The State - News from Aug. 3, 1987
A manhunt was in progress in a rural area of Northern California for a father suspected of killing his two daughters, ages 5 and 7, officials reported. The children of Gerald Frank Hollek, 33, died when the van they slept in was doused with gasoline and deliberately set afire in a camping area of Nevada County, Sheriff Bill Heafey said. Hollek, who was believed to have fled the scene on foot, had been involved in a custody battle over the girls. His common-law wife, Amy Eunice Nelson of Shasta County, had reported the girls missing after Hollek failed to return them.
More to Read
Start your day right
Sign up for Essential California for news, features and recommendations from the L.A. Times and beyond in your inbox six days a week.
You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times.