Officer Mark Hermann was responding to a call for a welfare check in Davis, California, on the 14th of April, 2013. Oliver Northup and Claudia Maupin hadn’t shown up to church that morning, and all attempts to reach them by phone were unsuccessful. As the officer scanned the perimeter of their home, he spotted that a window screen had been sliced open…
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“Prosecutor: Teen killer shows no empathy on witness stand”
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Associated Press, 16 April, 2013 – “Elderly Davis Couple Found Slain at Home”
The Davis Enterprise, 16 April, 2013 – “Family Mourns Couple Slain in South Davis”
The Sacramento Bee, 17 April, 2013 – “FBI Aids Double Slaying Probe”
The Sacramento Bee, 16 April, 2013 – “Community Stunned by Slaying of Lawyer, Wife”
The Sacramento Bee, 18 April, 2013 – “Tip Line Set Up for Leads”
The Sacramento Bee, 17 May, 2013 – “Davis Month Old Killings are Priority Number one”
California Aggie, 18 June, 2013 – “Teen Charged for Double Homicide of Davis Residents”
City Journal, 16 March, 2018 – “Judicial Depravity in California”
The Davis Enterprise, 18 June, 2013 – “Boy, 16, Arrested in Davis Double-Homicide”
The Sacramento Bee, 18 June, 2013 – “Teen Once Lauded as Hero is Charged”
California Aggie, 19 June, 2013 – “Marsh Pleads Not Guilty to Homicide Charges”
The Davis Enterprise, 19 June, 2013 – “Teen Murder Suspect Facing Adult Charges”
The Sacramento Bee, 21 June, 2013 – “Suspect Was in Mental Hospital”
The Sacramento Bee, 14 August, 2013 – “Closed Proceedings Requested for Murder Trial”
California Aggie, 29 August, 2013 – “Judge Denies Motion to Exclude Media from Double Homicide Trial”
The Sacramento Bee, 13 September, 2013 – “Gruesome Details Emerge in Davis Murder Trial”
The Sacramento Bee, 13 September, 2013 – “Daniel Marsh, 16, Faces Trial in Brutal South Davis Slayings”
California Aggie, 14 September, 2013 – “Shocking Details Emerge During Double Homicide Hearing”
The Davis Enterprise, 15 September, 2013 – “Teen Confessed to Killing Davis Couple”
The Sacramento Bee, 22 October, 2013 – “Davis Teen Accused of Double Homicide Wants Torture Charge Dropped”
The Sacramento Bee, 2 June, 2014 – “Teen Accused in 2013 Davis Stabbing Deaths Pleads Insanity”
The Sacramento Bee, 9 June, 2014 – “Judge Appoints Psychiatric Experts”
The Sacramento Bee, 2 September, 2014 – “Trial Starts for Teen Charged in Stabbing Deaths of Davis Couple”
The Sacramento Bee, 9 September, 2014 – “Daniel Marsh Said He Tried Suicide”
The Sacramento Bee, 12 September, 2014 – “Psychologist Details Davis Murder Suspect’s Hateful Thoughts”
The Sacramento Bee, 17 September, 2014 – “Davis Teen Slaying Suspect Played Dumb with Interrogators”
The Sacramento Bee, 24 September, 2014 – “Jurors Watch Video Confession in Davis Killing”
The Sacramento Bee, 25 September, 2014 – “Davis Teen’s Bloodlust”
The Sacramento Bee, 26 September, 2014 – “Davis Teen Found Guilty of First-Degree Murder”
The Sacramento Bee, 30 September, 2014 – “Davis Teen Sane at Time of Double Murder”
The Record, 12 December, 2014 – “Teen Gets 52 Years to Life for Elderly Couple’s Slaying”
The Sacramento Bee, 13 December, 2014 – “Davis Teen Gets Decades Behind Bars for Slayings”
The Sacramento Bee, 5 March, 2018 – “Teen Convicted in Davis Couple’s Death to Get Juvenile Review”
The Sacramento Bee, 1 October, 2018 – “He Can’t Be Rehabilitated”
The Davis Enterprise, 3 October, 2018 – “You Are a Psychopath”
The Davis Enterprise, 16 October, 2018 – “Marsh Takes Witness Stand as Juvenile Court Hearing Continues”
The Davis Enterprise, 24 October, 2018 – “Judge Rejects Marsh Bid for Juvenile Court Resentencing”
