GUILTY CA - Leslie Perlov, 20, Palo Alto, 1973 & Janet Taylor, 21, Stanford, 1974, murdered, *Arrest 2018**

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and the next court dates:

Department 37 Preliminary Examination 2/3/2020 8:30AM

Department 37 Conference: Readiness 1/27/2020 9:00AM

Department 37 Hearing: Plea 12/2/2019 9:00AM Held


link: Public Portal - Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara

 

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Monday, January 27th:
*Readiness Hearing (Leslie’s case) (@ 9am PT) - CA – Leslie Marie Perlov (21) (last seen Feb. 13, 1973, Palo Alto; found Feb. 16, 1973) - *John Arthur Getreu (74/29 @ time of crime) arrested (11/20/18), charged (11/21/18) & arraigned (11/26/18) & re-arraigned (12/2/19) with 1st degree murder during the commission of attempted rape. Plead not guilty. Held without bail.
DNA submitted to Parabon Nanolabs-match
Information & court hearings from 11/26/18 to 8/23/19 reference post #36 here:
Found Deceased - CA - Leslie Marie Perlov, 20, Palo Alto, 13 Feb 1973 *ARREST*
10/7/19: Plea hearing continued to 11/19. 11/19/19: Plea hearing continued to 12/2/19. 12/2/19: Plead not guilty. Next Readiness hearing on 1/27/20 & Preliminary Exam hearing on 2/3.
CA – Janet Ann Taylor (21) (March 24, 1974, from La Honda; found March 25, 1974 in Stanford, Palo Alto) - *John Arthur Getreu (74/29 @ time of crime) charged (5/10/19) & arraigned (6/14/19) with 1 count of felony murder, enhanced GBI/torture, enhanced serious felony & enhanced special allegation prior acts. Plead not guilty. $10M bond.
DNA submitted to Parabon Nanolabs-match
Trial set to begin 9/21/20.
Court info from 5/10/19 thru 11/5/19 reference post #40 here:
Found Deceased - CA - Leslie Marie Perlov, 20, Palo Alto, 13 Feb 1973 *ARREST*
11/20/19 Update: Private defender appointed. Arraignment waived. Time waived for trial. Bond set at $10M. Next pretrial hearing on 4/7/20 & trial set to begin on 9/21/20. 1/17/20: Motion to suppress evidence; motion hearing on 6/17/20.

 

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Department 37 Preliminary Examination 2/3/2020 8:30AM

Department 37 Hearing: Motion hearings 1/29/2020 1:30PM

Department 37 Conference: Readiness 1/27/2020 9:00AM


link: Public Portal - Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara

 

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Wednesday, January 29th:
*Motions Hearing (Leslie’s case) (@ 1:30pm PT) - CA – Leslie Marie Perlov (21) (last seen Feb. 13, 1973, Palo Alto; found Feb. 16, 1973) - *John Arthur Getreu (74/29 @ time of crime) arrested (11/20/18), charged (11/21/18) & arraigned (11/26/18) & re-arraigned (12/2/19) with 1st degree murder during the commission of attempted rape. Plead not guilty. Held without bail. Santa Clara County
DNA submitted to Parabon Nanolabs-match
Information & court hearings from 11/26/18 to 8/23/19 reference post #36 here:
CA - Leslie Marie Perlov, 20, murdered, Palo Alto, 13 Feb 1973 *ARREST*
10/7/19: Plea hearing continued to 11/19. 11/19/19: Plea hearing continued to 12/2/19. 12/2/19: Plead not guilty. Next Readiness hearing on 1/27/20 & Preliminary Exam hearing on 2/3. 1/27/20: Next Motions hearing on 1/29 and Preliminary exam hearing on 2/3.
CA – Janet Ann Taylor (21) (March 24, 1974, from La Honda; found March 25, 1974 in Stanford, Palo Alto) - *John Arthur Getreu (74/29 @ time of crime) charged (5/10/19) & arraigned (6/14/19) with 1 count of felony murder, enhanced GBI/torture, enhanced serious felony & enhanced special allegation prior acts. Plead not guilty. $10M bond. San Mateo County
DNA submitted to Parabon Nanolabs-match
Trial set to begin 9/21/20.
Court info from 5/10/19 thru 11/5/19 reference post #40 here:
CA - Leslie Marie Perlov, 20, murdered, Palo Alto, 13 Feb 1973 *ARREST*
11/20/19 Update: Private defender appointed. Arraignment waived. Time waived for trial. Bond set at $10M. Next pretrial hearing on 4/7/20 & trial set to begin on 9/21/20. 1/17/20: Motion to suppress evidence; motion hearing on 6/17/20.

