stabbing – Bonnie's Blog of Crime

Victims
Rev. Daniel Pridgen [9/20/1976] (co-defendant, Johnnie Gary Mills)
Katrina Birk [9/23/1976]
Frank Meli [9/27/1976] (had 2 co-defendants, Nathaniel Taylor and Johnnie Gary Mills)

Find-A-Grave: Rev Daniel Pridgen

Kidnapped student is found dead
House Scene Of Second Grave
Kidnapped Student’s Death Termed ‘Cold Blooded Murder’
Student’s Death Was No Accident
Tearful slayer admits 3 murders
Judge condemns killer of 3
Inmate Is Refused New Murder Trial
Johnnie Gary Mills v State of Florida 1981
Graham Signs Death Warrant
Court Backs Four Death Sentences
Federal Judge Stays Killer’s Execution
Did Washington get legal help
Execution Warrant Is Signed
David Leroy Washington v State of Florida 1978 (conviction and sentence affirmed)
State of Florida v David Leroy Washington 1984
David Leroy Washington v Charles E Strickland 1982 (writ of habeas corpus)
Killer apologizes before his execution
Confessed murderer of 3 executed in Florida
Mass killer meets death in Florida
David Leroy Washington, a former choirboy who stabbed three…
Prisoner challenges daughter moments before his execution
Murderpedia: David Leroy Washington
David Leroy Washington – Florida Execution – July 13, 1984

Defendants
David Leroy Washington – convicted, sentenced to death, executed 7/13/1984
Johnnie Gary Mills – convicted of killing Rev. Daniel Pridgen and Frank Meli, sentenced to life in prison
Nathaniel Taylor – convicted of killing Frank Meli, sentenced to life in prison

David Leroy Washington

INMATE INFORMATION

DC Number: 058673
Name: TAYLOR, NATHANIEL
Race: BLACK
Sex: MALE
Hair Color: BLACK
Eye Color: BROWN
Height: 6’04”
Weight: 182 lbs.
Birth Date: 12/11/1954
Initial Receipt Date: 03/16/1977
Current Facility: LAKE CI
Current Custody: CLOSE
Current Release Date: SENTENCED TO LIFE

Aliases:
NATHANIEL TAYLOR
DOUGLAS WASHINGTON
DOUGLAS ALLEN WASHINGTON

INMATE INFORMATION

ID Photo

DC Number: 058248
Name: MILLS, JOHNNIE G
Race: BLACK
Sex: MALE
Birth Date: 05/17/1956
Initial Receipt Date: 02/09/1977
Current Facility: DADE C.I.
Current Custody: CLOSE
Current Release Date: SENTENCED TO LIFE

Giovanna Larae Hernandez

Giovanna Larae Hernandez obituary
Kyle mother charged in ‘horrific’ homicide
Sheriff: Central Texas woman ‘mutilated’ 5-year-old daughter during altercation with relative
Mother charged with capital murder of five-year-old girl
Sheriff: Woman killed daughter, 5, in one of Hays County’s ‘worst’ cases
Documents show Texas mother accused in 5-year-old’s killing has history of drug use, mental illness
Texas woman accused of mutilating 5-year-old daughter, stabbing her to death
Family says goodbye to 5-year-old Giovanna Hernandez at Buda church
5-year-old killed in Kyle laid to rest, mother in custody
Kyle woman goes on trial for capital murder
Mom Sentenced to Life for Beheading 5-Year-Old After Asking for Cereal
Texas woman who killed, mutilated 5-year-old daughter gets life in prison
Krystle Villanueva Convicted of Capital Murder
Hays County woman gets life in prison for killing, decapitating 5-year-old daughter in 2017
Texas Mom Gets Life in Prison for Beheading Daughter, 5, Because Girl ‘Asked for Cereal’

INMATE INFORMATION

Offender Name: VILLANUEVA, KRYSTLE CONCEPCION
Custody Status: In Custody
Age: 28
Location: HAYS COUNTY JAIL
Race: White
Offender ID:882698
Gender: Female
Date of Birth: 03/07/1992
Additional Information:
Aliases VILLANUEVA, KRYSTLE

