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Patrick Hannon Florida Execution

Patrick Hannon was executed by the State of Florida for two murders committed in 1991. According to court documents Patrick Hannon and two other men James Acker and Ronald Richardson would murder Brandon Snider, 27, and Robert Carter, 28. James Acker would receive a life sentenced and Ronald Richardson would testify against the two others for a five year sentence. Patrick Hannon was considered to be the ring leader and would receive the death penalty. Hannon would admit to being at the murders however denied participating in them. Patrick Hannon would be executed by lethal injection on November 8, 2017

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Patrick Charles Hannon helped execute two Tampa men 26 years ago. He slashed one man’s throat and shot another man six times in the chest in 1991.

The state of Florida executed him for those crimes on Wednesday night.

Hannon was pronounced dead at 8:50 p.m. He was 53.

He is the only one of three men who took part in the Jan. 10, 1991 murders of Brandon Snider, 27, and Robert Carter, 28, to receive the death penalty.

James Acker, also now 53, is serving a life sentence plus 22 years at Cross City Correctional Institution in Dixie County. Ronald Richardson testified against the other two in exchange for a five-year sentence

When the curtain rose on the glass window separating the witness gallery from the execution chamber, Patrick Hannon was strapped in a gurney, covered by a white sheet.

Before executioners injected the cocktail of drugs that would render him unconscious, paralyzed and then dead, Hannon spoke.

He proclaimed his innocence and apologized — to the family of just one of the men he killed.

“I hope this execution gives the Carter family some peace,” he said. “I wish I could have done more to save Robert.”

In the gallery, a woman from Snider’s family whispered: “Bulls—-.”

“I didn’t kill anybody but I was there when Ron Richardson and James Acker did,” Hannon said.

“Robbie was a good man and a good friend, and I let him down when he needed me most. As far as Brandon Snider, I think that everybody knows what he did to get this ball rolling.

“I’m sorry this worked out like this, the way it did.”

The woman whispered one final vulgarity at Hannon, then waved goodbye as he was put to death.

Afterward, she declined to identify herself or comment to the Tampa Bay Times.

The execution took 12 minutes at Florida State Prison.

The U.S. Supreme Court denied Hannon’s last-ditch appeals around 8:30 p.m. That delayed the start of his execution by more than two hours, forcing the 18 witnesses, including members of the Snider and Carter families, to wait.

Patrick Hannon was convicted of the murders in 1991 and a jury unanimously sentenced him to death. He was 26 then, and has spent another 26 years, a second lifetime for him, on Florida’s Death Row.

Last month, Gov. Rick Scott signed Hannon’s death warrant, sealing his fate. The courts rejected his pleas for appeal and postconviction relief. And days before, the Florida Supreme Court declined to stay Hannon’s execution.

He was the third Death Row inmate Florida executed using this lethal combination of drugs: Etomidate, a sedative; rocuronium bromide, a paralytic; and potassium acetate, to stop his heart.

After Patrick Hannon completed his statement, at 8:38 p.m., his body received the sedative through an IV. He exhaled heavily and his body shook for short periods of time.

At 8:42 p.m., an official inside the chamber checked to see if Hannon was conscious. He touched Hannon’s eyelids and shook his shoulders.

By 8:44 p.m., Patrick Hannon lay still. His lips turned a dark purple as the color drained from the rest of his face.

At 8:50 p.m., a doctor entered. He checked Hannon’s pulse and listened to his chest through a stethoscope before declaring him dead.

Hannon’s last day began early. He awoke at 2:30 a.m., according to the Florida Department of Corrections, after sleeping just three hours.

His last meal consisted of beef short ribs, fried potatoes, bacon, a roll, peach cobbler, vanilla ice cream and sweet tea. He ate most of the short ribs and all the peach cobbler.

He was also able to spend time with his wife, whom he married while he was on Death Row. Hannon declined to meet with a spiritual advisor.

The January 1991 slayings started with a Christmas dispute just weeks before in Indiana, between Brandon Snider and a woman. In one version he fired a gun in her home and left a threatening note.

Tony Snider told another version: His half brother Brandon Snider was involved in a dispute with an ex-girlfriend and ended up damaging her room, but later apologized and offered to pay for the damages.

Brandon Snider thought it was over. It wasn’t.

The brother of the woman, Acker, then targeted him.

Acker, Hannon and Richardson went to find Snider at the Cambridge Woods Apartments, just a mile from the University of South Florida campus.