 

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Department 37 Preliminary Examination 2/4/2020 8:30AM

Department 37 Conference: Readiness 1/27/2020 9:00AM Held


link: Public Portal - Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara

 

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Tuesday, February 4th:
*Preliminary Exam Hearing (Leslie’s case) (@ 8:30am PT) - CA – Leslie Marie Perlov (21) (last seen Feb. 13, 1973, Palo Alto; found Feb. 16, 1973) - *John Arthur Getreu (74/29 @ time of crime) arrested (11/20/18), charged (11/21/18) & arraigned (11/26/18) & re-arraigned (12/2/19) with 1st degree murder during the commission of attempted rape. Plead not guilty. Held without bail. Santa Clara County
DNA submitted to Parabon Nanolabs-match
Information & court hearings from 11/26/18 to 8/23/19 reference post #36 here:
CA - Leslie Marie Perlov, 20, murdered, Palo Alto, 13 Feb 1973 *ARREST*
10/7/19: Plea hearing continued to 11/19. 11/19/19: Plea hearing continued to 12/2/19. 12/2/19: Plead not guilty. Next Readiness hearing on 1/27/20 & Preliminary Exam hearing on 2/3. 1/27/20: Next Motions hearing on 1/29 and Preliminary exam hearing on 2/4.
1/29/20 Update: Next preliminary exam hearing on 2/4.
CA – Janet Ann Taylor (21) (March 24, 1974, from La Honda; found March 25, 1974 in Stanford, Palo Alto) - *John Arthur Getreu (74/29 @ time of crime) charged (5/10/19) & arraigned (6/14/19) with 1 count of felony murder, enhanced GBI/torture, enhanced serious felony & enhanced special allegation prior acts. Plead not guilty. $10M bond. San Mateo County DNA submitted to Parabon Nanolabs-match
Trial set to begin 9/21/20.
Court info from 5/10/19 thru 11/5/19 reference post #40 here:
CA - Leslie Marie Perlov, 20, murdered, Palo Alto, 13 Feb 1973 *ARREST*
11/20/19 Update: Private defender appointed. Arraignment waived. Time waived for trial. Bond set at $10M. Next pretrial hearing on 4/7/20 & trial set to begin on 9/21/20. 1/17/20: Motion to suppress evidence; motion hearing on 6/17/20.

 

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Man to stand trial for 1973 cold-case murder at Stanford

Wed, Feb 5, 2020, 9:56 am
Accused serial killer John Arthur Getreu claims he didn't have contact with Leslie Marie Perlov, the woman he allegedly strangled to death on the Stanford campus nearly 47 years ago, but his statements appeared to be contradicted during a court hearing on Tuesday by DNA evidence found under her fingernails.
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During the hearing, Santa Clara County sheriff's investigators described how they reopened the cold case in November 2016 and sent fingernail clippings taken from Perlov's body to the sheriff's office's crime lab to look for DNA evidence. Kevin Kellogg, a lab criminalist, testified that he sampled debris under the clippings and extracted DNA from two individuals: Perlov and an unidentified male.
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After Kellogg established the DNA profiles for Perlov and the unknown male, investigators identified Getreu as a potential suspect. Investigators have previously stated they used an outside firm to seek a match through familial DNA databases.
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The probability of the DNA found under Perlov's right hand nails coming from anyone else other than Getreu is 1 in 65 septillion, he said. The probability of the DNA found under Perlov's left hand nails coming from another contributor other than Getreu is 1 in 10 billion. He found no evidence of a third contributor, he added.
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Compelling testimony during the preliminary hearing also came from a 62-year-old woman. She told the court that Getreu had raped and strangled her when she was a teenager living in Palo Alto.
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At Tuesday's preliminary hearing, Presiding Judge Linda Clark ruled there was enough evidence to hold Getreu for trial for Perlov's murder. Because her body was found partially undressed and her stockings and undergarments were stuffed into her throat, Clark also found there was sufficient evidence to try Getreu for committing murder with the intent of perpetrating a rape or sexual assault.
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Getreu pleaded not guilty to the charges in December. He remains in the county's Main Jail in San Jose without bail. His next court date is Feb. 18, when he will appear for arraignment on the charges.

