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Print When Ryan Scott Blinston was arrested last year, authorities say he was trying to smash in a door with a hatchet to finish killing a man whose throat he had slashed. That man would have become Blinston’s fourth victim, according to officials who call the Northern California tree trimmer a serial killer. Officials say that, before a SWAT team arrived to arrest him, he had left a bloody trail in an area where violence is usually about drugs, gangs and domestic disputes. Blinston, 37, of Oroville in Butte County, was charged Wednesday with murder, attempted murder and arson. The charges...

Northern California tree trimmer charged in deadly throat-slashings May 13, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail This undated photo provided by the Butte County District Attorney shows Ryan Scott Blinston, of Oroville, Calif. Blinston, a tree trimmer in rural Northern California, has been charged with a series of throat-slashing serial killings that left three people dead. Prosecutors filed the charges on Wednesday, May 12, 2021, against Blinston. (Butte County District Attorney via AP)AP OROVILLE, Calif. (AP) — A tree trimmer in rural Northern California has been charged in throat-slashing serial kil...

Charges were filed Wednesday against Ryan Scott Blinston of the small city of Oroville. Author: Associated Press, Staff (ABC10) Published: 9:26 AM PDT May 13, 2021 Updated: 11:21 AM PDT May 13, 2021 OROVILLE, Calif. — A tree trimmer in rural Northern California has been charged in throat-slashing serial killings that left three people dead and others injured.  Charges were filed Wednesday against Ryan Scott Blinston, 37, of Oroville. Prosecutors allege Blinston worked for a tree-trimming service in May and June of 2020 when he slashed the thr...

Tree trimmer charged with slashing clients’ throats, leaving 3 dead Updated 11:05 AM; OROVILLE, Calif. (AP) — A tree trimmer in rural Northern California has been charged in throat-slashing serial killings that left three people dead, prosecutors announced Thursday. Ryan Scott Blinston, 37, of the small city of Oroville, was charged on Wednesday with murder, attempted murder and arson. The charges included special sentencing allegations that Blinston used a deadly weapon, attacked an elderly victim and committed multiple killings. He was scheduled to be arraigned on the charges Thursday ...

California tree trimmer charged with slashing elderly clients’ throats A California tree trimmer was charged Wednesday for the murders of three people whose throats were slashed. Ryan Scott Blinston, 37, who is from Oroville, a small city nearly 69 miles north of Sacramento, has been charged with murder, attempted murder and arson, The Associated Press reports. Special sentencing allegations — that he used a deadly weapon, attacked someone elderly, and killed multiple people — were included in the charges. If convicted, Blinston faces the potential of life in prison without the possibil...