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JOHN GETREU, THE STANFORD SERIAL MURDERER, DIES AT 79

By Grace Kahng | September 25, 2023 | San Jose, CA

John Arthur Getreu, a serial rapist and killer who eluded authorities for decades for the murders of two students at Stanford University, died on Friday at the California Department of Corrections in Stockton, CA. He was 79. This April he pled guilty and was sentenced for the brutal rape and murder of 21 year old Stanford graduate Leslie Perlov.

Getreu, a former Stanford employee, admitted to his son that he had killed Perlov on November 5, 2021, the day he was sentenced for the 1974 murder of… CONTINUE READING HERE.

A SISTER’S FIGHT FOR JUSTICE

By Grace Kahng | April 26, 2023 | San Jose, CA

In Santa Clara Superior Court today, 78 year old John Getreu was expected to be sentenced to life in prison for first degree murder and rape — a crime he committed half a century ago.

But the murderer was a no show. Because of court error, Getreu was unable to appear.

“The court has had some difficulty in securing Mr. Getreu’s appearance,” admitted Judge TK Hanley, apologetically to 21 year old Stanford graduate Leslie Perlov’s surviving family who had traveled to San Jose to give a victim impact statement. “We will reconvene tomorrow morning at 9am.”

Unfiled paperwork meant the hearing would be postponed. Having waited 50 years for their day in court, the family would now have to wait one more day.

Getreu has confessed to murdering Leslie Perlov the day before Valentine’s Day in 1973. In her final moments of life although physically overpowered, the slightly built law librarian fought her attacker ferociously, clawing, biting and hitting him.

Perlov’s murder was so brutal that at trial the retired coroner’s voice quivered with anger as he described her broken and violated body… CONTINUE READING HERE.