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20 Killers. 16 Executed, 3 Given Life Sentence, And One Ed Kemper. - Last Words and Interviews
20 Killers. 16 Executed, 3 Given Life Sentence, And One Ed Kemper.
This is a compilation of convicted serial killers last words or interviews before execution or death.This video is meant for educational purposes only. Thank you for watching! Viewer discretion for distressing content.
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Doctor Death: Britain's Worst Serial Killer (True Crime Documentary)
Britain’s biggest serial killer was a doctor, Dr Harold Shipman. Unsuspected for many years, Dr. Shipman selected his victims from his patient list. There were clues, but who in the community would believe that a doctor would kill his patients? Suspected of killing over 350 people during his career, it was clumsy attempts at forging the will of one of his victims in his own favour that alerted the police and led to his arrest. Found guilty at his trial and jailed for life, Dr Shipman committed suicide never accepting his guilt.
Criminal Methodology
Shipman carefully selected his victims, targeting elderly women who trusted him as their doctor. He would visit them at home or administer lethal injections during routine consultations, claiming they had died of natural causes. In many cases, Shipman falsified death certificates and medical records to cover his tracks, citing heart failure or other common ailments as the cause of death.Shipman was also known to manipulate his victims’ wills, forging documents to make himself the beneficiary of their estates, further demonstrating his calculated and predatory behavior.
Key Events Leading to His Arrest
The Murder of Kathleen Grundy (1998):Shipman's last known victim, an 81-year-old widow, raised suspicion after her daughter, Angela Woodruff, discovered a forged will leaving all of Grundy's estate to Shipman.An autopsy revealed lethal levels of morphine in her body.Police Investigation:Police exhumed several bodies of Shipman’s patients, finding consistent evidence of morphine overdoses.His records showed a pattern of deaths shortly after visits, often with fabricated medical histories.Arrest:Shipman was arrested in September 1998, and further investigations revealed an alarming number of deaths under his care.Trial and Conviction
Shipman stood trial in October 1999, charged with 15 counts of murder and one count of forgery.In January 2000, he was found guilty and sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole.The trial was one of the most high-profile in British history, shedding light on the systemic failings that allowed Shipman to go undetected for so long.Shipman's Death
Harold Shipman died by suicide in January 2004, hanging himself in his prison cell at Wakefield Prison. His death, though a relief to many, denied families further answers and accountability.
Legacy and Impact
Shipman’s crimes led to widespread reforms in the UK’s medical and legal systems, including:
Tighter regulations on death certificationImproved oversight of medical practitionersGreater scrutiny of controlled substances like morphineHis case is a chilling reminder of how unchecked power and trust can be manipulated for evil. Numerous documentaries, books, and podcasts have explored Shipman’s crimes, solidifying his place as one of history’s most notorious serial killers.
Doctor Death Britain's Worst Serial Killer True Crime Documentary
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Samuel Little: The Most Prolific Serial Killer In U.S. History - In His Own Words
Tonight on Prime Crime: Part 1 of a special two-part episode. We delve into the story of the most prolific serial killer in United States history, Samuel Little. In Part 1, we explore the killings themselves, how he escaped justice for so long, and his recorded confessions. We also speak with three of the people who actually interviewed Little, and what he had to say was frightening.
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Best True Crime Stories Podcast 2024 Police Interrogations, 911 Calls and True Crime Investigations
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Mothers Day Massacre | Gruesome Murder of Girlfriend and Her Kids | Edward Covington Part 3
On May 12, 2008,
Freiberg opened the door to her daughter Lisa's mobile home in Lutz and encountered a blood-soaked crime scene. Lisa Freiberg, 26, and her two children, Zachary Freiberg, 7, and Heather Savannah Freiberg, 2, had been beaten, choked and stabbed. Authorities said Covington had attacked the family with a hammer and knife. After killing the children, he dismembered their bodies.
Sheriff's deputies found Covington, a former prison guard, cowering in a closet, wearing nothing but underwear and covered in scratches and traces of blood.
Charged with three counts of first-degree murder, three counts of abuse of a dead body and one count of animal abuse for killing the family's dog, Covington sat in prison for years, waiting for his day in court. But when his trial began last fall, he stunned everyone, including the public defenders representing him, by abruptly firing them and announcing that he would plead guilty.
