According to court documents Manuel Babbitt would sexually assault and beat Leah Schendel. The seventy eight year old woman would suffer a heart attack during the assault. According to police the day before Babbitt would sexually assault another woman
Manuel Babbitt would be arrested, convicted and sentenced to death
Manuel Babbitt would be executed by lethal injection on May 4 1999
Manuel Babbitt was a decorated soldier who fought in the Vietnam War and many believe his actions were a result of PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder)
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Manuel Babbitt Case
On the night between Dec. 18 and 19, 1980, Manuel Pina Babbitt broke into the South Sacramento apartment of Leah Schendel and brutally beat and sexually assaulted the 78-year-old woman. The offender also attempted to rape Mrs. Schendel before ransacking and robbing her residence.
Mrs. Schendel’s semi-nude body was found lying on the floor of her bedroom, partially covered by a bloodstained mattress. Later coroner examinations indicated that she may have been sexually assaulted.
Mrs. Schendel’s cause of death was determined to be heart failure caused by stress related to the robbery and beating.
The following night, Dec. 19, 1980, the offender attempted to rape another Sacramento woman, whom he grabbed and beat unconscious before robbing her of money and jewelry. Following his arrest, the offender did not deny committing the crimes, but said he had no memory of what happened. However, several items of Mrs. Schendel’s property were found in his possession, linking him to her murder.
A Sacramento County jury found the offender guilty of first degree murder with special circumstances. He was sentenced to death on July 6, 1982.
In March 1998, while serving time on death row, the offender was awarded the Purple Heart for wounds he received in the Vietnam War 30 years previously. Execution:
At 12:29 a.m., May 4, 1999, the execution by lethal injection of Manuel Pina Babbitt began in San Quentin State Prison’s execution chamber. Babbitt was pronounced dead at 12:37 a.m.
Babbitt declined a last meal and fasted until his execution. He spent his last hours with family, friends and his attorneys.
Manuel Pina Babbitt’s last words were “I forgive all of you.”
According to court documents Jaturun Siripongs would rob a retail store and in the process would kill 36-year-old Packovan Wattanaporn and 52-year-old Quach Nguyen
Jaturun Siripongs would be arrested, convicted and sentenced to death
Jaturun Siripongs would be executed by lethal injection on February 9 1999
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Jaturun Siripongs Case
Jaturun Siripongs was convicted of robbery, burglary and two counts of first-degree murder in the December 15, 1981 deaths of Packovan “Pat” Wattanaporn and Quach Nguyen. An Orange County jury sentenced Siripongs to death on April 22, 1983.
The bodies of Wattanaporn and Nguyen were found in a storeroom of the Wattanaporn’s small retail store, Pantai Market, in Garden Grove, California. Mrs. Wattanaporn had been strangled to death. Nguyen, a store employee, suffered multiple stab wounds to his head, neck, and defensive wounds on his hands and right arm. Police also found a cord tied around his right arm. The time of death for both victims was estimated to be 12:30 p.m. Police found bloodstains throughout the store. The following day, police searched a dumpster and found bloodstained clothing and a bloody cord like the one tied on Nguyen’s arm.
Siripongs was arrested December 17 when he tried to make purchases using credit cards belonging to the Wattanaporns. A subsequent analysis of Siripongs’ blood revealed that several bloodstains found at the murder scene, the bloodstained clothes and the bloody cord were consistent with his blood type. He had numerous cuts on his fingers. Siripongs occasionally worked at the Pantai Market.
A police search of Siripongs’ car and home revealed a knife set similar to the weapon used to kill Nguyen, several pieces of Mrs. Wattanaporn’s jewelry, and department store receipts for purchases bearing Mrs. Wattanaporn’s name dated after her murder. Police also found dried blood in Siripongs’ car.
