Welcome to part two of the Ret. FBI Special Agent David Alford blog posts. In part one, I discussed the details of the Unabomber case. In part 2, you will learn the details of the Polly Klaas kidnapping and murder. ABOUT THE CASE
Before leaving, he grabbed some of Polly’s things and escaped the house with her. Police later found that the abductor and murderer was Richard Allen Davis. After Kate and Gillian were sure he had left, they ran to the room where Polly Klaas’ mother was sleeping. The groggy mother called in the abduction to the police. Not more than an hour later, a resident called Sonoma County sheriff’s office to report that there was a strange and suspicious man standing by a Ford Pinto which was lodged in a ditch. The deputies came by, searched his car, checked him for outstanding warrants, and let him go. On Oct. 19, Davis was stopped, arrested, and booked with drunk driving. No one connected that he was the one who abducted Polly. He was released that same day.
The red panty hose were taken from Polly’s room, and the white cloths looked similar to the binding that the girls were wrapped in on the night of the abduction. This connected the evidence to the case. FBI agents, according to Alford, found a partial palm print from the bedroom. Alford said that pulling palm prints wasn’t as common at this point, but they were able to pick up the print using special lifting paper. Davis’ print matched the palm print, and he confessed to strangling Polly to death. He took investigators to her burial spot. INTERESTING FACTS
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