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On the morning of June 5, 1983, Bill Hughes arrived at a Chino Hills, California home of Douglas and Peggy Ryen, to pick up his son, 11-year-old Christopher from a sleepover with his friend, Josh. When Bill entered the home, he discovered Douglas and Peggy Ryen, the Ryen's 10-year-old daughter, and his own son, all dead. Eight-year-old Josh Ryen's throat had been slit, but he would survive the brutal attack. And it would take Sherriff Floyd Tidwell of San Bernandino only four days to identify Kevin Cooper as the killer. And he did so with such certainty that there was no going back. This is the story of Kevin Cooper. Is he guilty beyond all reasonable doubt? You decide.Join our Facebook Group: Kentucky Fried Cousins (Cause we're all family here!)For additional show notes, go to: kentuckyfriedhomicide.comRead Kris Calvert's Books Today for Free If you're a Kentucky Fried Homicide subscriber, you can start Kris Calvert's books for free.Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/kyfriedhomicide)

On June 2, 1983, Kevin Cooper, who had a long history of escpaes from prison and mental health facilities, walked away from the Chino Institution for Men (CIM) in Chino, California. Cooper had a long history of escape from prison facilities and mental hospitals. During the night of June 4, or early on the morning of June 5, Cooper entered the home of Doug and Peggy Ryen, where he beat, slashed and stabbed Doug, Peggy, and Jessica Ryen and family friend Christopher Hughes to death. The sole survivor was 8-year old Joshua. Cooper was convicted on February 19, 1985 and sentenced to death on May 15, 1985. Join Lisa O'Brien and Michael Carnahan on Tuesday, May 4, 2021, at 8:00 p.m. for Episode 8, California v. Cooper and our interview with San Bernardino County District Attorney Jason Anderson. We'll talk to Mr. Anderson about Cooper's most recent request for clemency, his request for an “innocence investigation” and the results of DNA testing recently ordered by outgoing Governor Brown and current Governor Newsome. We're a live show and calls are always welcome at (347) 989‑1171. About Jason Anderson: Jason Anderson was elected as the 36th District Attorney of San Bernardino County on June 5, 2018. He has been a member of the California State Bar since 1997 and served as a deputy district attorney for San Bernardino County from 1998 to 2014. He entered private practice in Rancho Cucamonga in 2014 and has been an adjunct professor teaching Criminal Procedure and Trial Advocacy at the University of LaVerne College of Law. He is a 2008 recipient of the Jennifer Brooks Lawyer of the Year Award, a 2012 recipient of the Above and Beyond Award and a 2018 recipient of the George W. Porter Criminal Trial Attorney Award.

On June 2, 1983, Kevin Cooper, who had a long history of escpaes from prison and mental health facilities, walked away from the Chino Institution for Men (CIM) in Chino, California.  Cooper had a long history of escape from prison facilities and mental hospitals.  During the night of June 4, or early on the morning of June 5, Cooper entered the home of Doug and Peggy Ryen, where he beat, slashed and stabbed Doug, Peggy, and Jessica Ryen and family friend Christopher Hughes to death.  The sole survivor was 8-year old Joshua.  Cooper was convicted on February 19, 1985 and sentenced to death on May 15, 1985.  Join Lisa O’Brien and Michael Carnahan on Tuesday, May 4, 2021, at 8:00 p.m. for Episode 8, California v. Cooper and our interview with San Bernardino County District Attorney Jason Anderson.  We’ll talk to Mr. Anderson about Cooper’s most recent request for clemency, his request for an “innocence investigation” and the results of DNA testing recently ordered by outgoing Governor Brown and current Governor Newsome.  We’re a live show and calls are always welcome at (347) 989‑1171. About Jason Anderson:   Jason Anderson was elected as the 36th District Attorney of San Bernardino County on June 5, 2018. He has been a member of the California State Bar since 1997 and served as a deputy district attorney for San Bernardino County from 1998 to 2014.  He entered private practice in Rancho Cucamonga in 2014 and has been an adjunct professor teaching Criminal Procedure and Trial Advocacy at the University of LaVerne College of Law.  He is a 2008 recipient of the Jennifer Brooks Lawyer of the Year Award, a 2012 recipient of the Above and Beyond Award  and a 2018 recipient of the George W. Porter Criminal Trial Attorney Award.    

In the early 1980’s, Chino Hills, California was an affluent city that seemed to be immune to violent crime. That all changed on June 5th, 1983 when a quadruple homicide at the home of Doug and Peggy Ryen devastated the entire community. A man hunt commenced to find the killer, and within a matter of days, prison escapee Kevin Cooper was identified and charged with the murder. In a very controversial decision, Cooper was found guilty and sentenced to death. Did the police get their man? Or is the real killer still out there? This is True Crimecast. Governor Gavin Newsom1303 10th Street, Suite 1173Sacramento, CA 95814Phone: (916) 445-2841Fax: (916) 558-3160