According to court documents Darrell Rich would commit a series of sexual assaults before he turned to murder to prevent the women from turning him in
Darrell Rich would sexually assault and murder 19 year old Anette Fay Edwards. A month later Rich would sexually assault and murder 17-year-old Patricia Ann Moore. Darrell would then sexually assault and murder 27-year-old Linda Diane Slavik who was abducted from a bar. The last victim was eleven year old Annette Lynn Selix who was sexually assaulted and then thrown from a bridge
Darrell Rich would be arrested, convicted and sentenced to death
Darrell Rich would be executed on March 15 2000 by lethal injection
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Darrell Rich was executed on March 15 2000
Darrell Rich Case
Darrell Keith Rich was convicted of four counts of first-degree murder in the July-August 1978 deaths of Annette Fay Edwards, Patricia Ann Moore, Linda Diane Slavik, and Annette Lynn Selix. Three of these convictions were with special circumstances, and a Yolo County jury sentenced Rich to death on January 23, 1981.
Annette Fay Edwards, 19, of Redding was beaten with a rock after Rich attempted to have sex with her. She died of multiple head injuries.
Patricia Ann Moore,17, was driven to a remote area by Rich, where she was raped and then beaten to death with a rock.
Linda Diane Slavik,26, was driven from Chico, by Rich, to his house in Cottonwood. She was raped there and then driven to a remote area where she was shot and killed. Just before she was killed, she was shown the dead body of Patricia Ann Moore, who had been killed at the same remote location.
Annette Lynn Selix,11, was driven by Rich to his Cottonwood house where he committed acts of rape, sodomy and oral copulation. He then drove here 30 miles to Johns Creek Bridge and threw her 105 feet to the rocks below.
On Aug. 20, 1978, three days before Darrell Rich’s arrest, he advised a friend that he had discovered a dead body. The friend informed police officers who in turn began to question Rich. He consented to a polygraph and failed. This led authorities to believe he knew more about the bodies than he was revealing. Several days later, Rich began telling acquaintances that he in fact received $7,000 for killing one of the women. When he was asked about the other body, he responded that she was in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Authorities were informed of these revelations and this resulted in Rich’s arrest. He later confessed to the above listed crimes along with two others. He also gave police officers his gun and provided detailed information regarding the offenses.
At 12:06 a.m., March 15, 2000, the execution by lethal injection of Darrell Keith Rich began in San Quentin State Prison’s execution chamber. Rich was pronounced dead at 12:13 a.m.
Rich declined a last meal and drank tea, broth and Gatorade until his execution. He spent his last hours with his spiritual advisors and his attorneys.
According to court documents Robert Massie was sentenced to death in 1965 for a murder committed during a robbery however when capital punishment was deemed to be unconstitutional he would be resentenced to life in prison. However he was released on parole
Robert Massie would then shoot and kill Boris Naumoff during a liquor store robbery in 1979
Robert Massie would be arrested, convicted and sentenced to death
Robert Massie would be executed on March 27 2001 by lethal injection
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Robert Massie was executed on March 27 2001
Robert Massie Case
Robert Lee Massie was convicted of one count of first-degree murder in the Jan. 3, 1979 death of Boris G. Naumoff. A San Francisco County jury sentenced Massie to death on May 25, 1979.
Massie shot and killed Naumoff during a liquor store robbery, and wounded Charles Harris, another store employee. This crime occurred while Massie was on parole for a murder he committed in Los Angeles County in 1965. He had been given a death sentence for that crime, but it was overturned in 1972 when the California Supreme Court ruled the death penalty was unconstitutional.
According to a witness, on the afternoon of Jan. 3, 1979, she entered a San Francisco liquor store to make a purchase and saw Massie at the counter face-to-face with Naumoff, the owner of the liquor store. Thinking Massie was a customer, the witness stood next to him and said hello to Naumoff. Naumoff then handed Massie some money, which Massie placed in his jacket pocket. Naumoff then said to the witness, “A guy can’t make a living anymore.”
At that time, Chuck Harris, an employee of the store, walked in and spoke to Naumoff on his way to the back room. As Massie turned to walk out the door, Naumoff went around the counter after him. The two men started to wrestle in the aisle. Massie then fired several shots. One hit Naumoff in the neck and killed him; another wounded Harris in his right thigh. Although Massie escaped, the witness, who had ducked behind the counter when the shots were fired, was able to call the police.
