Killer Couples

Meanwhile, Gerald and Charlene were coming unglued.� Gerald, who had always been quick to use his fists with Charlene, became even more violent.� In September, Charlene moved out, returning to live with her parents.� Gerald left town for a bit, rekindling a previous romance.� But by November he had returned and Charlene agreed to see him again.� On the night of November 1, they borrowed Charles and Mercedes Williams Oldsmobile, saying they were going to dinner and a movie.�

Gerald and Charlene got drunk that night, and it wasnt long before Gerald announced his intention of capturing more love slaves.� Charlene drove as he scanned crowds at various shopping centers for candidates.� It took a while, and Charlene, realizing that the game was getting ever more dangerous, was ready to give up for the night and head home.� But early on the morning of November 2, Gerald ordered her to stop the car at Arden Fair, a popular shopping center.� She was shocked to see that his intended victims were not two young girls, but a man and a woman, probably college students.�

Charlene pulled the Oldsmobile into a parking space and Gerald got out, approaching Craig Miller and Mary Elizabeth Sowers with a .25 caliber handgun.�� Hoping their acquiescence would keep their drunken assailant from hurting them, they complied.� They even kept quiet when a fraternity brother of Craigs, who had attended the same dinner the couple, was leaving, leaned into the car and asked what they were doing.� Just then Charlene, still in the drivers seat, began shouting at the man and pulled away quickly.� Not quickly enough, though.� The fraternity brother wrote down the license number of the Olds as it sped away.

Charlene drove for a while out into El Dorado County until Gerald told her to stop.� He ordered Craig out of the car and shot him three times in the head, then told Charlene to drive to his apartment.� When they arrived he took Mary Beth into the bedroom.� Charlene watched television, and when Gerald was finished raping Mary Beth, she drove the two out into the country again.� He shot Mary Beth, and returned with Charlene to the apartment to dispose of evidence.

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