A Northern California man once sentenced to what appeared to be life in prison for kidnapping and molesting young children has been approved for parole under the state’s elderly parole law.
David Allen Funston, 64, was convicted in 1999 of 16 counts of kidnapping and child molestation for crimes committed in Sacramento County between 1995 and 1996, prosecutors said at the time. A judge described him as “the monster parents fear the most.”
Funston received three consecutive terms of 25 years to life, plus an additional prison term. He was not sentenced to life without the possibility of parole, making him legally eligible for a parole hearing under California law…