"I expect you to sentence me to death," he told Hillsborough Circuit Judge William Fuente, adding that this was the sentence he would choose for himself. "I feel it's warranted. The Freibergs feel it's warranted. The state feels it's warranted. I have no problem with this."
Covington's decision to forgo a jury trial left his fate entirely with the judge and prompted Fuente to issue a stern warning. He had encountered a similar situation only once before in his career, he told Covington, and he sentenced that defendant to death.
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Mothers Day Massacre | Gruesome Murder of Girlfriend and Her Kids | Edward Covington Part 2/3
On May 12, 2008, Freiberg opened the door to her daughter Lisa's mobile home in Lutz and encountered a blood-soaked crime scene. Lisa Freiberg, 26, and her two children, Zachary Freiberg, 7, and Heather Savannah Freiberg, 2, had been beaten, choked and stabbed. Authorities said Covington had attacked the family with a hammer and knife. After killing the children, he dismembered their bodies.
Sheriff's deputies found Covington, a former prison guard, cowering in a closet, wearing nothing but underwear and covered in scratches and traces of blood.
Charged with three counts of first-degree murder, three counts of abuse of a dead body and one count of animal abuse for killing the family's dog, Covington sat in prison for years, waiting for his day in court. But when his trial began last fall, he stunned everyone, including the public defenders representing him, by abruptly firing them and announcing that he would plead guilty.
"I expect you to sentence me to death," he told Hillsborough Circuit Judge William Fuente, adding that this was the sentence he would choose for himself. "I feel it's warranted. The Freibergs feel it's warranted. The state feels it's warranted. I have no problem with this."
Covington's decision to forgo a jury trial left his fate entirely with the judge and prompted Fuente to issue a stern warning. He had encountered a similar situation only once before in his career, he told Covington, and he sentenced that defendant to death.
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Mothers Day Massacre | Gruesome Murder of Girlfriend and Her Kids | Edward Covington Interrogation
Edward Covington, who killed his girlfriend and her two children, sentenced to death
TAMPA — Seven years after a triple homicide that Hillsborough County's sheriff called the grisliest he had ever seen, a judge on Friday sentenced Edward Covington to death for the murder of his girlfriend and her two children.
In a rejection of defense attorneys' arguments that Covington is mentally ill and should be spared the death penalty, the judge found that death was the appropriate punishment for one of the goriest homicide cases in Hillsborough's history. Covington, 42, absorbed the sentence impassively, surrounded by stone-faced lawyers.
Outside the courtroom, Barbara Freiberg, the victims' mother and grandmother, said she approved of the judge's ruling, though she acknowledged it would likely entail years, if not decades, of appeals.
"There's a relief knowing that he's going to get what he gave my children," she said.
On May 12, 2008, Freiberg opened the door to her daughter Lisa's mobile home in Lutz and encountered a blood-soaked crime scene. Lisa Freiberg, 26, and her two children, Zachary Freiberg, 7, and Heather Savannah Freiberg, 2, had been beaten, choked and stabbed. Authorities said Covington had attacked the family with a hammer and knife. After killing the children, he dismembered their bodies.
Sheriff's deputies found Covington, a former prison guard, cowering in a closet, wearing nothing but underwear and covered in scratches and traces of blood.
Charged with three counts of first-degree murder, three counts of abuse of a dead body and one count of animal abuse for killing the family's dog, Covington sat in prison for years, waiting for his day in court. But when his trial began last fall, he stunned everyone, including the public defenders representing him, by abruptly firing them and announcing that he would plead guilty.
"I expect you to sentence me to death," he told Hillsborough Circuit Judge William Fuente, adding that this was the sentence he would choose for himself. "I feel it's warranted. The Freibergs feel it's warranted. The state feels it's warranted. I have no problem with this."
Covington's decision to forgo a jury trial left his fate entirely with the judge and prompted Fuente to issue a stern warning. He had encountered a similar situation only once before in his career, he told Covington, and he sentenced that defendant to death.
On Friday, after more than six months of reviewing court transcripts and medical records, Fuente said the horrifying manner in which the three victims were killed outweighed the defense argument that Covington was driven by mental illness.
From the outset of the case, Covington's lawyers portrayed him as a deeply disturbed man who, at the time of the murders, was not taking prescribed medications to control his bipolar disorder.
Medical records showed that by age 15, he was taking the mood stabilizer lithium. His mother testified that throughout his teenage years and into adulthood, he swung wildly between periods of high energy and deep depression, was repeatedly hospitalized and tried to commit suicide multiple times. By the time his case went to trial, he was taking four different medications — Depakote, Seroquel, Zoloft and Klonopin.
