Since the defendant's counsel never objected to the mention of the sentence and never gave the trial judge an opportunity to cure the error, the proper standard of review is whether the trial judge's error resulted in a substantial risk of a miscarriage of justice. Kalhauser is serving a 20-year sentence in Arizona after being convicted of second-degree murder in connection with the death of his ex-wife. Cf. But in 1995, she was filing for divorce and custody of their young sons. Id try to tell her, he said. * December 2014: Tyngsboro and Chelmsford post the photograph found on Kalhauser, and the reconstructed image of the unidentified womans face on social media, generating tips from local residents. No. We deal with them summarily. William Gerow said Arizona detectives visited him about three months ago. Still unsure who the woman in the photograph was, investigators in Arizona contacted Tyngsboro and Chelmsford police regarding the photograph, since Kalhauser had ties this area. * August 1979: Kalhauser is indicted for armed assault with intent to murder in connection with the May 1979 shooting of Michael Renk on the Lowell Connector. But, now, we know her real name: Brenda Gerow. His sister deserves justice. He asserted he arrived home in Tyngsborough at around 2:30 A.M. and worked on his motorcycle through the night. at 301-302, 490 N.E.2d 1166. Innocent until proven guilty: Kalhauser has been declared a person of interest in the murder of Brenda Gerow, but has never been charged. * August 1979: Kalhauser is indicted for armed assault with intent to murder in connection with the May 1979 shooting of Michael Renk on the Lowell Connector. Did anyone recognize her? Timeline of Brenda Gerow and John Kalhauser. However, we distinguish the fact of a conviction from its sentence. But shed say, Oh, you have to get to know him.'. A longstanding mystery surrounding the identity of a woman whose body was found in Arizona more than 30 years ago has been solved thanks in part to the Chelmsford Police Department and social media. Renk took the Plain Street exit, determined to make it to the Lowell police station. Suitt said investigators are hoping to learn even more from Greater Lowell residents. Meantime, Kalhauser has only been named a "person of interest" as the investigation continues. There were other admissions by him to LaCourse and McCusker concerning his possession of a working firearm that the jury reasonably could conclude related to the .25 caliber gun. 225, 238, 559 N.E.2d 1234 (1990). NASHUA, NH - A woman known to Pima County Sheriff's Department in Arizona for 34 years only as "Jane Doe" finally has an identity - Brenda Gerow, a Nashua native who was 20 years old the last time she was seen alive by her family.. FindLaw.com Free, trusted legal information for consumers and legal professionals, SuperLawyers.com Directory of U.S. attorneys with the exclusive Super Lawyers rating, Abogado.com The #1 Spanish-language legal website for consumers, LawInfo.com Nationwide attorney directory and legal consumer resources. GET BREAKING NEWS IN YOUR BROWSER. See Commonwealth v. Luna, 46 Mass.App.Ct. Police told KVOA TV in Tucson that Gerows body had obvious signs of trauma. "[18] Her brother stated that she had called him around two to three weeks afterwards while residing in New Mexico. Chelmsford Police Assist In Solving Arizona Cold Case. Born January 22, 1954 Add or change photo on IMDbPro Add to list More at IMDbPro Contact info Agent info Credits IMDbPro Archive Footage Previous 1 Who Killed Jane Doe? Police find a photograph of an unidentified woman among his possessions. By subscribing to this BDG newsletter, you agree to our. Surely someone knew who she was. They lived together for only a few months before he killed her. Serial Killer Database Wiki is a FANDOM Lifestyle Community. Pima County Sheriff's officials have said Kalhauser is only a person of interest in Gerow's murder. Offender Type Despite her photograph being found in his wallet the wallet of a twice-convicted murderer and him being the last person who saw her Gerows murder remains officially unsolved. Sheriff's detectives in Tucson said Brenda Gerow was found dead in April 1981. But her brother lived all these years believing his sister was alive out there. Officials say they are working to fill in the blanks of who was involved and what happened in the days between her disappearance and when she was found. Jane Doe was buried without