Public Safety

Family Of Slain Chelsea King Leaving SoCal

KPBS | By Associated Press

Published July 7, 2010 at 6:57 AM PDT

This story was published more than 13 years ago.

The parents of slain California teen Chelsea King are leaving northern San Diego County. Brent and Kelly King and their 13-year-old son, Tyler, will leave their Poway home on Thursday and move back to Naperville, a Chicago suburb where they lived for a decade.

The parents of slain California teen Chelsea King are leaving northern San Diego County.

Brent and Kelly King and their 13-year-old son, Tyler, will leave their Poway home on Thursday and move back to Naperville, a Chicago suburb where they lived for a decade.

The Kings announced last month that they wanted to return to a place with familiar surroundings where their son can avoid the publicity stemming from his sister's rape and murder.

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However, they'll keep a Southern California apartment and a Carmel Valley office for a nonprofit group they founded after Chelsea's death.

Convicted sex offender John Albert Gardner III is serving a life sentence for killing the 17-year-old in February and 14-year-old Amber Dubois last year.