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Richard Baumhammers Pennsylvania Death Row

Richard Baumhammers is a spree killer who was sentenced to death by the State of Pennsylvania for the murders of five people. According to court documents Richard Baumhammers would shoot and kill five people and leave another person paralyzed in what police determined was a racial attack on April 28, 2000. Richard Baumhammers would be arrested, convicted and sentenced to death

Richard Baumhammers 2022 Information

Parole Number: 477FI
Age: 56
Date of Birth: 05/17/1965
Race/Ethnicity: WHITE
Height: 6′ 02″
Gender: MALE
Citizenship: USA
Complexion: LIGHT
Current Location: PHOENIX

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On a cloudy Friday afternoon 20 years ago Tuesday, an unemployed immigration lawyer went on a killing spree. It started next door to his parents’ Mt. Lebanon home, where he killed his Jewish neighbor. He went on to shoot five more people, all ethnic or racial minorities.

Richard Baumhammers, 54, is on Pennsylvania’s death row for the April 28, 2000, murders. His attorneys argued that he suffered from mental illness and committed the crimes while he was delusional, something prosecutors successfully disputed.

At about 1 p.m. that day, Baumhammers killed Anita Gordon, 63, his next-door neighbor, and set fire to her house. He then traveled to her synagogue in Scott, Beth El Congregation, and vandalized the building, shooting out its front windows and painting swastikas on the facade.

Baumhammers proceeded to a Scott grocery store, where he killed Anil Thukar, 31, and left Sandeep Patel paralyzed from the neck down. Patel died in 2007 at the age of 32.

Next he killed Ji-Ye Sun, 34, and Thao Pham, 27, at the Ya Fei Chinese Cuisine Restaurant in Robinson before driving to C.S. Kim Karate in Center, Beaver County, where he killed 22-year-old Garry Lee, a African-American man from Aliquippa..

Police in Beaver County nabbed him in Ambridge after the Center shooting.

He was convicted in May 2001 of homicide during a trial in Allegheny County and sentenced to death.

Retired Beaver County District Attorney Anthony Berosh, who served as co-prosecutor, said Baumhammers believed he was starting a war.

“His motive, I think, was clear: This is the beginning of a race war,” Berosh said. “All of his targets were minority groups. Somehow in his head he thought he could trigger this racial war. It was white versus everybody else, and everybody else against the whites and whites would prevail.”

Baumhammers isn’t set to be executed anytime soon because of a statewide moratorium on the death penalty in Pennsylvania, much to the chagrin of some people who knew the victims and those in law enforcement who responded to the crime.

“It’s disappointing when so many people are left just kind of holding this wreckage in their hands and he’s sitting in jail, OK,” is how Jennifer Thomas puts it.

Thomas and her husband, George, live in Beaver. George Thomas was at the Center karate studio where Baumhammers shot and killed Lee, who was his best friend, his wife said.

Her husband won’t talk about what happened that day, Jennifer Thomas said.

“It’s something that’s always on our minds. It’s something that we think about an awful lot,” she said.

“It’s frustrating. I never would say I hope that person should die, but when you look at the situation and the heartache he caused, it’s hard to not think there’s room for justice in that situation,” she said.

Center police Chief Barry Kramer has written two letters to Gov. Tom Wolf seeking for justice to be meted out in the Baumhammers case.

“By eliminating the death penalty, the void of closure for victims will grow and never be filled. We believe that we must clearly demonstrate to society that murder is an intolerable crime that will be appropriately punished,” Kramer wrote the governor in 2015.

Kramer didn’t receive a response to that letter. He sent a similar letter in 2016, with no response.

The governor’s office didn’t immediately respond to a request seeking comment for this story.

All of Baumhammers’ appeals have been denied.

Berosh said there’s no question that Baumhammers, whom he considers “totally evil,” deserved the death sentence.

“In my opinion we asked 12 of Allegheny County’s tried and true to give him the death penalty, and they did,” he said. “For me to turn around today and say, ‘No, don’t do that,’ would be a breach of trust in what we asked the jurors to do in the first place.”

Berosh said the most striking thing was how Baumhammers planned the crimes.

“This was no, ‘OK, I got a gun. I’m going to get in a car and see what I can do.’ The planning was almost meticulous,” he said. “I’m convinced he knew exactly how police and emergency services would respond. He knew exactly what direction he had to go and what targets he wanted to hit. There is no doubt in my mind — you can’t prove it — that his next target was going to be the Ambridge synagogue.”

A pizza shop employee next to the karate studio in Center jotted down the license plate of the Jeep Baumhammers was driving and Kramer put out the alert, Kramer said.

When it came over the police radio, it was the start of then-Aliquippa police officer John Frantangeli’s shift.

Because Baumhammers was from the Pittsburgh area, police put out a dragnet on routes south. Frantangeli was sent to Route 51 at the Ambridge-Aliquippa bridge.

“I was actually kind of upset,” Frantangeli, now a Beaver officer, said, because he didn’t think Baumhammers would have used that route.

“Twenty minutes later, he comes driving right up to me,” Frantangeli said.

He verified the plate but refrained from pulling Baumhammers over immediately, awaiting backup in Ambridge. They crossed the bridge and went through two red lights before Ambridge police and Frantangeli converged on the Jeep.

An Ambridge officer unbuckled Baumhammers’ seatbelt and Frantangeli handcuffed him.

They found about 20 live rounds of ammunition in his pockets, and in the backseat of the Jeep there were several Molotov cocktails, Frantangeli said.

“I remember it like yesterday, every time I drive through Ambridge,” he said. “Thank God he complied.”

https://triblive.com/local/pittsburgh-allegheny/baumhammers-killing-spree-was-20-years-ago/

Orlando Baez Pennsylvania Death Row

Orlando Baez was sentenced to death by the State of Pennsylvania for the murder of Janice Williams. According to court documents Orlando Baez would stab to death Janice Williams inside of her apartment. The murder would go unsolved for a number of years before Orlando Baez was arrested, convicted and sentenced to death

Orlando Baez 2022 Information

Parole Number: 661AH
Age: 60
Date of Birth: 08/10/1961
Race/Ethnicity: HISPANIC
Height: 5′ 08″
Gender: MALE
Citizenship: USA
Complexion: LIGHT
Current Location: PHOENIX

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On the night of January 5, 1987, Orlando Baez and Henry Gibson (“Gibson”) visited Janice Williams in her apartment on East King Street in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Gibson testified that when he and appellant first arrived, they observed the victim’s two children asleep on the couch. Subsequently, appellant asked to speak to Williams in the bedroom. Gibson, who remained in the living room, testified that approximately fifteen[720 A.2d 719]minutes later, he heard loud voices, a “thump,” and the victim screaming, “he’s killing me.” Gibson immediately ran to the bedroom, where he saw appellant standing over the victim, stabbing her repeatedly with a knife. Gibson testified that both appellant and the victim were nude from the waist down. Upon noticing Gibson in the room, appellant threatened Gibson that if he did not leave, appellant would kill him as well. Gibson immediately exited the apartment.

Approximately five minutes after Gibson exited the apartment and began walking towards his home, Orlando Baez caught up to him and tried to give him a knife with a broken handle. When Gibson refused to take the knife, appellant threw it down a nearby sewer drain. Appellant and Gibson walked together to appellant’s residence, where appellant further threatened Gibson that if he ever said anything about what he had seen, Orlando Baez would implicate Gibson in the murder.

The next morning, the victim’s young children discovered their mother’s dead body and summoned a nearby pedestrian. After entering the apartment and observing the victim, the pedestrian called the police. The police arrived shortly thereafter and found the victim on her bed. An autopsy was conducted, revealing that the victim had suffered blunt force trauma injuries to her head and had been stabbed fifty-eight times in her chest, back and abdomen, fifteen times in her face, and twenty-eight times in her torso. Also, her throat had been slit.

On the front door of the victim’s apartment, Lancaster County police officers collected a bloody fingerprint sample. Expert testimony established a match between this fingerprint and fingerprints that had been taken from appellant. During the autopsy of the victim, a pubic hair was recovered from the victim’s vagina. Expert testimony established that this hair shared the same “microscopic characteristics” as hair samples taken from appellant in 1988 and 1992,³ and that it was “very unlikely” to find two individuals who shared the same microscopic characteristics. The testimony also established that the hair sample from the victim’s vagina was inconsistent with Gibson’s hair type.

In late 1991, over four years after the murder had occurred, Gibson informed police that Orlando Baez had killed the victim. Gibson testified that he reported the murder at that late date because he was tired of being threatened and afraid. In February of 1992, in spite of appellant’s repeated denials of involvement and denials that he had ever been in the victim’s apartment, appellant was arrested and charged with the murder. At the time of his arrest, appellant again denied that he had ever been in the victim’s apartment or that he even knew the victim. However, at trial, appellant testified that he had engaged in consensual intercourse with the victim but that Gibson had subsequently killed her.

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Arthur Bomar Pennsylvania Death Row

Arthur Bomar was sentenced to death by the State of Pennsylvania for the murder of Aimee Willard. According to court documents Arthur Bomar who had previously been released from prison for murder and had violated his parole countless times would abduct and beat to death Aimee Willard with a tire iron. The case went cold for a number of years until DNA would tie Arthur Bomar to the scene. Arthur Bomar would be arrested, convicted and sentenced to death.

Arthur Bomar 2022 Information

Parole Number: 4508Q
Age: 62
Date of Birth: 03/03/1959
Race/Ethnicity: BLACK
Height: 5′ 10″
Gender: MALE
Citizenship: USA
Complexion: DARK
Current Location: PHOENIX

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ARTHUR BOMAR – convicted in 1998 of kidnapping, brutalizing and fatally beating star college athlete Aimee Willard and then dumping her naked body in a weed-strewn North Philadelphia lot – should face death for the horrific slaying, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court has ruled for the second time.

The ruling Friday denying a Post Conviction Relief Act petition by Bomar affirmed a September 2012 ruling by Delaware County Common Pleas Judge Frank T. Hazel. Hazel had found numerous claims by Bomar to be meritless, including that he was not competent to stand trial and that his defense counsel was ineffective, according to a statement released yesterday by the Delaware County District Attorney.

The state Supreme Court in 2003 denied Bomar’s direct appeal of his death sentence in the June 1996 murder of Willard, 22, a daughter of former Chester Police Officer Paul Willard. Prosecutors said Friday’s ruling would require the governor to sign a second death warrant for Bomar, now 55. Then-Gov. Rendell signed the first one in April 2004, but a federal judge stayed the execution the following month.

“For the second time, the Supreme Court has upheld the defendant’s conviction and sentence, finding there was overwhelming evidence of his guilt,” Delco D.A. Jack Whelan said in a statement. “It is time for his sentence to be carried out without any further delay.”

There still could be a delay: Prosecutors said yesterday that they expect Bomar and his lawyers to appeal to federal court.

Bomar was on parole for a Nevada murder when he abducted Willard, a standout lacrosse and soccer player, as she drove home to Brookhaven, Delaware County, on June 20, 1996, after meeting friends at a bar in Wayne.

The Honda Civic that she had been driving when Bomar forced her to stop on a Blue Route off-ramp in Marple and abducted her was found abandoned on the ramp on the morning of her murder. Her badly bruised body was found later that day by boys playing in a vacant lot near 16th Street and Indiana Avenue.

DNA and witness accounts linked Bomar to the slaying.

https://www.inquirer.com/philly/hp/news_update/20141126_Court_upholds_death_sentence_in_Aimee_Willard_murder.html

Tyrone Williams Texas Death Row

Tyrone Williams was sentenced to death by the State of Texas for a double murder. According to court documents Tyrone Williams would break into a home where he would stab two women to death. Tyrone Williams would be arrested, convicted and sentenced to death

Tyrone Williams 2022 Information

Name	Williams, Tyrone Jamaal
TDCJ Number	999624
Date of Birth	03/19/1986
Date Received	11/22/2021
Age (when Received)	35
Education Level (Highest Grade Completed)
Date of Offense	06/17/2016
	Age (at the time of Offense)	30
	County	Hunt
	Race	Black
	Gender	Male
	Hair Color	Black
	Height (in Feet and Inches)	6′ 0″
	Weight (in Pounds)	185
	Eye Color	Brown
	Native County	Hays
	Native State	Texas

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A jury has ruled Tyrone Jamaal Williams should be executed for the murders of a Hunt County woman and her mother in 2016.The jury in the 196th District Court deliberated for about four hours before returning with the decision at around 8:30 p.m. Thursday, according to Hunt County District Attorney Noble D. Walker R.“This was an extremely brutal crime that unquestionably warranted the death penalty,” Walker said. “We certainly respect the jury for their very thoughtful deliberation and pray this outcome will bring Vickie and Nicole’s family some peace after having gone through so much since this offense was committed.”Opening arguments and the start of testimony in the trial began Nov. 1.

Williams, 35, of San Marcos, had pleaded not guilty to an indictment with two counts of capital murder in connection with the slayings of Nichole Elizabeth Gonzales, 27, and her mother, Vicki Ann Gonzales, 51 at a residence just outside of Commerce.A 911 call came in at around 1:20 p.m. June 17, 2016 from Vicki Gonzales, who was screaming for help and calling out Williams’ name. The call came from a home in the 7300 block of State Highway 50.The Commerce Police Department was the first agency on the scene and found the women had been slain. Williams’ vehicle was found about three miles away from the home.A search began for Williams with the assistance of the Commerce Police Department, Texas Department of Public Safety and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice K-9 search team.At approximately 11 p.m. June 17, 2016 the Commerce Police Department received a call of a suspicious person in the 2700 block of State Highway 24/50, at the intersection of Live Oak Street.

