USA Death Row 2019

Kenneth Thompson is an inmate on Death Row in Arizona. According to AZ Central (see link below), The man who tried and failed to convince jurors that his upbringing as a Scientologist helped rationalize why he bludgeoned two people to death and set their bodies on fire was sentenced Wednesday to death by a Prescott jury His victims included Penelope Edwards , his sister-in-law, and her boyfriend, Troy Dunn. They were killed with a hatchet. Penelope Edwards You can write to Kenneth at: ASPC Eyman, Browning Unit Kenneth Thompson 334538 PO Box 3400 Florence , AZ 85132 Resources Killer who claimed Scientology defense sentenced to death by Arizona jury

 Edward McCauley is an inmate on Death Row in the state of Arizona. According to AZ Central, (see link),  Police say McCauley told investigators after the November 2014 shooting that he staked out his estranged wife’s home in Glendale and killed her after he unsuccessfully tried to follow her boyfriend after he left the house His victim was Dawn McCauley , his former wife. You can write to Edward at: ASPC Eyman, Browning Unit Edward McCauley 341170 PO Box 3400 Florence , AZ 85132   Resources Glendale man gets death penalty for gunning down estranged wife outside home Police: Glendale man confessed to murder in texts to victim's family

Jeffery Timothy Landrigan "Well, I'd like to say thank you to my family for being here and all my friends. Boomer Sooner." Executed October 26, 2010 Daniel Cook "I'd like to say sorry to the victim's family. I know that's not enough. Where am I? To my lawyers, thank you. Red Robin, yum. I'm done. I love you". Executed 8/8/2012 Donald Beaty "I just want to say to the Fornoff family, I'm sorry, I'm sorry. God will let you see her again. Freddy, I love you, I kept my promise. Thank you for being here for me." Executed 5/25/2011 Don Miller "First of all, Mom, I love you. Sorry to put you through all of this. I'm sorry, but I needed to," he said. "Richard, it was good to know you. Take care of my Mom." Executed 11/8/2000 Edward Schad "Well, after 34 years, I'm free to fly away home. Thank you, warden. Those are my last words." Exec...

Jose Acuna-Valenzuela is a Mexican American on death row in the state of Arizona. They were convicted in 2011. Crime According to the DOC, in August 2011, Edgar S . and his girlfriend Perla M. went to a local Baskin-Robbins to get ice cream. They saw Acuna, who had previously been Edgar’s friend. In 2008, Edgar had testified against Acuna during a criminal proceeding in which Acuna was sentenced to prison. Thereafter, their relationship soured. When Acuna saw the couple inside Baskin-Robbins, he looked at them twice, his eyes widened, and he walked toward an exit door and yelled at Edgar, “I told you I didn’t want to [expletive] see you.” Once outside, Acuna saw Sandra P., a friend from high school, who was running errands in the same shopping complex. Acuna appeared upset while talking with Sandra, saying (about Perla) that she “told me that she hadn’t seen him, that she wasn’t talking to him no more,” and she “lied to me,” and (about Edgar) that “I did prison time for him....

Frank Anderson is a Caucasian on death row in the state of Arizona. He was convicted on 12/06/2002. Crime According to the DOC, Leta Kagen (39), Leta's 15-year-old son, Robert Delahunt, Roland Wear (50), and Bobby Poyson (21) lived in a remote area of Mohave County. On August 13, 1996, Frank Anderson (48) and Kimberly Lane (15) had been hitchhiking in the area, and Leta agreed to let Anderson and Lane spend the night. Anderson, Poyson, and Lane decided to kill Leta, Robert, and Roland, and steal Roland's truck and other property. Lane enticed Robert into a travel trailer on the property, where Anderson cut Robert's throat nearly from ear to ear with a bread knife. Anderson held the struggling boy down, and then assisted Poyson in driving the bread knife through Robert's ear, and out his mouth. Poyson finally ended Robert's struggling by crushing his skull with a rock. Three to four hours later, after eating dinner, Anderson and Poyson entered Leta's mob...

