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Ted Prevatte North Carolina Death Row

Ted Prevatte was sentenced to death by the State of North Carolina for the murder of Cindy McIntyre. According to court documents Ted Prevatte and Cindy McIntyre had been dating for about a year when she decided to end it and Prevatte did not take it well. Cindy McIntyre would be fatally shot outside of her home. Ted Prevatte would be arrested, convicted and sentenced to death

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Ted Prevatte 2021 Information

Offender Number:	0330166
Inmate Status:	ACTIVE
Probation/Parole/Post Release Status:	INACTIVE
Gender:	MALE
Race:	WHITE
Ethnic Group:	EUROPEAN/N.AM./AUSTR
Birth Date:	12/23/1949
Age:	71
Current Location:	CENTRAL PRISON

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The thirty-two-year-old victim (Cindy McIntyre) was married with two children (Michael and Matthew). She and her husband, Mike, were estranged but trying to reconcile. The victim and defendant attended the same church, sang together in the choir, and had been dating for about a year. Defendant lived with his mother across the street from the victim.

On 1 June 1993, when the victim and her husband saw each other, the victim’s husband gave her a rose, kissed her, and told her he loved her. Later that same day, the victim and her son Matthew were at home when defendant came in with a present for Matthew. As Matthew was opening the present, his mother said, “Oh my God.” Matthew turned around and saw defendant pointing a gun at his mother. Defendant had borrowed a gun from his cousin that afternoon.

When Matthew saw defendant with the gun, Matthew jumped up, and defendant pointed the gun at him. Defendant took the victim and Matthew to the bedroom and made them get down on their knees. Defendant then hit and kicked the victim. Defendant pointed the gun at Matthew’s head and said if the victim did not shut up, defendant would shoot Matthew.

Defendant grabbed Matthew and locked him in a bathroom down the hall from the bedroom. Defendant briefly left the house but shortly returned and brought the victim out of the house, with her hands bound behind her back. Defendant had his hands on the victim’s neck and shoulder area. Defendant forced the victim into a car, pulled the victim back out of the car, and then struck the victim three to four times and slammed the victim’s head into the car. The victim’s hands remained bound behind her back. Defendant next reached into the car and pulled out a handgun. When the victim tried to run away, defendant held the gun with both hands, aimed, and fired more than once. Defendant left immediately after the last shot.

An autopsy of the victim’s body revealed she suffered three gunshot wounds. Each bullet passed through the victim’s body. One bullet went through the middle of the victim’s back and completely destroyed her aorta and heart. Massive bleeding occurred in the chest cavity. These wounds caused the victim’s death.

Inside the master bedroom of the victim’s house, investigators found a nylon rope tied to a bed frame and a roll of duct tape on the floor. The roll of duct tape was consistent with the duct tape used to bind the victim’s hands.

Prior to the murder, the victim told a witness she was afraid of defendant because he knew she was reuniting with her husband. The victim said she was afraid defendant would hurt her, her children, or her husband. Witnesses also heard defendant say he would kill the victim if he could get away with it and he “[felt] like killing her.”

Before analyzing defendant’s arguments, we first note that defendant’s two trial attorneys in this case are the same attorneys who represented defendant in his 1995 capital trial for this murder.

We also note defendant presented an insanity defense at trial. Two defense experts expressed opinions that defendant had a paranoid personality disorder and was insane at the time of the shooting. The State offered rebuttal evidence that on the day of the murders, defendant was observed acting in a calm, friendly manner. The State’s expert testified that on the day of the murders, defendant was able to understand the nature and quality of his actions as well as the difference between right and wrong.

https://caselaw.findlaw.com/nc-supreme-court/1209128.html

Raymond Thibodeaux North Carolina Death Row

Raymond Thibodeaux was sentenced to death by the State of North Carolina for the murder of his wife Bertha Thibodeaux. According to court documents Raymond Thibodeaux would murder his wife Bertha after she threatened to leave him. Raymond Thibodeaux would be arrested convicted and sentenced to death

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Raymond Thibodeaux 2021 Information

Offender Number:	0515143
Inmate Status:	ACTIVE
Probation/Parole/Post Release Status:	INACTIVE
Gender:	MALE
Race:	WHITE
Ethnic Group:	EUROPEAN/N.AM./AUSTR
Birth Date:	06/22/1954
Age:	66
Current Location:	CENTRAL PRISON

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Defendant and the victim, Annette Thibodeaux, resided at 204 Barney Road in High Point, Forsyth County, North Carolina. Members of the High Point Police Department were sent to their home on 13 April 1998 after an out-of-town caller had contacted police and expressed concern that he was unable to reach the couple. Police arrived at the Thibodeaux home at approximately 10:00 p.m.

