Annie Born died on July 4, 1997, the victim of a vicious murder near Fresno, California. It took almost 6 years to bring Annie’s murderer to justice. This section chronicles the details of the case in the following excerpts from newspaper stories and other sources.
- The Fresno Bee, Wednesday, July 9, 1997: Madera County seeks killer of Clovis woman
- Santa Cruz County Sentinel, Wednesday, July 9, 1997: Local woman found slain near Fresno
- Santa Cruz County Sentinel, Thursday, July 10, 1997: Bereaved mother tries to fathom daughter’s death
- Valley Press, San Lorenzo Valley, Wednesday, July 16, 1997: SLV grad murdered
- Santa Cruz County Sentinel, Wednesday, July 23, 1997: Brookdale woman’s killing still a mystery
- Valley Press, San Lorenzo Valley, Wednesday, July 8, 1998: Investigation into murder of former SLV resident lagging
- Santa Cruz County Sentinel, Sunday, August 2, 1998: Daughter’s death goes unsolved
- Governor Davis offers $50,000 reward, July 20, 1999
- The Fresno Bee, Monday, August 23, 1999: Billboard spotlights reward in 1997 case
- The Fresno Bee, Monday, September 27, 1999: Murdered woman’s mother will make public appeal
- The Fresno Bee, Wednesday, September 29, 1999: Billboard’s appeal brings two tips in 2-year-old Madera murder case
- The Fresno Bee, Friday, March 23, 2001: Arrest made in 1997 murder
- The Fresno Bee, Tuesday, May 16, 2001: Fresno woman is arrested in fraud related to 1997 murder
- The Fresno Bee, Sunday, March 17, 2002: Madera judge delays hearing in murder
- The Fresno Bee, Saturday, April 6, 2002: Fresno man to stand trial in murder case
- The Fresno Bee, Saturday, February 8, 2003: Fresnan admits killing student
- Santa Cruz Sentinel, Saturday, February 8, 2003: Man pleads guilty in 1997 slaying
- Santa Cruz Sentinel, Saturday, February 22, 2003: Woman urges stiff sentence for killer
- The Fresno Bee, Saturday, March 8, 2003: Man gets 15 to life in slaying of student
- Santa Cruz Sentinel, Saturday, March 8, 2003: Killer of former Brookdale woman sentenced
- Madera Tribune, Saturday, March 8, 2003: Killer gets 15 years to life
- June 12, 2003: Our comments on the conviction
- “Cold Case Files”: Television reenactment of the crime
- Jay Travis’s first parole hearing
- Second parole hearing