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pictures of his murderer during the day.� The paper offers some description of what Rodriguez was like and what he did in his last hours. Wright described him as “easygoing with a generous heart and open wallet,� the Sentinel says. “Friends tell of times he would leave on the spur of the moment taking a friend to Tijuana for breakfast.� On March 30, Rodriguez went to Easter services at Glide Memorial Church, just down the street from his apartment. Later, he and a friend went to *P.S., where Rodriguez “kept a standing reservation� for brunch, the paper says. (According to an April 1975 Bay Area Reporter story, both Vasquez and Rodriguez frequented the Score II on Mason Street, as well as the Nickelodeon, next door.) When Rodriguez and his friend parted, “that was the last time Yancey was seen alive,� according to the Sentinel. The medical examiner’s report says that that night, neighbor Margoth Schultz heard a loud argument in Rodriguez’s apartment. At about 6:20 p.m., Schultz’s son Henry was returning home and saw “an unidentified white male� leaving Rodriguez’s apartment, the report says.

Community relations An April 17, 1975 B.A.R. story says the paper’s founder Bob Ross pushed the Tavern Guild, an association for gay bar owners, to come up with a $500 reward for information leading to the arrests and convictions of the killers. The article says SFPD Inspec-

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whether it’s important or not,� he said. Asked if police suspect Rickleffs in other incidents, Suhr said, “We won’t know until somebody tells us.� A police source said Rickleffs made “some incriminating statements,� and DNA was found at the scene “that links the suspect to the crime.� The source declined to elaborate on what type of DNA evidence had been found. In a phone interview Tuesday, Esmeralda Escalon, Escalon’s mother, said, “I’m happy he’s caught,� so that he’s “off the streets, and so he won’t hurt another family,� but “I’m sad, because it’s not going to bring me back my son.� She said she’d told her son, who was “a sweet guy� with “no ugly in him,� that she’d make sure there’s justice in the case. “Going to court is going to be a hard thing,� Escalon said, but “we’ve got to go, and we’ve got to do it� and

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reducing HIV-related health disparities.� “This is an evidence-based plan that is guided by science and seeks to direct resources to the communities at greatest risk,� the platform states, “including gay men, black and Latino Americans, substance users, and others at risk of infection.� For their part as “science-based,� the Republicans hold out that “abstinence from sexual activity is the only protection that is 100 percent effective against out-of-wedlock pregnancies and sexually-transmitted diseases, including HIV/AIDS when sexually transmitted.� In other provisions of the Democratic platform, the party and the president “believe that women have a right to control their reproductive choices.� The document also vows support for “family planning services,� such as

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o Berlin, Vasquez, and Rodridescribed in the B.A.R., couldn’t recall tor Hobart Nelson attended a of g the gathering or any of the cases. community meeting to discuss guez’s deaths. Correa said she’s o Sarria, who now lives in New Vasquez and Rodriguez’s killings ordered oral and rectal smears f Mexico, said he was “not a Tenderloin and said despite having little to from the medical examiner’s o ce for all three cases, but person.â€? work with, the cases would “nevoffi s couldn’t share if she has the “I didn’t associate with those peoer be closed until we find the killshe e ple, not that I’m a bigot or anything ers.â€? He also said, “Despite what evidence in any of them. but that wasn’t my ... that’s not who you have heard, I myself conCorrea said she hasn’t f sat at my table,â€? said Sarria, who addsider gay people, transsexuals, all found anything indicating that V ed that he associated with people that people, first-class citizens, and I Vasquez and Rodriguez’s killi were “educatedâ€? and “affluent.â€? For work just as hard on a killing of ings are linked. She said Berlin, w was found fully clothed, years, the Tenderloin has been one of one of your people as I do on the who h the city’s poorest neighborhoods. murder of a wealthy person.â€? had a boyfriend, but she c Tom Ammiano, 70, who moved to There were charges that the couldn’t share his name. She c San Francisco in the early 1960s and SFPD wasn’t “giving its allâ€? in couldn’t determine whether h still alive, she said. is now a state assemblyman, said he conducting an investigation, the he’s “just vaguelyâ€? recalled the three vicstory says. The Sentinel article (The Sentinel and B.A.R. arti tims’ names. However, other memofrom the previous week also inditicles refer to the 1975 victims a Barbarella and Yancey. Acries were clearer. cates a mistrust of police. as c “It was just kind of a fact of life that In response to frustration cording to Correa, it appeared th two hadn’t changed their things like this were going to happen, over the pace of the investigathe n and what the community wanted, of tion, an Inspector Manley told names legally, and she refers course, was police response,â€? Ammiathe paper, “Just because people to them using their last names V no said. At the time, he said, relations don’t see a lot of red lights flashingg Vasquez and Rodriguez. She l in the h old ld S San F Francisco between police and the gay commudoesn’t mean we aren’t working. A 1975 article doesn’t know which pronouns nity were tentative, but “of course, all Sometimes everything falls to- Sentinel newspaper detailed the murders they used. The medical examof two Tenderloin residents. that’s changed.â€? gether quickly. At other times we iner’s office identified both vicWayne Friday, a former B.A.R. pomay work on a case for three, four, tims as male. The agency’s report litical columnist, said of the victims, five years.â€? on Rodriguez doesn’t include the to the SFPD to investigate cold cases. “I don’t know any of them. I probably In an interview late last month, alname Lisa Yancey.) The grant pays for Correa, who works did at the time.â€? most 40 years after the killings, Corpart-time, and another inspector. Memories “I’m getting old,â€? Friday, 70, said. rea said she’s re-evaluating all the Federal funding also helped in anPeople who remember Berlin, “I don’t remember these damn cases evidence she can, but “sometimes it’s other recent case. Earlier this year, Vasquez, and Rodriguez’s deaths have anymore.â€? just nicer to talk to peopleâ€? who knew police arrested William Payne, 48, been difficult for the B.A.R. to find. Anyone with information on these the victims. She’s also spoken with ofafter his DNA was matched to seIn a recent interview, Jose Sarria, cases may call the SFPD homicide ficers who were in the department at men that had been found on the 89, one of the people who presided unit at (415) 553-1145 and ask for Inthe time of the killings. body of Nikolaus Crumbley, 41, in over the 1975 community meeting spector Pat Correa.â–ź “It’s like working a big jigsaw puz1983. zle for me,â€? Correa said, one that will Payne, who had already been hopefully result in getting “some closuspected in the killing, has been sure for people.â€? charged with committing firstCorrea, who identifies as lesbian, degree murder during the course City and County of San Francisco joined the SFPD in January 1980 and of sodomy in Crumbley’s death. September 2012 Monthly retired more than 30 years later. She Opening statements in the trial are came out of retirement and joined the DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH expected within days. AITC IMMUNIZATION AND TRAVEL CLINIC cold case unit in April 2011. Work is It’s not clear how helpful DNA Open to the Public funded by a federal grant provided Travel medicine experts since 1999. All vaccinations, including yellow fever. evidence will be in the investigations