Find-A-Grave: Emerson Robert Jackson
Crime Library: Dead Kilgore, Florida Death Row
As Jurors are Being Selected, Inmate Admits Killing Another
Suspect’s prison-lover murder trial begins
Judge: Killer can change his plea
Man’s life on line again
Prison killer to get death
3from Polk have gone to Florida’s electric chair; 12 remain o Death Row
Dean Kilgore v State of Florida 1997 [conviction and sentence affirmed]
Dean Kilgore v Walter McNeil 2010 [habeas corpus denied]
Dean Kilgore v Attorney General of Florida 2015 [conviction and sentence affirmed]
Murderpedia: Dean Kilgore
Death Row: Dean Kilgore – Florida

INMATE INFORMATION

DC Number: 029315
Name: KILGORE, DEAN
Race: BLACK
Sex: MALE
Birth Date: 10/16/1950
Custody: MAXIMUM
Current Release Date: DECEASED

Alexis Kayla Oesterle

Alexis Kayla Oesterle obituary
Find-A-Grave: Alexis Kaila Oesterle
Murdered teen’s grandfather talks about ongoing trouble at southern Indiana home
Man accused of murdering stepdaughter in court
‘He Planned To Kill’: Missing Indiana 15-Year-Old Found Murdered In Backyard
Warrick County jury deliberating in the murder trial of Ryan Shelby
Man who killed his stepdaughter is sentenced
Ryan Shelby Sentenced to 55 Years in 2009 IN Slaying of Alexis Oesterle

Movies/Documentaries
Criminal Confessions: The Worst Betrayal

INMATE INFORMATION

DOC Number 226323
First Name RYAN
Middle Name L
Last Name SHELBY
Suffix
Date of Birth 12/29/1976
Gender Male
Race White
Facility/Location Wabash Valley Level 4 Facility
Earliest Possible Release Date 05/03/2037

Sentence Information
Date of Sentence 06/20/2012
Description MURDER
Term in Years / Months / Days 54 11 00030
Type of Conviction M
Indiana Citation Code 35-42-1-1
Cause Number 87C01 1104 MR 000186
County of Conviction WARRICK
Projected Release Date 05/03/2037

Sentence Information
Date of Sentence 06/20/2012
Description OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE
Term in Years / Months / Days 01 06 00002
Type of Conviction FD
Indiana Citation Code 35-44-3-4
Cause Number 87C01 1104 MR 000186
County of Conviction WARRICK
Projected Release Date 08/03/2010

Lewisville Mother Of 2 Found Stabbed To Death Near Denton Creek
Suspect charged with murder after missing woman found dead near Denton Creek
Missing Ponder mom, 20, found stabbed to death
Man Arrested For Murder Of Lewisville Mother Jade Harris

Ex-con suspect in old man’s murder
Murder charges filed in Bennion stabbing
Murder suspect is accused of using stolen credit card
Phone scam may have led to Taylorsville slaying
Murder trial ordered in torture slaying
Billy Joe Wilson bound over for trial
Killer plea bargains for his life
Pair of Inmates Die at Utah State Prison
2 inmates at Utah Prison die

Victims
Theodore DeMers, 62 [Willington, CT]
Nicholas Eisele, 23 [Derby, CT]
woman abducted [Derby, CT – found safe]

‘A cruel twist of fate:’ Remembering CT homicide victim Theodore DeMers

Peter Manfredonia

From Donald Dubray’s appeal:
On the night of October 6, 1986, Suzette Pritchard was working at a Town Pump convenience store located on 10th Avenue South in Great Falls. Friends of Suzette’s, including Becky Hill, Vicki Kuhn, and Suzette’s sister, Annette Pritchard, visited Suzette at work periodically throughout her shift that night. At about 12:55 a.m., Annette, Becky, and Vicki left to get Suzette french fries from a nearby Burger King. When they returned about five minutes later, they noticed a maroon-colored car parked behind the Town Pump that they had not seen before. The three generally described the car as older, beat-up, and dirty.

Vicki took the french fries into the Town Pump while Annette and Becky waited in the car. Vicki noticed a man she did not recognize at the microwave. The man walked toward her and stopped about three feet in front of her. Vicki observed that he may have been intoxicated. She reported that the man made her feel uneasy, and that she attempted to make conversation with him. Becky and Annette also saw the man, and all three were able to give similar, though not identical, descriptions of him.

