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William Hudson Texas Death Row

William Hudson was sentenced to death by the State of Texas for six murders. According to court documents William Hudson would murder Carl Johnson, daughter Hannah Johnson, her son Kade Johnson. Also killed were Thomas Kamp and his two sons Nathan and Austin Kamp. William Hudson would be arrested, convicted and sentenced to death.

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William Hudson 2021 Information

Name	Hudson, William
TDCJ Number	999608
Date of Birth	07/03/1982
Date Received	11/16/2017
Age (when Received)	35
Education Level (Highest Grade Completed)	10th Grade/GED
Date of Offense	11/14/2015
	Age (at the time of Offense)	33
	County	Anderson
	Race	White
	Gender	Male
	Hair Color	Brown
	Height (in Feet and Inches)	5′ 7″
	Weight (in Pounds)	240 lbs
	Eye Color	Hazel
	Native County	Anderson
	Native State	Texas

William Hudson More News

uthorities from the Anderson County Sheriff’s Office transferred William Mitchell Hudson from the Brazos County Jail to state prison Thursday morning, according to Brazos County Sheriff Chris Kirk.

Jurors convicted Hudson of capital murder last week, and Third District Judge Mark Calhoon sentenced him to death Wednesday after jurors decided his fate in less than an hour.

Hudson, 35, killed six members of the Johnson and Kamp families in one night on Nov. 14, 2015. The families had gathered on Tennessee Colony land Thomas Kamp had recently purchased from a distant relative of Hudson’s to celebrate the upcoming 24th birthday of Thomas Kamp’s son, Nathan. Austin and Nathan Kamp, brothers, flew into Texas from their home in California. Thomas Kamp, his longtime girlfriend Hannah Johnson, her 6-year-old son Kade, and Hannah’s parents, Carl and Cynthia Johnson, all met in the rural East Texas area for a weekend of camping. All except Cynthia would be dead before the sun rose that Sunday.

Testimony from the 11-day trial revealed Hudson shot and killed Austin, Nathan and Thomas Kamp and Kade Johnson then shot Carl Johnson and ran out of ammunition; he killed Carl and Hannah Johnson by beating them to death. Cynthia Johnson hid in the cover of darkness and sneaked into the woods when the sun rose to call the police. Hudson was arrested Nov. 15, 2015. His victims ranged in age from 6 to 76.

Defense attorneys argued in the trial’s punishment phase that Hudson suffered from brain damage and a personality disorder. They also said Hudson had a fractious early home life at the hands of an abusive father.

Hudson had been in the Brazos County Jail for about two months while awaiting his trial. Toward the end of the trial’s punishment phase, several staff members testified Hudson had threatened to fight them and had hidden medication in his cell.

“He provided a few challenges for us,” Kirk said. “We’re glad it’s over.”

According to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, as of Nov. 16 there are 208 men and six women on death row. On average, those on death row spend 10.87 years awaiting execution.

There are three people from Brazos County and one from Anderson County currently awaiting execution. Twelve people from Brazos County and four from Anderson County have been executed since 1976, the year the death penalty was reinstated.

Those on death row who committed a crime in Brazos County are Marcus Druery, who was sentenced to death in 2003 in the death of Skyyler Browne; John Thuesen, who was convicted in 2010 in the deaths of Rachel and Travis Joiner; and Gabriel Hall, who was convicted in 2015 in the death of Edwin Shaar. Robert Roberson III, who was convicted of killing a 2-year-old girl in Palestine, is on death row from Anderson County.

Robert Hurst, public information officer for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, wrote in an email that those on death row are allowed to use the dayroom and recreational area between five and seven times per week, and can spend up to two hours in the rec yard at a time. Only one offender at a time is allowed in the dayroom or rec yard.

Those on death row live in solitary cells that do not have telephones or televisions, unlike the single cell Hudson had been held in at the Anderson County Jail as he awaited his trial.

According to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice Hudson’s death sentence was the third in the state this year. Billy Joel Tracy was also sentenced to death Wednesday for killing a correctional officer in the Barry Telford Unit in New Boston, raising the number of death sentences in Texas this year to four.

