European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 6, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Y monday december a 1993 . The stars and stripes Pago 7abducted California girl found dead Petaluma Calif. A the Hunt for Polly Klaas crime to a tragic close saturday when searchers found the body of the 12-year-old, who was kidnapped during a slumber party in her bedroom two months ago. Polly s body was found in a wooded area South of clo Verdale about 80 Miles North of san Francisco and 30 Miles North of Petaluma where she was abducted at knife Point by a bearded stranger the night of oct. 1. Quot we Are Here to announce tonight that Polly Klaas is dead Quot said Peta Luma s police chief Dennis Dewitt at a news conference that dashed the Hopes of people in this Small town. After 1he abduction thousands of volunteers immediately banded to Polly Klaas Gether in a nationwide search for the vivacious seventh grader. Her dimpled smile beamed from thousands of fliers distributed in an Effort to gain information about her whereabouts. The body was found in a wooded Thicket saturday evening after detectives spoke with Tho prime suspect in the Case saturday afternoon Dewitt said. Police on saturday night would not give details of the conversation with the suspect Richard Allen Davis. When asked if Davis had confessed Jim Freeman special agent in charge of the Fri in san Francisco would say Only Quot i can just Tell you he gave us the information to get us to where we re at right  he and Dewitt would not answer questions about How or when Polly died. Fri agents were Stilt at the scene where the body was found. The Bureau said the investigation of the area would be pm petted sunday. Polly a family was in seclusion when the news was announced. At her mothers House in Petaluma the lights were on but the shades were drawn. Ribbons in Lavender Polly a favorite color were still tied around Trees on the Side of the House. Meanwhile other residents of the close knit Community expressed their grief openly when they Learned what they feared had come True. Fifteen minutes after the announcement dozens of people began to arrive at the Polly Klaas foundation Headquarters to share their sorrow and to offer each other support. Quot its a Wake. The grieving has started. We just lost our Little sister our daughter our Friend. We re one big extended family a said Volunteer John Gerth 43, a furniture maintenance Man from Napa. He said volunteers were praying and sharing memories of the girl they tried to find. Many cried and embraced. Davis has not been charged in connection with the Klaas Case. The news came one Day after police and the Fri announced that they had enough evidence against him to refer the Case to the Sonoma county District attorney for prosecution. The evidence included a Palm print from Davis found in Polly a bedroom. Davis is in custody in Mendocino county on a Drunken driving conviction and a parole violation. It would be Quot premature Quot to discuss possible murder charges Freeman said. If charged and convicted of kidnapping and murder the suspect could face the death penalty or life Marc Klaas Center father of Polly Klaas appeals to the Public saturday for information about the abduction of the 12-year-old. All Hopes later were dashed when the Petaluma girls body was found Ina wooded area about 30 Miles away. In prison without possibility of parole. _ Polly was taken from her Home by a Man who interrupted a slumber party As pol tvs smother slept in a nearby bedroom. The intruder bound her two companions. About an hour later a woman who lives about 15 Miles North of Petaluma reported a trespasser to the Sonoma county sheriffs office. A according to sheriffs officials deputies responded and confronted Davis whose car had gone into a ditch. They searched his car and checked to see if he was wanted. Finding nothing a and knowing nothing about the kidnapping because they were tuned to a different radio frequency a the deputies helped him get his car out of the ditch and let him go. But last sunday when the woman reported finding clothing and other items in the same area a Check of Davis record revealed that he was a twice convicted kidnapper in violation of parole. Davis 39, was arrested tuesday. Earlier saturday about 300 people made a painstaking search of the three mile Square area where the evidence was found in Hopes of finding clues to the missing girls  bad news hit especially hard at the Polly Klaas foundation where 3,000 volunteers had stuffed envy Lopes and made phone Calls for the past two months. Quot our hearts have All been touched by Polly and we will carry her memory forever Quot said the foundation s president Gary French. Teams search a Grassy Hillside in Santa Rosa Calif., for dues saturday in the kidnapping of Polly Klaas whose body was found later in the Day in Northern California. Judge apologizes to mom for leniency to son s killer Norwich n y. A a judge apologized to the Mother of a High school student slain by his teen age Girlfriend As he sentenced the girl to five years of therapy for the killing. Chenango county judge Kevin m. Dowd ordered april Dell Olio 15, to undergo psychoanalysis once a week As an outpatient for the slaying of 17-year-old David Eccleston last year. Quot mrs. Eccleston this system owes you an apology a Dowd said Friday to Diane Eccleston sitting in the second Row of the courtroom. Quot a Young Man is dead and basically i am Hamstrung. I have to treat it like the psychological equivalent of a april had a bad hair Day on october 20,1992,�?T a Dowd said. Dell Olio admitted that she repeat edly stabbed Eccleston that Day near new Berlin High school about 55 Miles Southeast of Syracuse where the two were students. She was 14 at the time. In May a july ruled that Del la Olio was not criminally responsible because she suffered from a mental defect. At fridays hearing state psychiatrists said that although Dell our had a personality disorder she did not currently suffer from a dangerous mental disorder or mental illness that would have required her to be committed to a facility for treatment Quot it is a disgrace that a person can kill somebody Stab that person 23 limes and walk away from Here and say a take two Counselor and see me in five years a a a the judge said. Shotgun killer stalks Hunters in Florida authorities warn Jacksonville Fla. A a killer has been Hunting human prey in a Florida Forest shooting two Deer Hunters in two weeks and robbing them before disappearing into the wild. Quot somebody is stalking people Quot said Rocky Shearin who owns a gun shop in Orange Park. Quot you Are going to have to become wary of  authorities linked the two Shotgun slayings last week and Law enforcement agencies joined forces to investigate the Northeast Florida slayings. Quot there Are similarities at both scenes to indicate that it is the same person involved in both crimes Quot Baker county sheriff Murray Richardson said. Quot my chief worry now is that this Guy could possibly strike  the wilderness killings dominated customers conversations at shearing a Bear Bones gun Smithing. Most plan to continue Hunting but will be More vigilant Shearin said a a imagine it will not be quite As Friendly. It has destroyed the atmosphere a he said Friday adding that Hunters frequently Exchange greetings Rand information when they meet in the Woods. Quot i think this is a crazy person doing this Quot he said. Quot i be never heard of anybody getting robbed in the Woods  Don Hill 63, of Orange Park was the first victim. He was Hunting alone in the Osceola National Forest in Baker county near Olus tee. Hills body was found nov. 20. Five Days later Gregory Allan Wood 35, also of Orange Park and Hunting alone was found dead in the military reservation Camp Blanding in nearby Clay county., both were killed by Shotgun fire and robbed. Clay county sheriff Scott Lancaster urged Hunters to be on guard suggesting that they not go out alone