When Vicki returned to the car, she told Annette and Becky that the man gave her the creeps. Becky had the feeling he was just waiting for them to leave. Annette decided she would call her sister intermittently through the rest of her shift that night. As they drove away from the Town Pump, Annette noticed it was 1:08 a.m.

At about 1:20 a.m., Larry Blanchard, the owner of a private security business, drove in front of the Town Pump. He observed a dirty, red, mid-sized car with some body damage leaving from the rear of the store.

After Vicki dropped her friends off, she and her boyfriend returned to the Town Pump to visit with Suzette. Vicki found Suzette’s body lying on the floor behind the counter. At 1:22 a.m., Officer Porter from the Great Falls Police Department was dispatched to the Town Pump. Suzette was dead when he arrived. She had been stabbed multiple times in the chest. During his investigation of the crime scene, Officer Porter noticed a wrapped-up sandwich lying on the counter. Later that night, a detective processed the crime scene and lifted fingerprints throughout the store. Unfortunately, the prints on the sandwich wrapper were not usable.

The owner of the Town Pump found that approximately $300 was missing from the store. About a week after the homicide, he realized that a knife with a five-inch steel blade, which was always kept in the store, was missing. He was also able to determine by looking at cash register receipts, that the last transaction before the homicide was for ninety nine cents, the price of the sandwich on the counter.

In the weeks and months following the homicide, Vicki and Becky helped develop composite drawings of the suspect. All three of the primary witnesses, Annette, Becky, and Vicki, participated in approximately fifty photo lineups. The detectives followed up on information provided by the public, but to little avail. At one point they investigated Joseph Grosbusch, another Town Pump employee, but concluded he was not a suspect.

Between 1989 and 1997, there were no significant developments in the investigation. In 1997, however, Detective Cameron received information from a confidential informant that Donald DuBray committed the homicide. DuBray was in prison for a rape conviction at the time the tip was provided. The confidential informant also told Detective Cameron that DuBray owned 1969 and 1974 red Pontiacs. Based on this information, Detective Cameron reopened the investigation. Detective Cameron learned that DuBray had been driving a 1967 red or maroon Pontiac with damage to the rear end at the time of the homicide.

At the time of Suzette’s murder, DuBray lived with his girlfriend, Rose Valenzuela. Rose testified that on the night of October 6, 1986, the night of the homicide, DuBray left the apartment and did not return until early the morning of October 7, 1986. That day Rose flew to Seattle. She testified that a month or two later when DuBray found her in Seattle, he told her he had robbed the Town Pump.

Dubray Convicted Of Two Counts Of First Degree Murder
Justices reject DuBray’s appeal in stabbing death
Man convicted in ’86 convenience store murder seeks new trial
State of Montana v Donald DuBray 2003 (conviction and sentence affirmed)
Donald DuBray v State of Montana 2008 (conviction and sentence affirmed)
Man convicted of killing Great Falls woman dies in prison
Montana State Prison inmate convicted of homicide dies in custody
Inmate convicted in 1986 killing dies
United States of America v Donald Frances Dubray 1992 (conviction affirmed)
United States of America v Donald Frances Dubray 1993 (sentence affirmed)
Sister of slain teen forgave killer

Movies/Documentaries
Motives & Murders: Three Times the Pain

INMATE INFORMATION

Federal information
DONALD FRANCIS DUBRAY
Register Number: 01919-046
Age: 52
Race: American Indian
Sex: Male
Released On: 07/25/2014

Montana information

DOC ID# 44635
NAME: DONALD FRANCIS DUBRAY
CURRENT STATUS: INMATE
LAST STATUS CHANGE: Thursday, September 04, 2014
GENDER: Male
INFORMATION CURRENT AS OF: Tuesday, December 23, 2014
PRISON:
MONTANA STATE PRISON
700 Conley Lake Drive
Deer Lodge, MT 59722
(406) 846-1320

PHYSICAL AND DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS
HAIR COLOR: Brown
EYE COLOR: Green
HEIGHT: 5 FT 10 IN
WEIGHT: 180 lbs
BUILD: MEDIUM RACE: NATIVE AMERICAN
SKIN TONE: LIGHT
L/R HANDED: L YEAR OF BIRTH: 1962
BIRTH PLACE: Montana
CITIZENSHIP: United States
MT RESIDENT: Y
AKAs
DONNY DUBRAY,
DONNIE DUBRAY,
DON DUBRAY,
DON DUBUEY,
DONALD F DUBRAY,
DONALD FRANCES DUBRAY,
ROBERT D DUBRAY,
JOHN ADOLF MARTINEZ