Prosecutors and multiple witnesses said during the trial that the land Thomas Kamp had bought from Hudson’s distant cousin had held emotional significance for Hudson because he had run cattle over the land with his father, Mack, who died in December 2014. Anderson County District Attorney Allyson Mitchell called it “Hudson land” because the family had lived there since the 1800s. In one recorded call he made from jail, Hudson called the land “mine.”

Texas’ death row is in the Polunsky Unit in Livingston, more than two hours by car from his family’s land in Tennessee Colony. Unless his sentence is overturned after his appeal, he will be transferred to Huntsville for his execution.

https://theeagle.com/news/local/after-given-death-sentence-hudson-transferred-to-state-prison/article_56704c30-bfc0-5835-b3e1-0d8ef30aedf5.html

Jason Delacerda Texas Death Row

Jason Delacerda was sentenced to death by the State of Texas for the murder of a child. According to court documents Jason Delacerda would beat four year old Breonna Nichole Lofti to death. Jason Delacerda would be arrested, convicted and sentenced to death

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Jason Delacerda 2021 Information

Name	Delacerda, Jason
TDCJ Number	999609
Date of Birth	07/26/1977
Date Received	03/08/2018
Age (when Received)	40
Education Level (Highest Grade Completed)	Unknown
Date of Offense	08/17/2011
	Age (at the time of Offense)	34
	County	Hardin
	Race	Hispanic
	Gender	Male
	Hair Color	Black
	Height (in Feet and Inches)	5′ 9″
	Weight (in Pounds)	200
	Eye Color	Brown
	Native County	Hardin
	Native State	Texas

Jason Delacerda More News

More than six years after 4-year-old Breonna Nichole Loftin died from blunt force trauma to her head, her mother’s boyfriend was found guilty of killing her by a Hardin County jury Friday.

Jason Wade Delacerda, 40, was convicted of capital murder after a jury deliberated for 2 hours and 40 minutes. He will be sentenced next week and faces the death penalty or life in prison.

Prosecutors, who argued throughout the trial that Breonna was “tortured to death,” made an emotional appeal to the jury Friday morning.

“Life sometimes takes some cruel unusual turns. One day, you’re a happy 4-year-old living with your grandmother and aunt, until you’re brought to live with your mother’s boyfriend,” District Attorney David Sheffield said.

He ran through the list of injuries reported in Breonna’s autopsy: bleeding on three parts of her brain, a spiral fracture in her leg, 12 broken ribs, marks from standing on bottlecaps, cigarette burns, bruises on her face, blisters from being paddled, pushpin piercings in her forehead and skull and two other major burns, including one described as “blackened.”

While he and Assistant DA Bruce Hoffer provided no witnesses or evidence of what caused the head injury that killed Breonna during two days of trial, Sheffield argued that “there’s pieces of the puzzle to put together” based on the extent of her injuries and testimony from family members.

Sheffield told jurors that “the only one that did not fail this child was God,” who saw Breonna’s suffering and “said this was enough, I’m taking you home.”

“Do not fail Breonna,” he told the jury.

Assistant District Attorney Bruce Hoffer projected a picture of Breonna on a screen and played part of a song from the movie “Pitch Perfect” called “You’re Gonna Miss Me When I’m Gone” during his statement.

Delacerda’s defense team criticized the emotional approach of the prosecution, saying it was used to compensate for insufficient evidence that he caused the blunt force head trauma that killed her.

While he conceded that some of the injuries that Delacerda admitted to, like making her stand on bottlecaps, were “weird and strange,” Ryan Gertz said “everything they brought you was about something else on some other day.”

“You didn’t hear any evidence about this crime,” he said,

Gertz and James Makin tried repeatedly and unsuccessfully to stop the prosecutors from introducing any evidence that did not relate to the 24 to 48 hours before Breonna died, which is roughly the age of the hematoma that was ruled her cause of death.

He said the only evidence the state provided related to Aug. 17, 2011 was the 911 call that Delacerda and Breonna’s mother, Amanda Guidry, made that night. When paramedics arrived, she had already flatlined and was turning blue, according to testimony given this week.

“What we know about that day is that Jason called 911, and Jason was on the floor for 25 minutes doing one-man CPR, even with an EMT in the room,” Gertz said. “It was not his objective or desire to kill this child.”

After the verdict was announced, Gertz said he was not surprised that Delacerda was found guilty, because of the evidence admitted over his objections.

“They heard, ‘Jason’s a bad guy,'” he said.

