Angela McAnulty Other News. Kidnapped and murdered the wife of a bank executive. Murdered his ex-wife, Susan Newman, 37, of Eldorado, and his estranged wife, Mary Sue Leger, 39, of Ridgway, Sept. 4, 1987. Stabbed and shot elderly woman Eva Olesen during a burglary of her. 34) Domingo Perez, 30. Choked, stabbed and stomped to death his girlfriend, Cheryl Block, 32, and her sister, Anne Waters, 29, Feb. 14, 1980, near Danville, after quarreling with Block for attending a male strip show. Carpenter is known as the Trailside Killer. Initially sentenced to death for three murders, but the death sentences for the first two murders were later changed to life sentences. Velma Barfield was convicted in 1978 of poisoning several members of her family. Kidnapped and helped bury elderly couple Carol and James "Reggie" Sumner (Her former neighbors in South Carolina) alive. Photo: Lucinda Devlin/Galerie m Bochum. Wright, diagnosed later as suffering from a psychosexual disorder, testified that he broke in searching for women`s shoes. 15: March 3, 2010 Edward Tenney, for killing a 24-year-old Aurora man during a robbery. Real Times Media. 8: Sept. 25, 2006 Dion Banks, for killing a woman during a carjacking. Following the names in parenthesis are the year of arrest and year of exoneration. Stabbed four people to death to eliminate witnesses to a Sept. 24, 1986, break-in at a West Side Chicago Housing Authority apartment. As of July 1, 2022, there were 2,394 death row inmates in the United States. Kidnappings, rapes and murders of Harriet Simmons and Betty McConnell, committed four months apart in 1979. Photo Caption: Illinois Sen. Kwame Raoul, D-Chicago, left, and Illinois Rep. Karen Yarbrough, D-Broadview, right, celebrate after Illinois Gov. Here is a look at the 184 inmates currently on Texas' death row. A member of the same gang, he was convicted for the kidnapping, murder and mutilation of Lorraine Borowski, 21, of Elmhurst, May 15, 1982. A problematic conviction and rejected appeals led to her case being covered in the 2020 documentary. Authorities also found four other bodies in the Des Plaines River, where Gacy said he had thrown them. A sixth woman was also attacked by Parker. 71) Stanley BoClair, 32. The fire caused at least $1.2 billion in damages. Fatally shot his brother, his future brother-in-law, and two of his brother's friends. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman). . [3], Comparatively, it is estimated that 4.2% of American adults have a serious mental illness.[5]. 10: Aug. 8, 2007 Rodney Adkins, for killing an Oak Park woman after breaking into her home. Spencer shot all three officers and testified that he acted alone, but his alleged accomplice, On July 12, 2011, police officers were called to ten-year-old Ame Deal's home, where she was found dead in a small foot locker, having. Murder of fellow inmate Xavier Rodriguez in 2013. He ambushed the teens on Interstate Highway 55 after their car became disabled. But Eyler was released by a judge who ruled police illegally obtained evidence in that case. Abduction, rape, and murder of 19-year-old Stacie Stites. 17 August 2020. CHICAGO . Murdered his girlfriend Dennise Hayslip and her lover, Darren Cain. Kidnapped Michelle Thompson, 21, outside a Gurnee bar, then raped and strangled her Feb. 4, 1984. Shot Tony Long, 18, to death May 29, 1983, on the South Side while stealing Long`s radio. Murdered Chicago police rookie James Doyle, 34, Feb. 5, 1982, on a South Side bus as Doyle and his partner tried to arrest Hope for suspicion of burglary. Tribune researcher Barbara Sherlock contributed to this list. Joseph Burrows (1988, 1994) Perry Cobb (1977, 1986) Rolando Cruz (1983, 1995) Nathson Fields (1986, 2009) Gary Gauger (1994, 1996) Alejandro Hernandez (1983, 1995) Madison Hobley (1987, 2003) Stanley Howard (1984, 2003) Verneal Jimerson (1985, 1996) Ronald Jones (1985, 1999) Ronald Kitchen (1990, 2009) Carl Lawson (1989, 1996) Leroy Orange (1984, 2003) Aaron Patterson (1986, 2003) Anthony Porter (1982, 1999) Steven Smith(1985, 1999)Gabriel Solache, (1998, 2017) Gordon (Randy) Steidl (1987, 2004) Darby Tillis (1977, 1986) Dennis Williams (1978, 1996), Bluhm Legal Clinic Northwestern Pritzker School of Law 375 East Chicago Avenue, Chicago, IL 60611-3069 Phone: 312.503.8576. Morales's cousin, Richard Ortega, hired him to murder Winchell, Ortega's male lover's girlfriend. Wheat`s murder began a seven-week killing spree in which Coleman and an accomplice murdered eight women and girls in Illinois, Ohio and Indiana. At the time, Kell was serving a life sentence in Nevada for the 1986 murder of 21-year-old. Shot and killed Gwendolyn Whipple, 21, who was nine months` pregnant, after breaking into her South Side apartment and raping her July 6, 1982. 