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Conviction February 13, 2009 Homicide

Amber Dubois

Status Conviction
Type Homicide
Date February 13, 2009
Location Escondido, California
Victim Age 14
Gender Female

Fourteen-year-old Amber Dubois disappeared while walking to her Escondido high school. Convicted sex offender John Gardner abducted and killed her. He was convicted in 2010 and sentenced to life without parole. Gardner also confessed to the murder of Chelsea King, another local teen.

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