On February 19, 1985, after a trial that lasted five months, Kevin Cooper was convicted of the June 4, 1983 murders of Doug and Peggy Ryen, their daughter Jessica and family friend, Christopher Hughes. Cooper was also convicted of the attempted murder of the Ryen’s 8-year old son, Josh, who was the sole survivor of the brutal attack. On March 1, 1985, the jury recommended that Cooper be sentenced to death and, on May 15, 1985, after denying post-trial motions filed by Cooper, the judge sentenced Cooper to death. Through his direct appeal and numerous post-conviction claims made in state and federal courts, Cooper has alleged that authorities manipulated and tampered with evidence and that exculpatory evidence was withheld or destroyed. In May, 2001, the parties agreed to limited DNA testing of evidence Cooper's expert identified as crucial to the question of guilt, or innocence. When the DNA results did not exonerate him, Cooper and his attorneys claimed that authorities in San Bernardino County planted evidence to frame him. On the eve of his scheduled execution on February 10, 2004, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals stayed Cooper’s execution to permit him to return to federal district court to develop his tampering claims and to perform additional testing. Join Lisa O’Brien and Michael Carnahan on Thursday, July 19, 2018, at 8:00 p.m. Central, for a discussion of Cooper’s post-conviction claims, the results of testing and the status of his case.

People v. Kevin Cooper (Part 1 - 1983 to 2001) On June 2, 1983, Kevin Cooper escaped from the Chino Institution for Men (CIM) in Chino, California.  Cooper, who had a long history of escape from prison facilities and mental hospitals, was using the alias “David Trautman” and prison officials were unaware of his true identity.  While hiding in a vacant house in the Chino Hills area, Cooper tried and failed to get money from two girlfriends so that he could leave the area.  During the night of June 4, or early on the morning of June 5, Cooper entered the home of Doug and Peggy Ryen through a sliding door leading into the master bedroom.  By the time Cooper left the Ryen house, Doug, Peggy, their daughter Jessica and family friend Christopher Hughes were dead.  Josh Ryen, the Ryens’ 8-year old son, was the only survivor.  Cooper stole the Ryen family’s station wagon and made his way to Long Beach, California, where he abandoned the car and headed to Tijuana, Mexico.  Cooper, using the alias “Angel Jackson,” got a job on a boat and returned to California.  On July 30, 1983, while in Santa Barbara, California, Cooper raped a 26-year old woman at knifepoint and attempted yet another escape when authorities tried to arrest him. Authorities in Santa Barbara soon discovered his true identity and he was returned to San Bernardino County, California to face charges related to the Ryen murders and his escape from CIM.   Join Lisa O’Brien and Michael Carnahan for a discussion of the evidence against Cooper, his claims of evidence manipulation and tampering and initial request for DNA testing. We’re a live show and calls are always welcome at (347) 989-1171.  

In the early 1980’s, Chino Hills, California was an affluent city that seemed to be immune to violent crime. That all changed on June 5th, 1983 when a quadruple homicide at the home of Doug and Peggy Ryen devastated the entire community. A man hunt commenced to find the killer, and within a matter of days, prison escapee Kevin Cooper was identified and charged with the murder. In a very controversial decision, Cooper was found guilty and sentenced to death. Did the police get their man? Or is the real killer still out there? This is True Crimecast.Governor Edmund G. Brownc/o State Capitol, Suite 1173Sacramento, CA 95814Phone: (916) 445-2841Fax: (916) 558-3160

The first hour: THE CHINO HILLS MURDERS with J. Patrick O’Connor. In June of 1983, Doug and Peggy Ryen, their ten-year-old daughter, Jessica, and an 11-year old house guest, Chris Hughes, were brutally murdered. Kevin Cooper was convicted of the quadruple homicide in 1985 and is now on death row in San Quentin. Did the San Bernardino Sherriff’s Department arrest the right man? Join us for an in depth discussion of the forensic evidence, crime scene investigation, and the trial. J. Patrick O’Connor is an investigative journalist who has combined meticulous research and makes a compelling case for a miscarriage of justice in his book, SCAPEGOAT The Chino Hills Murders and the Framing of Kevin Cooper.

In June 1983, Doug and Peggy Ryen, their ten-year-old daughter and a 11-year-old house guest were brutally murdered in Chino Hills, California. Two days before, Kevin Cooper had escaped from a nearby prison and hid in a vacant house 125 yards below the murdered family's hilltop house. After the San Bernardino Sheriff's Department established that he had ben there, it focused on him as the lone assailant despite numerous eyewitness reports that implicated three white men as the perpetrators. Kevin Cooper was convicted of the murders in 1985 and has been on Death Row at San Quentin since then. SCAPEGOAT shows how the sheriff's office and the District Attorney's office of San Bernardino County framed him for the horrific murders and how the justice system has failed him at almost every turn in his long, drawn-out appeal process. As O'Conner's shocking but thorough investigation shows, the sheriff's department discarded information that pointed at other suspects, destroyed evidence that exculpated Cooper and planted evidence that implicated him. If it were not for a court-ordered moratorium on executions in California over the lethal injection controversy, Cooper-with no appeals remaining-would have been executed. SCAPEGOAT-THE CHINO HILLS MURDERS AND THE FRAMING OF KEVIN COOPER-J. Patrick O'Conner