David Allen Funston, 64, serving multiple life sentences for a string of brutal child abductions and molestations, had been granted parole earlier this month under the state’s elderly parole program, which allows inmates aged 50 and above with at least 20 years served to seek early release if they are no longer deemed a public safety risk.
However, Placer County authorities booked Funston on new charges tied to a decades-old alleged child sexual assault in Roseville from 1996. Placer County District Attorney Morgan Gire said the case was reopened because Funston’s parole “changed the practical effect” of his previous life sentences.