any identification being made. Someone did, and that led them to Bill. Brenda Marie Gerow (/ d r o /), previously known as Pima County Jane Doe, was a formerly unidentified American murder victim who was found on April 8, 1981. He has been in and out of trouble since he was a teen. [22][24] After the family received the remains, the body was cremated. According to the Arizona Department of Corrections, he was released for the van Reeth killing in 2019. The photo was taken from Kalhauser, who was imprisoned in 1999 for killing his wife in Arizona. Photo: Hamilton County Sheriff's Dept. Contact us. The defendant could have asked the trial judge to exclude the mention of the length of the sentence, but instead defense counsel elected simply to inform the judge of his client's decision not to testify. He moved to Arizona under an assumed name and ID, becoming a supervisor in an electronics company. This motion was, for the most part, denied. c. 265, 15A); unlawful carrying of a firearm (4 counts) (G.L. [22] Although Van Reeth's body has never been found, Kalhauser was later convicted of her murder in 1999. He vanished before his next court appearance and spent 15 years on the run, living under the alias Donald J. Stecchi in Tucson, where he was arrested in 1995. [3][13] Images of the victim's clothing have been featured on websites, National Center for Missing and Exploited Children posters, and in various news reports, in an effort to identify her. "Valentine Sally" was identified as a 17-year-old girl, remains of an unidentified young woman were found. While it has been repeatedly held that the statutory language of G.L. The length of the sentence, the conditions under which served, and so on are not the defendant's conduct but an uncertain sequel. on Investigation Discovery. Then, defense counsel requested an additional two minutes to confer with the defendant, because counsel had not realized that the question would include the mention of the length of the sentence. Released on bail, the defendant fled to Arizona but was rearrested more than fifteen years later and brought to trial on the assault charges and several others in November, 1996. Kalhauser is sentenced to 7 years in prison, but ends up being paroled after about a year. They asked for DNA. Compare Commonwealth v. Connolly, 356 Mass. We want to know #WhoKilledJaneDoe?pic.twitter.com/5mCnot3F2n https://t.co/7OwjWI6IHw, All Eyes On Paris (@eyesonparis) February 27, 2017, [Featured Image by Ross D. Franklin/AP Files]. 98-P-1318. I Agree. Give Light and the People Will Find Their Own Way, INTERACTIVE RADAR: Tracking winter storm in Arizona. John Kalhauser was born on 22 January 1954. Impeachment by prior conviction. Her body was . Court of Appeals of Massachusetts, Middlesex. The jury is advised that you should not speculate about the reason for the withdrawal The judge's instruction followed our suggestion in Commonwealth v. Pasciuti, 12 Mass.App.Ct. A young woman's body is found in the Arizona desert, while over 2,500 miles away, a young man worries about his missing sister; an investigation into her death begins, and it will take decades to reveal her name and her killer. Brenda and Bill Gerow were foster children, Bill Gerow told the podcast Anatomy of Murder, but their favorite times were spent together. When a party uses a prior conviction to impeach a witness, that party is limited to establishing the identity of the witness as the person named in the record.1 If the witness answers in the negative or equivocates on the answer then the questioner can use the facts contained in the record of conviction to establish the identity of the witness as the person named in the record of conviction.2 Those facts, however, do not include the details of the conviction, e.g., the victim's name or circumstances surrounding the event. But, it was one of his photographs taken by Tucson Police while they investigated his wife's murder that led to the big break in the "Jane Doe" mystery. Cf. And Bill, her lost younger brother, deserves more than memories and a jar of older sisters ashes. Brenda Marie Gerow (/ d r o /) (February 18, 1960-c. April 6, 1981), previously known as Pima County Jane Doe, was a formerly unidentified American murder victim who was found on April 8, 1981. Police realize that woman appears to be the same person in the photograph found on Kalhauser in 1995. After her disappearance Van Reeth's mother obtained legal custody of the couple's two young sons. Gerow could not have officially been reported missing due to being over the age of 18 and that she had apparently left on her own accord. at 300-301, 490 N.E.2d 1166. Middlesex. Identified 833, 840 & n. 7, 429 N.E.2d 374 (1981). 