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Gerald Parker
Gerald Parker (born 1955), also known as the Bedroom Basher and the Bludgeon Killer, is an American serial killer and sex offender who raped and murdered five young women and girls aged 17 to 31 in Orange County, California, from December 1978 through October 1979. During this time, he was a member of the U.S. Marine Corps stationed in Tustin. He was dishonorably discharged in 1980 after his conviction for rape, but he would not be linked to the murders until over a decade later following a DNA match.
Parker confessed and was also confirmed to have assaulted a sixth victim, who was pregnant at the time of the attack; she survived, but her child was delivered stillborn. Her husband, Kevin Lee Green, was falsely convicted of the attack and served 16 years in prison until Parker's arrest. Parker was sentenced to death in 1999 and as of 2026 is incarcerated at California Medical Facility.
Parker was born in 1955 and lived with his family in Phoenix, Arizona. In 1963, his mother, Frankie Wagner Parker, died while giving birth to her 10th child and his father abandoned his family; Parker was 8 years old. He moved in with his grandmother, and during the five months he was there, he was sent to Juvenile Hall for sniffing glue. Afterwards, he and his brother went to live with his older cousin, Florence Russell, in Logan Heights. Though much of his youth was spent at Boys Republic, a private all-boys school for troubled adolescents, Russell said he never gave her any problems. In June 1971, his school presented him with a work experience reward for food preparation. The following year, he was a runner up for the Chino Rotary club's annual Crombie Allen award.
According to statements made by Parker to forensic psychiatrist Dr. Paul Blair, Parker regularly inhaled glue, paint, and paint thinner between the ages of 7 and 15. He began using marijuana at age 11, and claimed to use PCP and LSD, as well as speedballs intravenously. He also reported drinking a case of beer every day for 10 to 11 years.
In 1973, Parker joined the Marine Corps and trained in San Diego and Camp Pendleton. In July, he was sent to Adak Naval Air Facility, where he served for a year as a barracks security guard. He was transferred to North Carolina and Mississippi before arriving in Tustin in September 1975. In late 1979, he served as staff sergeant at the Marine Corps Air Station El Toro until he was dishonorably discharged for a felony conviction the following year.
According to his testimony, on December 1, 1978, in Anaheim, Parker entered the apartment of 17-year-old Sandra Fry through an open bedroom window carrying a 2" × 4" piece of wood. He hit Fry several times with the board. Parker wanted to rape her but could not get an erection, so he ejaculated on her body. When Fry's roommate returned home, she saw the condition Fry was in and police were contacted. Fry was transported to the emergency room where she was pronounced dead.
Parker's next murder took place on April 1, 1979, in Costa Mesa. He entered the apartment of 21-year-old Kimberly Rawlins through an unlocked front door, carrying a 2" × 4" piece of wood, and struck her several times. When her roommate came home, about four hours later, she found Rawlins dead; her bathrobe was open. During the autopsy, Rawlins' tampon was collected for evidence and semen found on the string, later tested for DNA, matched the profile of Parker.
In the early morning hours of September 15, 1979, Parker entered the Costa Mesa apartment of 31-year-old Marolyn Carleton through an unlocked sliding glass door. Parker brutally beat her during an attempted rape, causing her severe head injuries, which she would die from the following day. This crime was witnessed by the victim's nine-year-old son, who subsequently described the attacker to police.
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Gerald Parker
Gerald Parker (born 1955), also known as the Bedroom Basher and the Bludgeon Killer, is an American serial killer and sex offender who raped and murdered five young women and girls aged 17 to 31 in Orange County, California, from December 1978 through October 1979. During this time, he was a member of the U.S. Marine Corps stationed in Tustin. He was dishonorably discharged in 1980 after his conviction for rape, but he would not be linked to the murders until over a decade later following a DNA match.
Parker confessed and was also confirmed to have assaulted a sixth victim, who was pregnant at the time of the attack; she survived, but her child was delivered stillborn. Her husband, Kevin Lee Green, was falsely convicted of the attack and served 16 years in prison until Parker's arrest. Parker was sentenced to death in 1999 and as of 2026 is incarcerated at California Medical Facility.
Parker was born in 1955 and lived with his family in Phoenix, Arizona. In 1963, his mother, Frankie Wagner Parker, died while giving birth to her 10th child and his father abandoned his family; Parker was 8 years old. He moved in with his grandmother, and during the five months he was there, he was sent to Juvenile Hall for sniffing glue. Afterwards, he and his brother went to live with his older cousin, Florence Russell, in Logan Heights. Though much of his youth was spent at Boys Republic, a private all-boys school for troubled adolescents, Russell said he never gave her any problems. In June 1971, his school presented him with a work experience reward for food preparation. The following year, he was a runner up for the Chino Rotary club's annual Crombie Allen award.
According to statements made by Parker to forensic psychiatrist Dr. Paul Blair, Parker regularly inhaled glue, paint, and paint thinner between the ages of 7 and 15. He began using marijuana at age 11, and claimed to use PCP and LSD, as well as speedballs intravenously. He also reported drinking a case of beer every day for 10 to 11 years.
In 1973, Parker joined the Marine Corps and trained in San Diego and Camp Pendleton. In July, he was sent to Adak Naval Air Facility, where he served for a year as a barracks security guard. He was transferred to North Carolina and Mississippi before arriving in Tustin in September 1975. In late 1979, he served as staff sergeant at the Marine Corps Air Station El Toro until he was dishonorably discharged for a felony conviction the following year.
According to his testimony, on December 1, 1978, in Anaheim, Parker entered the apartment of 17-year-old Sandra Fry through an open bedroom window carrying a 2" × 4" piece of wood. He hit Fry several times with the board. Parker wanted to rape her but could not get an erection, so he ejaculated on her body. When Fry's roommate returned home, she saw the condition Fry was in and police were contacted. Fry was transported to the emergency room where she was pronounced dead.
Parker's next murder took place on April 1, 1979, in Costa Mesa. He entered the apartment of 21-year-old Kimberly Rawlins through an unlocked front door, carrying a 2" × 4" piece of wood, and struck her several times. When her roommate came home, about four hours later, she found Rawlins dead; her bathrobe was open. During the autopsy, Rawlins' tampon was collected for evidence and semen found on the string, later tested for DNA, matched the profile of Parker.
In the early morning hours of September 15, 1979, Parker entered the Costa Mesa apartment of 31-year-old Marolyn Carleton through an unlocked sliding glass door. Parker brutally beat her during an attempted rape, causing her severe head injuries, which she would die from the following day. This crime was witnessed by the victim's nine-year-old son, who subsequently described the attacker to police.
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