He and Makin both said they had never before tried a case where they did not make an opening statement, call or cross-examine witnesses, or present a case, as they did this week.

That strategy was chosen to “preserve the record” for an appeal, which they will file after next week’s sentencing, Gertz said. “We believe there is sufficient error” in the evidence that was allowed to be admitted, he said.

On Monday, they’ll present evidence that Delacerda has been a “model inmate” and does not present a future danger to try to convince the jury to spare his life.

Sheffield declined to comment on the verdict until the sentencing is complete.

Amanda Guidry is also charged with capital murder in her daughter’s death. She was released from jail in December 2014 after posting bond. Prosecutors are not seeking the death penalty in her case.

https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/Kountze-man-found-guilty-of-capital-murder-in-12642413.php

Isidro Delacruz Texas Death Row

Isidro Delacruz was sentenced to death by the State of Texas for the murder of a five year old girl. According to court documents Isidro Delacruz would slit the throat of his ex girlfriend’s five year old daughter. Isidro Delacruz was arrested, convicted and sentenced to death

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Isidro Delacruz 2021 Information

Name	Delacruz, Isidro Miguel
TDCJ Number	999610
Date of Birth	10/07/1990
Date Received	04/26/2018
Age (when Received)	27
Education Level (Highest Grade Completed)	12
Date of Offense	09/02/2014
	Age (at the time of Offense)	24
	County	Tom Green
	Race	Hispanic
	Gender	Male
	Hair Color	Black
	Height (in Feet and Inches)	5′-4″
	Weight (in Pounds)	180
	Eye Color	Brown
	Native County	Tom Green
	Native State	Texas

Isidro Delacruz More News

A Tom Green County Jury found Isidro Miguel Delacruz guilty of capital murder in the 2014 death of 5-year-old Naiya Villegas.

The jury of eight women and four men returned the verdict after about four hours of deliberation Thursday in the second week of trial.

Delacruz, 27, nodded his head following the reading of the verdict by 119th District Judge Ben Woodward.

He is convicted of slitting the throat of his ex-girlfriend’s daughter in the 2700 block of Houston Street on Sept. 2, 2014.

The sentencing phase of the trial begins Monday. Delacruz faces death or life imprisonment.

Attorneys took about two hours to lay out their case of what happened the night Naiya was murdered.

“The question here is who did what, and that’s tough to tell,” said court-appointed attorney Robert R. Cowie from the Lubbock Regional Public Defender for Capital Case. “This was a dark scene with a couple of drunk adults who got into a fight in a dark room.”

51st District Attorney Allison Palmer told jurors during closing arguments that “adult ugliness” led to Naiya’s death.

“The horrible images you’ve had to see of her,” Palmer said, showing a photo of a smiling Naiya standing next to a friend, “just remember she wasn’t always the way you had to see her.

The afternoon before Naiya died, Facebook messages exchanged between Delacruz and his then-girlfriend, Tanya Bermea, showed communication was amicable between the two, who had dated for about three years.

Delacruz then became irate with Bermea, 37, when conflict arose over the course of the evening.

An acquaintance of Delacruz and Bermea testified he ran into Delacruz when he went drinking with coworkers at a bar near Angelo State University that night.

The witness said Delacruz borrowed his cellphone and made phone calls. Phone records show Bermea called the witness’ phone about 20 times

The bar’s surveillance footage showed Delacruz had been drinking about midnight before he showed up at Bermea’s residence.

The witness said he offered Delacruz a ride about 1:49 a.m. and dropped him off at a spot on Arden Road. Delacruz then walked to Bermea’s residence about 2 a.m.

Bermea testified she had tried to barricade the residence because she was afraid Delacruz was going to come over.

“At that point, if she knew something bad was going to happen, she had options,” Cowie said.

Those options included calling the police or staying with relatives, but Bermea instead abandoned her daughter in that house, Cowie said

“I heard a thump on the wall” coming from the bathroom, Bermea said, and she saw Delacruz break into the home through the window before she immediately ran out of the house.

Palmer argued Delacruz slashed the back of his left arm when he climbed into Bermea’s residence through the broken bathroom window.

Crime scene photos showed Delacruz’s blood dripping on the outside of the window and his blood smears on the window frame.

“How did his blood drip on the outside of that window if he hadn’t already been bleeding?” Palmer told jurors.

