Allyn Smith was sentenced to death by the State of Arizona for the murder of his ex girlfriend. According to court documents Allyn Smith would shoot and kill his ex girlfriend and shoot his two month old daughter in the leg. Allyn Smith was arrested, convicted and sentenced to death.
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The Arizona Supreme Court has upheld the premeditated first-degree murder and child abuse convictions and death and prison sentences of a man in the killing of his ex-girlfriend and the wounding of their 2-month-old daughter.
Allyn Akeem Smith was convicted of fatally shooting 19-year-old Khalli Lawrence in the back of the head and of abuse that included shooting their 2-month-old daughter in her thigh while they were on a Phoenix hiking trail in December 2014.
Smith surrendered to authorities in early February 2015 and entered a not-guilty plea at his subsequent initial appearance.
On May 24, 2018, Smith was sentenced to death on the first-degree murder conviction and to 24 years in prison for the child abuse conviction. He appealed on 17 points.
The Supreme Court’s decision on Wednesday to uphold the convictions and sentences was unanimous. Smith, now 36, was sentenced to death for his murder conviction and to 24 years in prison for the child abuse conviction.
According to court records, Smith was disturbed by Lawrence’s pregnancy before she gave birth and had denied to another woman whom he was seeing that he was the girl’s father.
The killing occurred right before Smith went to get a paternity test required for child support proceedings because Lawrence had applied for welfare benefits.
Roger Scott was sentenced to death by the State of Arizona for the murder of a four year old boy. According to court documents the four year old boy was brought out to the desert and fatally shot. A police officer would report that the mother of the child, Debra Jean Milke, told him that Roger Scott, James Styer and her planned the murder so that her ex husband would not get custody of the child. However over the years there has been much doubt regarding that confession and Debra Jean Milke was released from prison after serving over two decades. Roger Scott, Debra Milke and James Styer were arrested, convicted and sentenced to death
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On December 2, 1989, James Lynn Styers filed a missing child report, advising police that his roommate’s son, Christopher Milke (age 4), had disappeared during their visit to Metrocenter mall. Roger Mark Scott was present with Styers. On December 3, 1989, Scott admitted during a police interview that he had accompanied Styers the previous day to a desert wash in the area of 99th Avenue and Jomax Road where Styers shot and killed Christopher Milke. Styers agreed to provide Scott with $250 to file a social security claim. Styers believed he would receive some of Christopher’s $5,000 life insurance policy. At the conclusion of the interview, Mr. Scott led police to the desert area where they found Christopher Milke’s body. During a police interview, Debra Jean Milke, Christopher Milke’s mother, conceded that she had conspired with Styers to have her son killed. She indicated that it would be better to have her son die than grow up like her husband.
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Debra Jean Milke, one of the most polarizing inmates in Arizona history, is expected to leave jail today and will be taken to a house in Phoenix that her supporters bought for her as she awaits retrial in the 1989 killing of her 4-year-old son.
“At first, it was shock and disbelief, and then she was ecstatic,” Milke’s defense attorney, Michael Kimerer, told ABCNews.com. “She said, ‘Oh, I just can’t catch up with my feelings. It’s overwhelming.'”
Milke’s bond was set at $250,000 on Thursday as she awaits retrial. Her mother, who lives in Germany, was expected to post the money today, according to Kimerer.
Milke, now 49, has been cast as a coldhearted and calculating killer. In December 1989, according to prosecutors, she told her 4-year-old son, Christopher, that she was going to take him to see Santa Claus. Instead, they said, Milke handed her son over to two men who took him into the Arizona desert and killed him so she could collect an insurance payout.
Prosecutors said Milke confessed to Phoenix Police Det. Armando Saldate. However, he said he failed to tape record it.
Milke denied that she ever confessed, but was found guilty and sentenced to death.
In March, a federal appeals court overturned her conviction because the prosecution did not disclose Saldate’s history of misconduct, which included eight cases in which judges tossed out confessions, indictments and convictions because he lied under oath or violated suspects’ rights during interrogations.
“Milke’s conviction was based largely on the testimony of Police Det. Saldate, who allegedly obtained her confession,” the court wrote in its decision. “The panel held that the state remained unconstitutionally silent instead of disclosing information about Det. Saldate’s history of misconduct and accompanying court orders and disciplinary action.”
