Halloween Killer Will Remain In State Treatment Facility
23 May 2021 News
A Fond du Lac County judge last week denied a motion from the so-called Halloween Killer to dismiss his case, which would have allowed him to be released from the Sand Ridge Secure Treatment Center in Mauston. Seventy-two-year-old Gerald Turner is considered by the state to be a sexually violent person. Turner was convicted of the Halloween 1973 rape and murder of 9-year-old Lisa Ann French in Fond du Lac. She was trick-or-treating that night in Turner’s neighborhood. Turner had been released from prison, but was sent back on a parole violation. The state’s Justice Department filed a petition in January of 2018 to have him declared a sexually violent person and have him committed to a state facility for the rest of his life. Turner will be back in court for a status conference on June 4th.
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