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Prominent Bay Area psychiatrist who molested boys dies in prison
By sfgate.com- Kevin Fagan
Published: 05/13/2016

William Ayres, the former go-to child psychiatrist for San Mateo County social service agencies who turned out to be a serial molester of boys, has died in state prison at the age of 84.

Ayres died of natural causes at the California Medical Facility in Vacaville on April 20, Terry Thornton, spokeswoman for the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, said Thursday.

He was serving an eight-year prison term for sexually abusing five boys between 1988 and 1996. He pleaded no contest in 2013 after a lengthy legal saga that involved one hung-jury trial and a stint in Napa State Hospital, where doctors said he faked dementia to avoid court hearings.

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