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Israel Keyes is the most terrifying serial killer you’ve probably never heard of - Serial Killer Documentary
Israel Keyes is all of your worst fears personified into one of the most terrifying serial killers of the 21st century.
February 1, 2012, began like any other day at work for 18-year-old Samantha Koenig, but it ended in unspeakable tragedy.
Finishing up her shift at the Common Grounds coffee stand in downtown Anchorage, Alaska, the young barista was approached by a man wearing a ski mask who ordered coffee – a man who would later be named as Israel Keyes.
After Samantha handed him the order, Keyes pulled out a gun and demanded money, and the terrified teen quickly complied.
Forcing himself inside the stand, Keyes tied the young woman’s hands together with zip ties before forcing her into his white Ford Focus, where she tried – and failed – to escape the abductor, who held a gun to her head and said he would kill her if she tried again.
Driving around town with Samantha still bound in the vehicle, Keyes explained to the terrified teen that this was simply a kidnapping for ransom and that if she cooperated, she’d be returned to her family unharmed.
Keyes kept Samantha alive for several hours and even drove back to her coffee stand to retrieve her mobile phone. He then used it to send a fake text message to her boyfriend, who was due to pick her up after her shift.
The text read: “Hey, I’m spending a couple of days with friends, let me dad know.”
Keyes took Samantha to his property, where he tied her up in a shed. He turned his radio up so no one could hear her screams and pleas for help.
After demanding Samantha’s address, Keyes made his way to retrieve her ATM card from her boyfriend’s truck.
In a gut-wrenching twist, while stealing the debit card, Keyes was confronted by Samantha’s boyfriend – who was already on edge after discovering Koenig was not at work when he arrived to pick her up as well as having received the strange text message from her phone earlier, which had, in fact, been sent by Keyes.
Thinking he was a random burglar attempting to break into his car, Samantha’s boyfriend ran inside to get help, while Keyes fled. Returning to his property, Keyes poured himself a glass of wine as he returned to his shed and raped a sobbing Samantha. He then strangled her to death.
Keyes returned inside, packed for a pre-planned cruise in New Orleans, woke his daughter for school, and left for the airport.
Returning to Anchorage on February 17, 2012, Keyes began preparing a ransom note, but first, he decided to remove Samantha’s body from the cupboard.
He applied makeup to Samantha’s face – frozen and lifeless – before unsettlingly sewing her eyes open with fishing line to give her the appearance of being alive. He then took a Polaroid of her “holding” up that day’s newspaper.
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True Crime: The Court of Public Opinion - Gabby Petito - Social Media and Justice
In this episode of True Crime: The Court of Public Opinion, we revisit the tragic case of Gabby Petito, exploring the pressures of social media, the challenges of justice in the digital age, and the powerful role of public perception.
Why does this case still resonate so deeply, and what does it teach us about the blurred lines between awareness and intrusion? Join us as we uncover the layers of this heartbreaking story and the lingering questions that remain.
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True Crime: The Court of Public Opinion – Breaking News: Tragedy at Magdeburg Christmas Market
In this special breaking news episode of True Crime: The Court of Public Opinion, Alexis Knight dives into the unfolding tragedy at the Magdeburg Christmas market in Germany. Just hours ago, a car plowed through a festive crowd, leaving devastation in its wake. At least ten lives have been lost, and dozens more are injured.
Join Alexis as she unpacks the details of this deliberate attack, explores the investigation into the suspect, and examines the impact on a shaken community. This is a story that demands our attention, not just for what has happened, but for the questions it raises about safety, resilience, and the fight against fear. Stay tuned for updates as they come.
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True Crime: The Court of Public Opinion - Alexis Knight Investigates - Why Are the Menendez Brothers Still in Prison?
In this special episode of Alexis Knight Investigates, we delve into the stalled progress in the Menendez Brothers’ case. Despite public support, a previous DA’s recommendation for resentencing, and growing awareness of the abuse they endured, Lyle and Erik Menendez remain behind bars.
What’s causing these delays? Is the new DA intentionally stalling? And what role does the media play in keeping the public in the dark? Join Alexis as she uncovers the roadblocks, the questions, and the truths that demand answers.
DON'T MISS THE FIRST EPISODE!
