"I Dee (Maraglino) do hereby give to Ivan (Perez) all my grudges and revenge from my birth till now. I release my anger and entrust justice into Ivan's hands. I accept Ivan will decide, design, and dispense the measure of retribution he deems appropriate to my enemies, tormenters, and violators.” Killgore died from prolonged ligature strangulation, and evidence that defendants engaged in breath play, rope play, choking, and prolonged strangulation was highly probative of their BD...

Nine-year-old Rowan Ford was killed in November 2007. Her body was found in a cave in McDonald County, Missouri a week after she was reported missing from her Stella home. Rowan's step-father, David Spears, and his friend, Christopher Collings, are charged with the child's rape and murder. Prosecutors say the men killed Rowan to cover up her abduction and rape. Prosecutors filed information regarding circumstances that would allow a jury to recommend the death penalty...

James Hutto was sentenced to death by the State of Mississippi for the murder of an elderly woman. According to court documents James Hutto would befriend the victim, eighty-one-year-old Ethel W. Simpson, and after going to a casino together the woman was murdered. James Hutto was arrested, convicted and sentenced to death.

Steven Ray Newell was sentenced to death by the State of Arizona for the sexual assault and murder of an eight year old girl. According to court documents Steven Newell would abduct eight-year-old Elizabeth Ann Byrd who would be sexually assaulted and murdered. Steven Newell would be arrested, convicted and sentenced to death. On May 23, 2001, Elizabeth Byrd, an 8-year old, headed to school from her mother’s trailer at approximately 8:00 a.m. Steven Newell approached Elizabeth ...

The Wichita Massacre, also known as The Wichita Horror, was a murder/ assault/ rape/ robbery spree perpetrated by brothers Reginald and Jonathan Carr against several people in the city of Wichita, Kansas in the winter of 2000. The Carrs killed five people and a dog. The crimes shocked Wichitans, and purchases of guns, locks, and home security systems subsequently skyrocketed in the city. The brothers were tried, convicted and sentenced to death in October 2002. Although it ...

Stacey Eugene Johnson is a death row inmate in Arkansas who was convicted of the murder of Carol Heath in a 1993 home invasion. He has maintained his innocence and has been seeking new DNA tests that he believes could clear him of the charges. In June 2023, a federal appeals court ruled that Johnson may sue the state of Arkansas in his push to have new DNA tests run. Johnson posits that DNA evidence may implicate Heath's boyfriend, Brandon Ramsey, as her actual killer. He has spent...

Steven J. Duffey (b. August 16, 1961 | age 1963) was sentenced to death by the State of Pennsylvania for the murder of a coworker. Steven Duffey according to court documents would stab to death a 19yo female coworker in a bathroom at a store where both were employed. Steven Duffey would be arrested; convicted of first degree murder and robbery; and sentenced to death.

Matthew Ogden, who was arrested in 2015 in connection with the death of his month-old daughter, pleaded guilty to reckless child abuse resulting in death. That is a felony with a plea deal stipulation of 30 to 40 years in prison. Ogden faced life in prison on the original first-degree murder charge. The defense said during sentencing that Sarah’s skull fracture came about when Ogden was carrying her out of the bedroom and banged her head on a doorjamb. He said at differe...

The calmness I was telling you about, I still have it. I love you all. I just want you to know that I’m all right. Make sure momma knows. All right? Jermaine, I love you, too, man. You are Mario’s uncle? Correct? I just want you to know that I wronged your family. I received nothing, I was not paid. I took his life for the love of a friend.

Alicia Goemaat, who lived with the toddler's father, his son, and her own toddler, was charged with second-degree murder. On September 27, 2015, police responded to a 911 call from the couple's home in West Seattle and discovered the man's toddler son dead. An investigation was launched after detectives discovered blood and bruises on the child. The MEO determined that the toddler, 17-month-old Drue Lehto, had "substantial abdominal trauma that included a transection of his small bowel, l...

