Summary of Offense:
Was sentenced to death in Orange County on December 4, 1987 for the sexual assault, beating and strangulation of babysitter Linda Faye Rodgers, 25, on November 15, 1984. Rodgers, who suffered from cerebral palsy, was watching her six-year-old daughter and four other children in a Santa Ana home when she was surprised by an intruder. Rodgers was sexually assaulted, tied-up and gagged, stabbed in the neck and back, strangled with clothing, and beaten on the head with a pipe.
Clair's death sentence has been affirmed by the California Supreme Court.
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