After observing the home for an hour, police approached and knocked on the door several times. When defendant answered, the officers standing at the doorway could see in clear view what appeared to be a woman lying face down between two couches in the living room. Also visible were what appeared to be blood stains on the walls and both couches. Based upon these observations, the police asked defendant to step outside, and they began to search the residence.

After placing defendant in a patrol car, Forsyth County Sheriff’s Detective Dwayne V. Hedgecock advised defendant that law enforcement officers were there because there was a dead body in his house. In trial testimony, Detective Hedgecock described his subsequent conversation with defendant thusly:

“He said, ‘A dead body is in my house?’ He asked me who was in the house and I replied, ‘A female.’ He said, ‘You mean a woman?’ And I replied, ‘yes.’ He looked at me in a very puzzled manner when he asked about the body․ He asked me again why I was there and if I was a police officer. I told him that I was a detective with the Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office and that I was there to investigate what had happened. He again asked me if there was a dead woman in his house, and I said, ‘Yes, Ray, there is.’ He said, ‘You’re kidding me.’ I said, ‘No, Ray, I’m not kidding you.’ ”

At the same time inside the Thibodeaux home, Forsyth County Sheriff’s Deputy Robert Shinault, Jr., examined the body of the victim, noting there was a hole in the back of her skull and that her hands were severely bruised and discolored. He also found a phone cord wrapped around her neck.

Police Detective Elizabeth Culbreth, also on the scene, testified that she discovered a white trash bag in a box in the corner of the dining room. It contained a telephone that appeared to have blood on it. In the spare room, she saw a shirt that appeared to have blood on it. Detective Culbreth also noted a number of beer cans in the garbage bag and other cans around the house.

When Detective Hedgecock entered the house and went into the bedroom, he observed that the mattress and box spring of the bed had been pulled away, exposing the floor underneath. He also observed that the area immediately surrounding the victim was covered with blood splatter, and that there were faint footsteps in blood trailing from the bedroom into the kitchen.

North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation Special Agent Jennifer A. Elwell, who was employed as a forensic serologist, testified as to a number of items of evidence seized in the investigation. The shirt found in the spare room of the home showed the presence of human blood, as did the aforementioned telephone. A watch found in the bathroom and the tissue paper it was wrapped in were also examined for blood tracings. The tissue reacted positively to phenolphthalein, the chemical used to test for human blood. A small stain on the watch, as well as two shade-control rods found in the living room, also tested positive for human blood. Agent Elwell testified that a hammer found at the scene also contained traces of human blood on its surface.

Forsyth County Sheriff’s Sergeant Darrell O. Hicks was tendered and accepted at trial as an expert in the field of latent fingerprint identification. Sgt. Hicks used an original fingerprint card of defendant as a comparison to prints lifted from the crime scene. He concluded that the bloody fingerprints taken from the two shade-control rods and telephone were those of defendant. He further testified that there were no fingerprints found on the hammer, and that it appeared to have been wiped clean.

North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation Special Agent David Freeman was tendered and accepted as an expert in the field of forensic DNA analysis. Agent Freeman examined the evidence and concluded that the blood located on the hammer and tissue paper matched the DNA profile of the victim. He also testified that blood samples taken from the shirt, telephone, and watch all had a DNA pattern consistent with that of the victim.

https://caselaw.findlaw.com/nc-supreme-court/1347450.html

Terance Valentine Florida Death Row

Terance Valentine was sentenced to death by the State of Florida for the murder of Ferdinand Porsche . According to court documents Terance Valentine would break into the home of his ex wife and shoot her and Ferdinand Porsche. Ferdinand Porsche would die from his injuries. Terance Valentine would be arrested, convicted and sentenced to death

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Terance Valentine 2021 Information

DC Number:	119682
Name:	VALENTINE, TERANCE
Race:	BLACK
Sex:	MALE
Birth Date:	01/21/1949
Initial Receipt Date:	04/16/1990
Current Facility:	UNION C.I.
Current Custody:	MAXIMUM
Current Release Date:	DEATH SENTENCE