Michael Apelt is on death row in the state of Arizona. He was convicted on 08/13/1990. Crime According to the DOC, Michael Apelt and his brother, Rudi, came to Arizona from West Germany and began "courting" numerous women. Michael eventually met Cynthia Monkman and married her in October 1988. One month later, Michael applied for $400,000 in life insurance on Cynthia. The policies became effective on December 22, 1988. On the night of December 23, Michael and Rudi took Cynthia into the desert near Apache Junction and killed her by stabbing her numerous times in the chest and back and cutting her throat. Michael and Rudi returned to Mesa and, in the early morning hours of December 24, Michael called the police and reported that Cynthia had disappeared. A citizen found the body in the desert later that day. Rudi Apelt was tried separately and was convicted of first degree murder, and sentenced to death. Address ASPC-F CENTRAL D/RW Michael Apelt 080735 ...

Shad Armstrong Is a Caucasian on death row in the state of Arizona. They were convicted on 11/15/06. Crime According to the DOC, Armstrong and two accomplices planned the murder of Armstrong's sister and brother-in-law. They prepared by, among other things, hanging sheets on the walls in Armstrong's trailer to absorb blood spatter, and digging a pit in which to bury the bodies. Armstrong shot the victims to death with a shotgun. After removing jewelry from the bodies and rifling through the pockets of the victims' clothes, Armstrong and David Doogan transported the corpses to the pit and buried them. Armstrong then disposed of blood-spattered furniture and spent the night of the murders at the victims' home. When he left, he took some of their furniture to replace the discarded items. Armstrong and Doogan returned to the vitims's apartment to steal their truck and remove valuables, including the victims' two dogs. Armstrong fled Arizona when police be...

Frank Atwood is a Caucasian on death row in the state of Arizona. He was convicted on 05/08/87. Crime According to the DOC, Atwood had been convicted of lewd and lascivious acts and kidnapping an 8-year-old boy in California. In May 1984, he was paroled from the kidnapping sentence. Atwood came to Tucson in September 1984 in violation of his California parole. On September 17, 8-year-old Vicky Lynn Hoskinson was riding her bicycle home from mailing a letter. Atwood kidnapped the girl and killed her. He left her body in the desert and fled to Texas, where he was apprehended. Vicky's body was not found until April 1985 Vicki Lynne Hoskinson Address ASPC-E BROWNING D/RW Frank Atwood 062887 PO Box 3400 Florence, AZ 85132 Links of Interest Child murder case: Death penalty appeal 30 years later Videos of Interest    

Patrick Bearup is a Caucasian on death row in the state of Arizona. He was convicted on 02/05/07. Crime According to the DOC, On the evening of February 26, 2002, Bearup, Sean Gaines, Jessica Nelson, and Jeremy Johnson beat and shot Mark Mathes, 41. Nelson was living at the Mathes residence when she realized she was missing about $600 and suspected Mathes had stolen it from her. Nelson informed Gaines of her suspicions about Mathes and Gaines instructed her to call him when Mathes' returned home. When Mathes returned home, Nelson invited him to have a beer with her and hang out in the back patio. At his point she called Gaines and told him Mathes was home. Shortly after, Gaines, along with Bearup and Johnson arrived at the Mathes residence armed with a baseball bat and a shotgun. They beat Mathes, "unmercifully," put him in the trunk of their car and drove to the Crown King area north of Phoenix. Mathes' finger was cut off, he was shot twice and thrown off ...

Trent Benson is a Asian on death row in the state of Arizona. Crime According to the Arizona Daily Star he is guilty, of sexually assaulting four women and killing two in Mesa and Phoenix. According to his appeal, Benson committed his crimes against four women at different times over a three-year period.   Alisa In November 2004, Benson agreed to pay Alisa to have sex, and she got into his car. By his own account, he “snapped” while Alisa was performing a sexual act. He beat her about her face and head, strangled her to death with a ligature, and severely sexually assaulted her while she was dead or unconscious. Benson then left Alisa’s partially clad body in a Mesa alley.   Yolanda In August 2007, Benson kidnapped and assaulted Yolanda with the help of an unidentified man. The men abducted Yolanda by approaching her from behind, pulling her into a nearby white car, and rendering her unconscious by placing a chemical-soaked cloth over her mouth and nose.When Yolan...