40) Charles Walker, 50. The prisoners below, listed with their current ages and in order of their sentencings, are in various stages of appealing their cases. Taylor's cousin, George Wade, was sentenced to life imprisonment. He was about to be released by the police when he admitted to committing the crime. Fifteen prisoners awaited execution in Illinois, all sentenced after former Gov. Was assigned lethal injection as his method of execution. Odle told police that he was tired of his parents ''comin` down on my case'' about alcohol and drug abuse. 9: May 23, 2007 Daniel Ramsey, after conviction for raping and killing a girl, shooting to death another girl and hurting three other people. Edenfield is the oldest death row inmate in Georgia. Copyright 2023 WLS-TV. Serial killer from 1997 to 2003, killed twelve people. Rape and murder of 31-year-old Miguela Burhans in her. George Ryan cleared death row in January 2003. Though 12 percent of the state's residents are black, 45 percent of death row inmates are. Shot dead two 8-year-old students and wounded another seven, a teacher and a gym coach. Suff and his ex-wife were previously convicted of beating their infant daughter to death. Raped, stabbed and strangled neighbor Lillian LaCrosse, 25, of Addison, April 18, 1985. Raped and murdered Armanda Kay Burns, 25, April 22, 1983, in her Peoria apartment. Lisa Ann Coleman, left, and Wendi Andriano, right, are two notable women who have served on death row. 2: April 26, 2004 Ricardo Harris, after conviction for killing two Oak Lawn liquor store employees and hurting two people during a robbery. Murdered two people in separate burglaries. Pat Quinn signed legislation abolishing the death penalty in Illinois at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield, Wednesday, March 9, 2011. Fatally shot friend David Smith, 29, Dec. 17, 1985, on the South Side in exchange for $4,000 from a drug dealer. Shot gas station attendant Gregory McAnarney, 31, to death Sept. 3, 1988, during a robbery in Farmersville. 115) James Tenner, 46. After numerous trial delays, a jury convicted Merritt in June 2019. Murder of 16-year-old hitchhiker Joshan Ashbrook. Raped, stabbed, strangled and/or mutilated at least twelve sex workers between 1986 and 1991. PHOTOS: Women on death row. The prison also has a medium security unit that houses medium to minimum security inmates and is classified as Level 3. Browse 100 illinois state penitentiary photos and images available, or start a new search to explore more photos and images. Killed his estranged wife Judy Robird Smith and her two sons, Chad and Jason Burnett. Moss is the only woman on death row in Georgia. Murdered the man he suspected of raping his girlfriend's daughter. George Ryan cleared death row in January 2003. Marilyn Mulero Due to the high number of North Carolina death row inmates, only prisoners with Wikipedia pages are listed in this article. Stabbed and strangled elderly couple, Clarence and Lillian James, at their home in. The bodies were tied with weights and dumped in a reservoir near. Due to the high number of federal death row inmates, only prisoners with Wikipedia pages are listed in this article. Abduction and murder of 25-year-old Joana Rodriguez to steal her newborn son. Wood is also a suspect in the disappearances of three other young girls and women. Pat Quinn signs . He was given an additional life sentence for killing the unborn child of one of the victims, Murdered and dismembered Hungarian couple, Frank Griga and his girlfriend Krisztina Furton, during an. Upset because he thought his girlfriend, Jacqueline Simmons, of Aurora, was ''messing around'' with other men, he beat her to death with a baseball bat Jan. 9, 1985. Two of Pike's accomplices were also sentenced; Tadaryl Shipp was given life without parole plus 25 years, while Shadolla Peterson was sentenced to. Eddie Williams is serving 20 years, and Javier Cortez, Raul's brother, was sentenced to four years in prison. In October 2017, he appealed death sentence with arguments whether he is, He sued the Kentucky State Department of Corrections on the grounds that execution by lethal injection using the cocktail prescribed by Kentucky law constitutes, Kidnapped, robbed and shot two 17-year-old. Fatally shot Oliver Ridgell, 42, in his car May 20, 1984, on the South Side after Ridgell refused to light Howard`s cigarette. 15 men on Illinois death row. Strangled 8-year-old Toni Neuner and raped her corpse, and repeatedly stabbed her grandmother, Betty Dick. 59) Darryl Simms, 29. Convicted in the ''Good Samaritan'' slaying of Mimi Covert, 30, of Petersburg, Jan. 16, 1985. Fatally shot Anthony Townsend, 17, during a Feb. 21, 1980, home invasion in Joliet. Raped and stabbed to death Kimberly Boyd, 15, following a South Side party July 12, 1986. 