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In 1990, Terence Valentine, a Costa Rican man living in Texas, was convicted of the gruesome 1988 killing of Ferdinand Porsche and the attempted murder of Valentine’s ex-wife, Libia Romero. Romero, who is also Costa Rican and who was divorced from Valentine at the time, testified in court that her ex-husband broke into the couple’s home in Tampa, Florida, shot Porsche in the back, “trussed him like an animal” while Porsche was naked and stabbed him several times before he shot him in the head, according to court documents. Valentine was found guilty of Porsche’s murder and sentenced to death in 1990. Valentine — now 66 — has maintained his innocence.

Valentine and Romero married in Costa Rica in 1973, according to records from the Civil Registry. The couple emigrated to the United States in 1975, settling in New Orleans. Court documents said the marriage was “not a happy one” and Romero tried to divorce Valentine in 1986. She married Ferdinand Porsche in 1988 and moved to Tampa. The legality of the divorce was under dispute, though, and Valentine, believing he and Romero were still married, started making threatening phone calls to Romero and Porsche’s home in Tampa between 1987 and September 1988.

On Sept. 9, 1988, Valentine forced his way into the couple’s home and shot Porsche in the back, paralyzing him from the waist down. Valentine then forced Porsche to crawl to the couple’s bedroom where Romero — who was pregnant at the time, according to court records — was gagged and tied up naked on the bedroom floor. She told authorities that Valentine told Porsche, “this is my revenge.”

“I’m gonna kill you, but you’re gonna suffer. This is not going to be easy,” Valentine said, according to Romero’s testimony. Valentine pistol whipped Porsche, beat him and stabbed him before driving him and Romero to an isolated area. Valentine shot and killed Porsche with a gunshot to the eye. He shot Romero but did not kill her.

When Romero recovered after several weeks in the hospital she started receiving more threatening phone calls from Valentine. One of these calls she recorded and handed it over to the authorities.

Valentine said he was not in the United States at the time of the homicide.

Daniel Peterka Florida Death Row

Daniel Peterka was sentenced to death by the State of Florida for the murder of his roommate John Russell. According to court documents Daniel Peterka was wanted in Nebraska when he moved to Florida and eventually became roommates with John Russell. Apparently the two were involved in an argument and both reached for a gun and Daniel Peterka would reach it first and fatally shoot John Russell. Daniel Peterka would then use John Russell name to forge a number of documents. Daniel Peterka would be arrested, convicted and sentenced to death

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Daniel Peterka 2021 Information

DC Number:	119773
Name:	PETERKA, DANIEL J
Race:	WHITE
Sex:	MALE
Birth Date:	09/09/1967
Initial Receipt Date:	04/25/1990
Current Facility:	UNION C.I.
Current Custody:	MAXIMUM
Current Release Date:	DEATH SENTENCE

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Briefly stated, Peterka fled Nebraska in February 1989 after being sentenced to a one-year prison term for theft. He reappeared in Niceville, Florida, and sometime in April 1989, he moved into a rental duplex with Russell because Russell was having difficulty paying the rent. On June 27, 1989, Peterka obtained a duplicate driver’s license with his picture and Russell’s name. Peterka then cashed a $300 money order that was payable to Russell and had been mailed to Russell by a relative. Russell suspected that Peterka had stolen the money order but told several people that he was not going to confront Peterka, who kept a gun at the house.

Russell was reported missing by his friend and co-worker, Gary Johnson, on July 13, 1989. Sheriff’s Deputy Daniel Harkins questioned Peterka about Russell’s whereabouts, and subsequently ran Peterka’s name and birth date in the sheriff’s office’s computer, which indicated that Peterka was a fugitive from Nebraska with an outstanding warrant. Peterka was arrested early the next morning.

On July 18, 1989, Peterka gave a statement to police in which he admitted shooting Russell. This Court summarized Peterka’s statement as follows:

Peterka forged Russell’s signature and cashed the money order. He paid Russell one hundred dollars to use Russell’s identification. Russell instigated a shoving match over the money order that escalated into a fight in the living room of the duplex. Both men reached for Peterka’s gun, but Peterka got it first. As Russell got up from the couch, the weapon accidentally fired and the bullet entered the top of Russell’s head. Russell fell down on the couch. Peterka wrapped Russell’s body in a rug, drove to a remote part of Eglin Air Force Base, and buried the body in a shallow grave.

