Dana Sue Gray, now 67, is housed at the Central California Women’s Facility in Chowchilla. She has appeared in documentaries and was the subject of a 2025 episode of Very Scary People titled “The Angel of Death.”
In recent interviews she refuses to discuss the murders in detail, saying she does not want to re-traumatize the victims’ families. Instead she positions herself as an advocate for female lifers, arguing that women serving LWOP are denied rehabilitation opportunities.
She claims she has changed profoundly and says she would welcome any victim’s family member who wanted to confront her.
“I want them to know I feel it,” she said in one interview, voice breaking. “Thirty years later, I feel it. And I’m so sorry.”
Whether that remorse is genuine or simply another performance from a woman who spent her life perfecting masks, only Dana Sue Gray knows for certain.
What is certain is that between February and March 1994, three trusting grandmothers opened their doors to a smiling, well-dressed stranger—and paid for that kindness with their lives, all so their killer could enjoy one more frivolous shopping spree.
