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	Polly Klaas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Polly Hannah Klaas (January 3, 1981 - October-November 1993) was a kidnap and murder victim whose case gained national attention.
		Richard Allen Davis was convicted of the crimes, in 1996, and sentenced to death.
		It was discovered, later, that Klaas was buried alive at this time, and the meeting with the police may have prompted Davis to kill her.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Polly_Klaas (340 words)

	Encyclopedia: Polly Klaas
		American children The Polly Klaas Foundation is a nonprofit organization devoted to preventing crimes against children, assisting in the recovery of missing children, and lobbying for legislative assistance.
		Polly Hannah Klaas, a 12 year-old girl, was kidnapped from her home in Petaluma, California, on October 1, 1993.
		Polly had invited two of her friends over and around 22:30 Klaas opened her bedroom door, to fetch sleeping bags, and there was a man with a knife.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Polly-Klaas (837 words)

	Station Information - Polly Klaas
		Polly was also close to her paternal grandparents, Joe Klaas and B. Klaas.
		Even as Polly Klaas got older, she feared of being kidnapped by a bogeyman.
		The Polly Klaas Foundation was formed on October 23 to search for the girl.
	www.stationinformation.com /encyclopedia/p/po/polly_klaas.html (484 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Metro > Danielle's Disappearance -- Klaas shares pain of loss with family of ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Since 1993, when Polly Klaas, a laughing, blond seventh-grader, was kidnapped from her Petaluma home and later found murdered, Klaas has been working to help the parents of kidnapped children; to stop more children from being abducted and murdered; and to keep the people who are responsible behind bars.
		Klaas has come a long way since that endless night when Polly Hannah Klaas was kidnapped from her mother's Petaluma home, but that event became his life's defining moment.
		Polly Klaas was entertaining friends at a sleepover the night she was kidnapped.
	video.uniontrib.com /news/metro/danielle/20020221-9999_1c21klaas.html (1096 words)

	NewStandard: 8/11/96
		There began a trail of tears that would lead from the shattered calm of Polly Klaas' bedroom to the dignified hush of the courtroom where her killer, Richard Allen Davis, stood trial for his life.
		At the front of the church was Polly's mother, Eve Nichol, her eyes filled with misery, her skin, oddly translucent, stretched tight in a mask of grief.
		Polly's father, Marc Klaas, also testified, describing how Polly loved life, how she wanted to be an actress, how she mastered baseball, swimming, the clarinet.
	www.s-t.com /daily/08-96/08-11-96/b08lo058.htm (892 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > News > State -- Polly Klaas case changed lives, perceptions
		Polly had been taken away at knifepoint while she played with two girlfriends at a slumber party – and while her mom slept in the next room – and police were expecting calls.
		Polly's mother, Eve Nichol, who had divorced Klaas when Polly was very young, remains active in the Polly Klaas Foundation and is a board member.
		Today, the Polly Klaas Foundation has 10 employees and over the past decade has helped 5,700 families, of whom 4,800 have seen their children return, says Paula Skuratowicz, who came in as executive director three years ago.
	www.signonsandiego.com /news/state/20031001-0018-ca-pollyklaas-reflections.html (895 words)

	Polly Klaas' killer sentenced to death
		SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) -- The killer of Polly Klaas was sentenced to death today, moments after outraging spectators by claiming the girl told him moments before she died that her father molested her.
		Davis, 42, was convicted on June 18 of killing Polly after kidnapping her from a slumber party in her bedroom on Oct. 1, 1993.
		Polly's father said before the hearing that he was looking forward to hearing the judge issue a death sentence for Richard Allen Davis, the man who kidnapped and killed his daughter.
	www.chron.com /content/chronicle/page1/96/09/26/davis.html (350 words)