23) Tafford Holman, 41. 125) Robert Todd, 28. He had previously been convicted for the murder of a woman in Washington State and was serving a 25-year sentence. He has been on Oklahoma's death row for 24 years for a crime he did not commit and is now scheduled to be executed on May 18th. The weapons used were a paring knife, a butcher knife, a grapefruit knife, and a fork. A full list is externally linked: Note: On May 30, 2019, the state Senate voted to override Governor Chris Sununu's veto on a bill that abolished the state's death penalty 168. Prior to 1970, this facility was known as the Southern Illinois Penitentiary, and it once housed Illinois' death row. March 9, 2011. In 1971, Fredd had testified against Stewart in an armed-robbery case. She is also suspected of suffocating her infant daughter with a. While in custody, Kidd was sentenced to death a second time after confessing to setting a fire Oct. 28, 1980, at a South Side apartment building in which 10 children, ages 7 months to 17 years, were killed. 103) David Smith, 27. 61 and 62) Verneal Jimerson, 38, and Dennis Williams, 33. Stabbed his father, mother, two brothers and a sister to death Nov. 8, 1985, in Mt. Pollard has been diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia. 52) Ronald Barrow, 31. One of these convictions was overturned but he remains on death row for the other one. Shot and killed his girlfriend's ex-husband, Ted Price. Posing as a repairman, he tortured and fatally stabbed retired carpenter Folke Petersen, 72, in his South Side apartment June 7, 1983. His original death sentence was overturned, but he was found guilty in a second trial in 2015. 92) Tyrone Strickland, 25. A jury deliberated for 1 hour 14 minutes before recommending the death penalty, one of the shortest death penalty deliberations in Orange County history. Edwards had hoped to extort ransom from Small`s family. See also. White was initially convicted and sentenced to death for two other murders committed between June and July 1983, but his sentence was overturned and he was resentenced to 29 years imprisonment. Myers became the youngest inmate on death row in Ohio at the time of his sentence. 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Due to this fluctuation as well as lag and inconsistencies in inmate reporting procedures across jurisdictions, the . Dawson had responded to a call of two men lurking near a Wheeling apartment complex. The Illinois Supreme Court ruled Friday that a governor had the power to commute the sentences of all 167 death row inmates before he left office last year. Fatally shot Rockford grocer William Fredd, 54, and stockboy Albert Pearson, 20, Jan. 27, 1981. Abducted, raped, and killed four women between 1999 and 2000. Pat Quinn also commuted the sentences of all 15 inmates remaining on death row. Fatally bludgeoned Benjamin Gibons, 62, and his wife, Sybil, 60, with a hammer July 29, 1982, in their Skokie home. Nine murders committed between 1979 and 1994. Here are the dates the inmates were placed on death row, followed by their name and a brief description of the crime for which they were convicted: 1: Feb. 27, 2003 Anthony Mertz, for the rape, killing and mutilation of an Eastern Illinois University student. A full list is externally linked: Due to the high number of Oklahoma death row inmates, only prisoners with Wikipedia pages are listed in this article. The murders were the first of six Stewart committed within a week in Rockford and Beloit, Wis., during robberies. 111) Robert Melock, 24. 12) Walter Stewart, 35. Raped and strangled Carolyn Lewis, 34, on Dec. 9, 1986, on the South Side. 76) Clarence Hayes, 38. He was released on December 11, 1997, but was sentenced to death on November 9, 1999, after he confessed to murdering Terry Sims. Stabbed two people Aug. 13, 1979, inside a South Side lounge during a robbery, then set fire to the building, killing one of the stabbing victims, Delinda Byrd, 22. Shot and killed Bernard Bowen, 26; Lonnie Davis, 27; Johnetta Eady, 33; and Helen Annette Singleton, 19; in a drug-related robbery June 12, 1985, in Springfield. Benson is serving 135 years imprisonment for two unrelated sexual assaults, and police believe he might be responsible for further crimes. Murder by arson of the two children of his girlfriend, 8-year-old Alyssa and 5-year-old Caleb Lynch. Prosecutors alleged that Carty orchestrated the crime, which was committed by three masked men who abducted Rodriguez and her son. An Illinois woman who was sentenced to death without a trial as a result of a false confession coerced by a disgraced Chicago detective has