here's the story of dennis stanworth. here's his picture. he is 70 years old.and police say he called them around noon to say he killed his 89-year-old mother nelly. he has a long history including kidnapping, sexual assault in the '60s. he was sentenced to death but

according to the complaint prosecutors think dennis stanworth killed his mother november 6th of last year. her body found outside on the property stanworth shares with his wife and father-in-law. his wife was in court but declined comment to abc 7 news. >>[ó, and just devastated this area. >> his arrest and that he has been living free for 22 years has been difficult for the families of the two teen-aged girls he was sent to death death row for sexual assaulting and killing in 1966 this, woman is afraid of stanworth. she was raises as a sister as one of the young victim autos are you confident they'll keep him in this time? >> no. i'm scared to death. they are going to -- someone is going fall through cracks and he's going to be best behavior, it's going to happen, again. very no confidence at all. >> now, this case stanworth being charged with first degree murder with special circumstance he killed before. if convicted he could face the death penalty. that is the sentence he escaped 40 years ago. >> authorities no longer actively searching for an inmate who escaped when being transpo

. >> janelle, convicted killer and rapist dennis stanworth has a rap sheet that would make anybody's stomach turn. now the former death row inmate who was allowed to walk freel is back behind bars again here at the solano county jail, accused of killing again. >> i think i'm kind of numb to just how violent he was and didn't know that he was right there. >> patricia fan says she had no idea she was living next door to a convicted killer and rapist. 70-year-old dennis stanworth was sentenced to death for kidnapping andli

dennis stanworth, 70 years old. say he called them before noon yesterday to say he had just killed his 89-year-old mother nelly stanworth in a home on the 2500 block of marshfield road here in vallejo. now, dennis has a long and violent criminal history including kidnapping, sexually assaulting and killing two teenaged girls in contra costa county back in the '60s. he was sentenced to death for that but his sentence was reversed for some reason. and he was out on parole at the time that police say he admitted killing his mother yesterday. police will tell us more about this crime this morning and we'll keep you posted. live in vallejo, anne makovec, cbs 5. >> a bizarre story. thank you. >>> in contra costa county, there's much more to the story about a man who killed a suspected burglar in his apartment. four people are now in custody accused of what pittsburg police sagan as an elaborate plot to scare the man. investigators say charmaine taijeron was having an extramarital affair and wanted to frighten her husband

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police say dennis stanworth admitted to killing nellie turner stan worth in their home this woke. convicted killer convicted of that. but his sentence was changed when they did away with that. he was released on parole in 1990. >>> police in free monte in fremont say that was the first homicide of the year, they found it there then. two hours later a 27-year-old man showed up at the police station and turned himself in. investigators say he also handed over the gun used in the killing. both the victim and the suspect live at the home and they were related. they have yet to release a motive. >>> police say they are searching for at least two men who held 14 people hostage during a robbery at a clothing store. police say robbers stabbed an employee and sexually assaulted another during the four hour long hostage stand off at a nordstrum rack, they entered then and held them at gunpoint. hours later a swat team stormed into the store and discovered they had fled. the frightened hostages were found huddled together. >> the majority were in one location, a storage room in one of the --

mother in vallejo told a judge today that he wants to plead guilty to that crime. 70-year-old dennis stanworth is accuse of killing danny stanworth. he was initially sent to prison for killing two teen girls. stanworth was released on parol in 1990. an official plea has not been made. he is expected to be arraigned next friday. >>> oakland police say they looked for seven wanted people today. they ran seven warrants. the people detained today had been warned if they didn't straighten up they would be arrested. >> we are going to use every effort, every legal means to bring you to justice and to end the violence. >> officers say they also confiscated several weapons including semi automatic weapons. >>> family of two oikos mass shooting victims filed lawsuits today. the families are seeking unspecified damages. this is the first litigation since that deadly shooting last april in which seven people were killed. >>> temperatures are dropping off rapidly this evening. for the second night in a row we have a freeze warning to tell you about. here is a look at the current numbers. if you can't see