The ruling mandated that Arizona authorities turn over all of the information that was not disclosed during the trial to Milke’s defense team.
The Maricopa County Attorney’s Office has vowed to retry Milke, and prosecutors will seek the death penalty, according to the Associated Press. Her retrial is tentatively scheduled for Sept. 30.
Roger Scott and James Styers, the two men who prosecutors claimed actually killed Milke’s son, were convicted and remain on death row.
Scott confessed to the crime during a police interrogation, according to the AP, and led police to the boy’s body. Neither man testified at Milke’s trial.
Despite becoming one of the most vilified inmates in Arizona history, Milke has also attracted a loyal group of supporters in Arizona and her native Germany who believe she is the victim of a “modern witch hunt,” according to a Facebook page maintained by her supporters.
According to the Arizona Department of Corrections, two other women remain on death row in the state.
Eldon Schurz was sentenced to death by the State of Arizona for a robbery and murder. According to court documents Eldon Schurz and Patrick Allison attempted to rob the victim however when the victim resisted he was beaten by the two men. Eldon Schurz would then douse the victim with gasoline and set him on fire causing his death. Eldon Schurz was arrested, convicted and sentenced to death. Patrick Allison would testify against Eldon in exchange for a lighter sentence.
ASPC Florence, Central Unit PO Box 8200 ELDON M. SCHURZ 043800 Florence, AZ 85132 United States
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On December 2, 1989, codefendants Eldon Michael Schurz and Patrick Delmar Allison attempted to rob Jonathan Art Bahe of money and liquor at the City Center Motel, located at 600 West Van Buren. Mr. Bahe resisted, so Schurz struck the victim several times about the face and head with his fist. Following the fight, Schurz found a quantity of gasoline and doused the victim with it. Schurz then made a trail of gasoline away from the victim and lit it with a cigarette lighter. This caused the victim to be set ablaze and subsequently die. Schurz and Allison fled the area and were arrested a few hours later. Allison testified against Schurz pursuant to a plea agreement. In addition to the death sentence, the trial court sentenced Schurz to 12 years for an attempted aggravated robbery enhanced by two prior felony convictions.
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On the night of December 1, 1989, Marcella Bonito, Ronald Yazzie, Larry Figueroa, and an unidentified white male, were drinking beer in a stairwell at the back of a Phoenix motel. Defendant Eldon Schurz, Patrick Allison and Julie Moore came by and asked for some beer. After they were refused, Schurz grabbed the beer. Bonito tried to get it back, but gave up after Schurz threatened her. Schurz and his companions left and drank the beer, after which Schurz stated that the group at the motel must have more beer or money and suggested that they go back and take it.
Meanwhile, Jonathan Bahe, the victim, approached the first group. Having run out of gas, he was carrying a plastic jug of gasoline to his car. Bonito told him about the earlier robbery of their beer and complained that no one had done anything to prevent it. Bahe stated that, had he been there, he would have done something about it. Schurz, Allison and Moore returned. Schurz apparently overheard Bahe’s statement and argued with him. When Schurz began pushing and punching Bahe, Bonito and Figueroa ran up the stairs to wake someone to call the police. Yazzie and the white male left.
Schurz, Bahe, and Allison remained. Moore was some distance away. Bahe was on the ground and, in an attempt to get away, crawled under a chain-link fence into a small enclosed rectangular space between a stairwell and a brick wall. Schurz picked up the plastic jug, smelled its contents, and then splashed gasoline on Bahe. Using a lighter, Schurz ignited a small puddle of gasoline. When the flames failed to spread to Bahe, he kicked the burning puddle toward him. Bahe went up in flames. After Schurz and Allison fled, Bahe managed to crawl under the fence and out of the enclosed space. Police and fire fighters arrived and extinguished the fire. Schurz later said to Moore, “He wouldn’t give me the money or the beer, so I burned him.”
Bahe was conscious on the way to the hospital. He was severely burned over 90 to 100 percent of his body and was moaning and shaking in pain. Much of his body was completely charred. He was unrecognizable. Even his race was unclear. The burning had caused the long muscles in his limbs to shorten so that his arms and legs were rigidly flexed and could not be straightened. He was given morphine to control the pain, but there was little else that could be done.
