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Fred Furnish, Kentucky

Fred FurnishFred Furnish is an inmate on death row in the state of Kentucky. He was born 12/24/67

Crime

Furnish was sentenced to death on july 8 1999 in Kenton county for the murder of Ramona Jean Williamson. On June 25 1998 furnish entered into Mrs. Williamson's Crestview Hills home and strangled the victim to death. After killing Mrs. Williamson Furnish used her debit cards to withdraw money from her bank accounts. The jury also found Furnish guilty of robbery burglary theft and receiving stolen money by fraud. Furnish who had several convictions for theft and burglary spent nearly a dozen years behind bars in Kentucky and Indiana. Each time he was released he soon returned to prison for another burglary. By the time he was released in April 1997 he had hit a prison guard adding an assault charge to his record.

His appeal includes: This case arose on June 25, 1998, when a 66-year-old widow was found strangled to death in her Crestview Hills home.   The residence had been ransacked, and jewelry and credit cards were stolen.   During the guilt phase of the trial, the defense conceded that Appellant was “a thief and a burglar” and that he had been at the residence on the day of the murder, but denied the actual killing, claiming that another “mystery person” was the one who murdered the woman.   After a 17-day trial, the jury found Appellant guilty of murder and other offenses including first-degree robbery and first-degree burglary.

Address


Fred Furnish #127518
Kentucky State Penitentiary
266 Water Street
Eddyville Kentucky 42038

Links of Interest

Lingering Death Penalty Case Takes Toll On Families
Furnish v Kentucky

Videos of Interest


Notes

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