USA Death Row 2019

Francisco R. Zavala is an inmate on death row in the state of California.. Crime Zavala and two others, both juveniles, chased, beat and stabbed to death a 16-year-old boy, Eric Sargeant Jr. after school to steal his cellphone. Address Francisco R. Zavala AG2299 San Quentin State Prison Death Row San Quentin, CA 94974 Links of Interest HEMET: Jury calls for death in slaying of teen Videos of Interest Notes If you have had experience with this inmate, we'd love to provide your experience, negative or positive. This can be done anonymously or not.If you are related to the victim, we would also include anything you have to offer. 

Conrad Zapien is an inmate on death row in the state of California.. Crime Zapien was convicted of killing a woman, Ruby Gonzales who was having an affair with his sister's husband, Yeyo Blanco. His sister was Inez Blanco. During a period of at least one year preceding the May 19, 1984, murder of Ruby Gonzales, she had an affair with Yeyo Blanco, who was married to defendant's sister, Inez Blanco.   By April 1984, Yeyo Blanco had moved into Ruby Gonzales's house in Lompoc, in Santa Barbara County.   He told his wife that he and Gonzales wanted to get married and that Gonzales was going to have an operation, at his expense, to reverse a tubal ligation so they could have children together. On several occasions during this period, Inez Blanco had public arguments and physical altercations with Gonzales and threatened to have her  killed.   On one occasion shortly before the murder, Inez Blanco saw Gonzales wearing an expensive gold bracelet that be...

CHP Officer Scott Russell David Zanon is an inmate on death row in the state of California.. Crime A felon released from prison, Zanon was fleeing police in a car packed with stolen goods when he struck and killed a California Highway Patrol officer, CHP Officer Scott Russell attempting to stop his car with a spike strip. Address David Zanon AF7425-2011 San Quentin State Prison Death Row San Quentin, CA 94974 Links of Interest Judge: CHP Officer’s Killer Sentenced To Death Videos of Interest Notes If you have had experience with this inmate, we'd love to provide your experience, negative or positive. This can be done anonymously or not.If you are related to the victim, we would also include anything you have to offer. 

Samuel Zamudio is an inmate on death row in the state of California.. Crime Zamudio killed his two elderly neighbors, Elmer and Gladys Benson for whom he sometimes did chores, to steal their money. Around 9:00 a.m., on February 11, firefighter/paramedics for the Los Angeles County Fire Department received a call to respond to the Bensons' home in South Gate. Inside, they found the dead bodies of Elmer and Gladys.   They notified police and, around 11:37 a.m., homicide detectives responded to the scene to investigate.   They found Gladys's body on the kitchen floor with numerous stab wounds, clad in a nightgown and robe that were raised above her waist, exposing her pubic area.   Gladys was still wearing a bracelet, ring, and chain.   Elmer's body, which also had numerous stab wounds, was on the living room floor near his wheelchair. 3  There was blood in the kitchen and living room, and nowhere else in the house.   Bloody shoe prints on the kitc...

Enrique Zambrano is an inmate on death row in the state of California.. Crime Zambrano, a member of the Berkeley Waterfront Commission, bludgeoned a university professor and his wife because he believed they had made anonymous calls exposing his extramarital affair. He then fatally shot another waterfront commissioner to prevent him from testifying about the attack on the couple. He was convicted of the attempted murders of Robert and Barbara Mishel and the first degree murder of Luis Reyna The prosecution's evidence indicated that defendant, a member of the Berkeley Waterfront Commission, bludgeoned the Mishells, a University of California professor and his wife, because he believed they had made anonymous telephone calls exposing his extramarital affair.   The evidence further indicated that defendant then fatally shot Reyna, a fellow waterfront commissioner, to prevent Reyna from testifying against him in the Mishell matter. Defendant admitted attacki...

Jeffrey Young is an inmate on death row in the state of California.. Crime Young killed two attendants, Teresa Perez and Jack Reynolds at an airport parking lot in an apparent botched robbery. According to KPBS, The California Supreme Court overturned the death sentence of a convicted double-murderer because the prosecutor focused on the defendant's racist beliefs during closing arguments in the penalty phase of the trial. This happened in July of 2019.  Young opted to plead guilty to the two murders and spend life in prison. Address Jeffrey Young F51988 San Quentin State Prison San Quentin, CA 94974 Links of Interest Man pleads guilty to airport parking lot killings, will spend life in prison Videos of Interest Notes If you have had experience with this inmate, we'd love to provide your experience, negative or positive. This can be done anonymously or not.If you are related to the victim, we would also include a...

