CA CA-Marissa R.Harvey,15, of N.Y., visiting Golden Gate Park, S.A./strangled, Sutro Heights, 27Mar.'78, DNA- Mark Stanley Personette,*Arrest 2025*.

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By Carlos E. Castañeda: November 13, 2025 rbbm.

Colorado man convicted in San Francisco 1978 cold case murder of teen girl from New York

An 80-year-old Colorado man was convicted in the 1978 cold case murder in San Francisco of a 15-year-old girl visiting the city from New York, authorities announced Thursday.

www.cbsnews.com

''An 80-year-old Colorado man was convicted in the 1978 cold case murder in San Francisco of a teenage girl visiting the city from New York, authorities announced Thursday.

Mark Stanley Personette of Jefferson County was convicted of first-degree murder for the killing of 15-year-old Marissa Rolf Harvey, who disappeared on March 27, 1978, after going to San Francisco's Golden Gate Park for an afternoon of horseback riding.

Harvey, who was in the city from Queens to visit her sister for Easter, never returned to her sister's house. The next day, her body was found nearby in Sutro Heights Park by surfers walking through the area. She had been sexually assaulted and strangled, police said.''

''Personette faces seven years to life in prison, and his sentencing was scheduled for December 17.''

 

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Dang, he has a long criminal history. In the link below there are multiple mugshots going back decades although sadly the article does not mention what these alleged crimes were about.

Elderly Man Accused of Killing Teen Girl in San Francisco 43 Years Ago. Cops Fear There May Be More Victims.

Mark Stanley Personette, 76, remains at the jail in Jefferson County, Colorado, as a fugitive of justice, online records show. Marissa Rolf Harvey, 15, was visiting San Fran from New York City when she was found dead in Sutro Heights Park on March 28, 1978.

lawandcrime.com

 

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https://www.kron4.com/news/bay-area/killer-convicted-of-murdering-young-horseback-rider-in-san-francisco/

Mark Personette is seen in an undated mugshot released by SFPD.
'At the time of Marissa’s murder, Personette was 33 years old. The cold case was solved by the San Francisco Police Department’s Homicide Cold Case Unit and an FBI surveillance team.'

Mark Personette’s 1979 mugshots from New Jersey were released by SFPD.
''A second victim testified that in 1979, Personette raped her in a wooded area of New Jersey when she was 16 years old.''
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Elderly Man Accused of Killing Teen Girl in San Francisco 43 Years Ago. Cops Fear There May Be More Victims.

Mark Stanley Personette, 76, remains at the jail in Jefferson County, Colorado, as a fugitive of justice, online records show. Marissa Rolf Harvey, 15, was visiting San Fran from New York City when she was found dead in Sutro Heights Park on March 28, 1978.

lawandcrime.com

''San Francisco cops recommended that other law enforcement agencies review sexual assault-related homicides involving young women to see if Personette is linked.

"In the wake of this homicide suspect's arrest, the San Francisco Police Department is requesting that law enforcement agencies within the United States thoroughly review their sexual-assault related cold-case homicides involving young women to identify any other incidents in which Personette may be a suspect," police said.

Accordingly, they released booking photos of Personette from across the decades. Several are explicitly from New Jersey, though cops say he was living in Conifer, Colorado, when arrested for the Harvey killing.''