Gerald Eldridge was sentenced to death by the State of Texas for the murder of a woman and her nine year old daughter
According to court documents Gerald Eldridge would go to the home of his ex girlfriend and murder her and her nine year old daughter. Gerald would also shoot her seven year old son however he would survive his injuries: Cynthia Bogany, and her daughter, Chirissa
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Gerald Eldridge Case
n 1994, Eldridge was convicted of murdering his former girlfriend Cynthia Bogany, and her daughter Chirissa, and was sentenced to death. As we previously recounted:
The evidence established that Eldridge went to Cynthia Bogany’s apartment, kicked in the door, and shot Chirissa between the eyes at point-blank range, killing her instantly. Eldridge then shot at close range his son Terrell and another individual, Wayne Dotson, both of whom were wounded but survived. Cynthia fled the apartment but Eldridge chased and caught her when she tripped and fell on the stairs outside a neighbor’s apartment. Despite Cynthia’s pleas for her life, Eldridge shot her twice in the head, killing her instantly. Eldridge was twenty-eight years old at the time of the murders.4
Eldridge’s first habeas corpus petition was pending in the Texas state courts when the Supreme Court decided Atkins v. Virginia.5 He subsequently filed a second petition raising an Atkins claim; the Texas courts denied the first petition, and dismissed the second as an abuse of the writ. Eldridge then filed a habeas petition in federal district court raising only his Atkins claim. The district court determined Eldridge was not intellectually disabled and that his execution would not be unconstitutional under Atkins. This court denied Eldridge’s request for a COA.6 Eldridge’s execution was scheduled for November 17, 2009.
https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/us-5th-circuit/1747182.html