Timothy Young is an inmate on death row in the state of California. Crime Brothers Donald and Timothy Young killed five people and wounded a sixth during a robbery at a Tulare bar following a pool tournament. Address Timothy Young F23374 San Quentin State Prison Death Row San Quentin, CA 94974 Links of Interest What did the Valley's Death Row inmates do to get the death penalty? Videos of Interest Notes If you have had experience with this inmate, we'd love to provide your experience, negative or positive. This can be done anonymously or not.If you are related to the victim, we would also include anything you have to offer. 

Donald R. Young is an inmate on death row in the state of California.. Crime Brothers Donald and Timothy Young killed five people and wounded a sixth during a robbery at a Tulare bar following a pool tournament. Victims included Celia "Linda" Martinez,  Jorge Munoz, Armando Lugo, Margaret Moreno, and Roberta Lynn "Cuatita" Nunez.  Address Donald R. Young E78474 San Quentin State Prison Death Row San Quentin, CA 94974 Links of Interest Tears for Pato’s Place victims Videos of Interest Notes If you have had experience with this inmate, we'd love to provide your experience, negative or positive. This can be done anonymously or not.If you are related to the victim, we would also include anything you have to offer. 

Tony Yonko is an inmate on death row in the state of California.. Crime Yonko used a hammer to bludgeon a man, Paul Ngo to death during a home burglary. Address Tony Yonko AB1043 San Quentin State Prison Death Row San Quentin, CA 94974 Links of Interest Teen testifies that father came home bloody Videos of Interest Notes If you have had experience with this inmate, we'd love to provide your experience, negative or positive. This can be done anonymously or not.If you are related to the victim, we would also include anything you have to offer. 

Edward Wycoff is an inmate on death row in the state of California.. Crime Wycoff killed his sister and her husband, Paul and Julie Rogers claiming they sought to ostracize him from family events and steal his deceased father's house. Address Edward Wycoff AB7087 San Quentin State Prison Death Row San Quentin, CA 94974 Links of Interest Killer laughs as he’s sentenced to death for murdering his El Cerrito sister, husband Murder suspect says victims 'appalled' him     Videos of Interest Notes If you have had experience with this inmate, we'd love to provide your experience, negative or positive. This can be done anonymously or not.If you are related to the victim, we would also include anything you have to offer. 

William L. Wright is an inmate on death row in the state of California.. Crime Wright killed a man, James Mowrey in Pomona in 2000. He was his lover's husband. Tammy Mowery and her husband, James Mowery, had two children.   In March, 1998, the couple separated;  Mrs. Mowery began a romantic relationship with appellant and became pregnant with his child.   The Mowerys reconciled in July, 1998, after which they were victims of several acts of vandalism, including the killing of the family's pet rabbit;  they blamed appellant, but he was never charged.   At some point, appellant moved into his mother's house, next door to the Mowerys. In the early morning of Thanksgiving Day, November 26, 1998, Mrs. Mowery saw appellant near the lot where the Mowerys' vehicle was parked.   Afterward, Mr. Mowery discovered their vehicle's tires had been flattened.   Assuming appellant was responsible, the Mowerys called 911 around 4:00 a.m.;   Officer Koehl...

Theodore J. Wrest is an inmate on death row in the state of California.. Crime Wrest stabbed three women during robberies on the same day, killing two, Nancy Croom,and Virginia Aceves, and permanently paralyzing the third, Kimi Marie Hansel. Nancy Croom, 47, was found dead, naked from the waist down, under the hoist area in an automobile transmission shop. She suffered a total of 33 stab wounds to her head, neck, face, and back. Her body had been dragged to the shop from the steps of a nearby church, where her purse and personal belongings were found. Address Theodore J. Wrest D87200 San Quentin State Prison Death Row San Quentin, CA 94974 Links of Interest Wrest v People Videos of Interest Notes If you have had experience with this inmate, we'd love to provide your experience, negative or positive. This can be done anonymously or not.If you are related to the victim, we would also include anything you have to offer. 