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See Composto v. Massachusetts Bay Transp. January 22, 1954 (1954-01-22) (age69)Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States Jack Kalhauser * April 8, 1981: the body of an unidentified woman is found in Tuscon, Ariz., with obvious signs. . Span of crimes 808, 265 N.E.2d 382 (1970); Ford, 397 Mass. He's currently serving time for murdering his wife. Eighteen-year-old Kimberly Rena Jones was reported missing from San Bernardino, California, in 2017, but she hadnt been seen since mid-2016, according to the non-profit organization, The Charley Project. They had been searching for Brenda Gerow. From there, all leads went cold. Defense counsel never formally objected to the mention of the length of the sentence attached to the masked conviction. Male Diane K. Van Reeth was a woman who went missing from Arizona in 1995. Having decided that the judge mistakenly ruled that the impeachment of the defendant could include the nature of his sentence for the felony conviction, the question remains under what standard should we review the trial judge's ruling. Officials discovered the woman in the picture, later determined to be Gerow, looked similar to a facial reconstruction of Jane Doe that had been done with the victims skull. According to The Telegraph, 17-year-old John Joseph Kalhauser was arrested and convicted for the murder of a 52-year-old man who was found dead in the woods in 1971. We decide that the trial judge was incorrect in ruling that the sentence imposed on the prior conviction could be read along with the conviction for impeachment purposes, but that the error did not result in a substantial risk of a miscarriage of justice. He allegedly killed Brenda Gerow and left her in the desert. CHELMSFORD An Arizona sheriffs department is crediting local police for helping officials identify a woman whose body was found in Pima County, Ariz., in 1981, and investigators are now asking for local residents help with solving that womans slaying. That is precisely what occurred in the instant case. According to reports, she may have been stalked for some time prior to her disappearance. "Little Miss Nobody" (Sharon Lee Gallegos). According to Suitt, the posts did jog some memories, and those memories eventually led his department to identify Gerow. Just before midnight on May 19, 1979, Michael Renk drove Janet Richardson, his future wife, to the Veteran's Administration Hospital in Bedford where she worked as a nursing assistant on the night shift. After the case of Jane Doe was reopened in 2012, new technology helped solve the mystery. New Hampshire Woman Brenda Gerow Identified As Arizona Cold Case Victim http://t.co/wKgvpq2r5f pic.twitter.com/Igva70iUGq, WBZ | CBS Boston News (@wbz) September 30, 2015, Nashua, New Hampshire, Woman Goes Missing For 34 Years (Who Killed Jane Doe?). He is in prison serving a sentence for killing his wife. At that time, close to the Route 495 exit, the operator of the other vehicle pulled beside the driver's side of Renk's car. Authorities say thats exactly what happened to Brenda Marie Gerow, who vanished without a trace in the early 1980s. Full Name John Joseph Kalhauser Born January 22, 1954 (age 69) Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States Other Names Jack Kalhauser Gender Male Race/Ethnicity White Criminal Information Offender Type Suspected Serial Killer Victims 2-3+ Span of crimes 1971 - 1995 Country United States (Massachusetts, Arizona) Contents 1 Biography 2 Victims Her minivan was empty, two blocks from their home, without keys or signs of a struggle. He bonded out on $1,200 in 1980. CLICK HERE TO TURN ON NOTIFICATIONS. Kalhauser has past ties to Arizona and is believed to have murdered his wife, Diane Van Reeth, in 1995; he was living under an assumed name at the time of his wife's death. Human remains were found near Forest Service Road 418 near Flagstaff in 1995. * 1980: Kalhauser is released on $1,200 bail and moves to Arizona with Brenda Gerow, of Nashua. See Commonwealth v. Maimoni, 41 Mass.App.Ct. We turn to the circumstances of the judge's ruling to test whether defense counsel adequately preserved the question for appeal. One went