Richard J. Vieira is an inmate on death row in the state of California.. Crime Cult leader Gerald Cruz used sleep deprivation and occult beliefs to manipulate followers into murdering four people in attacks with baseball bats and knives. James Beck and Ricky Vieira were condemned to death while two others received life sentences. He was convicted of four counts of murder. His victims include Richard Ritchey, Darlene Paris, Franklin Raper, and Dennis Colwell. At the time the murders took place in 1990, defendant lived at a location known as “the Camp” at 4150 Finney Road in Salida in Stanislaus County. The Camp consisted of a number of houses and trailers. Defendant lived in a trailer with codefendant David Beck, near a house occupied by codefendant Gerald Cruz and his wife. Codefendant Jason LaMarsh lived in another nearby trailer. Cruz was the acknowledged leader of this informal group. Beck was generally in charge of discipline. Everyone in the gro...