One of Dystiny Myers’ killers denied parole for third time
One of the men convicted of murdering 15-year-old Dystiny Myers was denied parole for the third time.
Jason Greenwell, 35, was convicted of Myers’ second-degree murder in 2010 and sentenced to 15 years to life in state prison. He became eligible for parole in January 2021, according to records from the corrections department.
Greenwell was granted parole twice — in November 2021 and April 2023 — only for Gov. Gavin Newsom to reverse the decision before Greenwell’s release on both occasions. He is currently serving his sentence at San Quentin State Prison, records show.
In both of the parole reversals, Newsom said Greenwell had more work to do before he could be safely released into society. In 2023, the governor said evidence showed Greenwell still posed “an unreasonable danger to society if released from prison.”
Greenwell was denied parole on Thursday, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation confirmed. His next parole hearing will be scheduled in three years, the agency said.
He was one of five people convicted of the Santa Maria teenager’s murder, along with Ty Michael Hill, Frank Jacob York, Rhonda Wisto and Cody Miller.
Three of those — Hill, York and Wisto — are currently serving life sentences without the possibility of parole for Myers’ murder. Miller, the fifth person convicted of the murder, died in prison in 2016.
The five were convicted of brutally beating Myers, taping her to a chair, then putting her body in a bag before driving to a remote area near Santa Margarita Lake, where they set her body on fire in a shallow grave. According to the San Luis Obispo District Attorney’s Office, her partially burned remains were found by a Cal Fire employee.
