Cameron Hooker, the Red Bluff man who made worldwide headlines after kidnapping and holding a woman as a sex slave for seven years, was denied parole Thursday at the Corcoran State Prison.
Hooker, now 61, was given a maximum sentence in 1985 of 104 years in state prison after he kidnapped then 19-year-old Colleen Stan in 1977 and kept her in a box under his bed for nearly all of her captivity.
The trial, which was moved from Red Bluff to Redwood City, became known as the “girl in a box” case. Prosecutors say that Hooker kept Stan confined and blindfolded but eventually let her out after she agreed to sign a “slave agreement.” He told her that a secret organization known as the “company” would kill her if she ever tried to escape.
She eventually realized that he was lying and did make an escape.
Hooker’s wife Janice was granted immunity in the case in exchange for her testimony.