Charles Arnett Stevens

Serial Killer

Charles Arnett Stevens: The I-580 Killer

Background

Charles Arnett Stevens was born on March 19, 1969, in Oakland, California. He became known as the "I-580 Killer" after committing a series of apparently random shootings on and near Interstate 580 in Oakland during the spring and summer of 1989. Between April 3 and July 27, Stevens killed four people and attempted to murder six others. Stevens experienced an unstable childhood marked by family violence and his mother's alcoholism. He later told a psychiatrist that he attempted suicide twice when he was approximately 12 years old. His mother was arrested several times for drunk driving and was once hospitalized after threatening her children. She died in March 1986. Stevens also struggled academically, repeated the ninth grade and was suspended from school for disruptive behavior. Despite these problems, he participated in bicycle racing and won several trophies. As a teenager, Stevens sold cocaine to obtain money for clothing and jewelry. He also worked at a pawnshop but was fired after stealing a firearm. In 1989, before the murders began, he was convicted of three counts of automobile theft. Investigators later learned that stolen vehicles were used during portions of his shooting spree.

The Beginning of the Killing Spree

The first known murder occurred during the early morning of April 3, 1989. Stevens was accompanied by his friend, Richard James Clark, when they approached a vehicle occupied by Leslie Ann Noyer. Stevens opened an unlocked passenger door and left a palm print on the vehicle. Noyer was shot in the head with a .357 Magnum Desert Eagle semiautomatic pistol. Clark later gave police several conflicting accounts of the murder. In one statement, he admitted shooting Noyer but claimed that Stevens had threatened him with a gun and forced him to do it. At trial, Clark denied being present and said that he had constructed his confession from information supplied by investigators. Stevens was convicted of Noyer's murder, while the jury could not reach a verdict against Clark on the murder charge. ...

Confirmed Victims: (4)

Leslie Ann Noyer Age: (29), Date of Death: 1989-04-03

Survivors:

Karen Anderson , Date of Attack: 1989-07

Paul Fenn , Date of Attack: 1989-07-16

Julia Peters , Date of Attack: 1989-07-16

Rodney Stokes Age: (24), Date of Attack: 1989-07-27

Janell Lee , Date of Attack: 1989

Upendra de Silva , Date of Attack: 1989-07-16

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