Trailside Killer’s Death Penalty Appeal Denied
The 2003 murder of Kathy Loreck was profiled on Season 14 of Forensic Files.
On Monday, August 5, 2024, a majority of the California Supreme Court denied Robert Frazier’s (a/k/a The Trailside Killer) automatic death penalty appeal. Frazier was convicted in 2006 by a Contra Costa County jury of the brutal murder and rape of 49-year-old Kathy Loreck.
The Supreme Court’s opinion was rather unremarkable. The evidence against Frazier…
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