 

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Tuesday, February 18th:
*Arraignment Hearing (Leslie’s case) (@ 9am PT) - CA – Leslie Marie Perlov (21) (last seen Feb. 13, 1973, Palo Alto; found Feb. 16, 1973) - *John Arthur Getreu (74/29 @ time of crime) arrested (11/20/18), charged (11/21/18) & arraigned (11/26/18) & re-arraigned (12/2/19) with 1st degree murder during the commission of attempted rape. Plead not guilty. Held without bail. Santa Clara County
DNA submitted to Parabon Nanolabs-match
Information & court hearings from 11/26/18 to 8/23/19 reference post #36 here:
CA - Leslie Marie Perlov, 20, murdered, Palo Alto, 13 Feb 1973 *ARREST*
10/7/19: Plea hearing continued to 11/19. 11/19/19: Plea hearing continued to 12/2/19. 12/2/19: Plead not guilty. Next Readiness hearing on 1/27/20 & Preliminary Exam hearing on 2/3. 1/27/20: Next Motions hearing on 1/29 and Preliminary exam hearing on 2/4.
1/29/20 Update: Next preliminary exam hearing on 2/4. 2/4/20: State witnesses: Santa Clara County sheriff's investigators. Kevin Kellogg, a lab criminalist. Santa Clara County sheriff's Detective Noe Cortez. Diane Doe (62-year-old woman, not her real name). She told the court that Getreu had raped & strangled her when she was a teenager living in Palo Alto. At Tuesday's preliminary hearing, Presiding Judge Linda Clark ruled there was enough evidence to hold Getreu for trial for Perlov's murder. Because her body was found partially undressed and her stockings and undergarments were stuffed into her throat, Clark also found there was sufficient evidence to try Getreu for committing murder with the intent of perpetrating a rape or sexual assault. Getreu pleaded not guilty to the charges in December. He remains in the county's Main Jail in San Jose without bail. His next court date is Feb. 18, when he will appear for arraignment on the charges.
CA – Janet Ann Taylor (21) (March 24, 1974, from La Honda; found March 25, 1974 in Stanford, Palo Alto) - *John Arthur Getreu (74/29 @ time of crime) charged (5/10/19) & arraigned (6/14/19) with 1 count of felony murder, enhanced GBI/torture, enhanced serious felony & enhanced special allegation prior acts. Plead not guilty. $10M bond. San Mateo County
DNA submitted to Parabon Nanolabs-match
Trial set to begin 9/21/20.
Court info from 5/10/19 thru 11/5/19 reference post #40 here:
CA - Leslie Marie Perlov, 20, murdered, Palo Alto, 13 Feb 1973 *ARREST*
11/20/19 Update: Private defender appointed. Arraignment waived. Time waived for trial. Bond set at $10M. Next pretrial hearing on 4/7/20 & trial set to begin on 9/21/20. 1/17/20: Motion to suppress evidence; motion hearing on 6/17/20.

