John Yancey Schmitt | Murdered a security guard in the commission of a bank robbery | Autographed Letter/Envelope Signed | Pmk 2 November 2006 | Executed 9 November 2006 | UNOPENED

John Yancey Schmitt. ALS. Pmk: 02 NOV 2006. Executed on 9 November 2006. UNOPENED. Contents unknown. Pristine.

• Classification: Murderer
• Characteristics: Bank robbery
• Number of victims: 1
• Date of murder: February 17, 1999
• Date of arrest: 2 days after
• Date of birth: July 15, 1973
• Victim profile: Earl Shelton Dunning (security guard)
• Method of murder: Shooting
• Location: Chesterfield County, Virginia, USA
• Status: Executed by lethal injection in Virginia on November 9, 2006 (age 33)

The Murder

Earl Shelton Dunning had retired from the United States Army after over 20 years of service, and was hired as a security guard at a bank shortly after a robbery one month before. He had 3 children and was engaged to be married.

Schmitt had robbed the bank, netting $35,000 in January 1999 and came back for more in March. He entered wearing sunglasses, pulled a handgun and shot Dunning, then directed the tellers to give him money, threatening to kill everyone.

The bank's security camera system recorded photographs of Schmitt approaching the end of the teller counter and standing at a teller window holding a bag and pointing a gun.

Two days later, police arrested Schmitt staying at a local hotel under an alias. Inside the room was found over $27,000 in cash with bank bands, as well as a handgun, which was identified by firearms experts as the murder weapon.¹

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