At 9:50 p.m. the next night, San Francisco police officers apprehended Massie driving in his car. On Massie they found a Ruger .357 magnum, fully loaded. In his coat they found a loaded .380 Mauser automatic weapon with its hammer cocked in a fireable position, and several boxes of ammunition. Massie admitted that he had been under the influence of alcohol or controlled substances when he committed the crimes.
Massie’s first death sentence came after he committed a series of robberies and assaults between January 7 and January 15, 1965, in Los Angeles County.
On the evening of January 7, Franklin Boller was getting out of his car in front of his home in West Covina when Massie approached him, hit him in the mouth with a rifle, and demanded money. Boller gave Massie his wallet and coin purse. Massie then fired a shot at Boller, grazing the side of his head.
Later that evening, Morris and Mildred Weiss were returning to their San Gabriel home. As Mrs. Weiss got out of the car, Massie approached and fatally shot her. He then jumped into a waiting car and sped off.
Just after midnight that night, Massie entered a Baldwin Park bar, brandished a rifle, and said, “This is a stickup.” He took money from the cash register and the wallets of the bartender and a patron. The bartender threw a beer bottle at Massie, who then fled.
On January 15, Massie encountered Frank Patti at MacArthur Park in Los Angeles. The two of them agreed to go to Patti’s hotel room. There, Massie pulled a revolver, demanded money, and told Patti to take his clothes off. Patti attacked Massie, who fired three shots and fled. Two shots hit Patti in the stomach and the third grazed his neck.
Massie was arrested on January 20, 1965, for the assault on Patti. He gave two tape-recorded statements in which he admitted committing all of these crimes and said he was trying to rob Mrs. Weiss when he shot and killed her. He was convicted of four counts of robbery, one count of attempted murder, and one count of murder.
At 12:20 a.m., March 27, 2001, the execution by lethal injection of Robert Lee Massie began in San Quentin State Prison’s execution chamber. Massie was pronounced dead at 12:33 a.m.
Massie’s last meal included two vanilla milkshakes, extra crispy french fries, extra crispy fried oysters and soft drinks. He spent his last hours with his spiritual advisors and his attorneys.
Robert Lee Massie’s last words were “Forgiveness. Giving up all hope for a better past.”
According to court documents Stephen Anderson would break into the home of eighty one year old Elizabeth Lyman. When the woman would wake up and see him Anderson would fatally shot her in the head. Following the murder Anderson would cook himself some food and was watching TV inside of Elizabeth home when police showed up and arrested him
Stephen Anderson would be arrested, convicted and sentenced to death
Stephen Anderson is suspected in at least seven other murders
Stephen Anderson would be executed by lethal injection on January 29 2002
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Stephen Anderson was executed on January 29 2002
Stephen Anderson Case
Stephen Wayne Anderson was put to death at San Quentin State Prison early this morning, 22 years after he fatally shot an 81-year-old San Bernardino County woman during a burglary and then fixed himself some noodles in her kitchen.
Anderson, 48, who became a writer and poet while on Death Row, was led into the prison’s apple-green death chamber and strapped onto a padded gurney. As he lay with his arms and legs secured, a lethal chemical mix was pumped into his veins, rendering him unconscious, stopping his breathing and, finally, paralyzing his heart. Anderson was the 10th man to be put to death in California since executions resumed in 1992 following a 25-year hiatus.
The inmate spent his final hours alone, while his attorneys made a desperate attempt to save his life, arguing that the condemned man had no chance for clemency because Gov. Gray Davis was predisposed to deny any plea for mercy. But each court ruled against him, and the execution remained on course. He lost his final appeal last night before the U.S. Supreme Court. The only witnesses he asked to be at the execution were his two attorneys and the psychologist who testified for him during his trial. Earlier in the day, his federal public defender, Margo Rocconi, described him as calm. “He’s not holding out hope, so it will be easier for him,” she said.
