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Richard G. Samayoa California

Richard G. Samayoa is an inmate on death row in the state of California..

Crime

Samayoa killed a woman, Nelia Silva and her 2-year-old daughter, Katherine Silva during a home-invasion robbery.

In December 1985 Nelia Silva resided with her husband, Ronaldo, and their two-year-old daughter, Katherine, on Piedra Street in Southeast San Diego.   Defendant lived across the street from the Silva family.   On the morning of December 18, 1985, Ronaldo Silva walked his daughter across the street to a babysitter's home and left his daughter there.   At approximately 6 p.m., Mrs. Silva returned from work and picked up her daughter from the babysitter.
Mr. Silva arrived home at approximately 7:30 p.m.   that evening.   He opened the garage door, observed his wife's car parked in the garage, and smelled smoke.   He entered the kitchen through the interior garage door and found smoke spewing from the stove top where food was burning.   After calling out for his wife and receiving no response, he looked down the hallway and saw the bodies of his wife and daughter lying on the floor in pools of blood.   After touching his wife and daughter, he realized they were dead and ran outside seeking help.   At 8 p.m., San Diego Police Department officers arrived at the Silva residence and entered through the garage.   They discovered the bodies of a small child and a woman lying in the hallway.   The child was nude from the waist down, with a large indentation in her head.   The woman also was nude from the waist down, wearing only a shirt, and her face was smashed.


Address

Richard G. Samayoa D90607
San Quentin State Prison Death Row
San Quentin, CA 94974



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