10/18/1976 View/Download There's not much information about this but according to PortofLeith, this is a composite of a suspicious man in Carmichael who boarded a bus and told the driver he lived on La Riviera Drive. It's associated with Attack #7. Attack #7 Composite

10/18/1976 View/Download A second version of the above. Attack #7 Composite

11/04/1976 View/Download Sacramento Bee: Man Hunted as Suspect In 8 Rapes. Discusses the first public information on the attacks. Attacks 1-8 Article

11/08/1976 View/Download There's not much information about this, but according to the EARONS Composite wordpress, this composite is purpotedly from a suspicious person on Bourbon Drive on November 8th, 1976. It's not associate with any attack, although #4 happened nearby two months earlier and #13 happens nearby three months later. This composite was made just as news articles about EARONS were starting to finally appear. Composite

11/10/1976 View/Download Sacramento Bee: Fear Grips Serene Neighborhoods. Attacks 1-8 Article

01/19/1977 View/Download Sacramento Bee: Glenbrook Housewife is Raped. Attack #11 Article

01/22/1977 View/Download This is possibly from a sighting of a suspicious man in a backyard two days before Attack #12. More information on the attack page. Attack #12 Composite

01/24/1977 View/Download Sacramento Bee: Rapist Strikes Again, 14th Time in 15 Months (Sacramento Bee). Attack #12 Article

02/07/1977 View/Download Sacramento Bee: East Area Rapist Attacks? 15th Assault. Attack #13 Article

02/17/1977 View/Download Sacramento Bee: Lurker Shoots Youth. Ripon Ct. Article

02/17/1977 View/Download Ripon Ct Composite #1 Ripon Ct. Composite

02/17/1977 View/Download Ripon Ct Composite #2 Ripon Ct. Composite

03/08/1977 View/Download Sacramento Bee: Rape May Be Linked to Series. Attack #14 Article

03/03/1977 View/Download This composite is most likely of a suspicious person seen prowling near Eastwood Rd and Woodcrest Rd, which is close to Attack #14. A suspicious car had been parked on Thornwood Dr, which is nearby. One source (Archangel) puts the source of this composite in May 1977 though, which is a couple months after Attack #14. Attack #14 Composite

03/18/1977 View/Download The only person known to have seen EARONS' face is the victim from Attack #15 (more details on the attack page). Attack #15 Composite

03/18/1977 View/Download Another composite made from attack #15. Looks very similar to the Ripon Ct. composite and may be by the same artist. Attack #15 Composite

03/20/1977 View/Download Sacramento Bee: Rapist Hits 17th Victim. Attack #15 Article

03/20/1977 View/Download Sacramento Union: 'East Side Rapist' Suspected Again Attack #15 Article

03/20/1977 View/Download Sacramento Bee: East Area Locks Itself Up in Fear as Crime Soars. Article

04/15/1977 View/Download Sacramento Bee: 18th Rape Victim in East Area. Attack #17 Article

05/03/1977 View/Download Sacramento Bee: Rapist Makes 19th Attack After Binding Victim, Mate. Attack #18 Article

05/05/1977 View/Download Sacramento Bee: East Area Rapist attacks 20th Victim in Orangevale. Attack #19 Article

05/15/1977 View/Download Sacramento Bee: East Area Rapist Attacks 22nd Victim at Home. Attack #16, Attack #20 Article

05/17/1977 View/Download Sacramento Bee: East Area Rapist Attacks No. 23 Next Victims Die Tonight? Attack #21 Article

05/17/1977 View/Download This was the first sketch released to the public for general circulation. Officials later said it was not very representative of what EAR probably looked like. Composite

05/17/1977 View/Download This prowler was seen a few hours after Attack #21, prowling near American River College several blocks north of Attack #21. Is the resemblence between the March 1977 sketch because the prowlers looked so much alike or because the same artist was used? Attack #21 Composite

05/18/1977 View/Download Visalia Times-Delta: Police Seeking To Link Rapist, Snelling Slayer. Visalia Ransacker Article

05/19/1977 View/Download Visalia Times-Delta: Links to Rapist Still Sought. Visalia Ransacker Article

05/20/1977 View/Download Sacramento Bee: CBers Cautioned...Volunteer Patrols Could Hamper Rapist Search. Article

05/22/1977 View/Download SF Examiner: Rapist's Reign of Terror has Sacramento in a Panic Article

05/28/1977 View/Download Attack #22 had many sightings of suspicious activity. Their hair color was described as brown and also as closer to blonde. The date is approximate. Attack #22 Composite

05/29/1977 View/Download Sacramento Bee: East Area Rapist Hits South; Victim, 24. Attack #22 Article

05/31/1977 View/Download Sacramento Bee: Static Develops on Rapist Patrol from Other CBers. Attack #22 Article

06/17/1977 View/Download Sacramento Bee: No News Gag on Rapist Attacks. Article

07/02/1977 View/Download Sacramento Union: East Area Rapist Hunt Narrows. Article

08/17/1977 View/Download Sacramento Bee: Clue to Rapist at Last? Afraid Letter Article

09/06/1977 View/Download A six-year old girl encountered the EAR in her home. She was able to give a very detailed description, some of it coming from a hyposis session. Attack #23 Composite

09/06/1977 View/Download A different view. Attack #23 Composite

09/06/1977 View/Download Another view. Attack #23 Composite

09/06/1977 View/Download A sketch showing some detail of the accessories. Attack #23 Composite

09/07/1977 View/Download Sacramento Bee: Police Certain East Area Rapist Struck in Stockton. Attack #23 Article

09/10/1977 View/Download Stockton Terror... East Area Rapist Attack Spurs Handgun, Lock Sales. Article

10/01/1977 View/Download This man was seen leaving the area after the attack (Point Reyes Way before La Riviera). The notes associated with this sketch say "BLND", probably meaning that the hair was blonde. Attack #24 Composite

10/02/1977 View/Download Sacramento Bee: East Area Rapist Returns to District, Assaults Teen-Aged Girl in Duplex. Article

10/03/1977 View/Download Sacramento Bee: Police Believe Rapist is Toying with Them. Attack #24 Article

10/03/1977 View/Download Sacramento Union: New Rapist Attacks Bring No Big Clues. Attack #24 Article

10/08/1977 View/Download Sacramento Bee: Rape Investigation... A Cloud Over 5,000 Local Citizens? Article

10/21/1977 View/Download Sacramento Bee: Rapist Gets 25th Victim; Foothill Farms. Attack #25 Article

10/28/1977 View/Download Sacramento Bee: Everything Tried to Catch Rapist. Article

10/30/1977 View/Download Sacramento Union: Couple Terrorized by East Area Rapist. Attack #26 Article

11/02/1977 View/Download Seminar on Rapist. Mira Loma Meeting Article

11/03/1977 View/Download Sacramento Union: Rapist's Skill is Called Key; Detective Says Law Now Needs Luck to Catch Him Article

11/10/1977 View/Download Sacramento Bee: East Area Rapist Attacks Girl, 13; Number 27. Attack 27 Article

12/04/1977 View/Download Sacramento Bee: Noise May Have Curbed East Rapist. Attack #28 Article

12/04/1977 View/Download Sacramento Union: Teen-Age Boys Scare Off Rapist. Attack #28 Article

12/06/1977 View/Download Sacramento Bee: Friday's Threat Laid to East Rapist. Attack #27, Attack #28 Article

12/17/1977 View/Download Sacramento Bee: Some Wear Rapist on Their Chest. T-Shirts Article

01/21/1978 View/Download Sacramento Bee: Southland Suspect Quizzed, But is Not East Area Rapist. Article

01/21/1978 View/Download AP/Sacramento Union: Newport Beach Suspect Isn't Sacramento Rapist. Article

01/28/1978 View/Download Around the time of Attack #29, this man was seen on a bicycle nearby on College View Way, near American River College. Noted as young (18-25), wearing a maroon or purple windbreaker with Levis. Possibly wearing a wig? Attack #29 Composite

01/30/1978 View/Download Sacramento Bee: East Rapist Assaults Teen Sisters. Attack #29 Article

02/04/1978 View/Download Sacramento Bee: Deputies Report No Leads in Rancho Cordova Killings. Maggiore Article

02/05/1978 View/Download Sacramento Bee: Rapist Warned in Rhyme. Article

02/16/1978 View/Download Sacramento Bee: 2 Suspected in Slayings. Maggiore Article

02/16/1978 View/Download Original Maggiore Composites Maggiore Composite

03/17/1978 View/Download Sacramento Bee: Officers Return to Murder Scene Hunting for Clues. Maggiore Article

03/19/1978 View/Download Sacramento Bee: East Rapist in Stockton. Attack #30 Article

03/29/1978 View/Download Sacramento Bee: East Area Rapist Attacks His 32nd Victim. Article

03/30/1978 View/Download Sacramento Union: Rancho Cordovan is East Area Rapist Victim. Article

04/16/1978 View/Download Sacramento Bee: Witness Aids Police Artists with Descriptions of Killer. Maggiore Article

04/16/1978 View/Download Revised Maggiore Composite Maggiore Composite

04/16/1978 View/Download Sacramento Bee: East Rapist Kicks in Door, Attacks Sitter in South Area. Attack #31 Article

05/22/1978 View/Download New West Magazine: Terror in Sacramento Bay Area. Article

06/07/1978 View/Download Sacramento Bee: East Area Rapist Strikes in Modesto: $1,500 Taken. Attack #32 Article

06/07/1978 View/Download Sacramento Union: East Area Rapist Strikes in Modesto. Attack #32 Article

06/22/1978 View/Download Information from PortofLeith: Two days before EAR attacked on 6/24/78 on Rivendell Lane (in Davis), this man was seen on nearby Shire Lane when a woman noticed him in her yard, peering into various windows. Attack #35 Composite

06/24/1978 View/Download Sacramento Bee: East Area Rapist's 35th Attack in Modesto. Attack #34 Article

06/27/1978 View/Download Sacramento Bee: Rapist Credited with 2 Attacks. Attack #33, Attack #35 Article

06/28/1978 View/Download Sacramento Bee: Rapist Continues Stepped up Series of Attacks, Returns to East Area. Copycat Article

07/07/1978 View/Download Sacramento Union: East Area Rapist Hits Davis Again. Attack #36 Article

07/07/1978 View/Download Sacramento Bee: East Area Rapist Returns to Davis, Assaults Mother. Attack #36 Article

07/12/1978 View/Download Sacramento Bee: Davis Council Session on Rapist Draws 400. Article

10/14/1978 View/Download Sacramento Union: Area Rapist Strikes in Concord. Attack #37, Attack #38 Article

10/14/1978 View/Download Sacramento Bee: Two Concord Rapes in Week Ascribed to East Area Rapist. Attack #37, Attack #38 Article

10/21/1978 View/Download Sacramento Union: Concord Girds against Rapist but No New Leads Reported. Attack #37, Attack #38 Article

10/21/1978 View/Download Sacramento Bee: Police Say Money Won't Find Rapist. Attack #37, Attack #38 Article

10/24/1978 View/Download Sacramento Bee: East Area Rapist Still Baffles Police. Copycat Article

11/01/1978 View/Download Sacramento Bee: East Area Rapist in San Ramon? Attack #39 Article

11/02/1978 View/Download Sacramento Union: East Area Rapist Blamed for Attack. Attack #39 Article

11/07/1978 View/Download Sacramento Bee: Assault in San Ramon Blamed on East Area Rapist. Attack #39 Article

12/10/1978 View/Download Contra Costa Times: Rape's Aftermath Raises Issue of Suburban Safety. Attack #39 Article

03/14/1979 View/Download Los Angeles Times: Police Try to Link Bludgeon Murders. Other Article

04/06/1979 View/Download Sacramento Bee: East Area Rapist Hits in Fremont Attack #44 Article

05/16/1979 View/Download Los Angeles Times: Woman Found Bludgeoned to Death in Her Apartment. Other Article

06/13/1979 View/Download Sacramento Bee: Danville Woman Latest Victim of Capital's East Area Rapist. Attack #46 Article

06/26/1979 View/Download Sacramento Bee: East Area Rapist Attacks 13-Year Old. Attack #47 Article

06/28/1979 View/Download Los Angeles Times: Hitchhiking Slaying Suspect Arrested: Man Linked to 3 Santa Barbara Killings in '76-77. Other Article

10/09/1979 View/Download Los Angeles Times: Slayings of 7 Women to Be Focus of Probe. Other Article

10/10/1979 View/Download Goleta Valley News: Sheriff's Blotter: Monday/ Oct. 1. First news of Goleta attack. ONS #1 Article

12/31/1979 View/Download Santa Barbara News-Press: Goleta Valley Doctor, Woman Found Slain. ONS #2 Article

01/09/1980 View/Download Goleta Valley News: No Arrests Yet in Double Murder ONS #2 Article

01/27/1980 View/Download Santa barbara News-Press: Homicides Up Sharply in County During '79 Article

02/16/1980 View/Download Sacramento Bee: Link to East Area Rapist Probed in Couples' Slaying ONS #2 Article

03/13/1980 View/Download Sacramento Bee: Police Debate Tie Between East Area Rapist, Killings ONS #1, ONS #2 Article

03/17/1980 View/Download Los Angeles Times: Pair Fatally Bludgeoned ONS #3 Article

03/17/1980 View/Download Ventura County Star: Lawyer, Wife Found Slain in Ventura Home ONS #3 Article

03/17/1980 View/Download Santa barbara News-Press: Lawyer, Wife Found Slain in Ventura Home ONS #3 Article

03/18/1980 View/Download Ventura County Star: Police Mum about Leads in Slaying of Lawyer, Wife ONS #3 Article

03/19/1980 View/Download Ventura County Star: Smiths were Slain as They Slept ONS #3 Article

03/22/1980 View/Download Ventura County Star: Smiths Eulogized, 350 Attend Services for Slain Couple ONS #3 Article

04/09/1980 View/Download Ventura County Star: Smith Murder Case: No Leads, No Suspects, Nothing ONS #3 Article

05/22/1980 View/Download Sacramento Bee: East Area Rapist's Mimicker Strikes Article

08/23/1980 View/Download Los Angeles Times: Young Couple Murdered in Niguel Shores. Article

09/19/1980 View/Download Lost Angeles Times: Families of Slain Couple offer $25,000 to Find Killer Article

02/09/1981 View/Download Los Angeles Times: Irvine Task Force to Probe Death of Woman Article

06/15/1981 View/Download Sacramento Bee: When Terror Reigned: East Area Rapist Article

07/28/1981 View/Download Santa barbara News-Press: Two Found Slain in Goleta; Case Similar to One in '79 Article

07/29/1981 View/Download Los Angeles Times: Tie Hinted in Pair of Goleta Murders Article

07/30/1981 View/Download Santa Maria Times and Goleta Voice: Double Murder in Goleta May be Linked to '79 Killings Article

07/30/1981 View/Download Goleta Valley News: Two Found Slain in Goleta Article

07/31/1981 View/Download Santa barbara News-Press: Information Withheld in Killings- for Reason Article

08/02/1981 View/Download Santa barbara News-Press: Investigators Study Orange, Ventura County Slayings: Hunt for Clues in Goleta Murders Article

08/02/1981 View/Download Los Angeles Times: 'Night Stalker' Theory Connecting Eight Southland Slayings Disputed. Article

08/06/1981 View/Download Goleta Valley News: Goleta Murders: Sheriff's Department Seeks Link Article

09/05/1981 View/Download Los Angeles Times: Police Seek Man for Rape of Six Women in Five Cities Article

08/14/1983 View/Download Sacramento Bee: East Area Rapist Sought 5 Years Later Article

09/15/1983 View/Download Los Angeles Times: 4 Assaults in 24 hours Stir Fear in Irvine. Article

09/17/1983 View/Download Los Angeles Times: Arrests Made in 2 Sexual Assault Cases. Rapes are Unrelated to Rash of Attacks in Irvine, Authorities Say. Article

09/18/1983 View/Download Los Angeles Times: Opinion: Rapes in Irvine Shatter an Illusion Article

09/18/1983 View/Download Los Angeles Times: Rapes Spur Change in Celebrated Irvine Life Style Article

04/05/1984 View/Download Sacramento Bee: Role In Rape Case Tied To Pay Claim Article

06/15/1984 View/Download Santa barbara News-Press: $25,000 Reward Posted in Two Goleta Murders Article

07/17/1984 View/Download Los Angeles Times: Man Held in Laguna Hills Nurse's Death Article

11/17/1984 View/Download Los Angeles Times: Baby Sitter, 25, is Found Dead in Santa Ana Article

01/25/1985 View/Download Los Angeles Times: Santa Ana Man Held in Torture and Murder of Disabled Baby Sitter Article

03/20/1986 View/Download Los Angeles Times: Job Corps Offers New Opportunity Youths Get Chance to Learn Trades, Finish High School Article

05/09/1986 View/Download Los Angeles Times: Irvine Article

06/24/1986 View/Download Los Angeles Times: Irvine Article

03/10/1987 View/Download Orange County Register: Murder, Rape Charges Dropped in Irvine Woman's Death Article

08/07/1987 View/Download Los Angeles Times: Murderer Gets Death Verdict in Santa Ana Case Article

01/17/1988 View/Download Orange County Register: For Police, OC's Unsolved Murders Have Life of their Own Article

03/17/1988 View/Download Sacramento Bee: Case Not Closed Article

03/27/1988 View/Download Sacramento Bee: Story on Rapist Angers Some Article

07/25/1988 View/Download Los Angeles Times: Police Still Seeking Leads in '79 Bludgeon Killings Article

11/11/1988 View/Download Los Angeles Times: Orange County's Oldest Unsolved Homicides Article

11/11/1988 View/Download Los Angeles Times: Police Files Remain Open on These More Baffling Slayings in County Article

05/17/1989 View/Download Los Angeles Times: Ex-Marine Pleads Guilty to Avoid 2nd Trial in '79 Slaying Article

09/27/1989 View/Download Los Angeles Times: Security Boom in Orange County Gated Communities: False Sense of Safety? Article

09/04/1990 View/Download Los Angeles Times: Investigators Haunted by Murders Past Mysteries Article

03/21/1993 View/Download Sacramento Bee: 'Ear' Still At Large 70s Rape Cases Vex Retiring Detective Article

12/20/1995 View/Download Orange County Register: DA's Target: Ghosts of Murders Past Article

11/28/1999 View/Download Orange County Register: Four Unsolved Orange County Murders Article

10/01/2000 View/Download Orange County Register: DNA May Point to Serial Killer in the Area. CRIME: Orange County Detectives Believe One Psychopath Killed at Least 10 People, Beginning in 1979 Article

10/01/2000 View/Download Orange County Register: Husband of 1981 Victim Feels Vindicated, But Not Lucky. CRIME: David Witthuhn is No Longer a Suspect, but Old Memories Still Cause Him Pain. Article

10/03/2000 View/Download Ventura County Star: Serial Killer Has Area Link Article

10/03/2000 View/Download Los Angeles Times: California and the West; DNA Tests Link Slayings in 3 Counties; Crimes: Authorities Believe Serial Killer May Have Committed 10 Murders in Orange, Santa Barbara and Ventura Counties Between 1979 and 1986 Article