been exonerated after 29 years. Gordon's accomplice, fellow sex offender Franc Cano, pleaded guilty to four murders and was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Fatally belt-whipped his 3 1/2-year-old daughter, Jasmine James, Oct. 24, 1984, on the South Side after she refused to go to sleep. While in Pontiac state prison for robbery, he fatally stabbed prison cook Frieda King, 50, Feb. 8, 1983. While on Death Row for that killing, he was sentenced to death again after confessing to the May 1984 stabbing and mutilation of Cherry Wilson, 36, in her West Side home. Killed two people in an attempt to fund his 2010 wedding and honeymoon. A drug dealer who believed Gibson was a police informant paid Griffin $2,500 in cash and cocaine to carry out the execution. The other three men were arrested, but only Carty was prosecuted for. Used a hammer to fatally bludgeon Arfrazia Hodges, 38, Dec. 18, 1980, during a home invasion and robbery in Kankakee. 72) Andrew Johnson, 26. 85) Paul West, 30. With Smith`s sentence, Illinois will have three Death Rows in operation. 5: August 17, 2004 Andrew Urdiales, for the murder of a 21-year-old Hammond woman. Raped and strangled four women in April 1984. Two of Cole's companions, Michael James Jackson and Alan Wade, were also sentenced to death. 1) John Szabo, 32. 121) Renaldo Hudson, 26. Shot high school music teacher Mark Schwebes. Henderson stabbed Boyd 37 times and ran over her three times in a car. A full list is externally linked: Due to the high number of South Carolina death row inmates, only prisoners with Wikipedia pages are listed in this article. 67) Robert Turner, 31. Raped and murdered Jeanine Nicarico, 10, of Naperville Feb. 25, 1983, after abducting her from her Naperville home. 55) James Foster, 37. 82) William Franklin, 51. During the early morning hours of October 8, 2000, Wendi Andriano bludgeoned her 33-year-old husband Joe to death with a bar stool and stabbed him in the neck with a thirteen-inch knife in the couple's. Murder of his wife and five children at their home. The crimes were committed while he was on. 122) Rolando Cruz, 27. Pat Quinn signs legislation abolishing the death penalty in Illinois and commutes 15 Illinois inmates on death row to sentences of life without parole. 113) Howard Wiley, 44. A full list is externally linked: Due to the high number of Texas death row inmates, only prisoners with Wikipedia pages or part of a criminal enterprise with a separate Wikipedia page are listed in this article. A jury of 8 men and 4 women returned a death sentence in 6 hours after hearing two weeks of testimony in 2011 on the death of Jeanette Maples at the hands of her mother, Angela McAnulty. Total number executed: 135 (1916 to present), On death row: 109 (as of November16, 2022, On death row: 30 (as of November21, 2020, On death row: 64 (as of September30, 2021, On death row: 15 (as of February21, 2023, This page was last edited on 29 April 2023, at 14:57. One half of the Speed Freak Killers along with. CHICAGO . 1 of 12. Both defendants, who are half-brothers, were sentenced to death. In 1998, Hughes was originally sentenced to life without parole. Published. Murdered three people at a restaurant where she worked as a. Please help this . Ng is believed to have raped, tortured and murdered between 11 and 25 victims with his accomplice, Raped and murdered 13-year-old Tammy Jarschke and 14-year-old Tanya Jones in 1981, and 15-year-old Kathy Graves in 1989. There are 126 men facing the death penalty in the state-68 inmates at Pontiac Correctional Center and 58 inmates at Menard . Murdered his parents, two of his cousins, and his 2-year-old nephew. Stabbed Willie Robinson, 44, Nov. 26, 1985, during a sexual assault on Robinson`s niece. A full list is externally linked: Due to the high number of Kentucky death row inmates, only prisoners with Wikipedia pages are listed in this article. Murdered his girlfriend and her family in their home. Murdered his girlfriend Laura Ling, and library patron Henry Lee Turner. Strangled six sex workers, including a male crossdresser, then had anal sex with their corpses. Pizzuto was ultimately found guilty on three charges: Grand theft, robbery and first-degree murder, for which he was sentenced, respectively, to 14 years in prison, life in prison and death . 18/18. Merritt was convicted of torturing and murdering his business partner, Joseph McStay, Joseph's wife Summer, and their two young sons. Manning was sentenced to death for two separate double murders. He became the youngest person on death row in Florida at the time of his sentence. 101) Harry Gosier, 29. Murdered his wife, two of his three daughters, his mother in-law, her two daughters, and his work supervisor. 