Home of suspect in Chelsea King’s death spray painted
Police on Wednesday were looking into a case of vandalism in which the Rancho Bernardo home of the mother and stepfather of the man arrested in connection with the disappearance of Chelsea King was tagged with spray paint.
Police reported that graffiti was found on the garage door of the town home located on Matinal Road around 5:39 a.m. Police Sgt. Ray Battrick reported that the tag said, “Chelseas blood is on you” and “Move out.”
John Albert Gardner III, 30, is set to stand trial on Wednesday afternoon. His mother and stepfather are residents in the townhouse, which is located by the park where a body thought to be Chelsea’s was discovered in a shallow grave Tuesday afternoon.
Gardner was taken into custody on Sunday after he was believed to be the murderer and rapist in Chelsea’s death.
Two men covered the tag with graffiti shortly after. Television news crews caught a loud argument between the two men, who informed reporters that they were not residents in the area but were getting rid of the graffiti as an act of public service, and an upset neighbor who told them to get out of the neighborhood.
