MURDER INC EXCLUSIVE: EAR/ONS in Palm Springs

The Golden State Killer in Palm Springs

In January 1977 Lorraine Vrable was found floating in a canal near Palm Springs. She’d been bludgeoned to death by blows to the back of the head and her hands were bound behind her back with a pair of pantyhose. Soon more women were found murdered and rashes of strange cat burglaries began to plague Palm Springs. By May 1979, Palm Springs was in a full blown panic as the “North Side Rapist” terrorized the desert oasis.

The EAR/ONS crimes are only a small portion of the GSK timeline. Most of the murders, rapes and cat burglaries in Palm Springs fit within the gaps between EAR/ONS attacks. Could the GSK have been traveling to the desert to continue his crime wave and unleash mayhem upon Palm Springs?

January 5 1977 Lorraine Vrable Murder



January 18 1977 EAR Sacramento

January 24 1977 Ear Citrus Heights

July 30 1977 Stephanie Driscoll Missing Palm Springs

August 6 1977 Murder of Stephanie Driscoll body found

August 6 Teresa Tapp Murder Palm Springs







August 15 1977 Palm Springs





September 5 1977 Coachella Valley Murders





September 28 1977 Desert Hot Springs Burglaries



January 12 1978 Burglaries





January 16 1978 Ann Louise Neyer Murder Palm Springs



February 13 1978 Palm Springs Burglaries



March 10 1978 Paul D’Amico Steakhouse Robbery







March 18 1978 EAR Stockton

April 8 1978

April 14 1978 EAR South Sacramento

June 1 1978 Palm Springs North Side Rapist

June 5 1978 EAR Attack Modesto

June 6 1978 EAR Attack Davis

June 8 1978 Indio

June 23 1978 EAR Modesto

June 24 EAR Davis

July 6 1978 Davis

July 17 1978 Palm Springs



August 29 1978 Palm Springs Cat Burglar



September 10 1978 Sharon Lynne Whitney found in Blythe



September 14 1978



September 16 1978 Palm Springs

October 1 1978 Palm Springs Stolen Truck



Palm Springs Cat Burglar



October 7 1978 EAR Concord

October 11 1978 Palm Springs Cat



October 12 1978 Palm Springs Friendly Triple Slaying



October 13 1978 EAR Concord

October 20 1978 Indio Stolen Tools



October 24 1978 Indio Burglary



October 28 1978 EAR San Ramon

October 30 1978 Palm Sprinsg



November 4 1978 EAR San Jose

December 2 1978 EAR San Jose

December 7 1978 Palm Springs Rape

December 9 1978 EAR Danville

December 11 1978 Desert Hot Springs Burglary



December 14 1978 NSR Palm Springs

December 18 1978 EAR

December 20 1978 Indio

January 2 1979 Palm Springs



January 3 1979 Ransacked



January 9 1979 North Side Rapist Palm Springs

January 21 1979 Indio Cat Burglar



January 27 1979 Indio Burglaries



March 3 1979 Palm Springs Cat Burglar





March 20 1979 EAR Rancho Cordova

April 4 1979 EAR Fremont

April 30 1979 NSR Kidnap Attempt



May 17 1979 North Side Rapist Palm Springs

May 2 1979 North Side Rapist Palm Springs

May 7 1979 Burglary Palm Desert Country Club



May 12 1979 The Palm Desert Cat



May 17 1979 North Side Rapist meeting



June 2 1979 EAR Walnut Creek

June 5 1979 Homes Ransacked Palm Springs



June 11 1979 EAR Danville

June 13 1979



June 19 1979 Indian Wells Cat Burglar

June 22 1979 Palm Springs



June 21 1979 Palm Springs

June 25 1979 EAR Walnut Creek

July 3 1979 Palm Springs Cat Burglar

July 10 1979 EAR Danville

July 15 1979 Stolen Bikes, Cameras, Guns Palm Springs Date N/A

September 9 1979 Bermuda Dunes Rape October 1 1979 ONS Queen Anne Lane Goleta 2:00 am October 1 1979 Palm Springs Botched Attack October 17 1979 Palm Springs Cat Burglaries

December 11 1979 Palm Springs Cat Burglar

December 22 1979 Palm Springs Burglaries

December 30 1979 ONS Offerman/Manning January 22 1980 Julia Darling Murder Palm Springs