MENENDEZ - EP. 1
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Serial Killer Levi Bellfield Documentary
Levi Bellfield is an English serial killer, sex offender, rapist, kidnapper and burglar. He was found guilty on 25 February 2008 of the murders of Marsha McDonnell and Amélie Delagrange and the attempted murder of Kate Sheedy, and sentenced to life imprisonment.
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Drunk Driver Thinks She Can Drive Wherever She Wants
On May 27, 2023 in Florida, deputies responded to calls of a woman driving at a high rate of speed down a crowded beach. Following tire tracks in the sand, the deputies soon came upon a blue SUV in the water. Multiple people advised the deputies that the SUV had nearly struck numerous people, including children.
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Steven Murray | Locked Priest In Trunk then Murdered Him | Police Interrogation
The motive for the killing isn't entirely clear.
Murray told the St. Augustine Record for a story published in July 2016 that he had Robert in the trunk of the car in South Carolina and realized he could get in big trouble if Robert ever reported him.
"I just (expletive) freaked out and I killed him," Murray told the newspaper in an interview from jail.
Speaking more generally, Murray has told AP that he suffers from mental health issues and wanted to cause pain because of hurt he had suffered in his life.
Authorities have said Murray has twice attempted to kill himself in jail since his arrest.
Murray expressed both sorrow and defiance in public statements as he was taken from the courthouse after hearings last year. In postcards and calls to AP from jail, he has repeatedly said he cries over Robert's death and that he is sorry.
"My apologies go out to the family and friends of Father Rene," he said Tuesday. "I hope with time they can get some closure."
Murray has said that his father abused him badly while he was growing up in South Carolina. His sister, Bobbie Jean Murray, told AP that the abuse led Murray to drugs and crime at an early age.
He met Robert through a girlfriend, Ashley Shreve. The couple did drugs together, and Robert often gave them money, against their families' wishes.
Robert's colleagues have said he was devoted to helping the poor, often scraping leftovers from plates into baggies to give to the homeless. He also had great compassion for addicts, sometimes going so far as to lend them his car while he walked home alone through dangerous neighborhoods.
Because he devoted his life to helping society's most troubled, he was also aware that he could become a victim of violence. More than two decades before his death, he signed a "Declaration of Life," calling for his killer to be spared execution in the event of his murder.
That did not sway prosecutors, who have said their decision to seek the death penalty was based on the aggravated nature of the slaying.
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Interview With A Serial Killer Cannibal Arthur Shawcross Who Killed 2 Children and 11 Prostitutes (True Crime Documentary)
There is no doubt that Arthur Shawcross is a psychopath. Found guilty of killing 2 children and 11 prostitutes his tales of cannibalism and mutilation have made him one of America's most notorious serial killers. That he killed 13 people by asphyxiation is certain.
Arthur Shawcross, also known as "The Genesee River Killer," was an American serial killer who committed heinous crimes in upstate New York during the late 1980s. Born on June 6, 1945, in Kittery, Maine, Shawcross had a troubled childhood and a history of violent behavior before becoming infamous for his murders.
Early Life and Criminal History
Shawcross had a difficult upbringing, which he later claimed was marked by abuse. In 1972, he was convicted of killing two children in Watertown, New York—10-year-old Jack Owen Blake and 8-year-old Karen Ann Hill. He served only 15 years of a 25-year sentence after being released on parole in 1987. This release sparked controversy, as Shawcross quickly resumed his violent tendencies.
The Genesee River MurdersBetween March 1988 and December 1989
Shawcross murdered at least 11 women, most of whom were sex workers in Rochester, New York. He often dumped their bodies near the Genesee River, leading to his infamous nickname. Shawcross's method of operation included luring his victims, often gaining their trust, before brutally attacking and killing them. His crimes were marked by extreme violence, and he sometimes returned to the crime scenes to mutilate or desecrate the bodies.
Arrest and Conviction
Shawcross was finally apprehended on January 3, 1990, after being spotted by law enforcement near one of the victim's bodies. He confessed to the murders in detail and was convicted of 10 counts of second-degree murder. In 1991, he was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
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True Crime: The Court of Public Opinion - Alexis Knight Investigates - Drones 4 - The Mysterious Drones and Alien Theories
In this special episode of Alexis Knight Investigates, we dive into the latest developments in the ongoing mystery of the global drone phenomenon. Are these drones part of a covert operation, a glimpse into advanced technology, or something far more otherworldly?
