California Health Care Facility, Stockton, California, U.S.
Spouses
Susan Getreu
(m. 1970; div. 1978)
Lynda Getreu
(m. 1978; died 2003)
Unnamed wife
(m. 2008)
Children
2
Conviction(s)
Rape, second-degree murder (1963) Statutory rape, Santa Clara County (1975) First-degree murder (2021) First-degree murder (2023)
Criminal penalty
Rape, second-degree murder sentence (as juvenile): 10 years (1963), Served: 3 years. Statutory rape sentence: 6 months (1975), Served: 6 months. First-degree murder sentence: 7 years to life (2021) First-degree murder sentence: 7 years to life (2023)
Details
Victims
3+
Span of crimes
1963–1975
Country
West Germany, United States
State(s)
Rhineland-Palatinate, California
Date apprehended
November 20, 2018
John Arthur Getreu (August 26, 1944 – September 22, 2023) was an American serial killer who was convicted of one murder during 1963 in West Germany and convicted of two more that took place in 1973 and 1974 in the United States. He was sentenced to life imprisonment for the latter murders, and died at the California Health Care Facility while serving his sentence. He was identified through genetic genealogy by CeCe Moore in 2018.[1]
^Jacobo, Julia (November 21, 2018). "Genetic genealogy leads to arrest in 1973 cold case murder of 21-year-old woman". ABC News. Archived from the original on November 23, 2018. Retrieved November 23, 2018.
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