16 nov 1988 anni - Caught after fleeing

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Shortly after defendant left 1426 F Street on the morning of November 12, defendant and McCauley arrived at a bar in West Sacramento. McCauley left about 15 minutes later. An hour or so later, defendant asked the bar manager to call her a cab. A cab arrived, and defendant had the driver taker her to Stockton. The fare for this trip was $60. A warrant was issued for defendant's arrest on November 14, 1988. On November 16, 1988, defendant approached an elderly man in a Los Angeles bar, bought him a drink and engaged him in conversation about the amount of his social security disability checks. She told him that he should be getting bigger checks, offered to cook Thanksgiving dinner for him and suggested that she move in with him. Defendant told this man that her name was "Donna Johanson" and gave him the phone number and room number of the motel where she was staying. This man later realized that he had seen a picture of defendant on the television news. He spoke with the police and told them where defendant was staying. Defendant was located by police in a downtown Los Angeles motel room and arrested. She registered at the motel under the name "Donna Johanson" had given a San Francisco home address. At the time of her arrest, she had $3,042.25 in cash in her purse.

The house at 1426 F Street was thoroughly searched. Identification, mail and prescription medication belonging to the decedents were found there. Two identification cards issued in October 1986 and June 1988 bearing the name "Betty Palmer" and defendant's photo were found in the residence. A number of empty blue and red halves of gelatin capsules were found in a dresser drawer in defendant's bedroom. A vial containing flurazepam prescribed to defendant was also found in the residence

Defendant was charged by information with nine counts of murder (Pen. Code, § 187), and it was specially alleged that she had committed multiple murders (Pen. Code, § 190.2, subd. (a)(3)). The information alleged that defendant had "willfully, unlawfully, and feloniously and with malice aforethought murder[ed]" the victims. The trial was removed to Monterey County from Sacramento County after the court granted defendant's change of venue motion and the parties stipulated to the selection of Monterey County.

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