Investigators said Acker stabbed Brandon Snider 14 times and Hannon slit this throat. Carter begged to be let go and tried to hide in an upstairs bedroom. Hannon shot him in the chest six times.

Tony Snider told the Times earlier this week that he’s waited a long time to see justice served.

“A tooth for a tooth, an eye for an eye,” he said. “He took my brother’s life; why shouldn’t the state of Florida take his?”

https://www.tampabay.com/news/publicsafety/crime/Victim-s-relative-waves-goodbye-as-Patrick-Hannon-executed_162451581/

Robert Pickton Serial Killer Pig Farmer

Robert Pickton is a serial killer from Canada who was convicted of six murders but is believed to have murdered at least forty nine murders in which he fed the bodies to pigs. In this article on My Crime Library we are going to take a closer look at serial killer Robert Pickton “The Pig Farmer”

Robert Pickton Early Life

Robert Pickton was born on October 24 1949 to Leonard and Louis Pickton in Port Coquitlam British Columbia Canada on a pig farm. Robert who has an older sister Linda and a younger brother named David was raised by an abusive farmer. Both of Robert’s parents would die in 1978 leaving the pig farm to their children. However David and Linda wanted nothing to do with the farm so Robert took it over as his brother would take the Family home.

Pig Farm Parties

Robert Pickton would host parties at the Pickton pig farm where as many as two thousand people would attend including members of biker gangs and women who worked as sex workers in Vancouver. In 1997 Robert Pickton would be arrested for the attempted murder of a sex worker who was thankfully able to escape. Pickton would be released on a bond. The charges would later be dismissed due to lack of evidence.

That same year there were a number of legal issues against the pig farm due to its poor condition as it had been neglected by both Robert Pickton and his brother David. However the two brothers would continue to host their parties.

People began to notice that a variety of women who attended the parties would soon go missing. Even though this was reported to police the fact that they were sex workers made the women very low priority to the police.

Robert Pickton Pig Farm Search

Robert and his brother David were arrested after police searched the property and found a variety of weapons in 2002. Both of the brothers would be released however Robert was kept under surveillance by police.

Robert Pickton was arrested again and charged with the murders of two women who disappeared after attending a party at the Pickton farm.

The police began a deeper search into the Pickton farm and they would excavate the bodies of four more women. As the months passed over and the search into Robert Pickton and his farm continued police would find more and more bodies of women who were reported missing. By the time the search was through Robert would face twenty seven counts of murder.

Robert Pickton Trial

Robert was tried on twenty seven counts of murder on January 30, 2006 in which he plead not guilty. The judge presiding over the case would later break up the case into one where there was six counts of murder and the second for the remaining twenty counts. One of the cases was dropped due to lack of evidence. Eventually Robert would be convicted on the six counts of murder and would not face the other twenty counts. Robert was sentenced to twenty five years to life in prison, under Canadian law he must serve twenty five years before he becomes eligible for parole.

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After DNA evidence linked serial killer Robert Pickton to the disappearance of her sister, Lori Ellis asked police for a prayer card belonging to her sister Lori Ellis

“It was the serenity prayer,” she said. “It was found on a shelf in [Pickton’s] slaughterhouse.”

The RCMP has applied to B.C. Supreme Court to dispose of evidence related to the Pickton case, news victims’ families say is traumatizing. The card owned by Cara Ellis is among the items

“I think it’s absolutely appalling they have done this without notifying the families,” Lori Ellis said of the disposal application. “We were told it would be in storage forever.”

Campbell River’s Rick Frey, whose daughter Marnie was among Pickton’s victims, said news of the bid to destroy the evidence just traumatizes everyone again.

He said Marnie’s daughter is afraid Pickton will be released and come after her. Pickton is in a Quebec prison, ineligible for parole until 2032.

RCMP spokeswoman Sgt. Janelle Shoihet confirmed that there is an application to dispose of exhibits related to the investigation.

Documents filed in court in New Westminster say the evidence includes videos of crime scenes, shoes, hypodermic needles, sex toys, rosary beads, knives, a gun, pieces of ammunition and licence plates, among other things.

The documents list most of the items as having no value, with ownership or lawful entitlement unknown. Two items have been returned to their owners, and the licence plates have been returned to ICBC. The videos of crime scenes are being kept by police.

What scant human remains investigators found on the property Pickton co-owned with his brother and sister were returned to the families a decade ago.

