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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.
Carpenter is known as the Trailside Killer. He is suspected in the murders of at least three other women and he was found guilty of two additional murders. He is the oldest death row inmate in California. Dean Carter: Raped and strangled four women in April 1984. 35 years, 14 days Steven David Catlin: Poisoned two of his wives and his adoptive ...
Pleaded guilty along with Robert Lee Willie in 1980 to kidnapping a young couple in Louisiana, repeatedly raping the female victim. The two were also convicted of an unrelated state murder charge. Vaccaro was sentenced to life in prison and Willie was executed in 1984. Isaac Jackson Hurt: Unlisted Paroled in 1977. Died in 1984.
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 Dene Martin: White 32 M January 4, 1985 Terrebonne: 4 murder victims [b] 8 Benjamin A. Berry: White 31 M June 7, 1987 Jefferson: Jefferson Parish Deputy Sheriff Robert ...
The judge’s ruling, at the request of California Attorney General Rob Bonta, gives the Alameda County prosecutor’s office 60 days to retry 71-year-old Curtis Lee Ervin or let him go free ...
Sister Helen Prejean published a book, Dead Man Walking (1993), about her relationship with Elmo Sonnier and Robert Lee Willie, another inmate on death row whom she counseled. The book was adapted as a 1995 film of the same name directed by Tim Robbins and starring Susan Sarandon as Sister Prejean and Sean Penn as Matthew Poncelet, an amalgam ...
More than 800 people have lost their lives in jail since July 13, 2015 but few details are publicly released. Huffington Post is compiling a database of every person who died until July 13, 2016 to shed light on how they passed.
Because nearly all of California inmates with capital sentences have been moved off of Death Row and placed in regular high-security prisons — such as California State Prison, Sacramento, near ...