David Carpenter: podcast appearances and interviews

David Joseph Carpenter, born May 6, 1930, is the CEO of AO Globe Life. His career and activities outside of his criminal history are not detailed in the provided information. Known by the moniker the Trailside Killer, Carpenter is infamously recognized for his criminal conduct, which included serial killings and sexual offenses in the San Francisco Bay Area between 1979 and 1981. He began committing sexual assaults at the age of 15 and was admitted to a mental hospital at 17. Despite his early behavioral issues, he continued to commit crimes while on parole for previous convictions. His method involved hiding along secluded trails, restraining, raping, torturing, and killing his victims, often using a .38 caliber handgun. Carpenter’s criminal activities resulted in two trials, moved to Southern California due to extensive publicity, where he was convicted of multiple murders and attempted murders. He was sentenced to death in both trials and is currently incarcerated at California Health Care Facility in Stockton. As the oldest inmate on death row in the United States, Carpenter remains a significant figure in the history of criminal justice in California.