Bermea said she left Naiya sleeping at home because she believed Delacruz wouldn’t hurt the child, adding she thought Delacruz was only coming after her. She testified Delacruz had never harmed the child before.

Crime scene photos showed Delacruz’s blood in nearly every room in the house, including Bermea’s closet.

“He was looking for (Bermea),” Palmer said. “He was looking for her all around the house but he couldn’t find her.”

Delacruz’s bloody handprints were on light switches, indicating he turned on the lights because the house was dark.

“He was trying to find if she’s hiding,” Palmer said. “He was coming after her.”

Cowie argued Bermea didn’t immediately leave the house but stayed and tried to fight Delacruz instead.

“Tanya wasn’t a passive participant in the case,” Cowie said. “She stayed in the house that night, and she made more phone calls.”

Video footage from a nearby business showed Bermea looking over her shoulder, walking barefoot and without her prescription glasses down Houston Street toward North Garfield Street from her house at 2:24 a.m.

Delacruz appeared on camera running down the path Bermea went about a minute and a half later.

“He’s chasing her down the street” when he couldn’t find her, said Palmer.

The child’s grandmother, Jesusita Bermea, drove her daughter back to the residence moments later. Palmer said Delacruz ran back as well and assaulted both women.

Palmer believes Delacruz beat up the women before going into the house and taking his anger out on Naiya.

Bermea testified she never set foot inside the home again until a week later.

“I wonder why she didn’t get back in the house?” Palmer asked jurors while displaying photos of Bermea’s injuries. “It’s hard to when you’re getting whooped on.

“She had other priorities,” Palmer said. “Not getting beat up.”

Bermea had a black left eye, bruising on her arm, abrasions on her face and two knots protruding from her forehead.

Delacruz’s injuries included a severe cut on the back of his left arm. His left hand was swollen and some of his knuckles had cuts on them and were bleeding.

The grandmother eventually called 911 at 2:30 a.m.

Palmer believes the incident started at the child’s pillow and moved to the other side of the bed because the girl fought back.

“In her bed, her blood begins on her pillow,” Palmer argued. “It’s like she fought him.”

Crime scene photos showed a blood-soaked blanket at the foot of the bed.

“I think she gave him a hard time,” Palmer said. “She gave all she had, every bit of blood in her body.”

Paramedics testified the girl wasn’t bleeding anymore when they arrived because she had no more blood to give.

The child’s injuries consisted of two deep lacerations on her neck as well as cuts on her chin, an abrasion and bruising on her left cheek.

DNA found on the large kitchen knife belonged only to Delacruz and Naiya. The child’s DNA was found on the blade and handle of the knife while Delacruz’s was found only on the handle.

Palmer told jurors it was a matter of minutes before he finally inflicted the fatal injuries.

“She did what she could,” Palmer said. “Her DNA was on his pants, shirt, necklace. That’s her telling us something. I’m here on him! She’s telling us I’m here! I’m here on him. I’m telling you this is who did it.”

Delacruz’s blood was found on the child’s clothes, and hers on his. Dozens of blood stains inside the home belonged to Delacruz and the child.

Palmer said Naiya couldn’t have survived her injuries for more than 20 minutes.

The first responding officer arrived at 2:37 a.m.

Screams coming from Bermea, who had remained outside, can be heard on police dashcam video as the officer frantically runs toward the residence and off camera.

Naiya died in an ambulance on the way to the hospital.

https://www.gosanangelo.com/story/news/crime/2018/03/29/isidro-delacruz-found-guilty-capital-murder-death-naiya-villegas/469549002/

Ali Irsan Texas Death Row

Ali Irsan was sentenced to death by the State of Texas for a double murder. According to court documents Ali Irsan would murder Gelareh Bagherzadeh and Cody Beavers. Ali Irsan would be arrested, convicted and sentenced to death

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Ali Irsan 2021 Information

Name	Irsan, Ali Awas Mahmoud
TDCJ Number	999611
Date of Birth	12/27/57
Date Received	8/20/18
Age (when Received)	60
Education Level (Highest Grade Completed)	Unknown
Date of Offense	1/15/2012 and 11/12/2012
	Age (at the time of Offense)	56
	County	Harris
	Race	Other
	Gender	Male
	Hair Color	Black
	Height (in Feet and Inches)	5′ 7″
	Weight (in Pounds)	168
	Eye Color	Brown
	Native County
	Native State	Jordan

Ali Irsan More News

When Nesreen Irsan, a 23-year-old Muslim, ran away from home, converted to Christianity and married her American boyfriend, Coty Beavers, no one could have predicted the violence that followed.