Join Alexis Knight as she explores chilling possibilities, including a theory that will make you question humanity’s place in the universe. Could these drones be connected to extraterrestrial life—or even our own future selves? Stick around for three mind-bending scenarios that imagine what could happen if 'they' finally reveal themselves. You won’t want to miss this journey through the unexplained.
Don't miss the drone episodes!
Drones 1
Drones 2
Drones 3
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Stephen McDaniel's First Interview with Macon police after Lauren Giddings' Murder
Stephen McDaniel's first interview with the Macon Police Department. McDaniel later pleaded guilty in the killing of Lauren Giddings, a Mercer University law student. As part of the plea deal, McDaniel was sentenced to life in prison with the chance of parole in 2041.
Macon police interview Stephen McDaniel after Lauren Giddings' disappearance
This is a video of Macon police interviewing Stephen McDaniel for the first time following the disappearance of his fellow Mercer University law student, Lauren Giddings.
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Ronald Gene Simmons "CHRISTMAS FAMILY INCEST MASSACRE" murders
On December 22, 1987, Ronald Gene Simmons began a killing spree that would be the worst mass murder in Arkansas history and the worst crime involving one family in the history of the country. His rampage ended on December 28, 1987, leaving dead fourteen members of his immediate family and two former coworkers.
Ronald Gene Simmons was born on July 15, 1940, in Chicago, Illinois, to Loretta and William Simmons. On January 31, 1943, William Simmons died of a stroke. Within a year, Simmons’s mother married again, this time to William D. Griffen, a civil engineer for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The corps moved Griffen to Little Rock (Pulaski County) in 1946, the first of several transfers that would take the family across central Arkansas over the next decade. On September 15, 1957, Simmons dropped out of school and joined the U.S. Navy. His first station was Bremerton Naval Base in Washington, where he met Bersabe Rebecca “Becky” Ulibarri, whom he married in New Mexico on July 9, 1960.
Over the next eighteen years, the couple had seven children. In 1963, Simmons left the navy and approximately two years later, he joined the air force. During his twenty-two-year military career, Simmons was awarded a Bronze Star, the Republic of Vietnam Cross for his service as an airman, and the Air Force Ribbon for excellent marksmanship. Simmons retired on November 30, 1979, at the rank of master sergeant.
On April 3, 1981, Simmons was being investigated by the Cloudcroft, New Mexico, Department of Human Services for allegations that he had fathered a child with his seventeen-year-old daughter, Sheila. Fearing arrest, Simmons fled first to Ward (Lonoke County) in late 1981 and then to Dover (Pope County) in the summer of 1983. The family took up residence on a thirteen-acre tract of land that would become known as “Mockingbird Hill.” The residence was constructed of two older-model mobile homes joined to form one large home and was surrounded by a makeshift privacy fence, as high as ten feet tall in some places. The home did not have a telephone or indoor plumbing.
Simmons worked a string of low-paying jobs in the nearby town of Russellville (Pope County). He quit a position as an accounts receivable clerk at Woodline Motor Freight after numerous reports of inappropriate sexual advances. He went to work at a Sinclair Mini Mart for approximately a year and a half before quitting on December 18, 1987.
Evidence indicates that Simmons bludgeoned and shot his wife on December 22, 1987. Simmons also bludgeoned and shot his visiting son, twenty-nine-year-old Ronald Gene Simmons Jr. He then strangled his three-year-old granddaughter. All three bodies were later found in a shallow pit Simmons had instructed the children to dig months before for a third family outhouse.
Later the same day, the Dover school bus dropped off the younger Simmons children for their Christmas break from school. Based on crime scene investigation, it is believed the Simmons children (ages seventeen, fourteen, eleven, and eight) were separated and killed individually, by strangulation and/or drowning in a rain barrel. Their bodies, too, were found in the hole for the outhouse.
The older Simmons children had been invited to the Simmons home on December 26, 1987, for an after-Christmas dinner. Twenty-three-year-old William H. Simmons II, his twenty-one-year-old wife, Renata May Simmons, and their twenty-month-old son, all of Fordyce (Dallas County), were likely the first to arrive. William and Renata were shot, and their bodies were left by the dining room table, and covered with their own coats and some bedding. The child was killed and placed into the trunk of a car behind the Simmons home.
