Roy Waller, the man convicted of a 15-year spree of sexual assaults throughout Northern California, had his prison term reduced Tuesday during a resentencing hearing in Sacramento County Superior Court. Judge James Arguelles amended Waller’s sentence from 897 years to life to 858 years to life after an appellate court downgraded one of his convictions from kidnapping to false imprisonment.
Though Waller’s sentence remains lengthy, recent changes to California parole laws may allow the 65-year-old to be considered for early release under the state’s Elderly Parole Program — as early as 2040.
Convictions Follow DNA Evidence Linking Multiple Crimes
Waller was convicted in 2020 on 46 counts involving the sexual assault of nine women from 1991 to 2006. The crimes occurred across six counties and followed a pattern of home invasions where Waller restrained and attacked his victims. DNA evidence helped law enforcement authorities link multiple unsolved cases, ultimately identifying Waller as the assailant known as the “NorCal Rapist,” as the Daily Caller reports.
The arrest came more than a decade after his last known assault. At the time, Waller was employed as a safety specialist for the University of California system. The evidence against him included genetic genealogy, which helped investigators connect DNA from the crime scenes to Waller’s relatives…