Summer of Terror
By: Nathan Chennault
Evidence that let up to the conviction
* Paint chips with a light blue top coat over a red layer
* Red plastic chip
* White cotton strips of fabric
* White and brown dog hairs
* Numerous feathers primarily white and brown in color
* Numerous miscellaneous fibers of various types and colors
* Paint on the blade of the Black Pry bar in the Williams’ vehicle
similar to the door from the medical clinic
* Paint on the broken glass of the door of the medical clinic similar
to the pry bar paint
* Glass on the pry bar similar in refractive index and semi
quantitative elemental analysis to the glass from the window in the
door of the medical clinic
* Glass on the floor of Matson vehicle similar in refractive index and
semi quantitative elemental analysis to the glass from the medical
clinic
* Glass on the jumpsuit recovered from the Palo Cedro residence
similar in refractive index and semi qualitative elemental analysis
to glass from the medical clinic
Summary
On the night of June 18, 1999, arsonists destroyed the library and damaged the sanctuary
at the B’Nai Israel Synagogue in Sacramento, California. Within the next 45 minutes,
fires were set at two other synagogues, Beth Shalom and Kennesset Israel.
The people they murdered was the openly gay couple, Gary Matson and Winfred Mauder.