For the next few weeks, we’ll be spotlighting residents of Kentucky’s Death Row. You can view the full list anytime by clicking “Killers on Death Row” in the side bar.
Kevin Wayne Dunlap
On October 15, 2009, Kevin Wayne Dunlap approached Kristy Frensley in her backyard before forcing her inside her home at gunpoint, where he raped and stabbed her. When her three children, a 5-year-old boy and his 14 and 17-year-old sisters, arrived home from school, he fatally stabbed them and set fire to the home. The mother survived by playing dead. The boy’s stab wounds were so severe that some of his ribs were broken.
Dunlap was convicted and sentenced to death on March 19, 2010 for the following crimes: Murder (Capital) – 3 counts; Kidnapping-Victim Death (Capital) – 3 counts; Kidnapping-With Serious Physical Injury; Rape 1st Degree with Serious Physical Injury; Arson 1st Degree; Criminal Attempt-Murder; Burglary 1st Degree; and Tampering With Physical Evidence – 3 counts.
Aggravating circumstance which made this case eligible for the Death Penalty: A murder which occurs during the commission of the following crimes: Arson First Degree, Rape First Degree, and Intentional Murder of More Than One Person.
Victims: Kristy Frensley (stabbed but survived), Kayla Williams, Kourtney and Ethan Frensley.
For the next few weeks, we’ll be spotlighting residents of Kentucky’s Death Row. You can view the full list anytime by clicking “Killers on Death Row” in the side bar.
Virginia Caudill
In Fayette County on March 15, 1998, Virginia Caudill and accomplice Jonathon Goforth entered the home of a 73-year-old female and beat her to death, shattering her skull. The victim was the mother of Caudill’s estranged boyfriend and the two had gone to her home to ask her for money, supposedly to buy crack cocaine. Caudill and Goforth then ransacked her home and stole numerous items of valuable personal property, including guns, jewelry and a mink coat. They then wrapped her body in a rug and placed it in the trunk of her own car and drove her to a rural area in Fayette County and set the car on fire. The victim’s body was burned so badly that she could not be recognized.
Aggravating circumstance which made this case eligible for the Death Penalty: murder which occurred during the commission of a burglary and robbery.
Virginia Caudill was sentenced to death March 24, 2000.
Victims: Tina and Eddie Earley, 2-year-old son shot but survived
In Fayette County in 1990, this killer, Thomas Clyde Bowling, caused his vehicle to collide with a vehicle occupied by Tina and Eddie Earley and their two-year-old son while they were parked in front of their small dry cleaning business. Bowling exited his vehicle, approached the Earley’s vehicle, and intentionally fired gunshots at them at point-blank range, killing Tina and Eddie Earley and wounding their child. Bowling then returned to his car but walked back to the Earley’s car to make sure they were dead, and then drove away. Bowling was previously scheduled to be executed in 2004.
Aggravating circumstance which made this case eligible for the Death Penalty: multiple murders.
A Texas inmate was executed Thursday evening for fatally shooting a convenience store robbery-turned-abduction nearly 11 years ago.
Richard Cobb, 29, didn’t deny using a 20-gauge shotgun to kill Kenneth Vandever in an East Texas field where two women also were shot and one was raped. He was convicted of capital murder.
‘Life is death, death is life. I hope that someday this absurdity that humanity has come to will come to an end,’ Cobb said when asked if he had any last words.
‘Life is too short. I hope anyone that has negative energy towards me will resolve that.
‘Life is too short to harbor feelings of hatred and anger. That’s it, warden.’
DEATH PENALTY NEWS: Gov. John Kasich on Wednesday rejected a plea for mercy by a condemned man who says he intended to rape his girlfriend’s 6-month-old daughter but didn’t mean to kill her. 6 MONTH OLD RAPED!
For the next few weeks, we’ll be spotlighting residents of Kentucky’s Death Row. You can view the full list anytime by clicking “Killers on Death Row” in the side bar. The first on our list:
Ronnie Lee Bowling
In Laurel County in 1989, this killer, Ronnie L. Bowling, executed two service station attendants in separate robberies. He shot and killed a service station attendant during the early morning hours of January 20, 1989, shooting the victim six times in the head, chest and back. In the early morning hours of February 22, 1989, Bowling shot and killed a service station owner in the head and hand. Bowling was arrested after attempting to rob a third service station on February 25, 1989. Bowling entered the station and had a brief conversation with the owner. As he turned to leave, he pulled out a revolver and began shooting at the owner, who was able to avoid the gunfire. The Kentucky State Police were notified and they followed Bowling for some thirty miles before he finally stopped and was arrested. Bowling was 20 years old at the time.
Aggravating circumstances which made this case eligible for the Death Penalty: multiple murders and murders which occurred during the commission of a robbery.
Ronnie Lee Bowling was sentenced to death December 9, 1992.
