CA - Janet Kovacich, 27, Auburn, 8 Sept 1982

[Wildcat]

http://auburnjournal.com/detail/112746.html

When Jean Gregoire was on her deathbed, one of the last requests she asked of her son was to never forget his sister, Janet Kovacich, and her children.
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And they died never seeing their daughter’s killer made to answer for his crime.

 

[johnnyhands]

Paul Kovacich's guilt is being questioned - the prosecution's main argument was no one else could have done it, only a trained police officer could have pulled it off.

There was an uncaught serial killer/ex-police officer that had worked in Auburn and had much familiarity with Paul Kovacich and the area: Joseph James Deangelo, the Golden State KIller.

12-26-75 podcast "Ep. 48, No One Else Could Have Done Pt 1"
(The podcast has AI-generated voices):

12-26-75

News Podcast · Semimonthly Series · Was Donna Richmond's murder the end of a string of burglaries and homicides in small-town California? Was the wrong person convicted? This podcast provides new information and insight into Donna's cas…

podcasts.apple.com

12-26-75 Casefiles page:

Casefiles - Janet Kovacich

27 year-old Janet Kovacich disappeared from the family home in Auburn, CA on the morning of September 8, 1982. She made an appointment on the phone at 10:00 am, and Mr. Kovacich said that he left Janet in the master bathroom at about 10:15 am, finishing her hair and makeup for the 11:10 am meeting.

sites.google.com

Here's a link a another page that gives a close examination of the skull that the jury heard "might have been" Janet's and "might have had" a bullet wound in it. I'm waiting for 2025 DNA technology to extract DNA from the skull for a comparison to the Kovacich children - that's what I'd like to see in this case.

Casefiles - Rollins Lake

SKULL DISCOVERY

sites.google.com

 

[johnnyhands]

The creators of 12-26-75 have launched a website devoted to the likely false 2009 conviction of Paul Kovacich in the killing of his wife Janet on September 8, 1982:

9-8-82.com

Janet Gregoire and Paul Kovacich met at Boreal Ski Resort in November, 1970 while they were both working as members of the ski patrol. Janet was a junior at San Juan High School in Citrus Heights, and Paul was a senior at Sacramento State University. Janet’s parents were opposed to the relationship

www.9-8-82.com

I'm still waiting to see if they allow a modern DNA investigation of the skull the prosecution claimed was Janet's (found in 1995) that they claimed had a bullet hole in it.

If either of those claims were found to be untrue, I would think Paul Kovacich should be released. He's in his late mid-70's now