Gerald and Charlene Gallego

Gerald and Charlene Gallego
Charlene (top) and Gerald (bottom) Gallego
Born	Gerald Armond Gallego Charlene Adell Williams (1946-07-17)July 17, 1946 (G.G.) (1956-10-10) October 10, 1956 (age 60) (C.G.) Sacramento, California (G.G. and C.G.)
Died	July 18, 2002(2002-07-18) (aged 56) (G.G.) Died of cancer before his death sentence could be carried out. Nevada, (G.G.)
Other names	The Love Slave Killers The Gallego Sex Slaves Killers
Criminal penalty	Death (G.G.) Sixteen years and eight months (C.G.)
Conviction(s)	Armed robbery (G.G.) Lewd and lascivious acts with a child (G.G.) Murder (G.G. and C.G.)
Killings
Victims	10
Span of killings	September 11, 1978–November 2, 1980
Country	United States
State(s)	California Nevada Oregon
Date apprehended	November 17, 1980

Gerald Armond Gallego (July 17, 1946 – July 18, 2002) and Charlene Adelle Gallego (born Charlene Adelle Williams, October 10, 1956) are two American serial killers who terrorized Sacramento, California between 1978 and 1980. They killed a total of 10 victims, mostly teenagers, whom they kept as sex slaves before killing them.

Charlene Gallego (Charlene Adelle Williams) was born near Sacramento, California, in October 1956. Her father, Charles, was a respected entrepreneur who was the vice president of a supermarket chain. He and his wife, Mercedes, regularly traveled as part of their business life. Early school reports suggest Charlene was a quiet and shy child who had good attendance. Charlene's mother Mercedes was involved in a car accident, leaving her badly hurt and causing her not to travel as often. Due to the accident, Charlene took over her mother's duties and would often travel with her father to meet his clients who would praise the intelligent and well-spoken child.

By high school Charlene had begun using drugs. She also drank heavily and bragged about having a black lover. Young Charlene was very promiscuous, but her parents were in denial.

Charlene married a wealthy, introverted man who was dependent on heroin. She was using large amounts of cocaine and she didn't care about her appearance. Her first husband hated that Charlene's parents often intervened in their relationship. The marriage failed. She married another man – a soldier. She described him as a "mommy's boy" and grew bored with him, causing them to quickly divorce [citation needed]. Charlene had a brief affair with a married man. He ended the affair after she suggested that they should have sex with his wife. Charlene was devastated and attempted suicide. It was not long after this when Charlene met Gerald.

After her release from prison, Charlene Gallego moved to Fair Oaks, California, and changed her name to Mary Martinez. She operated questionable charity companies following the death of her and Gallego's son in the war. She may also have lived in Roseville.

Gerald had a brutal childhood—he was beaten by his mother and her numerous boyfriends. He was constantly left starving and grew up desperate for love. His father was a convicted murderer who was executed for the murder of two policemen. He had failed as a lover and a husband; and, by the age of thirty-two, he'd left numerous women. He also had a daughter, whom he abused sexually. When he met Charlene, they fell insanely in love and enjoyed rough sex, with Charlene being the submissive. Within a week of meeting, they rented a house together. Charlene accepted that he was interested only in his own sexual satisfaction. Gerald brought home a sixteen-year-old dancer. They had a threesome, but the women were not allowed to touch each other. The next day he returned home from work to find the women in bed having sex. Enraged, he threw the young dancer out the window and beat Charlene; he also withheld sex from her for a month. It seems he no longer found her attractive as she was no longer sexually dependent on him.