(KRON) — The California Board of Parole denied giving liberty for a Monterey County man who “slaughtered” 4 family participants when he was 19-years-old, district attorneys stated.

Harold Bicknell stabbed his granny, his 6-year-old relative, as well as 2 even more relatives to fatality on August 9, 1977. His eliminating spree was activated by family participants who learnt that he had actually fertilized a minor woman, district attorneys stated. Bicknell’s parole was denied Wednesday.

Monterey County District Attorney’s Office composed, “Despite multiple confessions, in varying environments … Mr. Bicknell claims to be innocent. The parole commissioners found the denial implausible.”

The quadruple murder occurred inside Bicknell’s granny’s home in Seaside. On August 9, 1977, Bicknell got to your home with his expectant 14-year-old partner, recognized by district attorneys as “Terri M.”

Bicknell’s granny, Josephine Smith, lived in the Seaside home with her 28-year-old little girl, Suzanne Harris, her 15-year-old granddaughter, Renee Ferguson, as well as her 6-year-old granddaughter, Rachel Harris.

Bicknell challenged his teen relative, Renee, since he was mad that she subjected his sex-related connection with Terri, district attorneys stated.

Bicknell collared Renee in a room as well as stabbed her in the heart, triggering her to drop on the bed, according to the DA’s Office. Prosecutors composed, “He then grabbed her bra and tied her hands behind her back because she began to struggle. Mr. Bicknell then stabbed her the in the throat repeatedly, while Terri M. held a gag over her mouth.”

When Suzanne Harris strolled in as well as saw what occurred to Renee, Bicknell chased her right into the kitchen area, stabbed her till she was up to the flooring, as well as struck his granny, district attorneys stated.

The youngest family participant in your home, 6-year-old Rachel, was stabbed over 40 times, district attorneys stated. Bicknell indicated that Terri M. stabbed the little woman prior to he started stabbing Rachel additionally.

A court founded guilty the teenaged awesome of 4 murders based upon proof that consisted of eyewitness testament as well as his very own pre-trial admissions. Following his sentence, Bicknell made a described, taped admission with his lawyer existing, restated his participation throughout his sentencing hearing, as well as once again admitted while affirming versus Terri M.

Terri M., who was expectant with Bicknell’s youngster, delivered. The infant was embraced as well as at some point ended up being a police police officer. “He spent many years dedicated to ensuring his father remained in custody. He formed a close bond with his aunts, Mr. Bicknell’s sisters,” district attorneys composed.

On February 22, 2019, the Board of Parole given Bicknell parole, mentioning a tidy document while
in the California Department of Corrections, his younger age at the time of the murders, as well as a violent childhood years.

“The victims’ surviving family members were blindsided by this decision, having been under the impression that Mr. Bicknell would likely never be paroled,” district attorneys composed. Surviving family composed letters opposing his launch. Gov. Gavin Newsom banned the parole board’s 2019 choice.

Bicknell’s boy “tragically died on June 23, 2021, but his aunts vowed to continue to fight the fight to keep Mr. Bicknell in custody,” district attorneys composed. Bicknell dealt with a brand-new parole board in November of 2021, as well as parole was denied for 3 years.

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Three of Bicknell’s sis talked at both the 2021 hearing as well as a 2023 hearing, advising the board to not launch their sibling from jail. Their sibling’s trigger seemed women family participants, the sis highlighted, as well as they would certainly not really feel risk-free with their sibling complimentary.

A district attorneys with the Monterey County District Attorney’s Office restated that Bicknell’s “lies, and implausible denials made it impossible to deem him no longer a danger to society.”

On July 5, 2023, the panel concurred as well as denied parole.

Bricknell is currently 65 years of ages as well as has actually offered greater than 4 years in jail. He stays secured in San Quentin State Prison, state prisoner documents reveal.