Ford groupie appears on Montel

A woman fascinated with convicted serial killer Wayne Adam Ford appeared on the Montel Williams television show Monday to discuss her relationship with the death row inmate and publicize her new documentary.
Victoria Redstall, a British-born actress, gabbed with the talkshow host about she met Ford during a tour of the jail in San Bernardino County and how the pair made a pact to show the world Ford's human side. Redstall has partnered with director James Muller to create a documentary about Ford called "Room Zero."
A truck driver from Arcata, Ford was convicted in June 2006 of slaughtering four women -- which included one from Fontana and another from Victorville -- during a several months-long trial in San Bernardino Superior Court. The same jury determined Ford should receive the death penalty in August of that year. He was sentenced on Mar. 16.
Remarkably, Ford turned himself in to authorities in Humboldt County in November 1998 with a severed breast from one of his victims in his pocket. The victims, found in 1997 and 1998 in bodies of water were: Tina Renee Gibbs, 26, Lanett Deyon White, 25, Patricia Tamez, 29, and an unidentified woman whose torso was found in a slough near Eureka.
The actress once told The Sun she used to sing country songs and share childhood memories with Ford, when he was housed at West Valley Detention Center, in Rancho Cucamonga.
Redstall told the Montel show that she has visited Ford while he is on death row in state prison. She also talked about how her meeting with Ford, while he was housed at West Valley Detention Center, caused jail administrators to conduct an investigation regarding her inmate visits.
Redstall created a furor during the trial, was removed from the courtroom on at least one occasion, and was questioned on the witness stand during a special hearing. Redstall got approval from the court to shoot photographs during the trial, despite objections from lawyers on the case who questioned her media credentials.
Two of the three lawyers in the case have since become judges in San Bernardino County. Judge David Mazurek, who prosecuted the Ford case, is assigned to Victorville Superior Court. Judge Steve Mapes, who defended Ford as a deputy public defender, is assigned to Barstow Superior Court.
Deputy Public Defender Joe Canty, who led Ford's defense team, died of a heart attack at his Upland home on June 9.