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but would only reveal the location if he were to receive a certain amount in reward money. Nine days later, the man made several more calls to Secret
Witness, claiming the body was of a woman named Gretchen Olston, and that she had been killed over a month prior. He gave specific directions to investigators, and they were dispatched to the location, which was a remote, bushy grassland near Palm Avenue and Monte Vista Road. There, the body of the woman was discovered, and although she was not immediately identified, it was later revealed to have been Stark, identified by the numerous tattoos on her body.
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body, the Secret
Witness Program received several more calls from the anonymous man, who claimed at one point the killer was named Robert or Bob. The man also claimed during a separate call that Weeden was picked up at dusk and killed with a six- to eight-inch rock on May 23. Maury was interviewed by investigators again on September 4, and he again denied involvement. On September 11, 1986, over one year after Weeden's murder, the same anonymous man called the Secret Witness Program to report a burglary, while simultaneously asking for immunity in the Weeden murder investigation.
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information leading to Weeden's whereabouts, but inquired to know how much he would receive in compensation. On August 8, the man again called and claimed to have found Weeden's body, but would only lead investigators to it if he received reward money. After an exchange over the phone, Shirley
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Berryhill had been strangled to death with a bootlace. Her body was found due to an anonymous caller tipping off the police. Police speculated that the killings of Berryhill and Stark could have been connected due to the proximity they were found and the fact both had disappeared days apart.
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for a traffic violation but failed to attend that day. She had last been seen by her boyfriend, Gary Evans, on June 25, who did not initially report her missing based on her habits of "coming and going. But on August 8, an anonymous man called the Secret
Witness Program claiming to have found a body
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Maury was investigated as a suspect in
September 1987 after it was suspected he had been the caller in the three murder cases and had received $ 2,000 in return. It was found that Maury had bought a motorcycle with the money and paid off some of his family's debts. Fire Marshall Roy Del Carlo, who
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September 22, 1987, the body of 20-year-old Dawn Marie Berryhill was found in a remote bushy area approximately 250 yards from where Stark was found. She had last been seen on June 22 when she left her 6-month-old son with a friend. Due to the level of decomposition on the body, she had to be
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Averill Deanna Weeden, suddenly went missing. In the initial investigation, police interviewed Maury, who denied any involvement in her disappearance. On June 19, an anonymous man called the Secret Witness Program of Shasta County claiming to have
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Stewart, 44, was found in Battle Creek near Cottonwood. She had been strangled to death. She was a waitress at Jerry's Restaurant on Cypress Avenue in Redding. Maury has been considered a possible suspect in her murder but never charged.
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was wired, posed as the chairman of the Secret Witness board and met with Maury in a series of meetings. His voice was compared to the caller who had called to report the bodies, and they were found to have been eerily similar. Maury's
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also matched a fingerprint left on an envelope that contained Secret Witness reward money. More evidence emerged that physically linked Maury to Stark's murder, as a fingerprint found inside her purse matched Maury's prints.
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shortly after his birth, and it has been alleged that he had an abusive father growing up. After graduating high school, Maury enlisted in the Army, but was dishonorably discharged in 1985 for
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and was additionally charged with raping a woman in August. Maury pleaded innocent and said he merely witnessed one of the killings. He also said revealing his identity violated his rights.
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