Harvey Robinson is a serial killer who was still in his teens when he was arrested for multiple murders. The teen killer who is from Pennsylvania was just seventeen years old when he killed his first victim. Harvey Robinson would spend eight months in jail following the first murder however once he was released would murder two more women. Initially Harvey Robinson received a death sentence for each victim however when it was declared unconstitutional to execute juveniles he would receive a life sentence for the first murder but was still sentenced to death for the other two. Harvey Robinson is currently on death row in Pennsylvania
Harvey Robinson 2023 Information
Parole Number: 303DL
Age: 46
Date of Birth: 12/06/1974
Race/Ethnicity: WHITE
Height: 5′ 08″
Gender: MALE
Citizenship: USA
Complexion: LIGHT
Current Location: PHOENIX
Permanent Location: PHOENIX
Committing County: LEHIGH
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The Lehigh Valley’s only serial killer will have a chance at parole for one of his murders, although it’s unlikely he’ll ever be released from prison.
Harvey Miguel Robinson was re-sentenced on Tuesday to 35 years to life for the murder of Joan Burghardt, a 29-year-old nurse’s aide. He was convicted in 1994 of killing Burghardt; Charlotte Schmoyer, a 15-year-old newspaper carrier; and Jessica Jean Fortney, a 47-year-old grandmother.
Robinson is 44 but was a teenager at the time of the three murders.
He successfully appealed his life sentence in the Burghardt case on the basis that he was a juvenile and that the penalty was too harsh for a young person.
Robinson was initially sentenced to death for all three cases. He agreed to a life sentence for the Schmoyer case and is appealing his death sentence in the Fortney case, according to defense attorney Gavin Holihan and Lehigh County Assistant District Attorney Jeff Burd.
Burd considered arguing for a life sentence in the Burghardt case but decided to make the 35-to-life offer given the uphill battle prosecutors have had in other cases overturning appeals for juveniles previously sentenced to life.
“It puts this case to rest, finally,” Burd said Tuesday. In exchange for the sentence, Robinson waives his right to further appeals in the case.
Even if all three murder convictions were somehow overthrown, Robinson could remain in prison for more than 100 years for additional convictions, including the rapes of his victims.
Robinson said he’ll consider a request from Lehigh County Judge Edward Reibman to donate his brain to science.
Robinson’s alleged brain damage has been an appeal issue for decades. The judge told Robinson donating his brain to science is one way for some small good to come from his horrific crimes. The judge noted the study of sports-related concussions and the study of the brain itself has come a long way since Robinson’s convictions.
Asked whether Robinson thinks about the harm he inflicted on the community, Robinson had no comment for the judge.
Asked whether he would consider donated his brain to science, Robinson mumbled a response. Holihan later said Robinson “will investigate whether that’s something his religion will permit.” Robinson is a devout Muslim, Holihan said.
Holihan said he’s not sure whether dissecting Robinson’s brain decades after he committed his crimes will yield much understanding of how serial killers’ brains are wired, but he said it wouldn’t hurt to try.
“I can understand the request,” Holihan said
Robinson appeared in court in a wheelchair. He was wearing glasses and had his hair tied up in a ponytail on the crown of his head. He smiled at a front row of court supporters as he was wheeled away. He will return to the State Correctional Institution at Phoenix in Montgomery County
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There will be no getting off death row for serial killer Harvey Robinson.
A Lehigh County judge has denied Robinson’s appeal to toss out the death sentence he was handed for the murder of Jessica Fortney in 1993.
Robinson argued his lawyers shortchanged him by not disclosing his brain damage during the trial.
Robinson was also sentenced to die for two other murders in Allentown in the 1990s. Those sentences were overturned, but one of them could be reinstated down the road.
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An Allentown woman who survived being attacked by serial killer Harvey Robinson has died.
Denise Cali passed away last week at age 65.
Her obituary says the Dieruff High School and Muhleberg College graduate died suddenly at her home, but doesn’t mention a cause. Cali was co-owner of J &J Luxury Transportation in Allentown and two other businesses.
In 1993 she was brutally raped and left for dead by Robinson. Robinson returned to her Allentown home seven times before he was caught. The attack happened in a time period when Robinson murdered three other women.
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