Next to arrive were Simmons’s twenty-four-year-old daughter, Sheila, and her husband, thirty-three-year-old Dennis Raymond McNulty, as well as their children, seven-year-old Sylvia (the daughter of Sheila and her father) and twenty-one-month-old Michael. Sheila was shot, and her body was laid on the dining room table and covered with a tablecloth. Simmons shot Dennis and strangled Sylvia. Michael was strangled and placed into the trunk of yet another parked car.
Later this same day, Simmons drove to Russellville, where he stopped at a Sears store and picked up Christmas gifts that had been ordered but had not made it in before the holiday. Later that night, he drove to a private club in Russellville. Then he went home and waited out the weekend.
On Monday, December 28, 1987, Simmons drove a car that had belonged to his son, Ronald Jr., to Russellville. He purchased a second gun from Walmart Inc. His next stop was the Peel, Eddy and Gibbons Law Firm. After entering the building, Simmons shot and killed receptionist/secretary Kathy Cribbins Kendrick.
He next went to the Taylor Oil Company, where he shot and wounded Russell “Rusty” Taylor, the owner of the Sinclair Mini Mart where he had worked, and then shot and killed J. D. (Jim) Chaffin, a fireman and part-time truck driver for Taylor Oil. Simmons shot at and missed another employee before exiting the building. Simmons then went to the Sinclair Mini Mart, where he shot and wounded Roberta Woolery and David Salyer. His last stop was the Woodline Motor Freight company. Simmons located his former supervisor, Joyce Butts, and wounded her in the head and chest. He then took worker Vicky Jackson at gunpoint into the computer office and advised her to phone the police. Simmons allegedly told Jackson: “I’ve come to do what I wanted to do. It’s all over now. I’ve gotten everybody who wanted to hurt me.” He surrendered to Russellville police when they arrived.
Simmons was sent to the Arkansas State Hospital in Little Rock (Pulaski County) for a competency evaluation by staff psychiatrist Dr. Irving Kuo. Kuo found Simmons to be sane and capable of standing trial. Robert E. “Doc” Irwin and John Harris were appointed by the court to represent Simmons. The prosecuting attorney was John Bynum. Jury selection for the first trial took less than six hours. Simmons was convicted on May 12, 1988, in the Franklin County Circuit Court for the deaths of Kendrick and Chaffin. On May 16 Judge John Samuel Patterson sentenced Simmons to death by lethal injection plus 147 years. Simmons refused all rights to appeal.
Simmons was found guilty of fourteen counts of capital murder in the deaths of his family members on February 10, 1989, in the Johnson County Circuit Court, with Judge Patterson presiding. Bynum offered a possible motive when he presented an undated note that was discovered in a safe deposit box at a Russellville bank after Simmons’s arrest. The letter seemed to indicate a strong love/hate relationship between Simmons and his daughter Sheila. After the judge ruled the letter admissible, Simmons lashed out at Bynum, punching him the face, and then unsuccessfully struggled for a deputy’s handgun. Officers rushed him out of the courtroom in chains. Simmons was sentenced to death by lethal injection on March 16, 1989. He again waived all rights to appeal.
KTHV reporter Anne Jensen conducted a series of interviews with Simmons in February and March 1989. On March 1, 1989, Simmons was found competent to waive his rights to appeal his conviction. However the filing of Whitmore v. Arkansas challenged this right. Reverend Louis Franz and Jonas Whitmore contended that Simmons using his right to refuse appeal in fact jeopardized the appellate rights of other death row inmates. By 7–2 vote, the Supreme Court justices threw out this appeal; however, the ongoing legal proceedings had prevented the execution of Simmons from being carried out. Simmons was watching television and eating what he thought would be his last meal when the news of his stay of execution was announced.
On May 31, 1990, Governor Bill Clinton signed Simmons’s second execution warrant for June 25, 1990. This was the quickest sentence-to-execution-to-death time in United States history since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976. Simmons refused all visitors, including legal counsel and clergy. His last words were: “Justice delayed finally be done is justifiable homicide.” No family members claimed the body, so Simmons was buried in a paupers’ plot at Lincoln Memorial Lawn in Varner (Lincoln County).
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Julie Schenecker | Murdered Her Own Children | Police Interrogation
The Schenecker double homicide occurred on January 27, 2011; 16-year-old Calyx and 13-year-old Beau Schenecker were found dead by police at their home in Tampa, Florida. Their mother, Julie Powers Schenecker, was arrested on suspicion of their murder after an alleged confession.
