Charles Stevens

Charles Arnett Stevens (born March 19, 1969), known as The I-580 Killer, is an American serial killer who shot eight people along Interstate 580 in 1989, killing four of them. He was sentenced to death and currently resides in San Quentin State Prison.

Early life Stevens was born on March 19, 1969, in Oakland, California, the younger of two siblings. Throughout his childhood, his mother was repeatedly arrested for crimes involving alcohol, such as drunk driving and child abuse. The alcohol abuse eventually led to her death. At age 12, Stevens tied a noose in his room and attempted suicide. Police collected the shell-casings that Stevens had left, as well as the palm print. Three months later, Stevens, this time on his own, failed to ambush a woman named Karen Anderson while she was making a turn down a poorly lit grassy trail. He fired at least six shots, missing all of them but shattering Anderson's window. The next day, on June 8, Stevens killed 16-year-old Laquann Sloan while she was making a turn through an exit on Interstate-580. Peters was cut by a loose piece of glass that a bullet set off, and she received hospital treatment before making a recovery.

The police and motorists who drove on the highway frequently became weary of the string of murders, and police cars would be scouting the highway, looking for the killer. Then on July 27, Stevens narrowly avoided killing 24-year-old Rodney Stokes on the highway, missing his shots. His petition for en banc rehearing was subsequently denied April 22, 2022. On September 9, 2022, Stevens filed a petition for writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of the United States, which was denied on January 9, 2023. This was his final appeal after which all appeals are now exhausted.