Daniel P. Wozniak is an inmate on death row in the state of California.. Crime Wozniak, a former community theater actor, killed two friends to steal money for his upcoming wedding, ambushing one, Samuel ("Sam") Herr at a military training ground, and luring the other friend, Juri "Julie" Kibuishi to the deceased man's apartment to shoot her there. His fiance, Rachel Buffett, was also convicted, but not of the murders. She was convicted of lying to police. Some people believe she was involved, but that could not be proven. She was sentenced to the greatest sentence possible. Address Daniel P. Wozniak BB1116-2016 San Quentin State Prison Death Row Rachel Buffett San Quentin, CA 94974 Links of Interest Ex-fiancee of convicted killer Daniel Wozniak on trial for lying to police during double murder investigation After Local Theater Star Commits Grisly Double Murder for Cash, a Two-Year Quest for the Truth Videos o...

Detective Doug Jacobs Steve Woodruff is an inmate on death row in the state of California.. Crime Riverside officers responding to a complaint call about a woman playing a loud radio were accosted by the woman's family. A son, Woodruff, shot one of the officers, Detective Doug Jacobs to death. He was also charged and convicted of the the attempted murder of Police Officer Benjamin Baker.  Police responded to a neighbor’s call that defendant’s mother, who lived in a two-unit house upstairs from defendant, was playing a loud radio outside, which had been a longstanding source of conflict. Because the mother refused to turn down the radio, officers began to arrest her. During the process, defendant, who had retrieved a gun from his house and was watching and listening from his porch, leaned into the outdoor stairwell leading up to the mother’s apartment, and, as observed by Officer Benjamin Baker and by a neighbor, fired up at the officers, killing Officer ...

Grayland Winbush is an inmate on death row in the state of California.. Crime Winbush and an accomplice were convicted of killing a 20-year-old woman, Erika Beeson during the robbery of her Oakland apartment. He was wearing an electronic tracking device and on parole, released 10 days earlier by the California Youth Authority after serving four years for stealing a car at age 14. In December 1995, 20-year-old Erika Beeson lived with 21-year-old Mario Botello in an Oakland apartment. The building had a security gate, and visitors had to be “buzzed in” to enter. Botello sold small amounts of marijuana, mostly to people he knew. He grew up in South Berkeley and had been childhood friends with Norman Patterson. He was 14 when he first met defendant. Defendant was arrested at age 14 for driving a stolen car and spent the next four years in custody at the California Youth Authority (CYA). 2 On December 12, 1995, at the age of 19, he was released on parole subject ...

Javance M. Wilson is an inmate on death row in the state of California.. Crime Wilson killed two cab drivers, Andres Dominguez, and Victor Henderson during separate robberies. Address Javance M. Wilson V05878 San Quentin State Prison Death Row San Quentin, CA 94974 Links of Interest Murder convicts hope new California law is their ticket to freedom Videos of Interest Notes If you have had experience with this inmate, we'd love to provide your experience, negative or positive. This can be done anonymously or not.If you are related to the victim, we would also include anything you have to offer. 

Byron P. Wilson is an inmate on death row in the state of California.. Crime Wilson and three other men killed four men at a car wash during a robbery of the business. His victims include  Charles Hurd, Michael Hoard, Shawn Potter, and Jessie Dunn His accomplice, Pops, committed suicide on death row. Address Byron P. Wilson P76622 San Quentin State Prison Death Row San Quentin, CA 94974 Links of Interest Death row inmate sentenced for 1998 Compton murders dies in San Quentin state prison; investigated as suicide Videos of Interest Notes If you have had experience with this inmate, we'd love to provide your experience, negative or positive. This can be done anonymously or not.If you are related to the victim, we would also include anything you have to offer. 