murderer about 24 hours ago and today, neighbors say they are not entirely shocked. 70-year-old dennis stanworth has been in jail accused of killing his 90-year-old mother nelly. police say he called them yesterday to say what he had done. police came to his home on marshfield road in hidden brook and found his mother's body. >> awful. >> reporter: these ladies live in the neighborhood. >> we were always kind of leery of him. >> reporter: that killing was just the latest for stanworth. back in the '60s he kidnapped, sexually assaulted and killed two teenaged girls in contra costa county. he was sentenced to death in 1966 but that sentence was later turned into a life sentence. >> the victims have no rights. >> reporter: stanworth was let out of prison on parole and was registered as a sex offender with the vallejo pd since the '90s. >> i believe in truth in sentencing. the sentence was life, it should have been life. but it's not my position and i respect the law and i enforce the law as it's giving to us. >> reporter: neighbors say stanworth lived here with his son and his son's wife. >> i didn

police say 70-year-old dennis stanworth called them yesterday to tell them what he did. they found his mother's body in vallejo in her home. stanworth was on death row for sexually assaulting and killing two teenaged girls back in the '60s. sentence was changed to life in prison and he was let out on parole in 1999. >>> a big rig driver has died after his truck flew off a highway overpass in vallejo and burst into flames. cbs 5 reporter cate caugiran says that intense fire didn't stop a group of strangers from trying to save him. >>> reporter: this is how far chp says that big rig flew some three stories down and now and investigation is under way. that accident happened around 6:40 this morning and ace hardware truck and a white pickup involved in some kind of collision causing the big rig to fly off highway 37 on to this grassy area where a small fire started. an off-duty paramedic and two witnesses stopped and pulled the driver out of the truck. that driver was taken to kaiser vallejo where he was later pronounced dead. at the scene, things got more complicated. turns

one week after confessing to killing his mother, former death row inmate ask double murderer dennis stanworth was back before a judge today to enter a plea. >> one week after he confessed to killing his mother in an emotional outburst, former death row instatemate stayed mostly quiet this, time, the 70-year-old entered a not guilty plea plae to the murder of nellie stanworth in his home. last week he said he was guilty. >> right. >> it's a standard plea in any case so that is what he entered today. >> in the a surprise? >> no. no. >> this prosecutor says nellie stanworth was likely killed in early november. saying the autopsy revealed it was murder. saying it did not appear his wife knew about the death though the body had been on the property sometime. stanworth spent seven years on death row for killing two teenagers in 1966 for a series of kidnap rapes before and after. in the 70s, california overturned the death penalty. last week stanworth blurted quote i plead guilty to everything. i did everything. this is the third one. this time, he said little. except to ask for a device for the har

investigators say that on wednesday - 70-year-old dennis stanworth called 911 claiming to have killed his mothernellie stanworth police arrived at his home on marshfield road. and found the woman's body - and arrested her son.it's not clear yet exactly when the woman died. but two of her friends say dennis told them she died weeks ago >> he was going in his house and i just yelled and i said howl is nellie? because i thought that she was okay. and i yelled how is millie and he said that she passed away last week. and she had a military burial that is all that he said. and that makes me sick. my wife cannot get over it is very upset. we both are, really. she was really nice to us. we had good relationships with her shores really nice, the nicest lady i've known for a long time. she was in perfect health there was nothing wrong she could of little least five, six years another issue kenaf. i wished she would. i wish-- she could have -- and i have no idea why anybody would want to do that let alone"let alone her son" >> catherine: stanworth's criminal history includes rape and murder. co

dennis stanworth is due back in court next week. at that time he may enter a plea and statementing made could be used at his trial n fairfield abc 7 news. >> thank you. >> seven people suffered injuries and one person taken to the hospital for anxiety after two school buses got into a minor accident this afternoon. they got into a fender bender at clayton road and marsh creek road. police say one bus rear ended another, and they say no one was seriously hurt. >> the alameda county sheriff's department no longer actively searching for a jail inmate who escaped today. the 31-year-old being transported to highland hospital. authorities launched a search of the area. he was in custody on multiple robbery charge autos in san francisco, people are out in numbers to make a point about sexual violence against women. a rally scheduled before an attack last weekend. abc 7 news is live in the mission district want to a story. nick? >> they say that that was necessary because they remind people violence against women is a real occurrence here.

