This Young Girl Grew Up To Become One Of The Most Evil Women In America

December 28, 2025 by Nadia

But long before she began championing prisoner rights, Gray was at the center of one of Southern California’s most disturbing crime sprees — one prosecutors say wasn’t fully accounted for in the plea deal that sent her to prison in 1998.

A Crime Scene That Shocked Investigators

Detective Joseph Greco of the Perris Police Department still remembers the day he walked into an upscale Canyon Lake home on February 16, 1994. Inside, 86-year-old Norma Davis lay dead after being stabbed repeatedly and strangled with a phone cord.

Greco told A&E Crime + Investigation the violence went far beyond what was needed to kill the elderly woman. “It was personal,” he said, describing the scene as “overkill.”