The application to dispose of the remaining evidence was filed by lawyer John Ahern, a prosecutor in the case.

In an affadavit, RCMP officer Shane Parsons says he does not anticipate further criminal proceedings related to the Pickton case. “Nor do I believe that the [exhibits] will be required as evidence in criminal proceedings against any other person.”

The Port Coquitlam pig farmer was convicted in 2007 of six counts of second-degree murder involving women who went missing from Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. Twenty additional counts were stayed.

Investigative consultant Bruce Pitt-Payne, a retired RCMP sergeant, said evidence disposal is normal in criminal cases.

“The RCMP has very strict polices on when evidence from major crimes such as murder or sex offences may be destroyed,” Pitt-Payne said. “It is in the area of 80 years or more.”

However, once investigators tender evidence to courts, it becomes the decision of the courts on what should be done with it.

https://www.timescolonist.com/news/local/rcmp-seek-to-dispose-of-evidence-in-robert-pickton-cases-1.24092931

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Torrey McNabb Alabama Execution

Torrey McNabb was executed by the State of Alabama for the murder of a police officer. According to court documents Torrey McNabb was fleeing from a bail bondsman when he caused a traffic accident. When Officer Anderson Gordon showed up at the scene to investigate he was shot five times as he sat inside of his patrol car. Torrey McNabb would be executed by lethal injection on October 19, 2017

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A convicted cop killer who sued Alabama over its lethal injection method was put to death, but not before he cursed at the state and said: “I hate you.”

As the procedure began Thursday night, Torrey Twane McNabb, 40, raised both of his middle fingers in a show of defiance. McNabb’s attorneys had unsuccessfully sought to stop the execution since he was one of several inmates in an ongoing lawsuit challenging the humaneness of the state’s lethal injection procedure.

McNabb was convicted of killing Montgomery police officer Anderson Gordon in 1997. He shot Gordon five times as the officer sat in his patrol car after arriving at a traffic accident McNabb caused while fleeing a bail bondsman, prosecutors said.

Gordon’s relatives said in a statement that the 30-year-old officer — known as “Brother” — was devoted to his family, his two children and his work as a police officer.

“Over 20 years ago, we lost a companion, a father, a brother and friend who only wanted to make a difference in his community,” the statement read. “Although, the wounds of having a family member murdered can never be healed, through this tragedy, the Gordon family has remained strong and will continue to be resilient.”

The inmates in the lawsuit have argued that the sedative midazolam does not reliably render a person unconscious before subsequent drugs stop their lungs and heart. They point to an execution last December during which an Alabama inmate coughed and heaved for the first 13 minutes of the procedure.

McNabb appeared to be breathing for the first 20 minutes of the 35-minute long procedure. He later appeared to move his head, grimace and raise his arms after two consciousness checks in which a guard pinches his arm, says his name and pulls back his eyelid — before eventually becoming still.

His family members and attorneys who witnessed the execution expressed repeated concerns to each other that he was still conscious during the lethal injection. “He’s going to wake up,” one of McNabb’s family members whispered.

He was pronounced dead at 9:38 p.m. CDT, authorities said.

Alabama Commissioner Jeff Dunn said he was confident the movements after the second consciousness check were involuntary and that McNabb was not awake.

A lawyer for McNabb argued that it would be wrong to carry out the execution while proceedings continue in McNabb’s lawsuit.

The state argued that the inmates are unlikely to prevail in their claims since the U.S. Supreme Court has allowed other executions, including four in Alabama, to proceed using midazolam. The attorney general’s office argued McNabb had presented nothing new to justify a stay.

The U.S. Supreme Court delayed the execution for more than two hours to consider McNabb’s request for a stay, but ruled that the execution could go forward

https://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/lethal-injection/torrey-twane-mcnabb-alabama-inmate-defiant-his-execution-n812501

Heather D’Aoust Teen Killer Murders Mother

Heather D’Aoust was fifteen years old when she beat her mother to death. According to court documents Heather D’Aoust would beat her mother to death using a claw hammer. Heather D’Aoust told police she initially planned on killing her mother, her sister and her sister’s boyfriend. Heather D’Aoust would be sentenced to sixteen years to life. This teen killer is eligible for parole in 2023

Heather D’Aoust 2023 Information

Inmate Name	DAOUST, HEATHER MARIE
CDCR Number	WA4003
Age	28
Admission Date	03/24/2010
Current Location	California Institution for Women
Location Link	Directions
Parole Eligible Date (Month/Year)	01/2023

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An uneasy mixture of sadness, anger and compassion hung in the courtroom air yesterday as a 16-year-old girl who fatally bludgeoned her mother with a claw hammer was sentenced to prison.

The mood was punctuated by several heavy sighs from onlookers. One came from the girl’s father, who forgave her for murdering his wife of 30 years. Another came from the judge who sentenced Heather Marie D’Aoust to 16 years to life.

San Diego Superior Court Judge Michael Wellington said that he was convinced Heather suffered from a severe mental health disorder but that it was not a legal defense in this case.

According to court documents, she initially wanted to use a baseball bat and woke up at 4 a.m. to test the weapon on a tree. But she lost her nerve and thought to herself, “I’m insane,” Heather told a probation officer during a pre-sentence interview.

At one point, she planned to kill everyone in the house, including her sister and her sister’s boyfriend, according to the documents. She later thought that she would kill the first person who woke up in the family’s Scripps Ranch home.

Heather pleaded guilty last month to second-degree murder and admitted she used a deadly weapon in the May 2008 attack on Rebecca D’Aoust, 56, a teacher and counselor with the San Diego Unified School District.

The teenager also pleaded guilty to assault with a deadly weapon for striking her father with the hammer that morning. He was not seriously injured.

Heather, who was 14 when the crimes occurred, was charged as an adult.

From the day his daughter first appeared at the downtown San Diego courthouse, James D’Aoust insisted she was not “evil” but suffered from mental problems she likely inherited from her biological parents. D’Aoust and his wife adopted Heather as an infant.

Yesterday, he noted she was recently prescribed a “cocktail” of medications that improved her psychological condition.

“The Heather I visit at Juvenile Hall is not that angry girl that killed Becky but the wonderful girl that we raised,” he said.

James D’Aoust said that Heather’s actions caused the family “incredible loss” but that she is now “moving in the right direction” and he would continue to support her.

Heather’s grandfather held a different point of view.

“I just can’t forgive her,” said Richard McGrath, who described his daughter Rebecca as a loving, doting mother.

Heather cried softly as her father and grandfather spoke. When it was her turn, she apologized to her family, including her two older sisters, and told them she loved them. One responded, “I love you, too, Heather.” The other turned away.

Heather said she did not hate her mother but was unable to explain her actions. She said that her parents tried to get her the help she needed but that it came too late.

“I didn’t mean to hurt you,” she told her family. “I wasn’t able to stop myself.”

Her lawyer, Paul Pfingst, said this was the most unusual and inexplicable case he had seen in a career of more than 30 years as a prosecutor and defense lawyer.

Pfingst said he had mixed feelings about the outcome but that Heather wanted to be locked up.

“She’s afraid of what happens if she’s not in a controlled environment,” Pfingst said. “She remembers the days on the outside as being bad days — chaos inside of her mind.”

He said Heather likely would have to serve 16 years before she is eligible for parole.

Deputy District Attorney Rick Clabby has said the case was resolved reasonably.

Rebecca D’Aoust’s body was found on the kitchen floor of the family’s home on May 25, 2008. She died at a hospital the next day.

According to court documents, Heather said she and her mother had been arguing over little things for about a year before the attack. The day before the fatal attack, mother and daughter argued when Heather was caught in her bedroom engaging in a sex act with a girl.

Later that evening, Heather went to dinner with her parents and convinced herself that she should kill them. Her sister’s boyfriend was the first to wake up the next morning. Heather hid until he left the house.

She told the probation officer that the hammer was tucked inside a pocket of her clothing when she greeted Rebecca D’Aoust in the kitchen shortly after 8 a.m. It knocked against the refrigerator door when her mother asked her to get the orange juice.

After a brief argument about medication, Heather said she counted to three and struck her mother in the head.

She remembered her mother asking, “What are you doing?” then screaming. Heather said she kept hitting until the screams stopped.

Awakened by the noise, James D’Aoust ran downstairs and grabbed Heather as she tried to flee. He pinned her down while his oldest daughter called 911.

https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sdut-teen-who-killed-mother-get-16-years-life-2010jan27-story.html

Heather D’Aoust FAQ

Heather D’Aoust 2021

Heather D’Aoust is currently incarcerated at the California Institute for Women

Heather D’Aoust Release Date

Heather D’Aoust is serving a life sentence however is eligible for parole in 2023

Month: August 2021