LEGAL RECORD

DOCKET: CDC-98-019
COUNTY: CASCADE COUNTY
JUDGE: NEILL
COUNTS: 1
LEGAL TYPE: Original Sentence
SENTENCE TYPE: PRISON OFFENSE: Theft
CODE: 456301
OFFENSE DATE: 10/7/1986
SENTENCE PRONOUNCED: 4/15/1999
NET SENTENCE (MONTHS): 120

DOCKET: CDC-98-019
COUNTY: CASCADE COUNTY
JUDGE: NEILL
COUNTS: 1
LEGAL TYPE: Original Sentence
SENTENCE TYPE: LIFE OFFENSE: Deliberate Homicide
CODE: 455102
OFFENSE DATE: 10/7/1986
SENTENCE PRONOUNCED: 4/15/1999
NET SENTENCE (MONTHS): 1800

DOCKET: CDC-98-019
COUNTY: CASCADE COUNTY
JUDGE: NEILL
COUNTS: 1
LEGAL TYPE: Original Sentence
SENTENCE TYPE: PRISON OFFENSE: Robbery
CODE: 455401
OFFENSE DATE: 10/7/1986
SENTENCE PRONOUNCED: 4/15/1999
NET SENTENCE (MONTHS): 480

Teens Who Kill: Trustin Begay stabbed to death Steven Begay; Due to his age (17) he only received a sentence of 2 years in juvenile detention. What kind of justice is this????

Monsters Among Us: David Leroy Washington – executed for killing 3 people in Florida in September 1976

Mothers From Hell: Krystle Concepcion stabbed to death and then decapitated her 5-year-old daughter, Giovanna Larae Hernandez; Sentenced to LWOP

Inmate Murder: Dean Kilgore stabbed Emerson Robert “Pearl” Jackson 3 times and he died. Kilgore was convicted and sentenced to death. He died while on death row 1/12/2018.

Fathers From Hell: Ryan Lee Shelby killed his 15-year-old stepdaughter, Alexis Kayla Oesterle over an ongoing feud over his treatment of his newborn; Sentenced to 55 years in prison

Monsters Among Us: Tanner Lane Brock charged with the murder of Jade Monique Harris

Lowell Searle murder 4/18/1993 Taylorsville, UT Billy Joe Wilson pled guilty, sentenced to 5 years to life in prison; Died in prison

Manhunt: Connecticut on the hunt for homicide suspect Peter Manfredonia, who is suspected of killing 2 people and wounding another

Monsters Among Us: Donald DuBray killed Suzette Pritchard while she was working at Keith’s Town Pump convenience store; Sentenced to life in prison

Psycho For Love: John Eric Hemminger kept stabbing Jessica Goeble,finally cutting her throat and beating up Jessica’s other boyfriend;

Monsters Among Us: Eric Randall Nance killed Julie Heath with a boxcutter when she fought back; Executed 11/28/2005

Monsters Among Us: Lezmond Mitchell and Johnny Orsinger killed a grandmother and her granddaughter; Orsinger sentenced to LWOP in federal prison; Mitchell was sentenced to death – executed today

Monsters Among Us: Mark Howard Wilson, Jr. charged with the horrific murders of brothers Tayten and Robert Baker, with a hammer and knife

Mothers From Hell: Purkanah Mayo charged with the stabbing death of her 6-year-old daughter, Atarah

Monsters Among Us: Ignacio Castellano killed Landa Ramirez and Rafael Villagrana during a fight on Drake Ave. in Little Village; Sentenced to 32 years in prison

Murder In The Family: Romel D. Tyson charged with stabbing his grandparents, Gabriel and Carmella Tyson, to death, after they gave him a place to live when he was released from prison

Monsters Among Us: Ronald LeRoy Steves killed 15-year-old Mary Louise Bell because he was afraid she would tell her dad that he was dating her sister; Sentenced to life in prison, released after 20 years

Monsters Among Us: Sincere Williams charged with stabbing Olga Marie Calderon to death while she was working and he went in to rob the store

With Friends Like This…Edward Jay Kennedy charged with the stabbing death of his friend, Riley Nagle