https://www.mercurynews.com/2023/01/10/stanford-cold-cases-convicted-man-pleads-guilty-to-second-1970s-slaying-of-woman-near-campus/ > SAN JOSE — A man already imprisoned for one 1970s-era strangling of a young woman near Stanford University has pleaded guilty to a second slaying, capping an extraordinary run of Santa Clara County cold-case investigations that closed the long-unsolved murders of three women during a dark period in the campus’ history. > John Arthur Getreu, 78, formally admitted Tuesday to killing 21-year-old Leslie Marie Perlov on Feb. 13, 1973. He entered the first-degree murder plea in Santa Clara County Superior Court via video conference; he is in state prison custody in Stockton, and his attorney said several medical conditions made it impossible to safely bring him to court.