Thomas Gudinas is a white man who has
been on death row in the state of Florida since 06/16/95.
Crime
He was convicted of Premeditated 1st
Degree Murder, committed on 05/24/94. Thomas Gudinas and three of his roommates arrived at an Orlando bar, Barbarella’s, between approximately 8:30 and 9:00 p.m. on 05/23/94.
Prior to arriving at the bar, the group drank beer and smoked marijuana at their apartment and in the car on the way to the bar. While drinking throughout the night, the group periodically returned to the car to smoke marijuana.
When the bar closed at 3:00 a.m., Gudinas could not be located. One of Gudinas’ roommates testified that he last saw Gudinas at approximately 1:00 a.m.
Rachelle Smith and her fiancé arrived at Barbarella’s between 11:00 and 11:30 p.m. on 05/23/94. When they left the bar at approximately 2:00 a.m., Smith went to the wrong parking lot, where she saw a man later identified as Gudinas, watching her while crouched behind another car.
Realizing she was in the wrong parking lot, Smith walked to the correct parking lot and found her car. Smith sensed she was being followed, so she immediately entered the car and locked the doors.
The same man who was watching Smith earlier tried to open her passenger door, then tried to smash the driver’s side window, screaming “I want to f___ you.” Smith blew her car horn and the man left. Smith later identified Gudinas in a police photo lineup as the man who tried to attack her.
Michelle McGrath was last seen at Barbarella’s at approximately 2:45 a.m. She left her car in the same parking lot where Smith initially saw Gudinas. McGrath’s body was discovered on 05/24/94 in an alley next to Pace School by an employee of the school.
Her time of death was estimated to have been between 3:00 and 5:00 a.m. McGrath’s body was naked, except for a bra which was pushed up above her breasts. Her body had several blunt force traumas to the head and evidence of sexual assault.
Prior to arriving at the bar, the group drank beer and smoked marijuana at their apartment and in the car on the way to the bar. While drinking throughout the night, the group periodically returned to the car to smoke marijuana.
When the bar closed at 3:00 a.m., Gudinas could not be located. One of Gudinas’ roommates testified that he last saw Gudinas at approximately 1:00 a.m.
Rachelle Smith and her fiancé arrived at Barbarella’s between 11:00 and 11:30 p.m. on 05/23/94. When they left the bar at approximately 2:00 a.m., Smith went to the wrong parking lot, where she saw a man later identified as Gudinas, watching her while crouched behind another car.
Realizing she was in the wrong parking lot, Smith walked to the correct parking lot and found her car. Smith sensed she was being followed, so she immediately entered the car and locked the doors.
The same man who was watching Smith earlier tried to open her passenger door, then tried to smash the driver’s side window, screaming “I want to f___ you.” Smith blew her car horn and the man left. Smith later identified Gudinas in a police photo lineup as the man who tried to attack her.
Michelle McGrath was last seen at Barbarella’s at approximately 2:45 a.m. She left her car in the same parking lot where Smith initially saw Gudinas. McGrath’s body was discovered on 05/24/94 in an alley next to Pace School by an employee of the school.
Her time of death was estimated to have been between 3:00 and 5:00 a.m. McGrath’s body was naked, except for a bra which was pushed up above her breasts. Her body had several blunt force traumas to the head and evidence of sexual assault.
Address
You can write to this inmate
at:
Thomas Gudinas 379799
Union CI
P.O. Box 1000
Raiford, Florida 32083
Comments
Post a Comment