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 ...

There was this indelible moment near the end of Jess Nichol’s recent talk at Dominican University in San Rafael. “I’ve forgiven life,” said Nichol, whose sister and best friend, Polly Klaas, was ...

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," ...

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 ...

A California judge on Friday rejected a request by the man convicted of killing Polly Klaas to vacate a death sentence imposed on him. Santa Clara County Judge Benjamin Williams declined to "vacate ...

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, ...

SAN JOSE — Richard Allen Davis, the man condemned to death for the notorious 1993 murder of 12-year-old Polly Klaas in the North Bay — a killing that reshaped California’s criminal justice system in ...

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 decades-old death sentence, ...

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 ...

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 ...

LOS ANGELES — 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 ...