 

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Department 24 Trial Setting 4/8/2020 1:35PM

Department 24 Arraignment: Information 2/18/2020 9:00AM Held


link: Public Portal - Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara

 

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for Leslie Perlov's case

Department 27 Hearing: Motion hearings 5/19/2020 1:30PM

Department 24 Trial Setting 4/8/2020 1:35PM-cancelled

link: Public Portal - Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara

 

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For Janet Taylor's case

04/07/2020 Status Conference
Judicial Officer: Novak, Lisa A.
Hearing Time: 01:30 PM
Cancelled Reason: Coronavirus

04/24/2020 Status Conference
Judicial Officer: Novak, Lisa A.
Hearing Time: 02:00 PM
Comment: Jury Trial


link: Superior Court of California, County of San Mateo

 

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04/07/2020 Pretrial Conference
Judicial Officer: Novak, Lisa A.
Hearing Time: 1:30 PM
Result: Held
Parties Present:
Defendant
Attorney: HALLEY, JOHN A.

04/07/2020 Reason defendant not present:
Comment: DEF IN CUSTODY IN SANTA CLARA COUNTY

04/07/2020 Jury Trial Confirmed

04/07/2020 Offer recited on the record

04/07/2020 Previous dates remain as set

06/17/2020 PC 1538.5 motion
Judicial Officer: Master Calendar, -
Hearing Time: 9:00 AM

09/21/2020 Jury Trial
Judicial Officer: Greenberg, Susan
Hearing Time: 8:30 AM


link: Superior Court of California, County of San Mateo

 

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Leslie's case:

Court Appearances
SNO COURT CODE COURT DEPT DATE TIME
1 43100 27 05/19/2020 01:30 PM

2 43100 24 05/20/2020 01:35 PM

link: Inmate Booking Information - OVR

 

[Richard]

Leslie Marie Perlov was last seen at her job in Palo Alto on the afternoon of Feb. 13, 1973, the sheriff's office stated in a press release. Her orange 1972 Chevrolet Nova was discovered later that day, parked at the gate of an old quarry in Los Altos Hills, shortly off the exit from Interstate 280 and about a 5 mile drive from Perlov's place of work, authorities said...

LINK:
Genetic genealogy leads to arrest in 1973 cold case murder of 21-year-old California woman Leslie Perlov, authorities say

 

[Richard]

Janet Ann Taylor, 21, was found dead on Sand Hill Road and Manzanita Way near the Stanford University campus on March 25, 1974. John Arthur Getreu has been arrested in connection with her death, San Mateo County sheriff's investigators announced at a press conference on May 16, 2019.

 

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Re Leslie's hearing from 5/19 moved.

Department 24

Trial Setting
7/1/2020 1:35PM
Department 27

Hearing: Motion hearings
6/30/2020 1:30PM

link: Public Portal - Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara

 

[Richard]

A person who would kill two young women back in 1974 and who wasn't caught until decades later (by DNA evidence) was no doubt responsible for other murders as well. Who were his victims?

John Arthur Getreu is now in prison. Perhaps finding another murder which he committed and holding the death penalty over his head will get him to give up his other victims.

 