When contacted by officers, Williams allegedly gave officers his brother’s name, but Williams’ identification was found in his possession.Williams was taken into custody without incident.Williams worked as a long haul trucker for a Fort Worth company.“First Assistant District Attorney Steven Lilley and Assistant District Attorney Allison Flanagan worked tirelessly over the last several months preparing this case,” Walker said. “They represented the State at an extremely high level during both the guilt/innocence and punishment phase of the trial. Additionally, we are grateful for the work done on this case by the Texas Rangers, Hunt County Sheriff’s Office, and the Commerce Police Department.

The guilty verdict and death sentence were a direct result of their thorough investigation.”Mabel Jean Gonzales of Austin was indicted in June 2017 on one count of tampering with or fabricating physical evidence with the intent to impair. Gonzales pleaded guilty in April 2018 to a lesser charge of attempting to tamper with or fabricating evidence.The attempting to tamper charge carries a maximum punishment upon conviction of from two to 10 years in prison and an optional fine of up to $10,000.In a criminal complaint filed as part of court records, the Hunt County Sheriff’s Office revealed Gonzales was Williams’ girlfriend and alleged that after she visited Williams in the jail, Gonzales drove to a location near the murder scene and removed items from the site.

https://www.heraldbanner.com/news/hunt-county-jury-returns-death-penalty-as-punishment-in-2016-double-murder/article_76bf6974-48e2-11ec-9bad-1f7d374a5e60.html

Richard Andrade Texas Execution

Richard Andrade was executed by the State of Texas for the sexual assault and murder of a woman. According to court documents Richard Andrade would sexually assault and stab to death the victim. Richard Andrade would be arrested, convicted and sentenced to death. Richard Andrade was executed by lethal injection on December 18 1986

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A 25-year-old man whose hand-printed appeal was rejected by the U.S. Supreme Court was executed by injection early Thursday for the rape-murder of a woman he stabbed 14 times and left in a pool of blood.

Richard Andrade died at 12:32 a.m. for the 1984 slaying of Cordelia Mae Guevara, said Corrections Department spokesman Charles Brown.

After the needle was inserted into his right arm next to a tattoo of a woman’s head, Andrade turned away from the witnesses and shook his head when asked if he had a final statement.

His attorney, Eric Brown, had said Monday that Andrade had run out of legal avenues. Andrade filed his own requests for stays. He was turned down Tuesday by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, a federal judge and the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, and Wednesday by the high court.

Andrade never asked Gov. Mark White for a reprieve. White has refused to grant clemency in previous death penalty cases.

The Supreme Court rejected by a 7-2 vote the request for a stay in which Andrade claimed he had been denied effective legal help and needed more time to appeal his case. Only Justices William J. Brennan and Thurgood Marshall, who oppose capital punishment under all circumstances, voted to spare Andrade’s life.

″Justice is being done,″ said the victim’s sister, Catalina Meza. ″He should go ahead and die. That is what he rightfully deserves. The kind of murder he committed is only done by a person who is very sick.″

Andrade selected a final meal of pizza, pinto beans, Spanish rice and cake. He requested no personal witnesses to his execution.

His mood during the day Wednesday was described by prison officials as calm. He spent the afternoon visiting with four of his brothers.

A fellow death row inmate, Raymond Landry, who has a January execution date, said Andrade said goodbye Wednesday morning while guards were putting shackles on his wrists and ankles for transfer to the deathhouse holding cell.

″The expression on his face – that’s all you needed to know,″ Landry said. ″He had the expression on his face like he had given up hope. His eyes glazed up and he said ‘I’m ready to go, man.’ I don’t think there were any tears but the expression on his face showed they weren’t far behind.″

Andrade refused repeated requests for interviews. But Landry said Andrade had said ″he was afraid of them sticking a needle in his arm.″

Andrade, whose record included burglary, assault, theft and parole violation, would be the 10th Texas inmate to be executed this year and 20th since the state resumed executions in 1982. Both figures are the highest in the nation.

No other inmate had spent less time on death row in Texas before an execution date than Andrade, who was imprisoned 25 months ago for Ms. Guevara’s killing.

Brown, his attorney, said the use of computerized court records and accelerated action by the Texas attorney general’s office led to the relatively quick execution date.

During the punishment phase of his trial, Andrade testified he suffered a blackout as a result of alcohol and heroin intoxication the night Ms. Guevara was attacked.

Ms. Guevara, 28, manager of the Chiquita Fajita Lounge in Corpus Christi, was stabbed at least 14 times with a pocketknife, raped and left on the floor at the club in a pool of blood.

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