They also announce that Kalhauser is a person of interest in Gerows death. In late 2014, a photograph of a facial reconstruction of the victim was made public. * May 1999: Kalhauser is convicted of second-degree murder in Arizona in connection with his ex-wifes disappearance. The Inquisitr is a registered trademark. I really feel blown over by this news, he said. [3][12] Additional evidence at the scene may have been blown away due to winds. Kalhauser also was convicted of manslaughter in 1971 for killing a 52-year-old man. Kalhauser has past ties to Arizona and is believed to have murdered his wife, Diane Van Reeth, in 1995; he was living under an assumed name at the time of his wife's death. See Connecticut v. McClain, 23 Conn.App. Investigators in Arizona eventually realized the reconstructed facial image appeared to match the woman in the photograph that had been in Kalhausers possession. For 34 years, her crime was unsolved until DNA evidence and the latest technology helped crack the case. Last year, officials said anyone with information about the case is asked to call Coconino County Sheriffs Office. Gerow was never seen or heard from again. But, it was one of his photographs taken by Tucson Police while they investigated his wife's murder that led to the big break in the "Jane Doe" mystery. And Bill, her lost younger brother, deserves more than memories and a jar of older sisters ashes. Sentencing is based on a number of factors and to a lay jury the greater the sentence, the more serious the crime. Her murderer, be it Kalhauser or someone else, needs to be found and punished. Released on bail, the defendant fled to Arizona but was rearrested more than fifteen years later and brought to trial on the assault charges and several others in November, 1996. . Other State and Federal courts addressing the issue of the admissibility of the length of the sentence when impeaching a witness by prior conviction have developed three different approaches. Just before midnight on May 19, 1979, Michael Renk drove Janet Richardson, his future wife, to the Veteran's Administration Hospital in Bedford where she worked as a nursing assistant on the night shift. In 1979, John Kalhauser tried to kill Michael Renk, his ex-girlfriend's new man, according to Cold Case Investigations. Gerow, the oldest of her siblings, disappeared in July 1980 after leaving with John "Jack" Kalhauser, her boyfriend at the time. 98-P-1318. Those also we resolve in favor of the Commonwealth. Almost exactly 8 years after Paul Chapman was murdered, John Kalhauser tried to kill again. Renk survived despite being shot in the chin, shoulder and back. He believed his sister was alive, but didnt want to contact him. [3][13] Early in the investigation, it was theorized she could have been a victim of the then-unidentified Golden State Killer, who had moved south since his criminal career began in the mid 1970s. Timeline of Brenda Gerow and John Kalhauser, Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window), Billerica Select Board renews Town Manager John Currans contract, Biden to nominate Julie Su as next US labor secretary, Free community college plan unveiled by Healey ahead of budget release, Black WWII vets denied G.I. [18][19] In late 2014, police announced that they believed the photograph was connected to the case of Pima County Jane Doe and quickly released it to the public. He was escaping the cops. at 300-301, 490 N.E.2d 1166. [3][13] Images of the victim's clothing have been featured on websites, National Center for Missing and Exploited Children posters, and in various news reports, in an effort to identify her. There is no indication that van Reethe knew Stecchi was an assumed name; maybe she found out. The Adderall Shortage Is Affecting Both Parents And Kids With ADHD In Big Ways, A New Parent Talks About Dog Mom Guilt While Cuddling Her Pup. Copyright 2023, Thomson Reuters. at 300, 490 N.E.2d 1166. Kalhauser had been charged with attempted murder in connection with that Lowell shooting, but fled the area with Gerow after posting bail. Surely someone knew who she was. 171, 184-185, 503 N.E.2d 934 (1987) (not error to allow the prosecutor, while reading from the record of conviction, to mention a charge of which the witness was not ultimately convicted, but the better practice is not to mention it). Get the latest updates in news, food, music and culture, and receive special offers direct to your inbox. He claimed that he wouldn't own a .25 caliber pistol. denied, 411 U.S. 907, 93 S.Ct. Jack Kalhauser Kalhauser, who was convicted of murdering his wife, Diane Van Reeth, in 1999, is still a suspect in the Gerow case but has never been charged with the crime, according to Life Daily. [25], In 2017, Gerow's and Van Reeth's cases were featured on the second episode of Who Killed Jane Doe? Investigators theorized she was a runaway as a child before she became an adult, had possibly been estranged from family, had been murdered elsewhere and dumped at a new scene, or had hitchhiked to Tucson from another location. Born But the judge permitted the sentence (seven years) to be included in the impeachment information. 