Polly was having a sleepover with friends at her mother's home on Fourth Street in Petaluma on Oct. 1, 1993, when she was taken from her bedroom by a knife-wielding intruder. Her body was found two ...

Marc Klaas, Polly Klaas' father, described her convicted killer's bid to overturn his death sentence as a "travesty of justice." "I couldn't have been happier. … It was exactly what I wanted to hear," ...

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Richard Allen Davis, one of California’s most notorious convicted killers whose 1993 kidnapping and murder of 12-year-old Polly Klaas inspired a crackdown on serial offenders, will ...

Polly Klaas’ killer wants to overturn his death sentence in the notorious 1993 case — and her father is furious. Richard Allen Davis was sentenced to death for abducting and then murdering 12-year-old ...

SAN JOSE, Calif.SAN JOSE, Calif. — A California judge on Friday denied a petition to recall the death sentence against Richard Allen Davis, who in 1993 killed 12-year-old Polly Klaas after kidnapping ...

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Attorneys for the man convicted in the 1993 kidnapping and murder of 12-year-old Polly Klaas pleaded with a Santa Clara County judge on Friday to reconsider their client’s ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Flowers and candles surround a photo of 12-year-old Polly Klaas in December 1993. She was kidnapped from her home in Petaluma, ...

Attorneys for one of California’s most infamous convicted killers wants his death sentence reconsidered. Richard Allen Davis was convicted in 1996 of kidnapping and killing of 12-year-old Polly Klaas.

To investigators at the scene of Polly Klaas’ abduction in early October 1993, the story strained belief. A thick-bearded stranger had entered the 12-year-old girl’s room while she was hosting a ...