MURDER INC EXCLUSIVE: The May 21, 1961 Kidnapping Attempt of 4 Year Old Joyce McInturf & the Home Invasion of Winifred Peterson
At 3:10 am on May 21, 1961, Air Force Staff Sergeant Albert McInturf woke up to the sound of the dog barking in his home at 3130 38th Avenue, Sacramento. He heard strange noises coming from inside the house and got up to see what was going on. Suddenly he heard a scream and saw a hooded figure carrying his 4 year old daughter Joyce in the hallway. He lunged toward the figure who ran into the living room in the direction of the front door but he tripped over a chair and then ran out the back door, holding the child all the while. In the backyard Albert caught up with the man and punched him in the back of the head from behind. The kidnapper dropped Joyce and fled to the street where an automobile was heard starting and leaving at high speed.
The kidnapper was tall, husky about 190, barefoot and wearing a green sweatshirt with a hood. He had cut the power and entered by breaking a window to open the garage door and then forcing the door into the kitchen. Albert McInturf never got a chance to see the man’s face but 4 year old Joyce said the man had a white goatee or beard and yet did not look very old…
At 4:00 am Winifred Peterson and her teenage daughter Marlene were awakened by the prowler in their home at 4228 Edison Avenue. He was wearing the green sweatshirt but this time the hood was covering his face and slits had been cut out for the eyes. He was wearing green sweat pants with black rubber gloves and carrying a pen flashlight in one hand and a hunting knife in the other. Mrs. Peterson asked the prowler what he was doing and he said “shut up! You are the chosen one”. Winifred Peterson was a practitioner of yoga and began doing a yogi chant which induced the intruder to leave a few minutes later.
The telephone lines leading to the Peterson’s house had been cut and the terminal box ripped away. Their home is about 9 miles north east of the McInturf residence. The only connection that could be found between the two victims was that a neighbor of the McInturf’s had a sister and a brother in law living near the Peterson’s.
In May of 1961 Joe DeAngelo would have been 15 years old and living in Rancho Cordova. Was the East Area Rapist prowling with his hood and flashlight and kidnapping little girls from their beds as early as 1961?
1961 McInturf Residence 3130 38th Avenue, Sacramento
Peterson Residence, 4228 Edison Ave
Sacramento 1961
January 1 1961 Sacramento Burglar
January 2 1961 Sacramento Burglar
January 3 1961 Sacramento Attacker
January 5 1961 Young Prowler Crashes Out
January 6 1961 Sacramento Burglar
January 9 1961 Sacramento Cat Killer
January 10 1961 Auburn Burglar
January 11 1961 Hooded Prowler
January 13 1961 Sacramento Ransacker
January 14 1961 Sacramento Burglar
January 15 1961 Sacramento Burglar
January 18 1961 Sacramento Stolen Truck Recovered
January 19 1961 Sacramento Arson
January 21 1961 Folsom Lake Stolen Auto
January 22 1961 Sacramento Burglar
January 23 1961 Sacramento Safe Burglar
January 24 1961 Sacramento Ransacker
January 25 1961 Roseville Burglar
January 26 1961 Roseville Burglar
January 27 1961 Sacramento Stick-Up
January 28 1961 Sacramento Burglar
January 30 1961 Woodland Prowler
January 31 1961 Lincoln Burglar
February 2 1961 Sacramento Burglar
February 3 1961 Sacramento Burglar
February 6 1961 Roseville Burglar
February 7 1961 Roseville Stolen Auto
February 12 1961 Sacramento Ransacker
February 11 1961 Sacramento Burglar
February 12 1961 Sacramento Ransacker
February 13 1961 Sacramento Burglar
February 14 1961 Sacramento Ransacker
February 16 1961 Sacramento Ransacker
February 19 1961 Roseville Arson
February 22 1961 Sacramento Hobby Store Burglar
Proximity to Green Corvette Kidnap
February 24 1961 Sacramento Safe Burglar
February 26 1961 Roseville Burglar
February 27 1961 Auburn Burglar
March 1 1961 Sacramento Hooded Youth Rapist
March 2 1961 Sacramento Rapist
March 3 1961 North Ridge Country Club Fair Oaks Employee Bound w/ Torn Apron Strips
March 6 1961 Auburn Burglar
March 7 1961 Sacramento Burglar
March 12 1961 Sacramento Vandal
March 13 1961 Roseville Burglar
March 17 1961 Sacramento Burglar
March 20 1961 Sacramento Burglar
March 23 1961 Folsom Burglar
March 24 1961 Roseville Burglar
March 27 1961 Sacramento Burglar Eludes Police
March 29 1961 Auburn Burglar
March 30 1961 Orangevale Vandal
April 2 1961 Roseville Burglar
April 3 1961 Roseville Burglar
April 5 1961 Marysville Burglar
April 7 1961 Petaluma Burglar
April 8 1961 Sacramento Burglar
April 10 1961 Auburn Ransacker
April 16 1961 Petaluma Burglar
April 18 1961 Roseville Burglar
April 20 1961 Roseville Burglar
April 22 1961 Sacramento Burglar