10, 22, 490 N.E.2d 1195 (1996). * November 1996: Kalhauser is convicted of armed assault with intent to murder in connection with the shooting in Lowell. That proof tended to show that it worked when he carried it on May 5 and on another occasion in the same month. Incarcerated Anyone who has information on Kalhauser and Gerow, or what their relationship was, should either contact local police, or call Pima County Detective Mark O'Dell at 520-351-6428. John Kalhauser was born on 22 January 1954. There were no percipient witnesses to the assault on Renk, but the description of the white Monte Carlo from which the gunfire emanated corresponded to the vehicle that the defendant had rented on the evening in question. BISBEE A 15-year-old held in a Sierra Vista robbery will not be released pending a hearing to determine whether he'll be tried as an adult, a judge has ruled. Material from the Associated Press was used in this report. Diane Van Reeth, Kalhauser's ex-wife Photo Courtesy of the . Her minivan was empty, two blocks from their home, without keys or signs of a struggle. The victim had gone unidentified until this week, when the Pima County Sheriff's Department revealed she was Brenda Gerow, 20, of Nashua, according to ABC15 in Arizona. He was released in 2019, the Arizona Department of Corrections shows. "Valentine Sally" was identified as a 17-year-old girl, remains of an unidentified young woman were found. [3] Body decomposition was not advanced enough to completely alter her fingerprints, which were eventually taken. Renk had survived, and Kalhauser had been charged with armed assault with intent to murder in August of 1979. Someone else saw something, heard something. One detective noted that the woman looked like she had been roasted by the sun. Public records show about 4 people have taken residence at 61 Lakeview Ave Tyngsboro MA 01879. National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, Family of Sharon Lee Gallegos. * August 1979: Kalhauser is indicted for armed assault with intent to murder in connection with the May 1979 shooting of Michael Renk on the Lowell Connector. Two months later, she called her angry little brother collect from New Mexico. In 1981, John fled to Arizona with Brenda Gerow, who most likely knew nothing about his criminal past. He was convicted of attempted murder, and then released on a $1,20o bail. To see the dramatic recreation of the case, and how it was finally solved, tune into Who Killed Jane Doe? * April 8, 1981: the body of an unidentified woman is found in Tuscon, Ariz., with obvious signs of trauma. Phoenix's independent source of Everyones seen the movie Roadhouse this was very dark and very dirty full of bikers, her brother says. There was no older unsolved Pima County homicide from which the victim had not been identified. He has been in and out of trouble since he was a teen. Robert John Interval is charged with the murder of his missing girlfriend, Christine Mustafa. But Bill hoped it wasnt his sister, who he believed was still alive. Eighteen-year-old Kimberly Rena Jones was reported missing from San Bernardino, California, in 2017, but she hadnt been seen since mid-2016, according to the non-profit organization, The Charley Project. He never heard from her again. See Commonwealth v. Drumgold, 423 Mass. Gender Detected Status That photograph remained in police custody until 2012, when Gerows then-unidentified body was exhumed so that police could use her skull to reconstruct an image of her face. JOHN J. KALHAUSER No. He tried filing missing persons reports, but was told she might not want to be found. Brenda Marie Gerow was found dead in Pima County in 1981, however, it wasnt until decades later that the remains were identified as someone other than Jane Doe.. He vanished before his next court appearance and spent 15 years on the run, living under the alias Donald J. Stecchi in Tucson, where he was arrested . Since then, law enforcement and groups across the country had been working to identify the little girl. Kalhauser was 17 years old. From there, all leads went cold. But when police searched his possessions, they found a photo of a pretty young girl in his wallet. Ultimately, the judge acquiesced to defense counsel's request, ruling that if the defendant testified, the prosecutor could impeach him with his prior conviction for a felony.. In 1977, when Bill was 14, Brenda took him to see Led Zeppelin, his first concert. John Kalhauser He allegedly killed Brenda Gerow and left her in the desert. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. According to reports, the car involved in her disappearance may have been a dark green early 1950s Dodge or Plymouth with a man, woman and two children inside. the defendant was indicted for the assault on Renk. [22][23], The then-unidentified woman's photograph was circulated to the public in late 2014 after authorities made the connection between it and the reconstruction. He vanished before his next court appearance and spent 15 years on the run, living under . He was also arrested for beating up a nurse. ABC15 is digging into the stories of some of these now-identified cold case murder victims whose killers have not been identified. He is sentenced to 20 years in prison. * April 8, 1981: the body of an unidentified woman is found in Tuscon, Ariz., with obvious signs. [4][19][22] Other events in Kalhauser's criminal history includes being convicted for the 1974 murder of Paul Chapman and being indicted for the attempted murder of a man in 1979. The show examines cases of missing crime victims, whose bodies eventually turn up with no way of identifying the victim. There were marks comprised of copper and zinc on the headliner above the passenger's side window consistent with having been made by a hot brass shell casing ejected from a handgun fired by a driver extending his right arm toward the passenger's window. Among Kalhausers possessions when he was arrested in 1995 was a photograph of Gerow. GET BREAKING NEWS IN YOUR BROWSER. [18][19][24] Arizona prison records show that he completed his sentence on May 8, 2019. She later calls her brother to announce plans to return, yet she never does. Status In 1986, under the name Donald Stecchi, Kalhauser married pretty 26-year-old Diane van Reeth, a native of Tucson. [21] Kalhauser refused requests from the authorities to identify the woman in the photograph. In November 1996, the state of Massachusetts sentenced Kalhauser to 26 years in prison in connection with Michael Renks shooting: that former fiances new boyfriend from all those years ago. Authorities say thats exactly what happened to Brenda Marie Gerow, who vanished without a trace in the early 1980s. Officials discovered the woman in the picture, later determined to be Gerow, looked similar to a facial reconstruction of Jane Doe that had been done with the victims skull. She smiled shyly. To investigators, the style of some of her clothing suggested she could have been involved in the local county fair that had occurred at the time of her murder. Moreover, the judge made certain that the jury understood the illustrative purpose of the prototype by instructing it was not the defendant's weapon. Thursday, Oct. 1, 2015. Had Brenda known that Kalhauser was already a convicted killer when she'd met him, she probably never would have crossed the country with him. Brenda Marie Gerow (/ d r o /), previously known as Pima County Jane Doe, was a formerly unidentified American murder victim who was found on April 8, 1981. Male William Gerow said Arizona detectives visited him about three months ago. Thirty-three years and still no reason why. After the Commonwealth rested its case, defense counsel strongly urged the court to allow the substitution of the word felony for manslaughter, stating that masking the conviction would enable the defendant to take the stand. at 301, 490 N.E.2d 1166. 904, 905-906, 668 N.E.2d 845 (1996), this court stated, Masking the nature of the prior offense is more likely to affect the defendant unfairly than receipt in evidence of the unvarnished conviction. Ibid. A Recap Of John Kalhausers Trail Of Terror. . Kalhauser was given twenty years in Arizona in 1999, no chance of an early release, to be served concurrently with his time in Massachusetts leaving him with a release date of 2025. (b)The defendant was not entitled to required findings of not guilty on the four indictments of unlawfully carrying a firearm. He is sentenced to 20 years in prison. Its the 14th most populous state. All rights reserved. [22] Although Van Reeth's body has never been found, Kalhauser was later convicted of her murder in 1999. 796, 803 n. 7, 604 N.E.2d 1278 (1992) (evidence of consciousness of guilt alone cannot support a conviction, but evidence of such a state of mind, when coupled with other probable inferences, may be sufficient to amass the quantum of proof necessary to prove guilt). In 1971, Kalhauser was charged with the shooting death of Paul Chapman, 52, of Nashua. Sheriff's detectives in Tucson said Brenda Gerow was found dead in April 1981. While some of Arizona's "Jane Doe" and "John Doe" homicide victims now have names, many of their cases remain unsolved. The death is considered a homicide. Given the strong forensic and circumstantial evidence recounted above, there is no substantial risk of a miscarriage of justice. Kalhauser was arrested and released on bail. COMMONWEALTH vs. JOHN J. KALHAUSER. But Arizona police kept working. There was no showing that any of the petit jurors were exposed to any extrinsic information in the newspapers or other media outlets concerning the case. * 2012: Investigators in Arizona exhume the then-unidentified body of the woman found in 1981, and use her skull to reconstruct her face. The scan was sponsored by the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children in order to create an approximation of facial features and appearance when the victim was alive. 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