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see that “this man will serve life in prison.� Escalon urged others who may have had encounters with Rickleffs to “come forward.� “The more charges on him, the better,� she said. Susan Fahey, a spokeswoman for the sheriff ’s department, said records show that Rickleffs was initially arrested at about 7:30 p.m. Friday, August 31, at 855 Harrison Street on a felony charge of seconddegree commercial burglary and a misdemeanor charge of possession of burglary tools. A T.J. Maxx clothing store is at the address where Rickleffs was arrested Friday. In response to emailed questions Wednesday, September 5, Sergeant Michael Andraychak, an SFPD spokesman, cited the homicide unit and said Rickleffs “is in custody for the Friday burglary and the probation violation arrest. He was interviewed Sunday and then arrested for the Escalon homicide.� Andraychak said “it is possible� that the district attorney’s office

“will add charges related to the Escalon investigation,â€? but that was to be determined. A date for the district attorney’s office to formally charge Rickleffs hadn’t been set as of Wednesday afternoon. The public defender’s office didn’t have an attorney listed for Rickleffs Wednesday morning. Police praised Greg Carey and his group Castro Community on Patrol for their assistance in the case. The volunteer patrol group distributed fliers after Escalon’s death asking people to provide information. Anyone who recognizes Rickleffs or has information regarding the case is asked to contact Sergeant Scott Warnke, or Inspectors Daniel Dedet, Kevin Jones, or Robert Valverde in the homicide unit at (415) 553-1145 or after hours at (415) 553-1071. People that wish to leave an anonymous tip may call the SFPD tip line at (415) 575-4444 or text a tip to 847411 and type SFPD, then the message. The police incident number for Escalon’s death is 120 463 273.â–ź

“contraception in ... health insurance plans,� which “the Affordable Care Act,� or Obamacare, “ensures.� And the platform pledges, “to stand up to Republican efforts to defund Planned Parenthood health centers.� Finally, the Democratic Party platform frames “gay rights as human rights,� stating, “The president and his administration have vowed to actively combat efforts by other nations that criminalize homosexual conduct or ignore abuse.� The platform also points to a State Department-funded program “that finances gay rights organizations to combat discrimination, violence, and other abuses.� And yet for all the Democratic Party’s affirmation of LGBT Americans, at least one gay Republican sees it differently. “Nothing the Democrats can put in their platform will hide President Obama’s record on jobs and the economy,� said Jimmy LaSalvia, executive director of GOProud, a partisan ad-

vocacy group, which has endorsed the Romney-Ryan ticket. “They can fill it with every other thing they can think of as a distraction,â€? LaSalvia said in a phone interview, referring to the Democrats. “But the issues that most Americans, including gay Americans, care about are jobs and the economy. That’s where the president has a failed record,â€? said LaSalvia. “Just like everyone else, the daily lives of gay Americans would improve in a better economic climate,â€? he said.â–ź The San Francisco Democratic Party will have a viewing party tonight (Thursday, September 6) to watch President Barack Obama’s convention speech. The event, at Laborers Local 261, 3271 18th Street (at Shotwell and South Van Ness) runs from 6 to 8:30 p.m. It is a fundraiser and tickets are $25 general admission. RSVP to info@sfdemocrats.org or call (415) 626-1161.

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