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WOODLAND — On the night he fatally stabbed an elderly Davis couple, Daniel Marsh was in a “dissociative state,” compelled to commit the brutal act of violence by a combination of brain damage and the side-effects of antidepressant medications, according to a defense expert in Marsh’s double-homicide trial. “He was being afflicted by intrusive, compulsive […]
A 49-year-old Winters woman was arrested on suspicion of felony drunken-driving Thursday afternoon following a two-vehicle collision at Covell Boulevard and John Jones Road. One person was injured in the 3:10 p.m. crash that involved a Toyota Tacoma and a Garda armored truck. The driver of the Tacoma, Janine Marie Hernandez, was arrested at the […]
WOODLAND — For a couple of hours, Daniel Marsh feigned ignorance to police about a recent double homicide in his hometown, saying he’d heard just a few details from the news and at school about the couple slain in their South Davis condominium. “An elderly couple, or something — I know that somebody broke in […]
WOODLAND — Prosecutors in the Daniel Marsh double-homicide trial began the process of wrapping up their case in chief today, calling their final witnesses before playing the video recording of Marsh’s alleged confession to the crime. Reportedly about five hours long, the video — a brief portion of which was featured during the trial’s opening […]
WOODLAND — The man shot and wounded by a California Highway Patrol officer in Woodland last month is facing 23 felony charges accusing him of assault on peace officers and engaging in criminal street gang activity. Heath Austin Nunes, 38, of Lincoln, allegedly reached for a gun inside his vehicle and was shot twice in […]
WOODLAND — Psychosis played no role in a Davis teen’s brutal stabbing murders of Oliver “Chip” Northup and Claudia Maupin, according to a forensic psychologist who believes the defendant was fully in touch with reality at the time of his alleged crime. Dr. Deborah Schmidt testified Monday that she reached her conclusion based in part on […]
WOODLAND — Facing up to 25 years of incarceration for keeping explosives materials and weapons in his on-campus apartment, a former UC Davis chemistry researcher offered a no-contest plea Friday that his lawyer said is expected to reduce that term to three years. David Scott Snyder, 33, admitted to all 17 felony charges that were filed […]
WOODLAND — A clinical psychologist who evaluated accused killer Daniel Marsh found the teenager “overplayed” his reaction to the antidepressant medications he was taking around the time of his alleged crime, possibly in preparation for his insanity defense at trial. Dr. James Rokop testified in Yolo Superior Court on Friday that Marsh, who changed his plea […]
WOODLAND — Daniel Marsh was just 12 years old when he performed an extraordinary act: administering CPR to his father as he suffered a heart attack, which not only saved his dad’s life but earned him a high-profile award from the American Red Cross. Behind the scenes, however, the traumatic incident contributed to a yearlong […]
WOODLAND — In the months before he allegedly stabbed an elderly Davis couple to death in their South Davis home, Daniel William Marsh had recurring thoughts of death, ranging from suicidal ideations to graphic images of torturing his peers. The urges persisted despite Marsh’s weeklong stint in a Sacramento psychiatric hospital, where he was prescribed […]
Solano County California Highway Patrol officers say they have identified a Winters woman as the suspect in a fatal hit-and-run collision that killed an Alamo man last March. Adrianna Melendez, 23, “took measures to conceal the fatal traffic collision and left her home in Winters” two days after the March 26 crash on Putah Creek […]
The California Highway Patrol is seeking witnesses to a Wednesday morning collision in El Macero that injured two joggers. Adam Ramirez, 51, and Rebecca Ramirez, 49, were running in the eastbound bike lane on North El Macero Drive near Middle Golf Drive at about 7:30 a.m. when they were struck from behind by a vehicle […]
WOODLAND — Daniel Marsh’s mental-health history took center stage Monday as Yolo County prosecutors questioned the medical professionals who treated him prior to his arrest on suspicion of killing an elderly Davis couple.
Much of the testimony focused in Marsh’s behavior in December 2012, when he underwent a psychiatric hospitalization following an emotional outburst on the Davis High School campus.
Four months later, Marsh, then 15, allegedly stabbed Oliver “Chip” Northup, 87, and his wife Claudia Maupin, 76, to death in their Cowell Boulevard condominium, later telling police he was acting on homicidal urges he had experienced since the age of 10.
The Davis Fire Department is investigating the cause of a second-alarm blaze that damaged a rural grain warehouse Saturday afternoon. Crews from the Davis, UC Davis and West Sacramento fire departments were dispatched to the incident at FrontierAg, located in the 46000 block of County Road 32B east of Davis, shortly before 4 p.m. The […]