Steve Boggs is a Caucasian on death row in the state of Arizona. He was convicted on 05/12/05. Crime According to the DOC, Steven Boggs and Christopher Hargrave formed a white supremacist organization called the Imperial Royal Guard. Hargrave met and began dating Gayle Driver, the daughter of the owners of a pawnshop. In April, 2002, Hargrave began working at a Jack-In-The-Box in the Mesa/Chandler area. On May 15, Hargrave was fired from the Jack-In-The-Box for stealing. Hargrave had been living in a trailer on the Driver’s property, and he was asked to leave when he was fired from his job. On May 19, 2002, Boggs and Hargrave went to rob the Jack-In-The-Box restaurant. Hargrave dressed in his work uniform and gained entrance to the restaurant under the guise that he had been called back to work. Once inside, Hargrave distracted two employees while Boggs went through the back door. Boggs and Hargrave then took the three employees into the cooler and shot them several times in t...

Eric Boyston is a Black on death row in the state of Arizona. He was convicted on 02/02/2010. Crime According to the DOC, Boyston was sentenced to death for the murders of his grandmother, Mary Boyston ; his uncle, Alex Boyston ; and family friend, Timothy Wright. He was also convicted of the attempted murders of his girlfriend, Alexandria Kelly, and his great-aunt, Shirley Jones. On February 2, 2004 Alexandria and Boyston were running errands when Boyston received a call in which an argument ensued. Boyston demanded that Alexandria drive him to the location where the person he just argued with was at. After Alexandria refused to do so, Boyston shot at her and missed. She got out of the car and ran and Boyston shot her 3 times, which ultimately led to her being paralyzed. Boyston then went to his grandmother Mary's house and shot and killed her and his uncle Alex. The apartment across from Mary's belonged to Boyston's great-aunt, Shirley Jones. Shirley looked out h...

Jonathan Burns is a Caucasian on death row in the state of Arizona. Crime According to the DOC, Johnathan Burns was sentenced to death for the brutal murder of Jackie Hartman. Sometime in late 2006, Jackie met Burns at a Diamond Shamrock gas station in the east valley. On January 28, 2007 Jackie agreed to go on a date with Burns and her sister dropped her off at the same gas station. When her sister returned later that evening to pick her up, Jackie never showed. Her disappearance led to a nearly three-week search involving law enforcement, members of her family, and local volunteers. Burns was arrested the day after, when police found Jackie's blood-stained and torn clothing in a dumpster near his home in Mesa. Jackie's body was found on February 19, 2007. She had been shot twice in the head; Burns' semen was found on her body and clothing. An autopsy revealed traces of a date-rape drug in Jackie's system. A jury convicted Burns of 1st degree murder, kidnapp...

Jason Bush is a Mexican American on death row in the state of Arizona. He was convicted on 04/06/2011. Crime According to the DOC, On the morning of May 29, as Oakstar, Forde, and Bush slowly drove by Flores’s home, Flores’s wife Gina and their nine-year-old daughter Brisenia were in the front yard. Gaxiola later asked Oakstar to go with him to “take care” of Flores, but Oakstar declined, saying he was too drunk. That night, Forde and Bush returned to Flores’s home with Gaxiola and at least one other person. Forde awakened the family by banging on the front door and shouting. When Flores opened the door, Forde demanded entry or else, she said, “we’re going to shoot you.” Flores stepped aside, and Forde and Bush, dressed in camouflage and Bush with a blackened face, rushed in. While Bush, who was armed, stood by, Forde ordered Flores to sit near Gina, who was seated on a couch where Brisenia lay sleeping. Raul and Brisenia Flores Address ASPC-F CENTRAL IPC...

Michael Carlson Is a Caucasian on death row in the state of Arizona. He was convicted on 10/29/2012. Crime According to the DOC,In the spring of 2009, Michael Carlson moved into a recreational vehicle on a rural property in Pima County.1 Larry owned the property and lived there with his family, including his son, daughter-in-law, and grandchildren. Also living together in a trailer on the property were KR and Becky. Carlson felt close to Larry and thought that KR and Becky “annoyed” Larry and his family by using methamphetamines, shooting a gun on the property, and stealing. Believing KR or Becky had stolen a ruby cross from Larry's trailer, Carlson decided to make KR and Becky “disappear.” While holding a gun on KR, he ordered Becky to tie KR up. Carlson then tied Becky up and ordered the victims into the trunk of his car. After driving for a while, he noticed that Becky had become untied and worked her way from the trunk partially into the back seat. Carlson shot her a...