	MetroActive \| Sonoma \| Marc Klass
		Klaas advocated vehemently for the legislation in the weeks after Polly's body was discovered Dec. 4 under a pile of debris at an old sawmill just south of Cloverdale.
		Klaas became a symbol for those victims and their families who were fighting back at whatever people perceived was wrong with America's violent society.
		The downside of that strategy was that Klaas became seen as publicity-hungry and self-serving, a notion reinforced by his frequent appearances on TV talk shows, high-profile meetings with politicians, and continued exploitation of the media even after the discovery of Polly's body.
	www.metroactive.com /sonoma/klaas95.html (3300 words)

	CNN - Child killer sentenced to death after insulting victim's father - Sept. 26, 1996
		Davis, 42, was convicted June 18 of killing Polly after kidnapping her from a slumber party in her bedroom in Petaluma on October 1, 1993.
		Klaas added that Polly's death has implications for other children and he hoped it would lead to a crackdown on violent criminals and a greater appreciation of victims' rights.
		Davis, Klaas said, is a "beast" who showed his "true soul" only in rare glimpses, such as when he confessed on videotape to the killing and made an obscene gesture to cameras after his conviction.
	www.cnn.com /US/9609/26/davis (1026 words)

	All about Polly Klaas and Richard Allen Davis, by Denise Noe
		Polly Hannah Klaas was born on January 3, 1981 in Fairfax, Cal., to Marc and Eve Klaas.
		Marc Klaas was later to remark that the couple had “an unsuccessful marriage but a successful divorce” because the two remained friends and, while Eve got custody, Marc faithfully visited his only child.
		Polly appeared to get along well with her stepsiblings and little sister, but she had a certain amount of conflict with her stepfather.
	www.crimelibrary.com /serial_killers/predators/klaas/1.html (941 words)

	Polly Hannah Klaas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Polly Hannah Klaas disappeared on 10/1/93 when Richard Allen Davis took her from her own bedroom while she having a sleep over with her friends.
		Yet, while most of the nation was concentrating on the whereabouts of Polly Klaas, I was in my initial discovery stages of these techniques and still concerned with the predictive claims I made to police on the whereabouts of Sara Anne Wood.
		At approximately 10:35 PM, on 10/01/93 when Polly was taken out of her own bedroom by Richard Allen Davis, the Moon was powerfully elevated in the Northwest sky 24 degrees of celestial longitude in the constellation of Aries.
	www.reneefrancis.com /missingchildren/polly_hannah_klaas.htm (900 words)

	MetroActive \| Sonoma \| Polly Klaas Foundation
		Wracked by infighting and caught in dire fiscal straits, the Petaluma-based Polly Klaas Foundation is facing its biggest challenge since the ill-fated search two and a half years ago that spawned the high-profile child-find agency.
		Klaas, who now fronts a rival child-find agency of his own, the Sausalito-based Marc Klaas Foundation for Children, is in direct competition for the slim grant dollars that once found their way to the Polly Klaas Foundation.
		She blasts the board of directors at the Polly Klaas Foundation for renting the pricey office space on Mc--Dowell Boulevard after she'd found cheaper alternatives.
	www.metroactive.com /papers/sonoma/03.28.96/klaas-9613.html (1155 words)

	Article 33 - Marc Klaas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		In life Polly shared her gifts with those who were touched by her presence, but in death she touched us all.
		Polly's unselfish bravery in the face of doom provided the target and her commitment of love gave us the weapon to use in the eternal struggle between good and evil.
		Polly said, 'No, Uncle Jon, you want your wings' to get as big as they can, and together we will take a ride that is better than anything at Disneyland.' Two days later Jonathan died.
	www.counselingforloss.com /article33.htm (719 words)

	To End a Lifetime (The Story of Polly Klaas and Her Killer) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Polly Klaas’s was hidden nearby on an embankment scared but alive, while her soon to be murderer Richard Allen Davis was being questioned in a chance encounter with sheriff’s deputies just two days after her October 3, 1993 abduction.
		Sadly, though, even after her brutal kidnapping and murder, Polly was fated to be not only exploited by her killer, but by the media and politicians.
		Polly Klaas’s killer was then sentenced to death on September 26, 1996, almost three years after the kidnapping.
	members.aol.com /Britinany/writing/klaas.htm (1783 words)

	CNN - Jury recommends death penalty in Klaas murder - Aug. 5, 1996
		Davis took Polly at knife-point from her Petaluma home after tying up and gagging her and two friends the night of October 1, 1993.
		Polly's mother, Eve Nichol, was sleeping in a nearby room and didn't awaken.
		Klaas' kidnapping horrified the nation and was a driving force behind the passage of a California law that prescribes a life jail term for people convicted of a third felony crime.
	edition.cnn.com /US/9608/05/klaas.sentence (422 words)

	10 Yrs Later, Polly Klaas Remembered
		Both the Polly Klaas Foundation and the KlaasKids Foundation reflected on the 10th anniversary of the abduction and death of the 12-year-old Petaluma girl on Oct. 1, 1993.
		The search for Polly Klaas, the discovery of her body two months later near Cloverdale and the conviction and death sentence of Richard Allen Davis was a national story.
		Klaas said he hopes that if a 15th anniversary is commemorated, "we can look back and see even how much better things are." The goal will always be "to make this hideous thing something that could have a positive return," Klaas said.
	www.radkids.org /articles/2003100101 (568 words)

	Marc Klaas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Learn how he works as a private citizen to keep children safe, never tiring in his message that there is hope "beyond missing." Marc Klaas has been instrumental in the passage of state and federal anti-crime bills designed to increase the protection of children and the rights of crime victims.
		The world froze on the evening of December 4, 1993, when Polly Klaas, the beautiful girl shown smiling in home videos for millions of TV viewers, was found dead in Cloverdale, CA.
		The goals of the organization are to provide national parental awareness and child safety information; encourage partnerships between neighbors, law enforcement, organizations and the private sector that create safe, crime-free communities; assist families of kidnapped children and promote legislative reform that effectively protects children from abuse, neglect and abduction.
	www.speakersinternational.com /speakers/klaas_marc (372 words)

	Important story written for Bob on the Job, and the American's Bulletin
		Polly Hannah Klaas was kidnapped at knifepoint from her bedroom slumber party on October 1, 1993, the community of Petaluma, California responded with a spontaneous and unprecedented effort to find her.
		Important story written for Bob on the Job, and the American's Bulletin concerning the Richard Allen Davis abduction and rape of Polly Klass, and the delivering of Polly Klass to the Bohemia Grove Club, where she was further raped, tortured, and sacrificed to the elite's Satanic Gods.
		The news edition was then sent to the family of Polly Klass, and as well, the news edition was further circulated to more then three hundred thousand concerned American Citizens.
	poweredbychrist.homestead.com /files/articles/Polly.htm (718 words)

	CNN - Anguished dad says life 'in ruins' since Klaas' death - July 3, 1996
		Polly's father, Marc Klaas, said his life has been "in ruins" since Polly died.
		On the night of October 1, 1993, Klaas said he awoke to the screams of his girlfriend, who had just been told over the telephone that Polly had been kidnapped.
		Polly's grandfather gave equally emotional testimony, recounting the great times he spent with his granddaughter.
	edition.cnn.com /US/9607/03/klaas (637 words)

	CNN - Court hears taped confession of Klaas murder - May 1, 1996
		He said that at one point, Polly asked to go to the bathroom, and he let her get out of the car.
		Polly Klaas was abducted from a slumber party at her home in Petaluma, California, in 1993, while her mother slept in the room next door.
		Prosecutors are trying to prove that Davis planned Polly's abduction beforehand, and that he therefore deserves the death penalty.
	edition.cnn.com /US/9605/01/klaas (583 words)

