Convicted killer John Albert Gardner III a possible assault suspect in three counties, police say

[IScreamSundays]

Source: LA Times

Convicted killer and rapist John Albert Gardner III is being investigated as a possible suspect in assaults in San Diego, San Bernardino and Riverside counties, law enforcement officials said Monday.

"We believe he's involved in other cases, not necessarily murder," said Lt. Dennis Brugos, head of the San Diego Sheriff's Department homicide detail. A multi-agency "Gardner task force" is at work, he said.

Brugos said investigators talked to Gardner for two hours Friday after he was sentenced for murder in the deaths of Chelsea King, 17, and Amber Dubois, 14, in northern San Diego County. He declined to say in how many cases Gardner was considered a potential suspect.

Brugos' comments came as law enforcement agencies broke their silence on the King and Dubois murders.

At a news conference, Escondido police said that in the weeks after Amber's Feb. 13, 2009, disappearance an officer questioned Gardner when a woman said he was stalking her in his car. The officer found an open container of alcohol in Gardner's car and a 3-year-old child, the son of Gardner's girlfriend.

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[RaleighNCDUer]

1. which may mean something, or may simply mean that this is a great

opportunity to clear away some old cases.

Question is, will he confess and offer corroborating evidence, or will he confess and give nothing, just to pump up his own reputation?