Lester H. Wilson is an inmate on death row in the state of California.. Crime When Wilson and his wife suspected a live-in friend had stolen his television, the couple held the man's family hostage at gunpoint. Wilson repeatedly raped one of the women and tortured the friend, Uwe Durbin for hours, shooting him in the knees, inviting friends to take turns beating him, and eventually shooting him to death.  He was resentenced to death in 2010 after the state Supreme Court reversed the first sentence because a juror was improperly discharged. In an attempt to find Uwe Durbin, defendant and Phillips went to the home of Uwe's brother, Michael Durbin.   Michael lived with his girlfriend, L.R., and their three young children.   When Michael answered the front door around 10:00 a.m., he was met by defendant pointing a gun at his head.   Defendant was screaming about some missing property;  he then pulled the telephone cord from the wall and demanded to know wh...

Andre G. Wilson is an inmate on death row in the state of California.. Crime Wilson killed a woman, Sary San on her first day of work as a clerk at a market he attempted to rob. On July 25, 1996, her first day as cashier at Seng Heng Market, victim Sary San was shot and killed during an attempted robbery.   The fatal shooting was captured by the market's surveillance cameras, which recorded both picture and sound.   While the videotape did not conclusively establish defendant as the gunman, prosecution witness Shanta Sadewater testified that that day she drove defendant to Seng Heng Market, which she claimed defendant had planned to rob.  The videotape revealed that before San had a chance to open the cash register, the suspect shot her in the back of the head at pointblank range.   The defense position, supported by defendant's own testimony, was that defendant was not the gunman, and that Sadewater was involved in the crime.   The defense suggested that...

Robert P. Wilson is an inmate on death row in the state of California.. Crime Wilson shot a man, Roy Swader he had worked for at swap meets in order to steal his cash. On September 5, 1984, Long Beach police found Roy Swader’s body inside  a van in a parking lot. All the van’s windows were rolled up and the doors were locked. There was no evidence of a struggle. The cause of death was two gunshot wounds to his head. Either shot could have been fatal. Swader’s left front pocket was pulled outwards and his belt was undone. A receipt from a Shell gas station in Indio was found in Swader’s shirt pocket. No wallet was found, although Swader was known to carry a “trucker’s wallet” in his left pocket secured to his belt by a chain.    Address Robert P. Wilson J18200-2010 San Quentin State Prison Death Row San Quentin, CA 94974 Links of Interest People v Wilson Videos of Interest Notes If you have had experi...

Alaysha Carradine Darnell Williams is an inmate on death row in the state of California.. Crime Williams fatally shot an 8-year-old girl, Alaysha Carradine at a sleepover and injured three others, and two months later shot to death a 22-year-old man, Anthony Medearis. He said he was seeking revenge for the killing of a friend. Address Darnell Williams BB0128 San Quentin State Prison Death Row San Quentin, CA 94974 Links of Interest Oakland: Children’s sleepover killer sentenced to death for 2013 murders Alaysha Carradine  Videos of Interest   Notes If you have had experience with this inmate, we'd love to provide your experience, negative or positive. This can be done anonymously or not.If you are related to the victim, we would also include anything you have to offer. 

George Williams is an inmate on death row in the state of California.. Crime Based on DNA evidence collected 17 years after the crime, Williams, a previously convicted child rapist, was identified as the person who kidnapped, sexually assaulted and strangled to death 14-year-old Rickie Ann Blake of Chula Vista. A caller claiming to be the killer harassed her family for 10 years with taunting calls. On April 10, 1986, the day before Rickie was murdered, her father picked her up from school to take her to the dentist. When they returned home that evening, Rickie complained that her teeth hurt. She had soup and ice cream for dinner and took some aspirin to relieve her tooth pain. When her parents went to bed at around 9:00 or 9:30 p.m. that night, Rickie was watching a San Diego Padres baseball game on television. Her parents' bedroom door was closed. Bootsie and her two girlfriends returned home at around 10:30 p.m. and went outside with Rickie to talk. The girl...

Jack E. Williams is an inmate on death row in the state of California.. Crime Williams induced a group of teenagers to form a gang. Over a week, gang members committed a series of robberies, attempted robberies, kidnappings, carjackings and the murder of an Air Force nurse, Yvonne Los whose car they sought to steal. Address Jack E. Williams P11400 San Quentin State Prison Death Row San Quentin, CA 94974 Links of Interest  MORENO VALLEY: Death sentence in 1993 murder upheld Videos of Interest Notes If you have had experience with this inmate, we'd love to provide your experience, negative or positive. This can be done anonymously or not.If you are related to the victim, we would also include anything you have to offer. 