Bahe lived for approximately four and a half hours and, remarkably, was conscious enough to respond to questions from the police. Because of the extremely damaged state of his mouth and tongue which were charred his answers were nearly impossible to understand.
Approximately half an hour after the burning, Schurz and his companions were picked up by an unidentified man who wanted to buy some cocaine. Schurz claimed to know where to get some, and after exacting money from the man, directed him to a housing project where Schurz got out of the car briefly but returned without any cocaine. Schurz then said that he was robbing the man and held a lighter flame to his neck. The driver put up no resistance and Schurz, Allison, and Moore fled.
Schurz and Allison were arrested a few hours later. Both were charged with first degree murder and attempted aggravated robbery, but Allison pled guilty to the latter charge in return for testifying against Schurz. Allison was placed on probation. The evidence against Schurz consisted primarily of the testimony of Bonito, Yazzie, and Allison, who was the only other person present during the burning. The defense presented no evidence. Schurz’s principal theory was that Allison killed Bahe. He also argued that his intoxication made it impossible for him to form the intent required for the offenses.
Schurz was convicted of first degree murder, on both a premeditation and a felony murder theory, and attempted aggravated *51 robbery.[1] He was sentenced to death for murder and to the maximum twelve year prison term for the attempted aggravated robbery with two prior convictions.
Ronald Schackart was sentenced to death by the State of Arizona for sexual assault and murder. According to court documents Ronald Schackart would head to his pastor home and told him he had just murdered a woman. Eventually when he turned himself in to police the story would come out that a female friend was attempting to help him when Ronald would sexually assault her at gunpoint and then murder her. Ronald Schackart would be convicted and sentenced to death.
ASPC Florence, Central Unit PO Box 8200 RONALD D. SCHACKART 053436 Florence, AZ 85132 United States
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On the evening of March 8, 1984, defendant appeared at his pastor’s home and stated that he had killed a woman. He told the pastor that he intended to call the police, but first wanted to inform his mother. The two men drove to her home, where defendant disclosed what had happened. The police were then called.
When the officers arrived, they arrested defendant and read him his rights. They took him to the station where he was questioned. In a taped confession, defendant admitted that he had forced the victim to have sexual intercourse with him and thereafter killed her.
Police found the victim where defendant indicated, in a room at the Holiday Inn. Her body was under the covers on the bed. A large sock had been stuffed in her mouth with sufficient force to tear the base of her tongue. Subsequent medical examination revealed that she died of manual strangulation.
According to his confession, defendant and the victim had been friends. They intended to meet for lunch on March 8 to discuss his recent problems. Upon discharge from the army, defendant had allegedly returned home to find his wife in bed with a man. He also had been charged with sexually assaulting his wife, an accusation he denied. Defendant was out of work. He had no place to stay, having just moved from his parents’ house following an argument. In an effort to help him, the victim drove defendant to the Holiday Inn so he could rent a room.
They talked for a while in the room. Defendant claimed he became upset thinking *497 about his wife and began confusing the victim with her. He pulled a gun out and asked if she would have sex with him. She refused, so he forced her to comply at gunpoint.
The two remained in the room for several hours. When the victim appeared to be sleeping, defendant struck her on the neck with the gun butt, allegedly to knock her out. The blow, however, did not render her unconscious. Instead, she awoke and began screaming. Defendant then strangled her.
Defendant was charged with sexual assault, kidnapping, and first degree murder. Before trial, he offered to plead guilty. The trial judge rejected the plea when defendant refused to admit a sufficient factual basis for it.
Following trial, the jury convicted defendant on all counts, including first degree felony murder. It further found that he intended to kill the victim. An aggravation/mitigation hearing was held on May 3, 1985. On May 10, the court sentenced defendant to consecutive 30-year terms on each of the assault and kidnapping counts, and to death on the murder count. This appeal was filed the same day.
John Sansing was sentenced to death by the State of Arizona for a robbery murder. According to court documents John Sansing ordered food with the intention of robbing the delivery person. When the woman arrived she was forced into the home where she was bound then she would be sexually assaulted before she was murdered. John Sansing was arrested, convicted and sentenced to death.