	ParentsTalk: Experts' Advice: Family Safety: The Polly Klaas® Foundation
		Polly Hannah Klaas was a vibrant, talented child, full of life with the promise of a bright future.
		The Polly Klaas® Foundation was formed October 23, 1993, to continue the search for Polly.
		Polly is truly "America's child." The Polly Klaas Foundation is committed to turning the tragedy of her death into a force of positive change for the protection of our children.
	www.parents-talk.com /expertsadvice/ea_fs_klaas.html (196 words)

	Polly Klaas Foundation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		However, Polly's mother, Eve Nichol, serves on the board.
		That foundation is directed by and is the official organization representing the opinions of Marc Klaas.
		Klaas formed the new foundation to permit him to engage in advocacy for stronger sentences for violent offenders, which the Polly Klaas Foundation is forbidden from.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Polly_Klaas_Foundation (192 words)

	Keep Three Strikes!
		SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 23 - Public outrage over the murder of Polly Klaas, a 12-year-old who had been kidnapped from her bedroom by a man who had repeatedly committed violent crimes, was the driving force behind California's passage 10 years ago of the country's harshest "three strikes" sentencing law.
		Now the Klaas family is at the center of an election battle over an initiative that would significantly scale back parts of the 1994 law.
		This time, Polly's father and grandfather are on opposite sides of an impassioned campaign that criminal justice experts say reflects a broad rethinking of the nation's tough-on-crime legislation of a decade ago.
	www.keep3strikes.org /news/rethinking.asp (631 words)

	Read about Polly Klaas Foundation at WorldVillage Encyclopedia. Research Polly Klaas Foundation and learn about Polly ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The Polly Klaas Foundation is a nonprofit organization devoted to preventing crimes against children, assisting in the recovery of
		At the age of twelve, she was kidnapped at knifepoint from her home in Petaluma, California on
		Polly Klaas: The Murder of America's Child by
	encyclopedia.worldvillage.com /s/b/Polly_Klaas (367 words)

	ibelieve
		Polly Klaas® was a vibrant, talented child, full of life with the promise of a bright future.
		When she was kidnapped at knifepoint from her bedroom slumber party on October 1, 1993, the community of Petaluma, California responded with a spontaneous and unprecedented effort to find her.
		The Polly Klaas® Foundation is a 501(C) 3 non-profit organization.
	www.sunnytees.com /ibelieve.html (650 words)

	[CTRL] Princess Diana, Jack the Ripper, and Polly Klaas
		As CLuM luck would have it, on October 1, 1993, a young girl named Polly Klaas was abducted from her house in Petaluma, CA, and killed.
		It seems that poor Polly Klaas, "America's child", was chosen as a sacrificial victim for the success of that CLuM agreement.
		The Polly Hannah Klaas case began to be "solved" by the police two Full Moons later on November 28, 1993, when a woman named Dana Jaffe called them and said that some items related to Polly had been found on her property on Pythian Road.
	www.mail-archive.com /ctrl@listserv.aol.com/msg21840.html (973 words)

	Performing arts center dedicated to Polly Klaas
		Polly was kidnapped from her home on Oct. 1, 1993, and murdered by Richard Allen Davis, who was sentenced to death in September 1996 for the killing.
		Polly's paternal grandmother, B.J. Klaas, said the dedication ceremony at 7 p.m.
		Polly's case has sparked an array of changes in law enforcement policies, tougher laws and enhanced community awareness on issues of child safety.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/examiner/archive/1998/10/01/NEWS556.dtl (255 words)

	CNN - Klaas' killer: an emotional lightning rod - Sept. 26, 1996 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		SAN FRANCISCO (CNN) -- Richard Allen Davis, the convicted killer of 12-year-old Polly Klaas, smiled for the cameras before he was bundled off to death row.
		Klaas said he hopes Davis' words bring a backlash of legal changes, including the rules governing when and even if a judge allows a convicted person to speak.
		Davis killed Polly after kidnapping her from a slumber party in the bedroom of her Petaluma home October 1, 1993.
	clinton.cnn.com /US/9609/27/davis.sentencing (510 words)

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