dennis stanworth was out on parole for a life prison sentence for killing two teens in 1966. >>> ande-president joseph biden is looking for ways to reduce gun violence. today he will be meeting with gun owner's groups, hunters and also representatives from the entertainment industry. >>> a flasher is on the loose on the peninsular. janine de la vega just spoke with police. here is more. >> reporter: police tell me this is an isolated incident which they don't believe has anything to do with other attacks on women. police say at 11:00 a woman was sitting in a car and looked up and saw a man standing next to the window with his pants down touching himself and staring at her. she called 911 and police were unable to locate him. >> it is frightening. there is a lot of odd people out here and i stay here once a month and it makes me want to be more aware of my surroundings. >> well, there has not been any indecent exposure cases in reason months and there are cases of women being sexually assaulted by men. they were jocking downtown and in another case a woman in her home found a man tryi

dennis stanworth was first sentenced to death in 1966 for murdering two teenage girls. after california did away with the death sentence, his sentence was changed to life in prison. >> i am worried about our system, him getting out again. but i have a gun and i know how to use it. >> reporter: this time police say sanworth killed his mother in his own home. he said he called 911 and then turned himself in. >>> a potentially dangerous reptile guarding a stash of marijuana has died. the reptile was a 16-year-old cayman which closely resembles an alligator. the oakland zoo took it in yesterday and said it was in very poor health. alameda county sheriff deputies found the cayman in a home along with marijuana. the owner faces animal abuse charges. >>> a case of bullying is said to be the motive for school shooting in central california. authorities in the town of taft in kern county says a student entered a class, and opened fire. the current county sheriff says the teen targeted students who had bullied him for several years. a teacher finally talked him into dropping his

dennis stanworth was first sentenced to death in 1966 for murdering two teenage girls. after california did away with the death sentence, his sentence was changed to life in prison. >> i am worried about our system, him getting out again. but i have a gun and i know how to use it. >> reporter: this time police say sanworth killed his mother in his own home. he said he called 911 and then turned himself in. >>> a potentially dangerous reptile guarding a stash of marijuana has died. the reptile was a 16-year-old cayman which closely resembles an alligator. the oakland zoo took it in yesterday and said it was in very poor health. alameda county sheriff deputies found the cayman in a home along with marijuana. the owner faces animal abuse charges. >>> a case of bullying is said to be the motive for school shooting in central california. authorities in the town of taft in kern county says a student entered a class, and opened fire. the current county sheriff says the teen targeted students who had bullied him for several years. a teacher finally talked him into dropping his

tells us that at his arraignment dennis stanworth sobbed saying, i plead guilty to everything i did. this is the third time. police say he first called them confessing he killed his mother at had his vallejo home. her body was found on the property outside of the house. now it turns out it wasn't his first blush with the law n. 1966 he confessed to the rape and murder of two 15-year-old girls. he was convicted of those crimes and sentenced to death, but that sentence was later reduced and he was ultimately paroled in 1990. >>> still ahead here at 6:00, new evidence in a case that baffled bay area investigators. the never before scene video of the convicted killer in the case of a missing nursing student michelle le. >> and did he do it on his own? the case that sparked a man hunt. >> a way to reach out and touch mark zuckerberg but it will cost you. the newest facebook plan to make money. >>> and good evening. i'm jeff ranieri in the nbc bay area weather center. temperatures continuing to drop here across the bay area. plenty of mid-40s throughout the east bay and 48 in san jose. and

