Jeffrey Lee was sentenced to death by the State of Alabama for the murders of two people during a robbery
According to court documents Jeffrey Lee would rob a pawn store and in the process would shoot and kill Jimmy Ellis, the owner, and Elaine Thompson
Jeffrey Lee would be arrested, convicted and sentenced to death
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Jeffrey Lee Case
At trial the State’s evidence tended to show that on December 12, 1998, Lee entered Jimmy’s Pawn Shop in Orrville armed with a sawed-off shotgun. Lee shot Jimmy Ellis, the owner, and two employees, Elaine Thompson and Helen King. The coroner testified that Ellis died of a gunshot wound to his chest and that Thompson died of a gunshot wound to her face. King recovered from her gunshot wound and testified at Lee’s trial.
King testified that on December 12, 1998, Lee entered the pawnshop and asked to see wedding rings. He told King that he did not have any money and that he would come back after he got money from his grandmother; he then left. She said that a short time later Lee entered the store and yelled: “What’s up mother f—-?” He pulled out a shotgun, King said, and shot Ellis, Thompson, and her. She fell to the floor and pretended to be dead. Lee left the store. King said that she got up, telephoned emergency 911, and locked the doors to the store. Lee tried to enter again, she said, but he left after discovering that the doors were locked.
Evidence also showed that Lee left his shotgun on the counter in the pawnshop. A surveillance camera videotaped the events. The videotape showed Lee shooting the victims, and it corroborated King’s testimony. Lee confessed that he shot and killed the occupants of the pawnshop, but, he said, the first shot was fired accidentally.
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