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John Albert Gardner III reacts angrily to a statement by Candice Montayo John Albert Gardner III’s victims had their say in court today, reading prepared statements that were heavy on loss and anger. Six people in all tried to articulate the toll Gardner’s violence took on their lives, many of them saying he would burn in hell as part of his punishment and criticizing the system that let such heinous crimes take place. Brent and Kelly King, the parents of murdered Poway 17-year-old Chelsea King, also directed some of their anger at Gardner’s father, largely absent from his life, and...

John Gardner, who recently confessed to killing both 14 year old Amber Dubois and 17 year old Chelsea King, has released a public apology. This apology is his first public statement since his confession, and was given to local news affiliate CBS News 8 of San Diego, CA. (original source) His statement reads as follows: "I'm sorry. I wish I could take it back. I know that it doesn't mean anything to anybody but I really am sorry for everything. I wish that I was able to get help when I tried to get help. I tried to seek out...

April 16, 2010 Convicted California Sex Offender Pleads Guilty to Murdering Two Teens Associated Press John Gardner pleaded guilty Friday to murdering Amber Dubois and Chelsea King. [Pics of Defendant and Victims in URL] SAN DIEGO -- Sex offender John Albert Gardner pleaded guilty Friday to murdering two teenage girls in San Diego County after prosecutors agreed not to seek the death penalty. Gardner, 31, faces life in prison without parole for killing 14-year-old Amber Dubois and 17-year-old Chelsea King. He also pleaded guilty to attempting to rape another woman who was jogging in San Diego last year. Gardner, wearing...

Dear John Gardner, what does "Thou shalt not kill" mean to you now? 31 year old John Gardner III, who was assumed to be the killer of 17 year old Chelsea King, and possibly 14 year old Amber Dubois, has pled "Guilty" to murdering both girls in the San Diego area. John Gardner is expected to to serve life in prison without the possibility of parole, but what will his punishment be? His plea prevents him from filing an appeal, yet it also prevents him from receiving the death penalty. He is scheduled to be sentenced June 1st, 2010. It...

Amber Dubois and Chesea King, both teenagers from the San Diego area, are both dead, yet as far as we know their killer(s) are still alive and will hopefully be brought to justice and punished - but what kind of punishment should Amber and Chelsea's killer(s) recieve? There are laws in place which deal with sexual predators and murderers, yet some people believe those laws need to be changed. John Albert Gardner III who is charged with the murder of Chelsea King had a history of sexual molestation. If he is found guilty, should his punishment be more severe because...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Associated Press) -- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Tuesday ordered California corrections officials to keep sex offenders' parole records indefinitely after he learned the files of a man now charged with killing a 17-year-old girl had been destroyed. The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation disclosed the documents on John Albert Gardner III had been destroyed in a response Friday to a records request by The Associated Press.

A 30-year-old convicted sex offender, according to published reports, was charged last week with murdering and raping 17-year-old Chelsea King, who disappeared February 25th after heading out for a run in a park. Last week John Albert Gardner III stood in court in shackles showing no emotion as an attorney entered pleas of not guilty in the potential death penalty case. Gardner was a repeat offender who in 2000 molested a 13-year-old neighbor. His home was located down the street from an elementary school and near the park where King was last seen Thursday wearing running clothes. The question that...

ESCONDIDO, Calif. – Authorities in Southern California say the skeletal remains of a 14-year-old girl who disappeared a year ago while walking to school have been found in a remote area of the Pala Indian Reservation. Escondido Police Chief Jim Maher said Amber Dubois' bones were found early Saturday and positively identified through dental records later in the day.

SAN DIEGO — A 30-year-old sex offender was charged Wednesday with murdering a 17-year-old San Diego County girl in a case that could end in the death penalty. Prosecutors say John Albert Gardner III also faces a special allegation of rape or attempted rape involving the teen, Chelsea King, who vanished last week after heading off for a run in a park. Police say a body found Tuesday in a shallow grave is likely that of King. Gardner also was charged with assault with intent to commit rape in an unrelated Dec. 27 incident. An attorney entered pleas of not...

Clothing Belonging to Missing Teen, Chelsea King, Found Near Lake KTLA News March 1, 2010 POWAY, Ca -- Divers are searching a lake are surrounding shoreline near the location where investigators found a piece of clothing belonging to missing Poway teenager Chelsea King. The evidence has not been described by law enforcement but Chelsea's mother told news stations Monday that her daughter's underwear was found in the Lake Hodges area. King, 17, vanished after she went for a run last Thursday in San Diego's Rancho Bernardo Community Park. Today, local agencies aided by divers from the Los Angeles Bureau of...

The Lake Elsinore man pleaded guilty in May 2000 to molesting a 13-year-old female neighbor and served five years of a six-year prison term. Prosecutors said he lured the victim to his home with an offer to watch "Patch Adams," a 1998 movie starring Robin Williams. The girl was beaten before escaping and running to a neighbor. Gardner "never expressed one scintilla of remorse for his attack upon the victim" despite overwhelming evidence, prosecutors wrote in a sentencing memo. He had faced a maximum of nearly 11 years in prison under terms of a plea agreement but prosecutors urged six...

SAN DIEGO — BREAKING NEWS UPDATE: A body was reported found in Lake Hodges this afternoon during the search for missing teen Chelsea King. The news broke shortly after the San Diego County Sheriff's Department postpone a news conference that had been scheduled for 3 p.m. THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. MORE DETAILS WILL BE POSTED AS THEY BECOME AVAILABLE. The hundreds of volunteers gathered Tuesday morning to help search for missing Poway teenager Chelsea King are sticking to their message -- “Bring Chelsea Home” -- even though the unspoken fear is that it may not be possible to...

Arrest Made in Case of Missing California Girl By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Published: February 28, 2010 SAN DIEGO (AP) -- Authorities say a registered sex offender has been arrested in the disappearance of a missing suburban San Diego teenager. San Diego County Sheriff William Gore tells The Associated Press that 30-year-old John Albert Gardner of Riverside County was arrested Sunday afternoon. He says investigators suspect Gardner is tied to the disappearance of 17-year-old Chelsea King of Poway, who went for a run on Thursday and didn't return. Gore says investigators linked Gardner to the crime through physical evidence recovered by...

SAN DIEGO - Authorities and volunteers are widening a search for a 17-year-old missing in San Diego County after a registered sex offender was arrested in connection with her disappearance. Some 1,400 volunteer searchers and more than 100 law enforcement officers failed to find Chelsea King on Sunday, but evidence was found that led to the arrest of 30-year-old John Albert Gardner of Lake Elsinore, Calif. some 75 miles to the north, San Diego County Sheriff William Gore told the Associated Press in an interview.