https://www.mercurynews.com/2023/04/27/stanford-cold-case-man-given-second-life-sentence-for-1970s-murders-near-campus/ > SAN JOSE — A man convicted of two murders near Stanford University in the 1970s was handed his second sentence of life in prison Thursday morning in a Santa Clara County courtroom, closing a prolonged pursuit of justice 50 years after the initial slaying took place. > John Arthur Getreu, 78, was convicted in January for the 1973 killing of 21-year-old Stanford graduate Leslie Marie Perlov after he formally confessed to the murder in Santa Clara County Superior Court.