Santa Cruz County, CA Teacher's aide pleads guilty to killing 2 women March 21, 2002
Dennis Lee Richesin, 40, admitted killing San Jose resident Kelly Ann Reber, 21, and Santa Cruz resident Heather Nicole Pereira, 25. He was arrested May 4, 2001, and showed police where he buried the bodies at Renaissance High School in Watsonville. His attorney had this to say about his client:

It's the product of a methamphetamine culture," he said "My client . . . sadly descended into methamphetamine use and abuse chronically for a number of years, and this is where he ended."