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Polly Hannah Klaas (January 3, 1981 – October 1, 1993) was an American murder victim whose case garnered national media attention. On October 1, 1993, at age twelve, she was kidnapped at knifepoint during a slumber party at her mother's home in Petaluma, California, and strangled to death.
Dec 4, 2023 · Polly Klaas was 12 years old when she was abducted on Oct. 1, 1993 from her home in Petaluma, Calif., where she was having a slumber party with two 12-year-old classmates. Her...
Jun 1, 2024 · A California judge has denied a petition to recall the death sentence of a man convicted in the 1993 kidnapping and killing of 12-year-old Polly Klaas in a case that shocked the nation.
Sep 22, 2023 · Polly Klaas' kidnapping and death sparked a two-month search and manhunt where investigators, family neighbors, and even a Hollywood celebrity, pitched in to help.
Oct 2, 2023 · This rarest of all kidnappings—a stranger abduction from the home—triggered one of the largest manhunts in FBI history. Her name— Polly Klaas —evokes the 1990s, a decade when America’s ...
Apr 6, 2024 · More than three decades after 12-year-old Polly Klaas of Petaluma was kidnapped and murdered, the man convicted of killing her is seeking to overturn his death sentence.
May 31, 2024 · San Jose, Calif. — A California judge will consider Friday whether to recall the death sentence against Richard Allen Davis, who killed 12-year-old Polly Klaas in 1993 after...
Sep 30, 2023 · Her name was Polly Klaas. She was 12 when a career criminal snatched her on Oct. 1, 1993, from her sleepover party in Petaluma, and the rarity of a total stranger pulling off a kidnapping rather...
May 31, 2024 · A California judge will consider Friday whether to recall the death sentence against Richard Allen Davis, who in 1993 killed 12-year-old Polly Klaas after kidnapping her from her bedroom at...
Today, we celebrate Polly’s life by remembering how she lived, instead of for how she was taken from us. In 2021 The Foundation, along with an outpouring of community support, began renovating the Polly Klaas Community Theater, which was named for her in 1994, as a tribute to her life.
