#Tree trimmer serial#

Loreen Severs, 88, of Los Molinos died and her husband, Homer Severs, 91, survived but died that December of an unrelated illness, authorities said.īlinston also is accused of killing Sandra George, 82, and an acquaintance, Vicky Cline, 57, both of Oroville. Ramsey said.īlinston could face life in prison without possibility of parole if convicted.īlinston had been in jail since he was arrested last year and charged in another neck-cutting, authorities said.īlinston was working for a tree-trimming service in Butte and Tehama counties, north of Sacramento, last May and June when he returned to the clients’ homes after the work was completed and slashed the throats of the residents, according to prosecutors.

Some relatives of the victims were in court for the hearing, Butte County District Attorney Michael L.

He was appointed a public defender and ordered held without bail pending a May 19 court hearing. The charges included special sentencing allegations that Blinston used a deadly weapon, attacked an elderly victim and committed multiple killings.īlinston didn’t enter a plea during his arraignment Thursday. Ryan Scott Blinston, 37, of the small city of Oroville, was charged on Wednesday with murder, attempted murder and arson.

#Tree trimmer serial#

(AP) - A tree trimmer in rural Northern California has been charged in throat-slashing serial killings that left three people dead, prosecutors announced Thursday.