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On February 24, 1998, John Sansing called a church and requested a charitable food delivery, intending to rob the delivery person so he could purchase cocaine for himself and his wife. Trudy Calabrese delivered the food to the home at a time when Sansing, his wife, and four children were there. John Sansing attacked Ms. Calabrese from behind and forced her to the floor. With the aid of his wife, he bound Ms. Calabrese’s arms and legs. As Ms. Calabrese struggled and pleaded with Sansing’s wife and children to help her, John Sansing beat her in the head with a club. Sansing eventually dragged Ms. Calabrese into a bedroom, raped her, and fatally stabbed her. He covered her body with a pile of clothing, then left to trade Ms. Calabrese’s jewelry for drugs that he and his wife consumed. Each of the four Sansing children saw Ms. Calabrese’s dead body in the home.
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On February 24, 1998, John Sansing called the Living Springs Church and requested delivery of a food box for his family. He gave the church secretary his name and home address for the delivery. The defendant then telephoned his wife, Kara Sansing, at work several times, primarily to discuss how to obtain more crack cocaine for the two of them to smoke. During these calls, the defendant informed his wife that he had obtained some crack cocaine, that he had smoked some of it and was saving the rest for her. He also told her that he had called a church and arranged for delivery of some food. When Kara Sansing returned home at approximately 3:20 p.m., the couple smoked the remaining crack cocaine. The defendant, in the presence of his four children, informed Kara of his plan to rob the person who came from the church with the food boxes so he could purchase more crack cocaine.
¶ 3 Trudy Calabrese left the Living Springs Church in her truck at approximately 4:00 p.m. She arrived at the Sansing home shortly thereafter, parked in front of the house, and delivered two boxes of food. Ms. Calabrese chatted with Kara Sansing in the kitchen while the defendant signed a receipt for the delivery. Before Ms. Calabrese could leave, the defendant grabbed her from behind and threw her to the dining room floor. Aided by his wife and with his children watching, the defendant bound her wrists while she cried, “Lord, please help me” and, “I don’t want to die, but if this is the way you want me to come home, I am ready,” and repeatedly asked the defendant’s children to call the police. The defendant instructed his children to go into the living room and watch television.
¶ 42001554887;0062;;ES;AZCNART2S2.1P4;1000251; Using a club, John Sansing struck Ms. Calabrese in the head several times with force sufficient to break the club into two pieces and render her temporarily unconscious. Leaving her on the dining room floor, the defendant took her keys and moved her truck to a business parking lot nearby. At some point before he returned, Ms. Calabrese regained consciousness. Upon his return, the defendant dragged her into his bedroom and sexually assaulted her. Kara Sansing, who witnessed the rape, testified that she heard the defendant and Ms. Calabrese speaking during the rape. The defendant then fatally stabbed her in the abdomen three times with a kitchen knife. During the attack, the defendant placed a sock in Ms. Calabrese’s mouth and secured two plastic bags over her head with additional cords and a necktie. According to the medical examiner, she lived several minutes after being stabbed. After the murder, the defendant left the bedroom and went to look out the dining room window to make certain no one had observed his actions.
¶ 5 The defendant then removed Ms. Calabrese’s jewelry and left her body in his bedroom, covered with laundry, for several hours. The defendant engaged in two separate drug transactions shortly after the murder. First, he telephoned a drug dealer and arranged to trade the victim’s rings for crack cocaine. Later, he arranged to trade her necklace for more crack cocaine.
¶ 6 Later in the evening, Pastor Becker from Living Springs Church called the Sansing home looking for Ms. Calabrese and spoke to the defendant. The defendant, giving a false address, told the pastor that she had never arrived.
¶ 7 Late that night, the defendant dragged Ms. Calabrese from the bedroom to the backyard and placed her body in a narrow space between the back of his shed and the fence. He covered her with a piece of old carpeting and other debris. At least three of the four Sansing children saw the body behind the shed. At some point, the defendant washed the bloody club and hid the clothes he had used to cover her body in a box in the bedroom.
¶ 8 The next day, searchers found Ms. Calabrese’s truck in a parking lot near the Sansing home. Inside, they found a piece of paper with the Sansings’ correct address. The police went to the Sansing home and discovered the victim’s body behind the shed. The defendant, who had driven to his sister’s house, admitted to her that he and his wife had killed Ms. Calabrese. Eventually, the defendant’s father telephoned the police and reported the defendant’s location. The defendant knew the police were coming and did not attempt to flee. When the police arrived, he submitted to custody peaceably and without resistance.
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