a convicted violent sex offender was allowed out of prison way too soon, and allowed to roam free, and now 20-year-old chelsea king has been taken from her family are forever. here are the reports from earlier this week. the man accused of raining and killing a high school honor student from california now is officially charged with her murder. he s john gardener, he appeared before a judge in san diego a short time ago and he is of course a registered sex offender. it comes a day after the crews found the body believed to be this 17-year-old girl, chelsea king. they found it in a local park. thousands of people helped to search for her after she disappeared last week. her family says she went for a jog but never came home. gardener pled guilty to
foxnews.com. martha: now we take you to a story that has truly shocked and angered this country, a convicted sex offender pled not guilty to the rape and murder of 17-year-old chelsea king. and now the police are hoping that the arrest of john gardener may help them find 14-year-old amber dubois who you see on the righthand side of your screen. amber was seen last just 6 miles from where chelsea king s body was found. this is john gardener. he was convicted in 2000 for molesting a 13-year-old girl, he apparently went over to her, asked her if she wanted to come and watch a movie with him and the rest is history in that case. he was also sentenced to six years after that trial. the prosecutors could have sought nearly 11 years for john gardener. he ended up serving five years after molesting a 13-year-old. the most troubling part is a judge decides in 2005 that he is fit to walk the streets again. going against the opinion of
an outspoken, concerned psychiatrist at the time, who said that he believed that gardener was a, quote, dangerous criminal. he is now a person of interest in five other cases that he may be involved in since that judge let him go. amber dubois is one of those cases, she disappeared on her way to school one morning, about a year ago, and amber s father, mo dubois joins me now. thank you very much for speaking with us this morning. thank you for having me, martha. martha: what was it like for you? i know you looked at a lot of pictures when amber disappeared, you looked at pictures of local sex offenders and john gardener s picture was one of those. what was it like for you when you saw his face related to the chelsea king case? well, you know, we have such a huge list of sex offenders, when amber went missing, you know, that to me, they all started looking the same after a while, you
stossel which airs on thursdays at 8 and 11 p.m. eastern. his signature line, of course, is give me a break. it is also the title of his best-selling book, so to whom, john, are you saying give me a break today? reporter: to the so-called aesthetics police of los angeles because they ve threatened to find or jail homeowners because of a painting on their own property. is it so ugly or offensive that it requires intervention from authorities? you decide. here s the painter, phil. it took him about four hours to paint this wall. the homeowners, they don t want their faces shown, shot this video. they hired phil because they like his work and thought their unpainted wall was ugly. they thought they were doing something good for the neighborhood. when people see these cute little animals, they ll just smile. reporter: the homeowners were happy. they paid phil $100. and others seemed to like the mural. like, you know, wicked job,
new details on the suspect arrested in the disappearance of a 17-year-old honors student, chelsea king, welcome, i m jane skinner. jon: i m jon scott. we ve been telling you about this case for five days, the seven has been underway. chelsea king disappeared thursday while jogging in a park near san diego, the fbi is joining the search. they re focusing on the shoreline of laij hodges, which runs through that park. tomorrow, 30-year-old convicted sex offender john gardener could be formally charged in the case. tim grawn is monitoring developments from the national desk. what are you hearing? reporter: let me take you live over my shoulder here to our crew that is live now in that park in rancho bernadino, search crews have been out there since dawn at lake hodges, that is where 17-year-old chelsea king s car was seen, 30-year-old john gardener in police custody but the sheriffs saying that gardener has not cooperated with investigators. i just checked in with our crew and seeing if