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Wednesday, June 17th:
*Motions Hearing (for Janet’s case) (@ 9am PT) - CA – Janet Ann Taylor (21) (March 24, 1974, from La Honda; found March 25, 1974 in Stanford, Palo Alto) - *John Arthur Getreu (74/29 @ time of crime) charged (5/10/19) with 1 count of felony murder, enhanced GBI/torture, enhanced serious felony & enhanced special allegation prior acts. Plead not guilty. $10K bond. San Mateo County
DNA submitted to Parabon Nanolabs-match
Trial set to begin on 9/21/20.
5/10/19 Update: Charged with murder in Janet’s case, San Mateo County. Arraignment & plea hearing set for 5/30.
5/30/19 Update: Defendant waives the right to a hearing for probable cause. Ordered to appear on 6/14 for arraignment & plea.
6/14/19 Update: Plead not guilty. Next preliminary hearing on 11/4. 11/4/19: Tuesday, San Mateo County Deputy District Attorney Josh Stauffer presented evidence. Witnesses: Dr. Peter Benson, a forensic pathologist who at the time worked for the San Mateo County Coroner. Celia Hartmatt was a young sheriff's assistant criminologist in 1974. Hartmatt's job was to pore over the clothing and other items found in search of trace evidence when case was reopened in 2018. Investigator Rick Jackson, a retired sheriff's homicide detective now working as a cold-case consultant for the San Mateo County Sheriff. San Mateo County Superior Court Judge Clifford Cretan found there was adequate evidence to hold Getreu for trial in Taylor's murder. Case transferred to Superior Court. Bond stays at $10K. Next arraignment hearing on 11/20.
11/20/19 Update: Private defender appointed. Arraignment waived. Time waived for trial. Bond set at $10M. Next pretrial hearing on 4/7/20 & trial set to begin on 9/21/20. 1/17/20: Motion to suppress evidence. Motions hearing on 6/17/20. 4/2/20: Pretrial hearing on 4/7 has been cancelled. Rescheduled on 4/24.
4/17/20 Update: Did have hearing on 4/7. Defendant not present but in custody of Santa Clara County. Jury trial confirmed. Next motions hearing on 6/17/20.
CA - Leslie Marie Perlov (21) (last seen Feb. 13, 1973, Palo Alto; found Feb. 16, 1973, Palo Alto) - *John Arthur Getreu (74/28 @ time of crime) arrested (11/20/18) & charged (11/21/18) & arraigned (11/18/18 & re-arraigned (2/18/20) with 1st degree murder during the commission of attempted rape. Plead not guilty. Held without bail. Santa Clara County
DNA submitted to Parabon Nanolabs-match
Information & court hearings from 11/26/18 to 1/29/20 reference post #49 here:
CA - Leslie Marie Perlov, 20, murdered, Palo Alto, 13 Feb 1973 *ARREST*
2/18/20 Update: Re-arraigned on 2/18/20. Next motions hearing on 4/7 and trial setting hearing on 4/8. 4/1/20: Motions hearing on 4/7 has been cancelled. Trial setting hearing still on court site for 4/8. Motions hearing on 5/19/20.
4/2/20 Update: Trial setting hearing was cancelled due to coronavirus. Next motions hearing on 5/19/20 & 5/20/20. 5/11/20 Update: Motions hearings on 5/19 & 5/20 were cancelled due to coronavirus. Motion hearing set for 6/30 & a trial setting hearing on 7/1/20. 6/14/20 Update: Motion hearing on 6/30 has been cancelled. Next trial setting hearing on 7/1/20 & motions hearing on 8/11/20.

 

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for Leslie's case - Santa Clara County

Department 24
Trial Setting
8/12/2020 1:35PM

Department 27
Hearing: Motion hearings
8/11/2020 1:30PM

link: Public Portal - Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara

 

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Looks like I missed a court date...

for Janet - San Mateo County

06/17/2020 PC 1538.5 motion
Original Type: PC 1538.5 motion
Judicial Officer: Davis, III, Leland
Hearing Time: 9:00 AM
Result: Held

06/17/2020 Personal Appearance Waiver pursuant to Emergency Rule 5
Comment: defendant in custody in Santa Clara County

06/17/2020 Party appeared by audio and or/ video
Comment: John Halley attorney

06/17/2020 Previous dates remain as set
Comment: pc1538.5 to be heard in trial department 9/21/2020

07/23/2020 Further Proceedings
Original Type: Further Proceedings
Judicial Officer: Foiles, Robert D
Hearing Time: 8:30 AM
Result: Held
Comment: STATUS
Parties Present:
Defendant
Attorney: HALLEY, JOHN A.

07/23/2020 Reason defendant not present:
Comment: In Santa Clara County

07/23/2020 Previous dates remain as set

07/23/2020 Defendant ordered to return.

08/07/2020 Status Conference
Judicial Officer: Foiles, Robert D
Hearing Time: 11:00 AM

09/21/2020 Jury Trial
Judicial Officer: Greenberg, Susan
Hearing Time: 8:30 AM


link: Superior Court of California, County of San Mateo



for Leslie - Santa Clara:

Department 24:
Trial Setting
9/23/2020 1:35PM

Department 27:
Hearing: Motion hearings
8/11/2020 1:30PM

link: Public Portal - Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara