Cops: 3 suspects in Marin trail slaying also killed woman in Golden Gate Park

This combination of file photos provided by the Multnomah County Sheriff's Office show, from left, Sean Michael Angold, Lila Scott Allgood, and Morrison Haze Lampley. The three young transients were accused of robbing and killing two people in Northern California. less This combination of file photos provided by the Multnomah County Sheriff's Office show, from left, Sean Michael Angold, Lila Scott Allgood, and Morrison Haze Lampley. The three young transients were accused of ... more Image 1 of / 47 Caption Close Cops: 3 suspects in Marin trail slaying also killed woman in Golden Gate Park 1 / 47 Back to Gallery

The three drifters accused of fatally shooting Marin County hiker Steve Carter on Monday also killed a 23-year-old Canadian backpacker in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park two days earlier, police said Thursday night.

San Francisco homicide inspectors reported that they identified property belonging to the park victim, 23-year-old Audrey Carey of Quebec, in the possession of Morrison Haze Lampley, 23, Sean Michael Angold, 24, and Lila Scott Alligood, 18.

The three are in custody in Portland after being arrested at a soup kitchen there on Wednesday evening.

Carey, who was on her first solo backpacking trip, was found slain in Golden Gate Park Saturday morning, following the first day of the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival. She had suffered trauma to her body and had been shot.

Two days later, Carter, a prominent tantra teacher and massage therapist, was shot multiple times on a popular fire trail near Fairfax in Marin County. The 67-year-old was still clutching the leash of his Doberman Pinscher, who was also shot but survived.

Upon learning of Carter’s killing, San Francisco police investigators got in touch with Marin County authorities, said Sgt. Michael Andraychak, a San Francisco police spokesman. The inspectors found the two slayings similar — both were shootings in wooded or park areas.

When Marin County sheriff’s investigators tracked Carter’s stolen 2003 Volkswagen Jetta to Portland via GPS and caught Lampley, Angold and Alligood outside a Catholic church soup kitchen, two San Francisco police inspectors flew north as well.

“Audrey Carey’s property, linking the suspects to the Golden Gate Park homicide, was found in the suspects’ possession when they were taken into custody in Oregon,” Andraychak said. “The three suspects will be charged with the robbery and murder of Audrey Carey.”

The three suspects still had the gun used to kill Carter when they were taken into custody, said Marin County sheriff’s Lt. Doug Pittman. He called Carter’s killing a “crime of opportunity,” but details remained murky late Thursday in both his and Carey’s death.

Little is known about the suspects, but court records show Lampley was charged in May in San Diego County with the unlawful selling or receiving of a stolen vehicle, a felony, and with stealing a dog, a misdemeanor.

He pleaded guilty to the felony charge and was sentenced to 97 days in jail, but was released because he had served that amount while the case was pending.

San Francisco authorities were at first befuddled by Carey’s killing, which, like Carter’s, was seemingly random. Police released a photo of Carey earlier this week, asking anyone with information to come forward.

Carey was on the first leg of her first solo backpacking trip, her family said, and was planning on traveling to Europe before returning to her native Canada.

Carter was a tantra instructor who worked out of Middletown (Lake County), teaching classes at Harbin Hot Springs, a popular resort that burned down in last month’s Valley Fire.

He and his wife, Lokita Carter, had moved to Costa Rica in December to build their dream home, but in July, Lokita was diagnosed with a rare, aggressive form of breast cancer and returned to California to receive treatment at the Marin Cancer Clinic.

Steve Carter followed her back to care for her, and was staying with friends in Fairfax when he went out to walk his dog Monday evening.

“I am beyond devastated to face this situation while already going through intensive breast cancer treatment. His senseless and shocking death is incomprehensible to all of us, and this time is the most difficult,” Lokita Carter wrote on a fundraising page.

San Francisco police said Carey’s killing is an active investigation. Anyone with information is asked to call a tip line at (415) 575-4444 or text a tip to TIP411 with “SFPD” at the beginning of the message.

Vivian Ho is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. E-mail: vho@sfchronicle.com Twitter: @VivianHo