Crime & Safety
"Sweethearts" Killer, Convicted In Murder Of 2 UC Davis Students, Dies On California Death Row
Hirschfield was convicted in the murders and he was given the death penalty. He was then placed on death row at San Quentin State Prison.
December 18, 2024
VACAVILLE – The man convicted in the 1980 killing of two young UC Davis students has died in prison.
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Officials with the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation announced Richard J. Hirschfield's death on Monday at the California Medical Facility in Vacaville.
John Riggins and Sabrina Gonsalves were 18-year-old freshmen at UC Davis when they were kidnapped and killed in December 1980. Their bodies were discovered in a ravine near Lake Natoma in Folsom.
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