PROTESTERS GATHER OUTSIDE
About 230 demonstrators gathered outside the prison, protesting the execution. After he was pronounced dead, his two lawyers, Rocconi and Robert Horwitz, released a statement calling him “the poet laureate of the condemned.” “He still had so much more to contribute to the world,” they said. “We will miss him greatly.” The condemned man had few friends or relatives, living virtually a solitary life behind bars. But he left an unusual legacy, having written thousands of poems and short stories and several novels during his 20 years on death row. He won national prison writing awards for his work and had a play performed off-Broadway, drawing praise for his compassion and his grasp of the human condition. In the days leading up to his death, he completed a short story called “Laughing Water.”
But prosecutors say he will be remembered as a cold-blooded killer who committed a heinous crime on a helpless victim. On May 26, 1980, shortly after 1 a.m., Anderson, who had escaped from Utah State Prison, broke into the home of Elizabeth Lyman, an 81-year-old retired piano teacher who lived in Bloomington (San Bernardino County). He ransacked the home and found $112. When he entered the bedroom, Lyman abruptly sat up in bed and screamed. He fired a shot at close range, striking her in the face. After covering her with a sheet, he went to the kitchen, made himself a bowl of noodles and sat down to watch some television.
EVIDENCE OF OTHER KILLINGS
Prosecutors say Lyman’s murder was the latest homicide by a brutal killer. During his trial, Anderson admitted stabbing to death a fellow inmate in the prison kitchen while at Utah State Prison. He also admitted to investigators that after his escape from prison he had been paid $1,000 to shoot to death a man suspected of being a drug informant, using the same .45-caliber revolver that was used to kill Lyman. He later recanted the confession. In 1981, he was sentenced to die after a jury found him guilty of burglary and murdering Lyman.
In an attempt to save his life, his defense lawyers focused on his trial attorney, S. Donald Ames. The lawyer, who died in 1999, never talked to Anderson outside of court, contacted only one relative and put on virtually no case during the penalty phase in which Anderson ultimately was sentenced to die. Two of Ames’ other clients had death sentences overturned because of the lawyer’s ineffective representation. But each court denied Anderson’s appeal. His attorneys also made an unsuccessful attempt to disqualify Gov. Davis from deciding Anderson’s clemency request because they said Davis is biased, having rejected all three previous clemency requests from condemned inmates.
SUPPORT FROM VICTIM’S FAMILY
The inmate’s friends and defenders had argued that after a childhood of abuse and neglect, the hardened criminal had changed within the controlled confines of prison, finding a poetic voice and remorse for his crimes. Anderson received support from Lyman’s daughters — as well as the slain Utah inmate’s mother — who said they did not want him executed. But Davis on Saturday denied Anderson’s request for clemency.
Stephen Anderson was moved at 6 p.m. to a “death watch” cell, just a few feet from the death chamber where he had his last meal. The inmate asked for two grilled cheese sandwiches, a pint of plain cottage cheese, and a mix of hominy and corn, topped off by a piece of peach pie, a pint of chocolate chip ice cream, and radishes. The condemned man did not ask for a spiritual adviser to be with him during his final hours, San Quentin Prison spokesman Vernell Crittendon said.
After his death, his attorneys released part of one of his poems, titled “Unchained Visions, #9:” If no other misses you, I will: I will sense the emptiness where once you breathed.
Stephen Wayne Anderson, 48, was the 10th person to die in the San Quentin death chamber since executions resumed in 1992. The others: — April 21, 1992: Robert Alton Harris, 39. — Aug. 24, 1993: David Edwin Mason, 36. — Feb. 23, 1996: William George Bonin, 49. — May 3, 1996: Keith Daniel Williams, 48. — July 14, 1998: Thomas Martin Thompson, 43. — Feb. 9, 1999: Jaturun “Jay” Siripongs, 43. — May 4, 1999: Manuel Babbitt, 50. — March 15, 2000: Darrell “Young Elk” Rich, 45. — March 27, 2001: Robert Lee Massie, 59.