Within a year and a half of Nesreen leaving her family’s home, her best friend, Gelareh Bagherzadeh, an Iranian women’s rights activist who supported Nesreen’s religious conversion, and Beavers were killed.

While police initially questioned if Bagherzadeh’s political involvement could have been the motivation behind her shooting death, they began investigating Nesreen’s father, Ali Mahwood-Awad Irsan, after Beavers was gunned down in his Houston, Texas, apartment 10 months later.

According to Nesreen, Ali had grown increasingly hostile toward her about her new relationships, believing that Bagherzadeh and Beavers had allowed Nesreen to bring “dishonor” to the family. Nesreen also told police Ali was violent and that she and Beavers had been living in fear of her father’s retaliation, according to “A Wedding and a Murder,” airing Mondays at 8/7c on Oxygen.

In 2011, Nesreen even successfully filed for a protective order against Ali, which meant he was not allowed to possess a firearm. Police learned from Ali’s neighbors that he had guns at his property, and nine days after Coty’s murder, Harris County Sheriff’s Office raided the family’s compound in Conroe.

Inside one of Ali’s cars, police found an envelope that had license plate numbers and addresses written on it. Investigators later learned it listed Bagherzadeh’s address and license plate as well as Beavers’ license plate.

“So that one piece of evidence, that envelope, connected Ali to both Coty and to Gelareh, who were both dead,” Harris County Special Prosecutor Anna Emmons told “A Wedding and a Murder.”

They also discovered that, on the evening of Bagherzadeh’s murder, Ali had been pulled over by a state trooper for speeding, just miles away from the crime scene. His wife, Shmou Alrawabdeh, was in the front seat of the car, while his son, Nasim Isran, was in the back.

Dash cam footage captured Ali’s silver Toyota Camry, which resembled the car a witness told police he had seen leaving the neighborhood where Bagherzadeh was killed.

With this evidence, the State was able to charge Ali in connection with Bagherzadeh’s murder, said Emmons.

Investigators then conducted another search of Ali’s property and, hidden in the roof, they found multiple GPS units.

“Computer forensics were able to pull these GPS device histories, and they were able to put the vehicles that Ali Irsan was driving constantly at Nesreen and Coty’s apartment multiple times as well as the morning of the murder,” Harris County Special Prosecutor Jon Stephenson told “A Wedding and a Murder.”

Prosecutors charged Ali with capital murder for the fatal shootings of Bagherzadeh and Beavers, claiming he had executed them as “honor killings,” reported NBC News. As part of a plea deal, Alrawabdeh agreed to testify against her husband. She told the jury that Ali had plans to kill both Nesreen and Beavers, but his attempt to sabotage Nesreen’s car failed.

Alrawabdeh testified that Ali and his son Nasim went ahead with their plot to gun down Beavers, and they ambushed him at his apartment. She went on to claim that Ali and Nasim had also carried out the murder of Bagherzadeh, who was shot to death inside her car.

Alrawabdeh said Ali tried to “clean his honor” with the killings, reported NBC News.

“If a girl ran away from home, it would bring disgrace to the family,” said Alrawabdeh during trial. “Sex before marriage. She’s a Muslim, he’s a Christian. She ran away. All of this is a disgrace to his honor.”

After a six-week trial, it took jurors about 35 minutes to find Ali guilty of capital murder, and he was later sentenced to death.

During the punishment phase of the trial, Nesreen testified against her father and recalled that Ali was “happy” when terrorists attacked New York City on Sept. 11, 2001, according to “A Wedding and a Murder.” Ali also encouraged his children to become suicide bombers, claimed Nesreen.

In August 2019, Nasim pleaded guilty to murdering Bagherzadeh, reported the Houston Chronicle. He was sentenced to 40 years in prison.

In exchange for her testimony, Alrawabdeh pleaded guilty to aggravated kidnapping, and her jail sentence was capped at time served, according to the Chronicle.

Nesreen currently lives at an undisclosed location, for fear of her father’s threats, according “A Wedding and a Murder.”

To learn more about the case, watch “A Wedding and a Murder” on Oxygen.

https://www.oxygen.com/a-wedding-and-a-murder/crime-time/ali-mahwood-awad-irsan-convicted-texas-honor-killings

Dillion Compton Texas Death Row

Dillion Compton was sentenced to death by the State of Texas for a prison murder. According to court documents Dillion Compton would murder Mari Johnson at the French Robertson Unit. According to Dillion Compton he murdered the Correctional Officer to keep their relationship quiet. Mari Johnson would be found strangled to death. Dillion Compton would be convicted and sentenced to death.

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Dillion Compton 2021 Information

Name	Compton, Dillion
TDCJ Number	999612
Date of Birth	7/27/1994
Date Received	12/13/2011
Age (when Received on Death Row)	24
Education Level (Highest Grade Completed)	GED
Date of Offense	7/16/2016
	Age (at the time of Offense)	21
	County	Jones
	Race	Black
	Gender	Male
	Hair Color	Black
	Height (in Feet and Inches)	5′ 9″
	Weight (in Pounds)	200
	Eye Color	Brown
	Native County	Dallas
	Native State	Texas

Dillion Compton More News

A capital murder suspect told investigators in taped evidence that he and a prison guard had been in a relationship for two years, and that he choked her after an argument when it seemed that relationship might be revealed.

“It was a secret thing,” Dillion Gage Compton told investigators on July 19, 2016, referring to his relationship with Mari Johnson at the French Robertson Unit.

Compton is on trial for capital murder in 259th District Court in connection with the July 16, 2016, death of Johnson.

In evidence played for jurors Wednesday, Compton said he would often come to the kitchen “just to see” Johnson.

Both Johnson and Compton worked in the prison’s kitchen area.

In the situation that led to her death, “she went and got the keys” to the room, Compton told investigators George Robinson Jr. with the Office of the Inspector General and Texas Ranger Joshua Burson.

He and Johnson were having sex when the prison’s food service manager, Patrick Roach, almost discovered them, Compton said in the interview.

He and Johnson hid when they thought they were going to be found, then began arguing, Compton said.

“She was just cussing me out,” Compton said on the evidence played for jurors.

Johnson feared she might lose her job if the relationship was discovered, he said, while Compton said he was afraid Johnson would call prison security and spray him with pepper spray.

His first thought was to flee, he said in the recording, and he said he choked Johnson, with no intent to kill her, so that he could escape the situation.

“I tried to get her to pass out so I could get away,” he told investigators, thinking that Johnson would wake up later and likely be angry with him, but otherwise unhurt.

He said that Johnson was “breathing when I let her go.”

On Monday, attorneys for the state told jurors that Johnson’s throat had been allegedly crushed from “top to bottom” and that she had suffered internal injuries

I didn’t intend for Ms. Johnson to die,” Johnson told investigators in the interrogation played Wednesday. “… I thought she was passed out.”

When Roach returned to the area a second time, Compton said he was “on the way toward the door” when he was discovered.

Shortly thereafter, Johnson’s body, which was obscured from immediate view, was found. She was partially exposed and had been handcuffed to the floor.

Compton said that it was not the first time he and Johnson had met, but that in the past they had never come close to being caught.

Compton said that his intention with Johnson was to “have a relationship,” though he knew the situation was wrong

Having come from a church family and immersing himself in theological study during his time in prison, Compton said that he found his faith shaken and his pain for Johnson’s loss to be intense.

“I have cried out like crazy asking for the Lord to save me,” he said, expressing regret that he had harmed Johnson and her family, as well as his own chances of leaving prison.

Compton told investigators that he feared for his life, and echoing an earlier taped interrogation, he said that Johnson’s death was “the ultimate price,” though he did not elaborate further what that statement meant to him.

“I wish I could go back,” he said in the recording. “I don’t want to spend my life in prison.”

Compton said that Johnson had talked about her life outside of the prison and emphasized she was not a bad person.

She treated workers at the prison well, he said.

When asked by investigators what he would say to Johnson’s family, Compton said he was “deeply wounded” by her death.

https://www.reporternews.com/story/news/2018/10/03/inmate-dillion-gage-compton-choked-prison-guard-mari-johnson-keep-sex-relationship-secret/1513189002/