Stop and let the child off!! Kimmy drove the Blazer over a concrete median. Jake slammed into the median, which caused him to bounce up as high as the top of the back window. Driving even faster, over 80 miles per hour. Kimmy got out of the Blazer and looked at Jake's body. Kimmy stated, “I didn't do that,” and reentered the Blazer. The total distance between where the strip mall and where Kimmy was apprehended was about four and a half miles. Jake was pronou...

Robert Consalvo was sentenced to death by the State of Florida for the murder and robbery of Lorraine Pezza. According to court documents Robert Consalvo and Lorraine Pezza went to an ATM together. After she withdrew money, Robert Consalvo would steal part of it. When Lorraine Pezza attempted to change her locks, she would disappear. Robert Consalvo would use her debit card later that day and be seen driving around in a vehicle that looked like Lorraine Pezza's. Robert Consalvo would be arrested...

Anthony Balaam (born July 9, 1965), known as “The Trenton Strangler”, is an American serial killer who raped and murdered four prostitutes between 1994 and 1996 in Trenton, New Jersey, luring them with sex-for-drugs encounters. Anthony was captured after his would-be fifth victim escaped, and he was later given a life sentence in 2001 for his crimes.i Anthony, 30 at the time of his arrest, showed no remorse and “came off as a nice guy”, “a ‘Yes. Sir. No Sir’ kind o...

Shawna Forde was part of an underground network of people who wanted to stop people from illegally entering the country or at least that is what they told people. According to court documents Shawna Forde and Jason Bush would force their way into a home where they would murder a man and his nine year old daughter and attempted to murder the child’s mother. Of course police would learn that Shawna Forde and Jason Bush were actually looking for drugs and money. The pair would go to court ...

Dan Wilson killed Lutz after she drove him home from a bar in Elyria. Somehow—Wilson said he didn't know how—Lutz ended up in the trunk of her black Oldsmobile Cutlass after they left the bar and went to Wilson's house. Wilson let Lutz out briefly after she begged to use the restroom, but forced her back into the trunk even though she promised to forget the ordeal if he ran away. Wilson then set the punctured gas tank on fire and walked off while Lutz burned to death. Wilson claimed h...

William Kessler Sapp (born William Kessler Lilly; March 22, 1962 | age 61) is an American serial killer and rapist who committed the murders of three women and girls in Springfield, Ohio, in 1992 and 1993, the attempted murder of another, and a possible fourth murder in Florida. Sapp was detained for the murders only in 1996, after already being imprisoned for an earlier rape. He was sentenced to death on October 21, 1999, and is currently awaiting execution at the Chillicothe Correctiona...

On May 15, 1999, Andi Brewer was reported missing from her home, near Mena, in western Arkansas. She was last seen leaving her house in a small red pickup truck. Police initially thought that Andi may have run away from home. After a day or so, however, they decided that was unlikely, and they called in the FBI and the Arkansas State Police to help investigate. They first looked for people known to the family that drove small red pickup trucks. The only two people who fit that description...

Walter Ogrod is an American man who was convicted and sentenced to death for the July 12, 1988, sexual assault and murder of four-year-old Barbara Jean Horn in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. According to police, Ogrod confessed to Horn’s murder four years after it occurred, but in 2020 the "confession" was recognized to be false. On June 5 of that year, Ogrod’s conviction was vacated by the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas and he was ordered to be released from prison. He had spent thr...

In Collier County Florida on 11/4/2016, Gary Cherelus was sentenced to 20 years in prison for two counts of human trafficking and two counts of tampering with a witness. Cherelus was also declared a sexual predator after pleading no contest to the charges. Cherelus coerced his victims with threats, violence and drugs to get them to engage in prostitution. He was part of an organized criminal enterprise profiting from the sexual exploitation of his victims.

 A jury convicted Johnny Johnson of first-degree murder and recommended a sentence of death. The jury also convicted him of armed criminal action, kidnapping, and attempted forcible rape and recommended life sentences for these crimes. … outrageously and wantonly vile ...