On January 29, Schenecker was admitted to Tampa General Hospital, but was released the next day. She was charged with two counts of first-degree murder, and indicted by grand jury on February 9. Seven days later, she entered a plea of not guilty, with her legal team indicating they would pursue a defense on the grounds of insanity. Parker Schenecker divorced his wife in May 2011, and subsequently filed a civil lawsuit for wrongful deaths, following dispute over distribution of the family's assets.
Julie Schenecker's criminal trial began on April 28, 2014. She was found guilty of first-degree murder and was sentenced to two concurrent life terms in prison on May 15, 2014.
On January 28, 2011, police visited the property after receiving a call from Schenecker's mother, who expressed concern at not being able to reach her daughter. Officers found Beau Schenecker in a sport utility vehicle in the garage and Calyx Schenecker in her bedroom; both had been shot with a .38 revolver and covered with blankets. Julie Schenecker was found unconscious on the rear porch covered in blood.
Police stated that Schenecker admitted to killing her children because they "talked back and were mouthy". A police statement said, "She described the crimes in detail." A note was allegedly found in the house describing a plan to murder her children and commit suicide. According to the arrest affidavit, Beau was shot twice in the head on January 27 while being driven by his mother from soccer practice. Schenecker then drove home and killed Calyx in her room as she was doing her homework on her computer. The revolver had been purchased five days before the killings. Calyx was found on her bed covered by a blanket.
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Serial Killer Elizabeth Wettlaufer's FULL Confession to Police CHILLING!
Ontario Provincial Police conducted a 2½-hour-long
interview on Oct. 5, 2016, in which the former nurse described the
killing of patients in her care.
Elizabeth Tracy Mae Wettlaufer, born June 10, 1967, is a convicted Canadian serial killer and former registered nurse. Between 2007 and 2016, she murdered eight senior citizens and attempted to kill six others in southwestern Ontario, making her one of Canada's most notorious serial killers.
Wettlaufer's method involved administering lethal doses of insulin to her victims, exploiting her position of trust within the healthcare system. Her crimes went undetected for years, partly due to systemic failures in monitoring and reporting within the facilities where she worked. It was only after she voluntarily confessed to her actions that authorities became aware of the extent of her crimes.
In 2017, Wettlaufer was sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole for 25 years. Her case prompted widespread public inquiry and led to significant scrutiny of healthcare practices in Canada, resulting in recommendations aimed at preventing such tragedies in the future.
Wettlaufer's actions have been analyzed in various studies exploring healthcare professional criminality and competence, highlighting the importance of thorough background checks and the need for vigilance in the medical field to prevent similar occurrences
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Anthony Palma Child Killer 30 Year Cold Case Police interrogation
Neighbor is arrested for 1997 murder of Oklahoma girl, 8 - after he VOLUNTEERED a DNA sample that matched
Anthony Palma, 56, has been charged with the first-degree murder and kidnapping of Kirsten Hatfield
The eight-year-old girl went missing from her Midwest City, Oklahoma, home on May 14, 1997
Her body has never been recovered - if she were alive today, she'd be 26
DNA found on the windowsill of her bedroom and a pair of her underwear recovered from backyard led to Palma's arrest 18 years after the crime
Police say DNA test results showed a match of one in 293 sextillion
Palma served more than a year in prison for assault in the 1980s
An Oklahoma man has been arrested in connection to the cold-case disappearance of his eight-year-old neighbor who was abducted from her bedroom in 1997.
Investigators used DNA to link Anthony Palma, 56, to the murder of Kirsten Hatfield, who was reported missing from her Midwest City home on May 14, 1997.
An affidavit said Palma gave a DNA sample willingly in June to investigators who were following up on the case. Results showed a match of one in 293 sextillion.
Kirsten is presumed dead, although her body has never been found. If she were alive today, she would be 26.
Palma was arrested Monday on charges of first-degree murder and kidnapping, according to the affidavit, which was released on Tuesday by Midwest City Police Chief Brandon Clabes.
Clabes said investigators are searching Palma's home for any evidence. The suspect lives two houses away from where Kirsten's family lived in 1997.
Police tape could be seen around Palma's property on Monday night.
The request for his arrest warrant, which was issued Friday by Midwest City Police Detective Darrell Miller, stated: 'There have been no verified sightings or contact from Kirsten since May ... of 1997. Therefore, it can be concluded that she was killed shortly after her abduction.
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