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Elmo Patrick "Pat" Sonnier (February 21, 1950 – April 5, 1984) was a convicted American murderer and rapist in Louisiana who was executed by electrocution at Louisiana State Penitentiary in Louisiana on April 5, 1984. Sonnier was sentenced to death on April 25, 1978, for the November 5, 1977, rape and murder of Loretta Ann Bourque, 18, and ...
Robert Lee Willie (January 2, 1958 – December 28, 1984) was an American serial killer who killed at least three people in Louisiana from the late 1970s to 1980. He was sentenced to death for the rape and murder of 18-year-old Faith Hathaway and was executed in 1984.
Notable executions in the chair were those of Toni Jo Henry (the only woman executed in Louisiana's electric chair), Elmo Patrick Sonnier (the inmate on whom the film Dead Man Walking was based) and Willie Francis (the only inmate to survive the electric chair; he was ultimately executed after the first attempt failed).
In the early 1980s, Prejean met a prisoner on death row—Elmo Patrick Sonnier—after an activist asked her to write him a letter. It was a life-altering experience. ... Louisiana State ...
Pages in category "People executed by Louisiana by electric chair" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. ... Elmo Patrick Sonnier; W.
Helen Prejean was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, the daughter of Augusta Mae (née Bourg; 1911–1993), a nurse, and Louis Sebastian Prejean (1893–1974), a lawyer. [2] She joined the Sisters of Saint Joseph of Medaille in 1957. In 1962, she received a Bachelor of Arts in English and Education from St. Mary's Dominican College, New Orleans ...
Elmo Gonzalez, known for his colorful personality, served as mayor of LaPorte from 1988 to 1995. He died March 8, 2024, at the age of 98. Elmo Gonzalez liked to sing 'La Bamba' and spurred major ...
Elmo Patrick Sonnier: White 34 M April 5, 1984 Iberia: Loretta Bourque and David LeBlanc Edwin Edwards: 4 Timothy George Baldwin: White 46 M September 10, 1984 Ouachita: Mary Lee Peters 5 Earnest Knighton Jr. Black 38 M October 30, 1984 Bossier: Ralph Shell 6 Robert Lee Willie: White 26 M December 28, 1984 St. Tammany: Faith Hathaway 7 David ...