Id. at 64. Peterka subsequently led police to Russell’s body and gave a videotaped statement similar to the statement he had given earlier. This videotaped statement was introduced into evidence at trial.

The medical examiner testified that Russell died from a close-range gunshot wound to the head and that the wound was consistent with Russell having been shot from behind while in a reclining position. A firearms expert testified that in his opinion Peterka’s gun would not accidentally fire and that the gun had two safety mechanisms that would prevent it from firing unless the trigger was pulled.

The jury found Peterka guilty of first-degree premeditated murder. During the penalty phase, Peterka presented the testimony of friends and family members to establish mitigation. Collectively they testified that Peterka is a good brother and son, is caring and understanding, is an excellent, responsible employee, and is always helpful. Peterka also testified on his own behalf, stating that he feels he has something to share with society and that if he could bring Russell back he would be glad to give his life. At the conclusion of the penalty phase, the jury recommended the death penalty by a vote of eight to four. After weighing the aggravating and mitigating circumstances, the trial court followed the jury’s recommendation and sentenced Peterka to death.²

https://caselaw.findlaw.com/fl-supreme-court/1453543.html

Juan Rodriguez Florida Death Row

Juan Rodriguez was sentenced to death by the State of Florida for the robbery and murder of Abelardo Saladrigas. According to court documents Juan Rodriguez would rob Abelardo Saladrigas before shooting him. Abelardo Saladrigas would die in hospital. Juan Rodriguez would be arrested, convicted and sentenced to death

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Juan Rodriguez 2021 Information

DC Number:	394141
Name:	RODRIGUEZ, JUAN D
Race:	HISPANIC
Sex:	MALE
Birth Date:	06/26/1956
Initial Receipt Date:	06/12/1990
Current Facility:	UNION C.I.
Current Custody:	MAXIMUM
Current Release Date:	DEATH SENTENCE

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Seeking to discharge a debt, Rodriguez led Ramon Fernandez and Carlos “Tata” Sponsa to a shopping center. Id. at 495. Rodriguez accosted Abelardo Saladrigas in the shopping center parking lot, shot him, and took his watch and briefcase, which held cash and a revolver. Id. at 496. Saladrigas died after hospitalization. Id. Eye-witnesses observed the attack and the men fleeing in a blue Mazda. Id. at 495.

The next day, Rodriguez joined Fernandez, Sponsa, and several other men at a residence to stage a home invasion robbery. Rodriguez v. State (Rodriguez II), 919 So. 2d 1252, 1259 (Fla. 2005). On the way to the residence, Rodriguez told Sergio Valdez about the shooting in the shopping center parking lot. Id. The owner of the residence averted the home invasion by firing a gun at the men. Id. Fernandez dropped the stolen revolver from the previous day as the men ran from the home. Id. at 1260. When arrested, Fernandez confessed, told police about his role in the shopping center shooting, and described Rodriguez’s involvement. Id. Rodriguez was arrested, charged, and found guilty of all charges. Id.

Prior to the penalty phase, Rodriguez moved for appointment of a mental health expert to evaluate him for mitigation, and the trial court granted the motion. Id. at 1270. Dr. Leonard Haber testified that Rodriguez claimed to have left school after the first grade to work and that he demonstrated a lack of effort during Dr. Haber’s evaluation. Id. Dr. Haber found signs that Rodriguez might be brain damaged, but determined that “the activities in which Rodriguez engaged ․ belied a finding of [intellectual disability].” Id. at 1265. Dr. Haber suggested further testing, which Dr. Noble David conducted and which revealed that Rodriguez was normal.

The penalty phase began on March 25, 1990:

Rodriguez was found guilty of all charges which were tried together. By a vote of twelve to zero the jury recommended that he be sentenced to death in connection with the Saladrigas murder. The court followed this recommendation, finding three aggravating factors: 1) prior conviction of violent felony; 2) the murder was committed during a robbery and for financial gain; and 3) the murder was especially heinous, atrocious, or cruel, and one nonstatutory mitigating factor: Rodriguez had a good marriage and family life.

https://caselaw.findlaw.com/fl-supreme-court/1857353.html