Christopher Payne is a Mexican American
on death row in the state of Arizona. He was convicted on 03/31/2009.
Crime
According to the DOC, In January of
2002, Payne married Jamie Hallam. They had two children, Tyler, born
in 2001 and Ariana, born in 2002. Shortly after Ariana was born,
Payne and Jaime divorced and she got sole custody of the children.
Jamie had been investigated by CPS for reports of meth use and
domestic violence and in 2006, CPS agreed that the children be in
Payne's custody. At that time, Payne and his girlfriend Reina
Gonzalez had an apartment together, and He was both heroin addicts.
In February of 2007, there was a delinquent storage unit at a Tucson
storage facility called U-Store-It, and the manager opened the unit
and cleared the contents. There was a large Rubbermaid tub with a
foul smell in the unit which the manager decided to throw in the
dumpster. When she did, the lid opened and bugs flew out; there was a
bag with liquid in it. The manager called police and they
subsequently determined that the tub contained the remains of
4-year-old Ariana. The police investigation led to the arrests of
both Payne and his girlfriend Reina. Initially, Reina told police she
had no knowledge of the deaths. Reina eventually pled guilty to two
counts of second degree murder and her testimony at trial revealed
that Tyler and Ariana were severely abused, neglected, beaten,
starved, and locked in the closet for long periods of time while she
and Payne abused heroin. When Payne found Ariana lifeless one
evening, and after failing to resuscitate her, he put Ariana in the
closet and he and Reina went to abuse more heroin. In September of
2006, Chris paid a drug acquaintance to rent a storage unit where the
remains of Ariana were ultimately found. Tyler's remains were never
found. Chris was sentenced to death for the two murders. Reina was
sentenced to two consecutive 22 year terms.
Address
ASPC-F CENTRAL D/RW
Christopher Payne 242196
PO Box 8200
Florence, AZ 85132
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