Michael Carlson was sentenced to death by the State of Arizona for the murder of a couple
According to court documents Michael Carlson felt that his friend was disrespected by the couple so he would murder Rebecca Lou Lofton, 52, and Kenneth “KR” Alliman, 49, after the fatal shooting Carlson would burn the bodies
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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.
¶ 3 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 and then KR to keep them from escaping. He took the bodies back to the property where he burned them in a pit until they were reduced to ash and small bone fragments.
¶ 4 Within a few days, Carlson told Larry that he had murdered KR and Becky. Nearly a month later, Larry called police and told them that Carlson was staying in a trailer on his property and had an outstanding arrest warrant from Texas. Police officers immediately came and arrested Carlson.
¶ 5 Ten days later, Carlson called a local television station and asked to speak to a reporter. When the reporter visited Carlson in the Pima County Jail, Carlson confessed to murdering KR and Becky, as well as eight other people. For trial, the parties stipulated that, despite the detail in Carlson’s confession, the authorities in the other jurisdictions in which Carlson admitted committing murders could not find evidence that those murders had actually occurred.
¶ 6 The jury found Carlson guilty of two counts of felony murder and two counts of kidnapping. The jury then found three aggravating circumstances: Carlson had been convicted of a prior serious offense, A.R.S. § 13–751(F)(2); he committed the murders while on release from custody, id. § 13–751(F)(7); and he committed multiple murders during the commission of the offense, id. § 13–751(F)(8). In the penalty phase, the jury determined that Carlson should be sentenced to death for each murder. The court sentenced Carlson to consecutive twenty-one-year sentences for the two kidnappings.
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