For the next few weeks, we’ll be spotlighting residents of Kentucky’s Death Row. You can view the full list anytime by clicking “Killers on Death Row” in the side bar. The first on our list:
Ralph Baze
This killer resided in Powell County, Kentucky. He had been convicted twice of felonies and was wanted in Ohio for Assault of a Police Officer, Bail Jumping, Receiving Stolen Property, and Flagrant Nonsupport. On January 15, 1992, the Lucas County Sheriff’s Office in Toledo, Ohio, notified the Powell County authorities that they wished to extradite Baze on the felony counts. When Deputy Sheriff Arthur Briscoe arrived at Baze’s cabin to arrest him, Baze escaped through a trapdoor, retrieved his SKS assault rifle from behind the cabin, and fled into the woods. Deputy Briscoe left to recruit additional officers to assist in the arrest. He came back, followed by Sheriff Steve Bennett.
Gunfire ensued. Later, Baze testified that Deputy Briscoe had shot him first, striking him in the leg. Baze shot back at the officers. Sheriff Bennett opened the back door of the police cruiser, crossing directly into Baze’s line of fire. Baze shot him three times in the back and then started to walk toward Deputy Briscoe, who continued to shoot at Baze over the hood of the cruiser until he ran out of ammunition. Baze was too close to give him time to reload. Deputy Briscoe attempted to escape, but he was shot in the back by Baze, who then approached the injured officer and shot him in the head at point-blank range. Baze then fled on foot to adjoining Estill County where he surrendered without incident that evening. Ralph Baze was tried in Rowan County, convicted, and sentenced to death February 4, 1994 for shooting the officers. Baze was previously scheduled to be executed in 2007.
Aggravating circumstance which made this case eligible for the Death Penalty: the murder of a sheriff and deputy sheriff, while in the line of duty, and multiple murders.
This killer wants pen pals. This is part of his webpage request. What a guy!
“Hi my name is Ralph and I am a Death Row inmate. I am looking for a few pen pals that like to write and maybe help get some of my paper work transferred to computer disk. Trying to work with and through the system is not getting me anywhere so I need to be able to find a voice on the outside of these walls to help me get my story out. Hopefully finding a friend or 2 along the way too. Would like a relationship with the right lady that could be more then Pen pals. Times get lonely in here.”
AKRON, Ohio (AP) – A self-styled street preacher who teamed up with a high school student in a deadly plot to lure men with bogus Craigslist job offers has been sentenced to death.
A judge in Akron sentenced 53-year-old Richard Beasley on Thursday. The jury that convicted him recommended last week that he be executed.
Beasley was convicted of teaming up with a teenager in 2011 to lure men with offers of farmhand jobs in southeast Ohio. Three men were killed and a fourth wounded.
The co-defendant, then 16, was too young to face the death penalty. Brogan Rafferty was sentenced to life in prison without the chance of parole on his conviction last year.
One victim was killed near Akron, and the others were shot at a southeast Ohio farm during bogus job interviews.
The slain men were Ralph Geiger, 56, of Akron; David Pauley, 51, of Norfolk, Va.; and Timothy Kern, 47, of Massillon. All were down-and-out men looking for a fresh start in life, prosecutors said repeatedly during the trial.
The survivor, Scott Davis, now 49, testified that he heard the click of a gun as he walked in front of Beasley at the reputed job site in Noble County. Davis, who was shot in an arm, knocked the weapon aside, fled into the woods and tipped off police.
Davis was hoping to move from South Carolina closer to his family in northeast Ohio.
Remember some months ago when Texas Governor Rick Perry was asked about being Governor during the time 234 executions of convicted and condemned murderers took place? He said he hadn’t lost a moment’s sleep over the execution of those killers.
Remember too, how the audience cheered at Perry’s response, and how the liberal media immediately got their panties all in a wad, and began looking down their collective noses at the audience who they no doubt believed were just ignorant red-necks and part of the great American “unwashed.” Oh, you know that sanctimonious and condescending attitude of the main stream media types, we’ve all seen it, heard and read it.
Well, the death penalty does cause strong reaction on both sides, doesn’t it? But the pompous, self-righteous, knee jerk reaction of these holier-than-thou media types to the crowd’s cheer shows how out-of-touch they are with most of America.
Polls show that between 65 and 75 percent of Americans favor the death penalty for aggravated murderers. As a matter of fact, the majority of the populations in Europe and Canada also favor the death penalty. It’s just that the elitist, ruling class leaders in those countries don’t listen to their citizens.
America still has the death penalty because these elected leaders can’t just dictate to us, the “great unwashed.” (Our legislature, with it’s criminal-friendly laws is getting close to trying to dictate their will over the people they are supposed to represent.)
So why was that audience cheering Gov Perry’s response? I’ll tell you why I believe they were cheering. Because we, the “great unwashed” are pretty fed up with never-ending appeal process in this country. Convicted and condemned killers can delay their date with justice for decades (30 years in Kentucky), while the families of the victims suffer everyday. I believe that the audience cheered Perry because the public is fed up with judges and lawyers overruling their will.
Ray the DA’s Comment: A $56,000 procedure for a guy on death row??? And the Kentucky State Prison system is asking for some hospital to do this procedure on a guy who has been convicted of murdering 6 people?
DEATH PENALTY NEWS: Gov. John Kasich on Wednesday rejected a plea for mercy by a condemned man who says he intended to rape his girlfriend’s 6-month-old daughter but didn’t mean to kill her. 6 MONTH OLD RAPED!