through Renk's left shoulder and another went through his back. * December 1971: John Kalhauser, 17, of Tyngsboro, is convicted of manslaughter in connection with the shooting death of 52-year-old Ronald Chapman, of Nashua. About half a mile down a desert wash, they spotted a jacket hung on a tree. [20][21] The woman in the photo was stated to resemble the victim's reconstruction and her physical description. The trial judge indicated that he saw the defendant nodding his head as he was reading the allowable question and interpreted this gesture to reflect an understanding of his ruling. He tried filing missing persons reports, but was told she might not want to be found. [2] At the time the victim was found, authorities in Tucson were unable to obtain fingerprints. 9:14AM, "We feel we have a very good case. She smiled shyly. CLICK HERE TO TURN ON NOTIFICATIONS. [9], The body of a white female was found in the desert on April 8, 1981, in Tucson, Pima County, Arizona, near Houghton Road and Interstate 10. They're spirits of loved ones, Lowell Catholic boys basketball team blows out Belchertown, Toddler safe, car theft suspects apprehended, No end in sight for case involving Dracut doc charged with patient's death, MVC girls basketball: Dracut's Ashlee Talbot named Div. Kalhauser has been named a person of interest in Gerow's case, but as of 2022 has not been charged. That search reinforced their suspicions that the defendant was the shooter. Police discovered Stecchi had signed his and Van Reeth's marriage certificate in Nevada with his real name - John Kalhauser - and assumed the name of a high school friend. On September 28, 2015, information was released that the body of the unidentified victim had been formally identified as Gerow in April 2015, and that her body would be returned to family members. It wasnt a great place to meet guys, but one guy kept showing up again and again to flirt with Brenda: Jack Kalhauser, who looked like Rick Springfield with his shoulder-length black hair. The mention of the sentence has the potential to cause unfair prejudice to the witness by inviting the jury to speculate about the details and seriousness of the conviction and consider the conviction for reasons other than credibility. The information was placed on social media. See United States v. Albers, 93 F.3d 1469, 1480 (10th Cir.1996), citing United States v. Wolf, 561 F.2d 1376, 1381 (10th Cir.1977); Gafford v. State, 440 P.2d 405, 413 (Alaska 1968), overruled on other grounds by Fields v. State, 487 P.2d 831 (Alaska 1971); Foster v. State, 304 Md. He said investigators would like to speak with anyone who was familiar with Gerow and Kalhauser back in the late 70s and early 80s. #HotSpot: @DiscoveryID's promo for #WhoKilledJaneDoe. 2 Player of Year, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot concedes defeat, Southern California home sales fall to all-time low, Denver just got a direct flight to this Caribbean island known for music history and vegetarian cooking, NYC Mayor Adams dismisses need to separate church and state, declares himself a servant of God, Zero-calorie sweetener linked to heart attack and stroke, study finds. [10] A denim jacket was found hanging in brush near the body. Edition of Arizona Daily Star. In 1981, John fled to Arizona with Brenda Gerow, who most likely knew nothing about his criminal past. c. 265, 18); assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon (G.L. Kalhauser, then 17, spent a year in prison for the slaying before he was released. As the foregoing cases indicate, we have moved away from the position that the impeaching party can mention anything in the record of conviction, toward recommending that the better practice is to avoid mentioning potentially prejudicial material in the criminal record, see Millyan, 399 Mass. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. If you know anything that can help detectives . Timeline of Brenda. The case was compared to several missing person cases but all were ruled out. Kalhauser was found guilty in 1996 of attempted murder for the 1979 shooting and sentenced to 26 years in prison. Meanwhile, John Joseph Kalhauser, who was arrested here in September on fugitive and forgery charges, remains under suspicion in the Aug. 10 disappearance of his wife, Diane Van . She had a lot of friends, and a lot of people who wanted to be her friend. May 18, 2001. Furthermore, the facsimile was relevant to prove that the defendant's gun had a barrel of less than 16 inches as required under G.L. * 1980: Kalhauser is released on $1,200 bail and moves to Arizona with Brenda Gerow, of Nashua. At some time in July of 1980, Brenda told her family that she and Jack were either moving away together or going away on a trip, though it is unclear if she told them where they were going specifically, or when they would be returning. He believed his sister was alive, but didnt want to contact him. The judge agreed, and then repeated, for defense counsel's benefit, the proposed impeachment question, which included a mention of the length of the sentence. Anyone who has information on Kalhauser and Gerow, or what their relationship was, should either contact local police, or call Pima County Detective Mark O'Dell at 520-351-6428. Please look through the Manual of Style and editing guidelines, before you start contributing, to follow proper page structure. (b)The defendant was not entitled to required findings of not guilty on the four indictments of unlawfully carrying a firearm. But her brother lived all these years believing his sister was alive out there. Her murderer, be it Kalhauser or someone else, needs to be found and punished. Moreover, the judge made certain that the jury understood the illustrative purpose of the prototype by instructing it was not the defendant's weapon. [9], Her body was clothed in denim jeans, white socks with pink pom poms, a white bra, blue underwear, brown suede shoes and unique blouse that was a dark blue and had "puffy reddish-colored sleeves" with a flower design. In 1980, 20-year-old Brenda Gerow leaves her family to travel to Arizona with boyfriend John "Jack" Kalhauser. John Kalhauser, the victims former friend, is the man police believe committed the murder. [16][17], Different theories regarding the life and demise of the victim existed. And then I got an envelope with turquoise in it from New Mexico. Shed mailed him a large choker and loose stones. I thought it was the coolest thing [and] she kept saying, Im going to come back for you.. He was paroled after serving about a year of that sentence. According to reports, the car involved in her disappearance may have been a dark green early 1950s Dodge or Plymouth with a man, woman and two children inside. Police said she was sexually. * 1980: Kalhauser is released on $1,200 bail and moves to Arizona with Brenda Gerow, of Nashua. Gerow called him one time a few months later (Bill remains hazy on the timeline), this time from Arizona. [4][24][27] The identification was made through comparison of the family's DNA compared to that of the victim. And they knew, suddenly, that she looked an awful lot like that photo Kalhauser had been carrying. Arizona authorities said Brenda Gerow had been living with John Kalhauser at the time. Gerow had left New Hampshire with him when she was 20 years old, according to an Associated Press article. Based on these circumstances it is not clear that the trial judge was on notice of the defendant's objection to the mention of the sentence. John Joseph Kalhauser, Bill would later find, was a womanizer. Criminal Status He vanished before his next court appearance and spent 15 years on the run, living under the alias Donald J. Stecchi in Tucson, where he was arrested in 1995. [26], On September 28, 2015, information was released that the body of the unidentified victim had been formally identified as Gerow in April 2015, and that her body would be returned to family members. I feel like I lost her three times, he said: once when she left, once when she died, and once when he found that Kalhauser (he believes) killed her. Its the 14th most populous state. He completed his sentence on May 8, 2019. . 2023 BDG Media, Inc. All rights reserved. Both Janet (Richardson) Renk, Deborah Florence, and a former co-worker of the defendant's, Robert LaCourse, testified that the facsimile was similar in size to the gun the defendant carried in May 1979, and, according to Florence, was small, dark, and fit in the palm of his hand. The defendant principally challenges the judge's ruling, made at the close of the prosecution's case, that in the event he testified on his own behalf, the prosecution could impeach him with the fact of his conviction in 1971 of a felony. He argues that the judge abused his discretion by ruling that a redacted version of the manslaughter conviction record, which included the fact that he received a seven-year State prison sentence, could be utilized on cross-examination. denied, 411 U.S. 907, 93 S.Ct. Other Names Commonwealth v. Gagliardi, 29 Mass.App.Ct. Renk survived despite being shot in the chin, shoulder and back. They also announce that Kalhauser is a person of interest in Gerows death. Among his possessions was a photo of a blonde woman. Van Reeth's remains have . Her brother and father provided interviews.