 In September 2009, he was indicted for murder in Riverside County, California, and was extradited to California to face the charges in December.Jesperson was convicted of this murder and received a fourth life sentence in January 2010.Early in the investigation of Taunja Bennett's murder, Laverne Pavlinac read the news reports surrounding Taunja Bennett's death and saw it as an opportunity to force an end to the long-term abusive relationship she had been in with her live-in boyfriend, John Sosnovske.