News Scrapbook 1985

San Diego, CA {San Diego Co.) Son Diego Union {Cir. D. 217,3241 (Cir. S. 339,7881

San Diego, CA (San Diego C~.l San Diego Union (C,r. D. 2l7,324) (Cir. s. 339,7881

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AUG 23 1985

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nformant sues over Lucas case reward day after O'Grady passed on the in- formation, th lawsuit said.

hoff, refused to say just what bis cli- ent passed on to the police, and Mal- loy said be was not at liberty to dis- cuss the information. Clarke said be was under the im- pression that Matthew Limback, a former roommate of Lucas, had bro- ken the case when he told authorities be had seen Lucas sharpen a knife last Oct. 17 and then return later that night with blood on his shirt saying he wished be could turn back time and era e what bad just happened. Clarke said none of the crimes of which Lucas Is accused occurred on that date, but a Jaw enforcement check on Lucas turned up informa- tion that eventually led to his arrest on charges of killing Swanke and the Oct. 23 slayings of Rhonda Strang, 24, and Amber Fisher, 3.

Lucas later was charged with the May 1979 slayings of Suzanne Cam- ille Jacobs, 31, and her son, Colin Mi- chael, 3, m their Normal Heights home and the Dec. 8, 1981, slaying of Gayle Garcia, 29, a real estate sales- woman found slain in La Presa. O'Grady, widow of an Air Force colonel, said she went to Malloy be- cause be is a family friend. "Her information may have been contained in testimony at the prelim- inary hearing by other witnesses,'' said Clarke, who said O'Grady bad never been called to testify during two preliminary bearings for Lucas on the murder charges. "It appears she directed the authorities to him but I don't know in what terms that would be." _.;--; ,,-

City planners yesterday said they would reconsider a permit to build over an archaeological dig at Mis- sion San Diego de Alcala if the Roman Catholic diocese will provide a summary report on what has al- ready been found there. The construction of a new multi- purpose building has been stalled since January - largely because of complaints that, since no report has been written yet, the community cannot evaluate whether the excava- tion is complete. Rather than demand a full techni- cal report now, the city is asking th d10cese to hire an independPnt r- cbaeologist to summarize the work done over the pas 18 years by Uni- vers1 ty of San Diego s~ientists. "The summary should extrapolate from

the information to estimate what other artifacts may remain buried at the site, according to Ron Buckley, secrf'tary of the city's Historical Site Boa,o. The city's recommendations are based on suggestions from two ar- ~haeologists from the National Reg- ister Program of the National Park &rv1ce, which is charged with moni- toring historical landmarks. The mis- sion was listed as a historical land- mark in 1964. Don Worley, attorney for the diocese, said he would not be able to d1 cuss the recommendations with the diocese until next week because Monsignor I. Brent Eagen 1s out of town. Meaewhile, he said he would explore how expensive and time-con-

suming the summary report would be. If it would take too long or cost too much money, Worley said he might recommend that the diocese seek its building permit without doing the study. If the Historical Site Board de- nied a permit, the diocese could ask the City Council to overrule the deci- sion. Th~n if thf' council refused to over- rule the decision, Worley said the diocese would wait the required 360 days until the city no longer had au- thority to delay the permit. The kind of building permit the diocese seeks can be delayed only for 360 days and then must be granted as long as the plans meet building codes, Worley •Said.

Yesterday, Malloy acknowledged that O'Grady was the confidential in- formant who passed on information on th case la t December. The prosecutor in the case, Deputy Di trict Attorney George Clarke, aid that he had never heard of the woman "but we will want to talk to her now." Ro er Young, executive director of the city Crime Commission, also named in the lawsuit, said he had offered the w man a partial award earlier thi · year and she rejected it. "I'm di appointed that it's come down to this. Nobody necessarily benefits from this kind of court ac- tion," Young id. O'Grady's attorney, Michael J , Im-

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San Diego, CA (San Diego Co.) Evening Tribune (Cir. D. 127,454)

AUG 24 1985

.Jl.ll~n '• P. c. B ' 88 8 Lucas' lawyers granted access to DA's data By Mike Konon C-: Tribune Staff Writer ) The district attorney's office has been ordered to cooperate in re- quests for information made by at- torneys for accused serial killer David Allen Lucas. In an all-day bearing, Superior Court Judge Raul Rosado heard re- quests from attorneys Alex Landon and Anthony Gilham for access to the houses of murder victims, names, addresses and phone numbers of all witnesses and other assistance in their investigation. Landon also asked several sheriffs investigators whether a profile of a serial killer b d been prepared be- fore Lucas was arrested. All said they knew of no such profile. Lucas is charged with six murders and the kidnapping and attempted murder of a Seattle woman. He is scheduled for trial Sept. 19 on charges of murdering real estate saleswoman Gayle Garcia, 29, on Dec. 8, 1981, in a Spring Valley home she was showing to prospective renters; and of slaying Suzanne Jacobs, 31, and her son, Colin, 3, on May 24, 1979, in their Normal Heights home. In the case being handled by Lan- don and Gilham, scheduled for trial Oct. l, Lucas is charged with the Nov. 20 slaying of Universicy of San Die~udent Anne Swanke, 22; the Ocl.23 slayings of Amber Fisher, 3, and her baby sitter, Rhonda Strang, 24, in Strang's Lakeside horn~; and the attempted murder and kidnap- ping of Jody Santiago, 29, who sur- vived a slashed throat, fractured skull and stab wounds in a June 9, 1984, attack. Much of Landon's questioning of Sgt. Dennis Hartman concerned the Swanke case, of which Hartman was . in charge. ' "

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Hartman said San Diego Police ~pt. Ja!Des Malloy "ad given him mformat10n and he b d passed it on to his investigators, ) obert Fullmer and Craig Henderson. Hartman added he did not know the source of th~ !!!formation. Diana O'Grady of Del Cerro filed suit this week in Superior Court, say- ing she was the informant who Jed sheriffs investigators to Lucas as the suspect in the Swanke case. O'Grady said she came forward because of the $25,000 reward offered by the San Diego Crime Commission. Outside the courtroom, Hartman said Malloy's information came from O'Grady and led sheriffs investiga- tors to Matthew Limback, a friend of Lucas, who testified at a preliminary hearing that be saw scratches on Lucas' face shortly after Swanke was slain. Limback also identified a dog chain found around Swanke's neck as one he had seen on a dog owned by Lucas. "That was the first time Lucas' name turned up in our investigation," Hartman said. "We said to ourselves: 'Who is David Lucas?'"