fortyeight years after the original crime it took a san mateo county california jury a little more than an hour tuesday to find john arthur getreu guilty of murdering 21yearold janet ann taylor taylor a college sophomore was the youngest daughter of legendary stanford university football coach chuck taylor she had been beaten strangled and left on the side of the road near the stanford campus according to authorities her body was discovered by a truck driver on march 24 1974 getreu 77 worked at stanford at the time of her murder he has also been charged in the 1973 murder of stanford graduate leslie perlov and will be tried next year he has pleaded not guilty in that case watch the full story on 2020 friday at 9 pm et on abc cold case detectives used genetic genealogy to identify getreu in what prosecutor josh stauffer described as a sexuallymotivated crime in the strangulation of taylor he told jurors that getreu was a man who lived two lives as a palo alto california boy scout leader and family man but also a predator and previously convicted rapist and murderer in his closing statements stauffer referenced getreus two previous known victims diane doe a 17yearold rape victim and 15yearold margaret williams who getreu killed in 1963 while living in germany the prosecutor told the jury all the cases and victims were strikingly similar to taylor he took her with the intent to rape her he attacked her tore her clothes struck her in the face repeated punches to the face he strangled her recounted stauffer janet taylor is seen here in her high school yearbook photo 1970 menlo atherton high school more dating game serial killer rodney alcala dies on death row getreus conviction marked an end to taylors decadesold cold case for which advancements in dna technology played a critical role getreus defense attorney john halley could not be reached for comment on the guilty verdict in his closing statements halley asserted that the prosecution had not proved getreus guilt beyond reasonable doubt diane perlov leslie perlovs younger sister who flew in from los angeles to monitor the trial was just leaving the courthouse when she was notified that the jury had reached a verdict leslie marie perlov is pictured in an undated photo released by the santa c show more courtesy santa clara sheriff today was justice for janet leslie diane and margaret she said while these promising lives are gone forever thanks to the dogged work of detectives and the advances in forensic science i have hope that future lives will be saved and other predators held accountable more golden state killer addresses the court im truly sorry outside the back of the courthouse she embraced santa clara cold case detective sgt noe cortez who had gathered crucial evidence in this case this is not the end perlov said we are moving forward i want a trial for my sisters case i dont want any deals