January 23 1980 Palm Springs Cat Burglar

January 25 1980 North Side Rapist Palm Springs

January 26 1980 Indio Cat Burglar

February 7 1980 Palm Springs

March 13 1980 ONS Smiths April 16 1980 Palm Springs $20,000 Burglary

April 26 1980 Palm Springs Cat

May 23 1980 Maria Alexander Murder



June 1 1980 Lonnie McGhee & Donald Bernklau Murder DHS

June 7 1980 Palm Springs Cat Burglar

June 18 1980 Palm Springs

July 1 1980 Palm Springs Cat

July 6 1980 Indio Rape

July 9 1980 Rape Two Men

July 11 1980 La Quinta Cat Burglar

July 24 1980 Rape Palm Desert

August 9 1980 Palm Desert Cat Burglar

August 18, 1980 La Quinta

August 19 1980 ONS Harringtons August 20 1980 Palm Springs Coin Collection Theft

August 21 1980 Palm Springs

August 31 1980 Arson Palm Springs

September 1 1980 Desert Hot Springs Cat Burglar

September 8 1980 Burglary Palm Spring

September 10 1980

September 30 1980 Palm Springs Burglaries

October 6 1980 Indio

October 19 1980 Desert Hot Springs Crime Wave LA Times

October 27 1980 Palm Springs Cat

November 7 1980 Palm Springs Bank Robber

November 10 1980 Ransacking Bound



December 22 1980 Tim Moore Attempted Murder Palm Springs

February 16 1981 ONS Manuela Witthuhn February 19 1981 Palm Springs Rape

February 27 1981 NSR Palm Springs

March 5 1981 Palm Springs Rapist “John”

April 28 1981 Edmund Prieto Murder

June 8 1981 NSR Palm Springs

June 10 1981 Palm Springs Rape

July 15 1981 NSR Palm Springs

July 21 1981 Palm Springs Date Unknown

July 26 1981 Palm Springs

July 27 1981 ONS Domingo/Sanchez August 2 1981 Palm Springs Rape

August 16 1981 NSR Palm Springs

August 25 1981 Palm Springs North Side Rapist

March 15 1982 North Side Rapist

May 10 1982 NSR Palm Springs

May 24 1982 Ransacking Palm Springs



June 6 1982 Palm Springs NSR Escape

June 21 1982 Palm Springs

June 24 1982 Palm Springs Elder Carport Robberies

June 26 1982 Palm Springs Crime

June 30 1982 Palm Springs Couple Robbed

July 9 1982 Palm Springs

August 16 1982 Palm Desert Cat Burglar Fur Coat

August 28 1982 Palm Springs Weekend Rapist

October 3 1982 Indio Rape 2 Men

October 8 1982 Palm Springs Burglaries



October 11 1982 Palm Desert Arson

November 28 1982 Palm Spring Rape Attempt

December 9 1982 Palm Springs Burglaries

December 15 1982 Indio Rape

January 12 1983 Depositor Robbed

January 15 1983 Desert Sun Ransacked

January 21 1983 Palm Springs Rapes

February 5 1983 North Side Rapist

February 7 1983 Ransacked Palm Springs

February 16 1983 Prowler Palm Springs

February 17 1983 North Side Rapist Palm Springs

March 25 1983 Palm Springs

March 21 1983 Palm Springs April 6 1983 Two Rapists Palm Springs

April 11 1982 Indio Cat Burglar

May 9 1983 Palm Springs Cat Burglar

May 20 1983 Palm Springs Rape

July 7 1983 Palm Desert Bound Ransacked

July 14 1983 Palm Springs

July 23 1983 Couple Bound Rape Indio

September 9 1983 Palm Springs



September 11 1983



October 1 1983 Palm Springs

October 31 1983 Palm Desert Cat Burglar

December 24 1983 Palm Springs

January 3 1984 Palm Springs

January 19 1984 Cat Burglar

February 6 1984 Robberies

May 7 1984 Indio Rapist

July 18 1984 Rape

October 30 1984 George Bougie chases the Palm Springs Cat Burglar

December 2 1984 Palm Springs Cat Burglar Fight

December 13 1984 Palm Springs

February 18 1987 Rapist Palm Springs

December 11 1988 Indio Kidnap Rape

April 5 1991 Palm Desert Prowler

