article_snippet.sent: Thomas, who was 18 at the time, and Titch, who was 17, were both sentenced to life with the possibility of parole.
article_snippet.sent: Titch died behind bars last year.
article_snippet.sent: The two were neighbors at a Stanton apartment complex that the police had dubbed 'The Zoo' because of the criminal activity there, City News Service reported.
article_snippet.sent: Their first victim was Laura Stoughton, 20, who interrupted the pair on Jan. 21, 1977, as Their were breaking into her home.
article_snippet.sent: Their abducted her and drove to an abandoned field, where Titch shot her at close range with a stolen .22-caliber rifle.
article_snippet.sent: Three days later, the two killed Ephraim Jacob Christian, 35, during a botched robbery at Rockview Dairy.
article_snippet.sent: Five days after that, Thomas and Titch followed the owner of a billiards hall to Thomas home with a plan to rob Thomas.
article_snippet.sent: Police caught up with Thomas and Titch the following month in neighboring San Bernardino County, where Thomas and Titch were driving around in a stolen car.
article_snippet.sent: Mark Titch (pictured), who was 17 (left) at the time of the killing was sentenced to life with the possibility of parole but died behind bars last year at the age of 55 (right)