dennis stanworth, 70 years old.alled them just before noon yesterday to say he had just killed his 89- year-old mother nelly stanworth in a home on the 2500 block of marshfield road in vallejo. dennis has a long and violent criminal history including kidnapping, sexually assaulting and killing two teenaged girls in contra costa county back in the '60s. he was sentenced to death for that. but his sentence was reversed. and he was freed. again, police say he just admitted to killing his mother. police will tell us more about this crim later on this morning and we'll keep you posted. live in vallejo, anne makovec, cbs 5. >>> all right, anne, thank you. >>> in contra costa county, there's much more to the story after a man killed a suspected burglar in his apartment. four people are now in custody accused of what pittsburg police say began as a plot and ended in homicide. investigators say charmaine taijeron set it up to frighten her husband out of their apartment. police say taijeron and her boyfriend enlisted three ot

. >> reporter: 70-year-old dennis stanworth is in jail accused of killing his 90-year-old mother nelly turner stanworth. police say he called them yesterday to tell them what he had done. police came to his home on marshfield road in hidden brook and found his mother's body. >> oh, awful. >> reporter: these ladies live in the neighborhood. >> we were always kind of leery of him. >> reporter: that killing was just the latest for stanworth. back in the '60s, he kidnapped and sexually assaulted and killed two teenaged girls in contra costa county. he was sentenced to death in 1966 but that sentence was later turned into a life sentence. >> the victims have no rights. >> reporter: stanworth was let out of prison on parole and was registered as a sex offender with the vallejo pd since the '90s. >> i do believe in truth in sentencing. the sentence was life, it should have been life. it's not my position and i respect the law and enforce it. >> reporter: neighbors say he lived with his son and son's wife here. >> walk like this i never i didn't know him. >> reporter: why? >> i'm scared. [ ind

tried to plead guilty today but the judge postpone his arraignment until next week. 70-year-old dennis stanworth is charged with killing his mother at his home on wednesday. if found guilty, stanworth could face a death penalty for a second time. he was convicted and sent to death row for killing two teenagers back in the 1960s. but he was paroled after his sentence was commuted to life. >>> and the damaged oil tanker that bumped into the bay bridge this week is back at sea. the overseas reymar shipped out this morning for an undisclosed location where it will be repaired. it's been anchored east of alcatraz this week while investigators collected evidence and interviews about monday's brush with one of bridge towers. >>> "mission: impossible." not the tv show or the movie but what lies in front of people looking to rent a place in san francisco. and as cbs 5 reporter joe vazquez shows us, the skyrocketing rent prices are not just in the city. joe? >> reporter: yeah, ken. you know, it's a simple law of economics. you have a lot of techies moving in so there's a high demand for the housing here.

they went and checked it out and sure enough they found evidence that dennis stanworth did kill his mother pulled up his rap sheet back in 1966 he pleaded guilty to kidnapping, sexually assaulting, and shooting to teenage girls 14 and 15 years old. >> he was sentenced to death but that was overturned. the authorities sentenced to life in prison. somewhere along the way we are trying to find out when he was eventually paroled. once he got out of prison he stayed with his mother until what happened yesterday. we will try to get more information before the news conference. i know investigators will arrive here about 8:00 a.m. this morning. hopefully that would cause more inflation on exactly what happened. they have known this guy for quite some time. when they pulled up his record they were like ah ha we know you are we will learn more about him in about five hours now. >> what was the relationship with the mom over the years will? >> it is a gated community. i am sure there are in shock. we will try to get reaction from the neighbors. as far as we know he and his mom were the only two peopl

