSION / RELEASE / DISCHARGE INFO
Admission Date: 09/15/1992
Last Paroled Date:
Projected Discharge Date: INELIGIBLE

SENTENCING INFORMATION
MITTIMUS: 92CF4
CLASS: M
COUNT: 1
OFFENSE: MURDER/INTENT TO KILL/INJURE
CUSTODY DATE: 03/31/1992
SENTENCE: LIFE
COUNTY: BOND
SENTENCE DISCHARGED?: NO

Sharon Bloom murder 11/2/1989 Woodbury, MN *Stephan Zanter pled guilty to her murder, sentenced to 25 1/2 years in prison*

Apple Valley man charged in 1989 beating death of 3M co-worker
Man pleads guilty to 1989 Bloom killing
Guilty plea ends 14-year-old murder case
State of Minnesota v Stephan James Zanter 1995

Movies/Documentaries
Motives & Murder: Cracking The Case: Dying to Fit In
Cold Case Files: Office Politics

INMATE INFORMATION

\Demographic Information
OID Number: 211958
Name: STEPHAN JAMES ZANTER
Birth Date: 9/5/1955
Current Status: Incarcerated
Location: Minnesota Correctional Facility – Faribault
Admit Date: 6/26/2003
Anticipated Release Date **: 3/16/2020
Anticipated Release Type: Supervised Release Date
Expiration Date: 6/23/2028
Case Worker: L. Soderholm (507) 334-0700
Supervising Agent:
Controlling Offense Information *:

Offense Description: MUR 2-UNK ACT-NO PREMED-OTHR WEAP-ADLT-ACQ
Offense Modifier: NOT/APPL
Minnesota Statute(s): 609 19 1
County of Conviction: RICE
Court File Number: K3-00-1789

Monsters Among Us: Shirley Jo Phillips shot & killed her best friend, Wilma Plaster, then dismembered her

Authorities suspect foul play
Hulshof will assist in prosecution of Springfield murder
Phillips receives death penalty
Woman sentenced in murder
State v Phillips 1997
Woman gets life sentence for grisly 1989 killing

Movies/Documentaries
Deadly Women: Shirley Jo Phillips
Facing Evil: Shirley Jo Phillips

INMATE INFORMATION

DOC Id 888005
Offender Name Shirley J Phillips
Race White
Sex Female
Date of Birth 09/18/1936
Height/Weight 5’4″ / 130
Hair/Eyes Brown /Brown
Assigned Location Chillicothe Correctional Center
Address 3151 Litton Road, Chillicothe, MO 64601
Assigned Officer Phone Number (660) 646-4032
Sentence Summary Life W/O Probation Or Parole

Active Offenses MURDER 1ST DEGREE
Completed Offenses MURDER 1ST DEGREE
Aliases Shirley Jackson; Joann Fields; JO Gibson; JO Jackson; Shirley J Phillips; Shirley J Phillips; Shirley JO Phillips

Jeni Gray murder 9/24/1989 Boone, NC *Daniel Brian Lee pled guilty to her murder, sentenced to death, but died in prison*

Jeni Gray

Body Found Believed To Be Gray
Boone mourns slain woman
Jeni Gray Remembered In Special Ceremony
Gray (part 2)
Jeni Gray – Someone Who Had Qualities No One Else Can Match
Search For Jeni Gray Intensifies
Daniel Lee indicted in Boone murder
Charges issued in Gray killing
Defense Attorneys Contend Lee Didn’t Know What He Was Doing
Defense presents medical testimony in Lee trial
Hearing Held In Murder Trial
Judge refuses guilty plea
Lee enters plea in Gray murder
Man Pleads Guilty To Killing Jeni Gray
Daniel Lee receives death sentence
Innocence And Experience
A walk to help one be aware
ASU emphasizes safety, intervention

Movies/Documentaries
Sins & Secrets: Boone

INMATE INFORMATION

DANIEL B LEE
Offender Number: 0236997
Inmate Status: INACTIVE
Probation/Parole/Post Release Status: INACTIVE
Gender: MALE
Race: WHITE
Ethnic Group: UNKNOWN
Age: 46

Name(s) Of Record
LEE, DANIEL BRIAN
LEE, DANIEL

Most Recent Incarceration Summary

Incarceration Status: INACTIVE
Total Incarceration Term: DEATH
Conviction Date: 04/26/1990
Projected Release Date: DEATH
Primary Crime: MURDER FIRST DEGREE (PRINCIPAL)
Primary Crime Type: FELON
Special Characteristics: DEATH ROW
Current Status: N/A
Admission Date: 04/27/1990
Admitting Location: CENTRAL PRISON
Control Status: REGULAR POPULATION
Next Control Review: UNKNOWN
Custody Classification: CLOSE
Next Custody Review: UNKNOWN
Current Location: NOT PUBLIC INFORMATION
Previous Location: CENTRAL PRISON
Last Movement : DEATH
Last Movement Date: 01/11/1997