Fred 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.
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
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