Gerald and Charlene Gallego S Case

GERALD AND CHARLENE GALLEGO’S CASE

CRIME:  ABDUCTED, BRUTALLY RAPED, TORTURED, MURDERED AND BURIED ALIVE 10 YOUNG FEMALE VICTIMS BETWEEN THE AGES OF 13-16

 VICTIMS ABDUCTED IN CALIFORNIA, OREGON, AND NEVADA

 AKA “SEX SLAVE MURDERERS”

CIRCUMSTANCES:  GERALD CONVINCED CHARLENE THAT THE ONLY CURE FOR HIS IMPOTENCE WAS TO HAVE A COLLECTION OF YOUNG VIRGINS

 CHARLENE HELPED LURE, CONTROL, AND MURDER HIS VICTIMS  GERALD’S FATHER, WHOM HE NEVER MET, DID TIME IN SAN QUENTIN

 HIS FATHER KILLED TWO POLICE OFFICERS IN MISSISSIPPI AND IN 1955 WAS EXECUTED IN THEIR GAS CHAMBER

 GERALD’S MOTHER’S (LORRAINE) RELATIVES INCLUDED MURDERERS AND CHILD MOLESTERS

 LORRAINE WAS A PROSTITUTE IN SACRAMENTO AND GERALD SERVED AS A RUNNER FOR VARIOUS PIMPS DURING THE 1950S

 GERALD’S INVOLVEMENT WITH POLICE BEGAN AT 6 AND WHEN HE MET CHARLENE IN 1977, HE HAD BEEN ARRESTED 23 TIMES AND SERVED TIME IN JAIL AND ADULT AND JUVENILE CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES IN CA  ONE OF HIS OFFENSES WAS HAVING SEX WITH A 6 YEAR OLD WHEN HE WAS 13

 BY 1977, GERALD WAS MARRIED AND DIVORCED 5 TIMES

 MARRIED WEEKS AFTER MEETING, GERALD SET DOWN LAW – CHARLENE TO BE PRIMARY BREAD WINNER, TOLD HER WHAT TO WEAR, AND HE HAD AFFAIRS WITH OTHER WOMEN

 CHARLENE WAS ONLY CHILD, RAISED IN ARDEN PARK IN SACRAMENTO

 SHE WAS GIFTED WITH A 160 IQ AND PLAYED VIOLIN

 CHARLENE BARELY GRADUATED HIGH SCHOOL DUE IN PART TO ALCOHOL, DRUGS, AND SEX  1980 ABDUCTION OF CRAIG MILLER AND BETH SOWERS AT A SACRAMENTO FRATERNITY LED TO THEIR ARREST (LICENSE PLATE OF VEHICLE SEEN)

TRIAL AND SENTENCE:  CHARLENE TURNING STATE’S EVIDENCE IN RETURN FOR A MAXIMUM SENTENCE OF 16 ½ YEARS

 AFTER 4 MONTH TRIAL IN SACRAMENTO FOR MURDER OF MILLER AND SOWERS, GERALD GIVEN DEATH PENALTY IN 1983

 GERALD WAS TRANSFERRED TO NEVADA FOR TRIAL ON TWO OTHER MURDERS – CONVICTED ON 2 MORE COUNTS OF MURDER, PLUS TWO OF KIDNAPPING

 GERALD SENTENCED TO DEATH A SECOND TIME  GERALD DIED AT THE NEVADA PRISON SYSTEM’S REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER IN JULY 2002