53 and 54) Leroy Orange, 39, and his half-brother, Leonard Kidd, 31. McKnight had previously served seven years in a juvenile detention center for shooting and killing a man in 1992. He has denied responsibility for the crimes and has repeatedly attempted to have his sentence overturned, but so far has been unsuccessful. Robbie will be missed. A drifter from Texas, he smothered and stabbed Roy Pendleton, 68, of Troy, Feb. 8, 1990, after appearing at Pendleton`s apartment and asking to use the bathroom. They also shot Tiede's husband, who survived, and attempted to set him on fire. Kirkland previously served sixteen years for the beating, choking and burning murder of his girlfriend. Kidnapped and murdered Larry Lionberg, 29, and his fiance, Carol Schmal, 24, May 11, 1978, in Ford Heights. I would like to thank all of the men on death row who have showed me love throughout the years. [1] The number of death row inmates changes frequently with new convictions, appellate decisions overturning conviction or sentence alone, commutations, or deaths (through execution or otherwise). The undercover agent and Zeman eventually agreed on a price of $10,000 for the murder of Moore, the agent said. Current Gov. In January 1993, Luna burgled Djerf's apartment. Believed to be responsible for other murders in different states, including his former neighbor, who was murdered in 1993 in. 1.6% of death row prisoners since 1972 have been formally exonerated and released. Murders of four women from October to November of 1986 during robberies. Both men were undocumented Mexican citizens. Their remains were found in November 2013 and Merritt was charged in November 2014. 16) Derrick King, 33. 14) Girvies Davis, 32. States and the date of abolition of capital punishment: Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. RM2D49CW4 - Exonerated death row inmate Albert Ronnie Burrell (L) walks with death penalty activist Roberto Ramerez as they carry a letter to Illinois Governor George Ryan asking that he commute the sentences of all Illinois death row inmates to life without parole, in Chicago, December 16, 2002. Serial killer known as "The Crackhead Killer". 4: June 16, 2004 Cecil Sutherland, for sexually assaulting and killing a 10-year-old Marion County girl. However, in 2003, then-Governor, George Ryan granted clemency to all Illinois death row inmates and closed the "Condemned Unit." All the original buildings were constructed by prison labor in the mid-1800s. Kidnapped and strangled 5-year-old Alexandra Flores. Smith was scheduled to be executed on April 21, 2022. It has been estimated that over 10% of death row inmates have a mental illness. After putting his 7-year-old niece in an upstairs bedroom to protect her, he loaded his. 96) Lawrence Jackson, 27. Rogers was also sentenced to death in California for the murder of Sandra Gallagher, and is. Twelve counts of murder in aid of racketeering and one count of retaliating against a witness by murder. Brown then made numerous calls to the, Murder of four women and one man in 19791980 on hiking trails near. Robert Taylor, 44, Sept. 3, 1987, in retaliation for the death of another prisoner who swallowed a bag of cocaine during a struggle with guards searching his cell. 93) Danny Edwards, 33. Still, the mandatory use of prolonged isolation for death row inmates is widespread in the U.S. Of the 2,802 state prisoners currently condemned to death, 61 percent are isolated for 20 hours or more a day, according to a Marshall Project survey of state corrections officials. In the quarter century between restoration and abolition of the Illinois death penalty (pdf); 298 men and women were sentenced to death in Illinois. Also serving six life sentences for the same murders, and a seventh for a third murder committed in 1987. Vance was tried separately and sentenced to 190 years. Outgoing Illinois Gov. Aug 11, 2022. Grid View. While serving a life term for murder, he murdered fellow Menard inmate Lucas Gonzales, 37, Nov. 6, 1988, in a gang dispute. Abduction, rape, and murder of 15-year-old Susan Louise Jordan. 65) Jimmie Tye, 33. Shot two men, and a mother and daughter on May 1, 2013. In a jealous rage, he shot and killed Donna Sauls, 49, and Alvin Smith, 41, Sept. 2, 1987, in a South Chicago Heights garage. 58) Johnnie Evans, 39. Murdered three women and girls from 1992 to 1993. A full list is externally linked: Due to the high number of Mississippi death row inmates, only prisoners with Wikipedia pages are listed in this article. Raped, strangled and burned the bodies of four females between 2006 and 2009. Roberts is the only woman on Ohio's death row. The full list is externally linked: Twenty-three states have abolished capital punishment.