10/03/2000 View/Download Santa barbara News-Press: Serial Link Explored in Old Murders: Goleta, Orange County Cases Similar Article

10/05/2000 View/Download Los Angeles Times: Hope, Pain for Murder Victims' Families; Crime: Loved Ones Respond as DNA Evidence Revives Probe of O.C. Serial Killings Dating Back 20 Years Article

10/08/2000 View/Download Ventura County Star: DNA Findings Throw New Light on Old Case Article

04/04/2001 View/Download San Francisco Chronicle: DNA Links '70s Rapes to Serial Slaying Cases Unknown Southern California Killer was 'East Area Rapist' Article

04/04/2001 View/Download Orange County Register: Rapist Linked to O.C. Killings Crime 23-year-old DNA Evidence from Three Bay Area Assaults Could Help Solve Six Homicides Investigated by Local Authorities Article

04/05/2001 View/Download Sacramento Bee: New Lead Found in Serial Rapes: After Decades, DNA Links the East Area Rapist to Crimes in Orange County. Article

05/24/2001 View/Download Sacramento Bee: New Hope in Hunt for Rapist Article

02/14/2002 View/Download KCBS Los Angeles: To Catch A Killer: A CBS 2 Special Assignment Article

04/10/2002 View/Download Sacramento Bee: DNA Collection Bill Stays Alive Burton May back a Measure Allowing Samples to Be Taken Forcibly from Felons. Article

04/23/2002 View/Download The National Examiner: California Couples Killer Quiet Since 1984... But Police Fear He Could Strike Again. Article

04/24/2002 View/Download KPIX San Francisco: 'Night Stalker' Investigation Linked to Dog-Mauling Case Article

04/28/2002 View/Download Santa barbara News-Press: DNA Legislation Linked to Local Killings 'Cornfed' Schneider's Refusal to Give Sample Spawns Bill Article

07/03/2002 View/Download Ventura County Star: DNA Tests Clear Convict in Ventura Killings: Paul Schneider Didn't Kill Attorney Lyman Smith, Wife Article

11/xx/2002 View/Download Ventura County Star: Colleen Cason's "Silent Witness" Article

11/11/2002 View/Download Ventura County Star: Who's Who in the Smith Murder Case Article

11/28/2002 View/Download Ventura County Star: Do you know the 'Original Night Stalker'? Article

11/28/2002 View/Download Ventura County Star: The Path of the Original Night Stalker Article

12/08/2002 View/Download Santa barbara News-Press: Elusive Bedroom Killer Haunts Detective. Ex-Private Eye Takes New Look at Goleta Slayings Article

03/10/2003 View/Download KNBC Los Angeles: Original Night Stalker: Suspect Believed Responsible For String of Attacks Article

03/04/2004 View/Download Ventura County Star: Decades-old Cold Case Catches Fire Article

04/27/2006 View/Download Sacramento Bee: Detectives Bring These 'Cold Cases' Back to Life Article

10/01/2006 View/Download Redding Record Searchlight: Killer Linked to Area: Investigator follows Serial Rapist's Trail to Shasta County, Ray Case Article

01/12/2007 View/Download Ojai Valley News: On the Trail of a Killer: Ojai Man Uncovers Evidence of Serial Rapist and Murderer Article

02/08/2007 View/Download Visalia Times-Delta: Retired Officer Looking to Solve 1975 Cold Case: 'Ransacker' linked to murder, multiple crimes Article

09/07/2013 View/Download KSBY Santa barbara: Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office gets new lead on 1981 homicide case Article

09/08/2013 View/Download CBS Sacramento: New Evidence In '70s East Area Rapist Case Could Lead To Possible Suspect Arrest Article

09/09/2013 View/Download LA Mag: UPDATE: Investigators Have a New Lead on the Golden State Killer Article

09/13/2013 View/Download OC Register: Original Night Stalker: Could O.C. clues lead to killer? Article

09/21/2013 View/Download Sac Bee: Investigators explore new leads in effort to identify East Area Rapist Article