Robert Lee Williams is an inmate on death row in the state of California.. Crime Williams killed a father and son during a home-invasion robbery. On the night of July 15, 1995, defendant and two accomplices entered the residence of Gary Williams and robbed and murdered him and his father, Roscoe Williams. (Because the victims and defendant share the same surname, we refer to the victims by their first names. The victims were not related to defendant.) The men also sexually assaulted and attempted to murder Gary's girlfriend, Conya L., but she escaped through a bedroom window. Address Robertlee Williams V05834 San Quentin State Prison Death Row San Quentin, CA 94974 Links of Interest People v Williams Videos of Interest Notes If you have had experience with this inmate, we'd love to provide your experience, negative or positive. This can be done anonymously or not.If you are related to the victim, we would also includ...

George B. Williams is an inmate on death row in the state of California.. Crime Williams shot two people during a robbery that had started as a drug deal. On January 2, 1990, Willie Thomas and Jack Barron were fatally shot at close range in a house on Spring Street in Los Angeles. Their bodies were dragged to a truck parked in the garage, where they were found when the police arrived in response to a neighbor‘s call reporting gunshots. The prosecution‘s theory was that defendant shot both victims in the course of a robbery that had begun as a drug transaction. According to prosecution witnesses, earlier that evening defendant had planned to scam the victims through a fraudulent drug transaction at a bar parking lot by trading fake money for drugs. The victims met defendant at the bar parking lot, but, for reasons unknown, the transaction did not occur there. Instead, later that evening, the victims came to the Spring Street house, which was a frequent hango...

Corey L. Williams is an inmate on death row in the state of California.. Crime Williams killed a 74-year-old woman and her 53-year-old disabled daughter during a robbery of their home. His victims were Maria Elena Corrieo and Maria Eugenia Roberts Maria Elena Corrieo, age 74, lived with her disabled daughter, Gina Roberts, age 53. Mrs. Corrieo owned a restaurant in Concord, and did not trust banks. When the restaurant closed each evening she would take the paper currency home in her apron. Periodically she would consolidate the proceeds into $100 bills, which she kept in her car. The victims were discovered by another of Mrs. Corrieo's daughters, Lili Williams, on August 16, 1995. Williams had last seen Corrieo and Roberts the previous evening at the restaurant. Several times the following day she called the restaurant and was concerned to learn her mother was not there. Williams and her ex-husband drove to Corrieo's house, where they found her car p...

David E. Williams is an inmate on death row in the state of California.. Crime Williams abducted a postal worker, Joanne Lacey, in a grocery parking lot, extorted money from her, then put her in the trunk of her car and set it on fire. She died in the fire. Firefighters responded to the scene described by Cory, at approximately 11:30 p.m. on March 20, 1989. They observed a vehicle burning, with flames reaching four feet high. A fire spread down the street from a source located under the vehicle, probably gasoline. After approximately 15 or 20 minutes the firefighters were able to extinguish the blaze. When Pasadena Fire Department firefighter Robert Taylor opened the ruined vehicle‟s trunk by means of a sledgehammer, he observed a human body inside.  Address David E. Williams H54601 San Quentin State Prison Death Row San Quentin, CA 94974 Links of Interest People v Williams Videos of Interest Notes If you have h...

Dexter W. Williams is an inmate on death row in the state of California.. Crime After assaulting and robbing several men that Williams and accomplices lured on the pretext of sex, Williams attacked and killed a man, Miguel Gonzalez who had stopped for sex with a prostitute. Defendant drove outside of town to the orchard and exited the vehicle with Dustin and Franklin.   Rosanna remained in the car.   Defendant opened the trunk, hit Gonzalez on the head repeatedly with the hydraulic jack, and then told Dustin to help lift the victim out of the trunk.   Dustin did so, dropping Gonzalez to the ground.   Defendant resumed beating Gonzalez's head with the hydraulic jack, hitting him at least five or six times.   Gonzalez attempted to crawl away, but moved only a few feet before defendant beat his head repeatedly, with a tire rim.   Rosanna heard one of the men say, “I think he's dead,” and then another voice say, “well, make sure.”   Dustin watched defendan...