[9]. Arizona authorities said Brenda Gerow had been living with John Kalhauser at the time. * April 8, 1981: the body of an unidentified woman is found in Tuscon, Ariz., with obvious signs of trauma. In relatively short order, the operator of the other vehicle squeezed off four more rounds. A young womans body was found near the Pima County Fairgrounds. In that same area, they also found a shirt and a jacket. 90, 93-94, 703 N.E.2d 740 (1998). Eventually, in August 1979, the defendant was indicted for the assault on Renk. A woman from New Hampshire has been identified as a the victim in a 34-year-old cold case in Arizona. Commonwealth v. Ferguson, 425 Mass. In September 1979, he failed to appear for his trial. The attacking vehicle broke off the pursuit when Renk got within one-half mile of his destination. Country TermsPrivacyDisclaimerCookiesDo Not Sell My Information, Begin typing to search, use arrow keys to navigate, use enter to select, Stay up-to-date with FindLaw's newsletter for legal professionals. Renk's body was never found. She was buried under a headstone with the placeholder name of "Jane Doe" with the phrase "UNK - 1981" Gerow's body remained unidentified for . at 300, 490 N.E.2d 1166. Material from the Associated Press was used in this report. (e)Finally, we have examined the transcript of counsel's cross-examination of the prosecution's witnesses and conclude that any omissions were tangential and that defense counsel's cross-examination technique met the well-known Commonwealth v. Saferian, 366 Mass. [18] Kalhauser is considered a person of interest in the murder; police have asked for information from anyone who knew Kalhauser and Gerow in the late 1970s or early 1980s. For three decades, Pima County Investigators called a woman "Jane Doe", after she was found brutally murdered near the Pima County Fairgrounds in 1981. She later calls her brother to announce plans to return, yet she never does. During that stop, the trooper discovered a body. 2. 2 Player of the Year, Lowell boys basketball team tops Malden in Division 1 prelim, High school roundup: Vinny D'Urso, Lowell Catholic blank Haverhill, 1-0, MVC boys basketball: Tewksbury's Ryan Cuvier named Div. Thursday, Oct. 1, 2015. * May 1999: Kalhauser is convicted of second-degree murder in Arizona in connection with his ex-wifes disappearance. * 2012: Investigators in Arizona exhume the then-unidentified body of the woman found in 1981, and use her skull to reconstruct her face. There was significant corroborative evidence that the defendant possessed a .25 caliber-type weapon, the same type which was used to fire the shots at Renk. In 1977, when Bill was 14, Brenda took him to see Led Zeppelin, his first concert. [22][23], The then-unidentified woman's photograph was circulated to the public in late 2014 after authorities made the connection between it and the reconstruction. She had been beaten and sexually assaulted before she was finally dumped. at 184-185, 503 N.E.2d 934, and declaring that it is error as a matter of law to allow the mention of certain information in the record of conviction, see Ford, 397 Mass. See also Ford, 397 Mass. In short, this was not a classic duel of credibility. See Commonwealth v. Ferreira, 373 Mass. All tips led police to Brenda Gerows family, who had no idea that she had been found dead over 30 years earlier. 477, 480-481, 722 N.E.2d 984 (2000) (where counsel fails to state distinctly the matter to which he objects and the grounds of his objection, mere conversation with a judge does not constitute an objection). 928, 929, 577 N.E.2d 1016 (1991) (factual circumstances behind conviction must be left unexplained). * 2012: Investigators in Arizona exhume the then-unidentified body of the woman found in 1981, and use her skull to reconstruct her face. [10] A DNA profile from another individual was extracted from her clothing in 2006, which allowed for a DNA profile of a potential suspect to be created after the sample analysis was completed in 2007. 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