Cold Case: Convicted sex offender Richard Joseph Hirschfield charged with the murders of Sabrina Gonsalves and John Riggins; Faces death penalty

Victims
John Riggins, 18
Sabrina Gonsalves, 18

Find-A-Grave: John Harold Riggins
Find-A-Grave: Sabrina Marie Gonsalves
The Sweetheart Murders
Cold Cases Heat Up, To Suspect (about 1/2 way down)
Justice Waits
DNA links inmate to 1980 student slayings
Davis Writer Helps Solve Local Murder Mystery
Justice Waits: The UC Davis Sweetheart Murders
Innocence lost
‘Sweetheart’ case hits the courts — and network TV
A Very Cold Case
’48 Hours’ mostly leaves out cringe factor with ‘Sweetheart’
Preliminary Hearing Under Way In 1980 Double Homicide
Richard Hirschfield preliminary hearing concluded
Trial for 1980 murders delayed until January
Update: John Riggins and Sabrina Gonsalves murder *Richard Joseph Hirschfield convicted, sentenced to death*

Books
Justice Waits: The UC Davis Sweetheart Murders

Richard Joseph Hirschfield

Anthony Lial DeSousa 10/11/1981 Newport Beach, CA *James Andrew Melton convicted, sentenced to death; Conviction overturned, waiting on retrial*

Inmates’ Cellblock Ordeals Have Been Dragging On, but the State’s New Supreme Court Justices May Shorten Them : James Melton Still Says He’s Innocent of Newport Slaying
U.S. Supreme Court Ruling : Death Sentence Upheld in Newport Beach Killing
Death Row Inmate’s Rare Acceptance of Responsibility
People v. Melton (1988)
Conviction overturned in 1983 case
Conviction overturned in 1983 case
Man convicted of ’81 gay murder to be retried
James Andrew Melton, Said to Have Admitted Killing Gay Man in 1981, Remains in Limbo
Third Trial to Start in 1982 Strangulation of Newport Beach Man
Score one for DA in murder trial over gay’s 1981 strangulation
Testimony from Dead Man Allowed in Newport Beach Murder Trial

INMATE INFORMATION

Name: MELTON, JAMES ANDREW
CDCR#: B37187
Age: 64
Admission Date: 10/04/1971
Current Location: San Quentin

Nicole Marie Harvey murder 1/26/2007 Playa del Rey, CA *Still unsolved*

Nicole Marie Harvey

Dead Body Found Smoldering Playa del Rey
Reward Offered in Smoldering Body Case
Homicide Report: Nicole Harvey
Body of burning woman identified as L.A. resident
Playa del Rey Woman was Shot Before Being Set Afire
Police ID Body Found On Fire
Unsolved Murder: Nicole Marie Harvey

Body in Box murder 1/21/2007 Chicago, IL (1645 N. Francisco Ave.)

Autopsy: Bound ‘Jane Doe’ Was Murdered
Body in box ruled a homicide
Autopsy scheduled on body found in alley
Human Remains Found In Box On Northwest Side

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Update: Julie Bowling murder *Mark Bowling and Rose Vincent indicted for Julie’s murder, State seeking the death penalty*

Earlier this month, Mark Anthony Bowling and Rose Delores Vincent were indicted for the December murder of Julie Bowling. Both have a court hearing date of Feb. 26.

During those hearings, the state will formally announce whether it will pursue the death penalty. But the state is not obligated at that time to reveal the aggravating factors in the case that would warrant such a punishment. Such factors can include whether the crime was committed for financial gain and the cruelty of the act.

And all indications seem to appear that they plan to seek the death penalty for both suspects.

“They have indicated to me they intend to seek [the death penalty],” Hamlett (Vincent’s attorney) said Wednesday.

Vincent and Bowling, both married, had been having an affair for about a year.

Julie Bowling

News Archive: Julie Bowling murder
THE JULIE BOWLING MURDER FILE
Grand jury holds fate of Bowling
Bowling, Vincent indicted with first-degree murder
Funeral home director indicted in wife’s death
Pair charged in wife’s killing
Defendants in Bowling case make court appearance
Suspects appear in court