The release of a sexually violent predator Douglas Badger has been delayed as the debate over where he will be placed continued in court Friday.
A hearing to determine his future home was postponed until early next year.
On Aug. 21, the courts found that 70-year-old Badger could be released into the community for continued treatment and supervision. One possible location was a three-acre property in Campo’s Lake Morena area, according to court documents.
However, San Diego County Supervisor Dianne Jacob argued Badger should live near Donovan State Prison, where other sexually violent predators live.
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State Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez, County Supervisor Greg cox and two South County mothers protested Badger’s release Tuesday on the steps of the Hall of Justice.
Badger was convicted of sexual assaults dating back to 1974, according to law enforcement officials. He was diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder and sexual sadism, and most of his victims were male hitchhikers between the ages of 18 and 29, though one was a 16-year-old girl.
Badger spent ten years in state prison after a 1981 conviction for kidnapping and forced copulation with an accomplice.
After being released in 1991, he went back to prison for an additional six years after re-offending, again for forced copulation with an accomplice.
Badger was later committed to a state hospital in 1997 as a sexually violent predator.
Until his January hearing, Badger will remain at Coalinga State Hospital.
