OROVILLE, Calif. – A tree trimmer in rural Northern California has been charged in throat-slashing serial killings that left three people dead, prosecutors announced Thursday.
Ryan Scott Blinston, 37, of the small city of Oroville, was charged on Wednesday with murder, attempted murder and arson. The charges included special sentencing allegations that Blinston used a deadly weapon, attacked an elderly victim and committed multiple killings.
He was scheduled to be arraigned on the charges Thursday and could face life in prison without possibility of parole if convicted.
Blinston had been in jail since he was arrested last year and charged in another neck-cutting, authorities said. It wasn’t immediately clear whether he had an attorney who