. >> the 70 year-old dennis stanworth told police that he had killed his 89 year- old mother nellie.led officers to robotic. >> he is a former death row inmate who was found guilty in 1966 of kidnapping and killing two teenage girls in contra costa county. he had been living with his mother after being paroled. >> a man was killed after his big rig crashed along highway 37 and vallejo is been identified as 430 william ballard of roseville. >> this is video from our helicopter partnership with abc seven news. he was driving west on 37 when he collided with a white pickup. the big rigs fell from a high way to a grassy area near north bound 294 bursting into flames. saxons of both highways were closed for several hours. >> the caiman that was found apparently guarding 34 lbs. of marijuana at a castro valley home on tuesday as died. the alligator like creature named steve was seized reprobation check and handed over to the oakland zoo. the owner is now facing drug charges. >> we're getting our first look at the man accused of dousing his girlfriend with gasoline and setting her on fire.

police say that the 70-year-old dennis stanworth confessed to killing his 90-year-old mother in their home in week. he is a convicted killer first sentenced to death in 1966 for killing two teen girls. the sentence was changed to life. california briefly got rid of the death penalty in 1974. then he was released on parole in 1990. >>> the city of san jose is expanding its search for a new police chief. earlier this week officials interviewed three finalists but now the city manager wants more time to consider them and look at extra candidates. the current police chief chris moore plans to retire a week from today. >> the week long kicker controversy is over and the 49ers are sticking with david akers for tomorrow night's game against the green bay packers. the coach announced his decision yesterday. it was a vote of confidence to a kicker who is having the worst season of his 15 year career. the 49ers signed kicker billy kundiff last week. he will stay on the roster but probably won't play tomorrow night. hopefully everything will go well. >>> and a programming reminder. we have cover

dennis stanworth is under arrest in vallejo.ell them he had killed his mother. >>> castro valley man is due in court on drug charges today. he was arrested after a probation check turned up this guy. 34 pounds of pot and that five- foot alligator was guarding it. >>> some expensive vandalism at san jose city hall. somebody threw some rocks and some bottles at windows that cost $12,000 to replace. right now, they don't have any suspects. >>> traffic and weather coming up right after the break. >>> good morning. we are monitoring some breaking news out of vallejo right now. a big rig accident, where a big rig went down an embankment. this is video we took earlier from one of our photographers. this is at highway 37 at sonoma boulevard near the 80 connector. again that big rig went down the embankment. they shut down connectors from 80 and 37 and sonoma boulevard is shut down, as well. >> amazing video. thank you, gianna. let's go outside now live towards the dublin-pleasanton area where we are seeing blue skies but don't be fooled

the state 70 road dennis stanworth told police that he had killed his 89 year old mother and nellie stanworthher body. he is a former death row inmate was found guilty in 1966 of kidnapping and killing a teenage girls in contra costa county. he had been living with his mother after being paroled. >> the suspect accused of adapting his children from san francisco and boarding installing got last year will be in court for his preliminary hearing today. this is video christopher mcveigh's last court hearing. he took his three year-old daughter brooklyn and 2 year-old son at that and from their mother home their mother's home back as the december of last year. he then drove into the mir are or where he stole a 40 ft. sailboat. the coast as does it attract the track about the monterey bay and the children safely reunite with their mother. is facing five felony counts in this case. >> more on a developing story at the i crews may be surgicenter ballot well for a long time is a look for human remains. it is all part of the speed freak killers case. tim and plan for killing a rampage and 1980's and 9

dennis stanworth made the statement during a court appearance yesterday before his public defender askede after police say stanworth called them to tell him he had killed his 90-year-old mother at his vallejo home. stanworth has a violent past. he spent time on death row, after being convicted of kin two girls in 1966 and raping four women. however, his death sentence was commuted in 1972 after the state supreme court ruled capital punishment unconstitutional. he was paroled in 1990. >>> two car washes will be held in san jose this weekend to raise money for a family killed in an apartment fire. the four died december 29th when a fire destroyed their west san jose apartment. the car washes are scheduled to be held from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. today and tomorrow at the agave restaurant on monterey road. family members are trying to raise the money to bury their family members in mexico. >>> police say men pride open a lock on a front entrance, during the overnight hours. they then took mail from the mailboxes. if you have any information on this, you're asked to contact san francisco polic