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Witness: Marsh spoke of insanity plea before arrest

As he shared his fantasies of hurting and killing others in the spring of 2013, double-murder suspect Daniel Marsh told one person he would “just plead insanity” if police ever caught him, according to testimony given Friday in Marsh’s Yolo Superior Court trial.

“He said he didn’t want to go to prison, and that’s why he would plead insanity” in order to be hospitalized in a mental-health facility, said Davis resident Kevin Green, 20, a onetime friend and former bandmate of Marsh.

Suspect’s friend testifies about stabbing attack

Before the news broke that a well-regarded Davis couple had been slain in their own home, one person other than the alleged killer knew about the horror inside 4006 Cowell Boulevard.

Alavaro Garibay, who befriended Daniel Marsh in the 7th grade at Holmes Junior High School and considered him like a brother, said Marsh admitted to his role in the April 14, 2013, killings just hours after they occurred.

“I didn’t want to hear about it,” a visibly nervous Garibay, 18, said on the witness stand Thursday in Yolo Superior Court, where Marsh is being tried as an adult in connection with the stabbing murders of Oliver “Chip” Northup, 87, and his wife Claudia Maupin, 76.

Witness recalls victim as ‘caring and wonderful’

For the 12 years she cleaned house for Oliver “Chip” Northup and Claudia Maupin, Delonda Jones always began the workday with a cup of cappuccino and a long talk with Maupin.

“She insisted on a chat before I started cleaning,” Jones said on the witness stand Wednesday morning in Yolo Superior Court. “We would always laugh, and she called me her fourth daughter. She was very loving — very caring and wonderful.”

Maupin shared that warmth with everyone, Jones said — even the solicitors who reached her by telephone.

Former attorney’s embezzlement nets jail time, disbarment

A former Davis attorney has been ordered to serve probation and jail time for bilking a client of more than $50,000, the Yolo County District Attorney’s Office reported Wednesday. Hal Erwin Wright, 59, entered into a plea agreement this summer in the embezzlement and forgery case, which stems from Wright’s reported mishandling of a 2010 […]

Marsh recording describes fatal stabbings

They’re expected to call numerous witnesses in their case against alleged killer Daniel William Marsh, but Yolo County prosecutors first let the defendant speak for himself.

“I’m not gonna lie. It felt great — it was pure happiness and adrenaline rushing over me,” Marsh, then a 16-year-old Davis High School sophomore, told a Davis police detective and FBI agent as he allegedly confessed to the April 14, 2013, stabbing murders of attorney/musician Oliver “Chip” Northup and his wife Claudia Maupin, active in her church and local theater.

Deputy District Attorney Amanda Zambor played a portion of Marsh’s video-recorded police interview in Yolo Superior Court …

Sword-attack suspect awaiting trial in Davis

A former Davis man accused of attacking his wife with a samurai sword last year in their Los Osos home is due back in court later this month for setting of a trial date. Charles Haig Guenther, 37, recently returned to his parents’ El Macero home after posting $750,000 bail last month, according to the […]

Woodland CHP officer faces domestic violence charges

An officer with the California Highway Patrol’s Woodland office has been arrested on suspicion of domestic violence, according to the Woodland Police Department. Armado Ortega, 43, was taken into custody shortly before 10 p.m. Thursday outside a home in the 1700 block of Farnham Avenue, Woodland police Sgt. Brett Hancock said. He was lodged at […]

Probation, jail term imposed on former St. James priest

WOODLAND — As outlined in his June plea agreement, a Roman Catholic priest received probation and jail time Friday in connection with his sexual relationship with an underage girl while serving at St. James Church in Davis. Hector Coria can pursue alternative sentencing, such as community service, in lieu of the 90-day jail term, Yolo […]

Testimony in Marsh trial starts Tuesday

WOODLAND — Nine women and three men were sworn in as jurors Wednesday in the trial of Daniel William Marsh, the Davis teen facing two counts of first-degree murder in connection with last year’s fatal stabbings of local couple Oliver “Chip” Northup and Claudia Maupin. Five alternate jurors also were chosen for the proceedings, which […]

Drugs, weapons recovered from East Davis home

What began as an investigation into alleged drug activity led to the arrests of two people and the recovery of a cache of weapons, Davis police reported today. Lt. Tom Waltz said officers from the Special Assignment and Focused Enforcement (SAFE) team served a search warrant Thursday at a home in the 1200 block of […]

Marsh trial starts Monday; sanctions request denied

Come Monday morning, potential jurors will file into the Yolo County Courthouse in Woodland for jury selection in the Daniel William Marsh double-homicide case. The 17-year-old from Davis is being tried as an adult in connection with the April 14, 2013, fatal stabbings of local attorney and musician Oliver “Chip” Northup, 87, and his wife […]

Emergency scene

Davis police and firefighters respond to the scene of a two-car collision Friday morning at Fifth and E streets, which might be the first injury accident on the newly redesigned stretch of road. Fire officials said one person was injured in the 8:40 a.m. crash, the cause of which remains under investigation. Courtesy photo

Davis indecent-exposure suspect pleads no contest

On the eve of her scheduled trial, a Folsom woman pleaded no contest Thursday to charges filed after she allegedly exposed herself to young boys in a Davis park while a man photographed her. Wenyi Xu, 31, is due back in Yolo Superior Court on Oct. 27 for sentencing in the case, which stems from […]

Not-guilty plea entered in Woodland homicide case

Nearly three weeks after her alleged crime, a Woodland woman pleaded not guilty Thursday to murder and weapon charges stemming from the shooting death of her husband. Susan Kathleen Hoskins’ arraignment was delayed several times while the Yolo County Public Defender’s Officer determined whether the 59-year-old Woodland Healthcare nurse qualified for its legal services. After […]