April 24 1961 Meadow Vista Burglar
April 26 1961 Sacramento Burglary
April 30 1961 Sacramento Burglar
May 1 1961 Meadow Vista Burglar
May 2 1961 Auburn Burglar
May 3 1961 Sacramento Burglar
May 4 1961 Carmichael Hardware Store Burglar
May 5 1961 Auburn Auto Looted
May 8 1961 Sacramento Burglar
May 9 1961 Sacramento Bike Riding Purse Snatcher
May 11 1961 Petaluma Burglar
May 12 1961 Sacramento Ransacker
May 14 1961 Sacramento Purse Snatcher
May 17 1961 Sacramento Burglar
May 18 1961 Roseville Burglar
May 19 1961 Auburn Loot Recovered
May 20 1961 Sacramento Burglar
May 21 1961 Attempted Kidnap & Attempted Rape
May 22 1961 Sacramento Stolen Auto
May 24 1961 Auburn Stolen Items Recovered
May 27 1961 Sacramento Burglar
May 28 1961 Sacramento Burglar
May 29 1961 Auburn Loot Recovered
May 30 1961 Stockton Rapist
May 31 1961 Auburn Stolen Auto
June 2 1961 SF Masked Prowler
“Give me your money and I’ll leave you alone”
June 4 1961 Carmichael Burglar
June 7 1961 Orangevale Sniper/Sacramento Ransacker
June 12 1961 Roseville Burglar
June 14 1961 Sacramento Rapist
June 18 1961 Sacramento Burglar
June 24 1961 Sacramento Burglar
June 27 1961 Citrus Heights Arson
June 28 1961 Roseville Theft
June 29 1961 Sacramento Prowler
June 30 1961 Sacramento Tool Burglar
July 4 1961 Sacramento Burglar
July 7 1961 Sacramento Ransacker
July 8 1961 Roseville Burglar
July 10 1961 Sacramento & Carmichael Vandal
July 13 1961 Carmichael Prowlers
July 17 1961 Roseville Thefts
July 20 1961 Auburn Ransacker
July 21 1961 Auburn Burglar
July 23 1961 Roseville Burglar
July 25 1961 Roseville Burglar
July 26 1961 Sacramento Burglar
July 28 1961 Sacramento Prowler
July 30 1961 Auburn Burglar
July 31 1961 Roseville Burglar
August 3 1961 Sacramento Burglar
August 4 1961 Sacramento Arson
August 8 1961 Sacramento Burglar
August 9 1961 Auburn Auto Theft
August 10 1961 Stocking Mask, Burglar steals Picture
August 13 1961 Roseville Ransacker
August 14 1961 Roseville Arsonist
August 17 1961 Sacramento Rapist
August 23 1961 Petaluma Dog Poisoning
August 24 1961 Sacramento Burglar
August 28 1961 Sacramento Rapist
August 29 1961 Auburn Theft
August 30 1961 Sacramento Prowler
September 1 1961 Roseville Prowler
September 4 1961 Roseville Ransacker
September 5 1961 Eureka Vandal
September 6 1961 Placer Arson
September 9 1961 Sacramento Rapist
September 10 1961 Roseville Burglar
September 12 1961 Sacramento Burglar
September 17 1961 Auburn Burglar
September 20 1961 Roseville Auto Theft
September 21 1961 Sacramento Burglar Becerra Way
September 22 1961 Auburn Burglar
September 24 1961 Eureka Burglar
September 25 1961 South Land Park
October 1 1961 Rancho Cordova Burglar
October 2 1961 Auburn Burglar
October 3 1961 Sacramento Arsonist
October 4 1961 Auburn Burglar
October 5 1961 Roseville Auto Theft
October 6 1961 Sacramento Burglar
October 7 1961 San Mateo Prowler Arson
October 8 1961 Roseville Burglar
October 10 1961 Roseville Stolen Tires
October 14 1961 Sacramento Rapist
October 16 1962 Roseville Ransacker
October 18 1961 Auburn Theft
October 19 1961 Roseville Burglar
October 20 1961 Sacramento Burglar
October 22 1961 Sacramento Ransacker
October 24 1961 Colfax Stolen Car
October 25 1961 Roseville Stolen Guns
October 26 1961 Sacramento Ransacker
October 27 1961 Meridian Rapist
October 28 1961 Sacramento Ransacker
October 29 1961 Sacramento Halloween Mask Purse Snatcher
November 2 1961 Auburn Ransacker
November 5 1961 Sacramento Burglar
November 6 1961 Sacramento Club Burglar
November 9 1961 Auburn Burglar
November 11 1961 Auburn Stolen Car
November 12 1961 Sacramento Arson
November 14 1961 Sacramento Tavern Burglar
November 15 1961 Roseville Burglar
November 18 1961 Sacramento Ransacker
November 19 1961 Roseville Burglar
November 20 1961 Auburn Burglar
November 21 1961 Cool School Burglary
November 24 1961 Sacramento Fire Death
November 26 1961 Sacramento Burglar
November 29 1961 Sacramento Burglar
November 30 1961 Sacramento Burglar Arson
December 2 1961 Sacramento Purse Snatcher
December 3 1961 Sacramento Burglar
December 4 1961 Roseville Burglar
December 6 1961 Sacramento Purse Snatcher
December 9 1961 Roseville Burglar
December 10 1961 Sacramento Ransacker
December 11 1961 Marysville Burglar
December 14 1961 Auburn Burglar
December 15 1961 Roseville Burglar
December 16 1961 Roseville Burglar
December 17 1961 Roseville Arson
December 18 1961 Roseville Arson
December 19 1961 Sacramento Burglar
December 21 1961 Sacramento Purse Snatcher
December 22 1961 Sacramento Burglar
December 25 1961 Auburn Stolen Auto Chase
December 25 1961 Roseville Burglar
December 30 1961 Sacramento Burglar
1962 Folsom High School Baseball Team
March 29 1962 Rancho Cordova Burglar
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