George Kerr was not at home when the bomb exploded. Tony Whitfield's Jehovah's Witness Mother told reporters, "Why would he want to take somebody's coat," as she insisted that her son had no reason to steal a coat, because she had bought him one recently. From what we can tell, Peggy seems to have been released from prison in June 2013. Tucker lost this appeal which related to the exclusion of testimony regarding that fellow prisoners' credibility. "THEODORE KELKER" are the names of a GrandFather, Father, and Son with "Jehovah's Witness connections" who all lived in Texas at the time of this trial -- one or more in the Fort Worth area, the site of this trial. North Carolina federal DRAFT DODGER prosecution of a Jehovah's Witness named Claude M. Dillings, Jr. Claude Dillings Jr served 17 of his 24 months sentence at a conscientious objector camp. }); Cheely and Gustafson also managed to establish contact with each other inconspicuously while inside the jail to plan their revenge. BLOG; CATEGORIES. After the store owners complied with his demands, Wilburn Boggs exited from the store and was picked up by 20 year-old Joachim Preinesberger, who was driving a pickup truck owned by Boggs. She visited every few weeks, and would take McGensey visiting, shopping, to the movies, and occasionally to meetings at a local Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses. Joseph Rake died in 2005, and as an "exemplary" Jehovah's Witness received a Kingdom Hall funeral at the Lakeland Florida Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses. Nevertheless, she was sentenced to 24 years and 4 months in federal prison. At the time of the MURDER, Rodney Lowe was on supervised release from a four-year prison term for a previous robbery conviction. A private family graveside service will be held at Linwood Park Cemetery. This week on Reasonable Doubt, the team takes on the Raul and Cathy Sarinana were sentenced to death for abusing Would love your thoughts, please comment. If venireperson "THEODORE KELKER" was reared as a Jehovah's Witness, and he had disclosed that fact during jury selection or during the trial, do you not suppose that James Allridge would have brought that up as part of his appeal??? He played in the mornings before school, during lunch period, and after school. Marshals for a federal probation violation, according to the. In 1997, Coffee sought transfer to Pennsylvania (where his family lived), or full discharge from commitment. Leave a sympathy message to the family on the memorial page of Douglas C. Gustafson to pay them a last tribute. Craig pleaded guilty as well and was sentenced to 22 and a half years in prison. She was apologetic in court and hoped to just get probation. While not designed from the ground up for collision repair, the former granite storage facility provided just the blank slate necessary for Kaltenberger to craft the ideal shop. let gads_event; During the penalty phase of the trial, several people testified on Lowe's behalf, including a prison school principal, a former employer, a prison minister. The defense unsuccessfully argued that hormonal imbalance during the late stages of her pregnancy was the reason for her questionable decisions. However, that conviction and sentence was reversed on appeal in 1987. The JW Aunt, named Margaret Hawkins, stated that her nephew had been "really trying to make a change in his life", which in JW-ese meant that London Williams recently had been reading WatchTower literature, and/or attending meetings at the Kingdom Hall. A second Forbrich brother also was arrested in West Germany on charges connected to this case, but outcome is unknown. In an excited state, that resident told Rivera that someone had just tried to break into his residence by prying open the door to his backyard. Amended Oct. 3, 1994. No one else was in the house when the explosion happened, but it was so intense that it blew the roof off the house. But Real rejected a defense argument that a hormonal imbalance caused by the late stages of pregnancy clouded Barnetts judgment. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Peggy Gustafson BARNETT, Defendant-Appellant. On July 4, 1974,Robert A. Garrett was involved in an altercation with members of the Military Police. Years later, one James high school friends stated: Around 1982, Ronald was released from prison. Brett and Martin the drove back to Longview, Washington, to the home of Brett's mother, Sherry Brett, where he confessed to the murder. FLORIDA v. JOSEPH ANTHONY RAKE was a 1950 Florida criminal prosecution of then 19 year-old Jehovah's Witness Joseph A. Rake, of Fort Pierce, Florida, for ARMED ROBBERY. We just discovered in 2014 that the "venireperson" named "THEODORE KELKER", who is mentioned in James Vernon Allridge's APPEAL possibly also had JEHOVAH'S WITNESS connections as did the Allridge family. Soria's mother testified that Soria had been a "devout Jehovah's Witness" for most of his life until he started hanging around the wrong people. Kerr told the police everything, and even agreed to wear a wire. hitType: 'event', The State Trooper had properly provided both Miranda and Vehicle and Traffic Law "refusal" warnings, and would have requested Sukram's submission to a breathalyser test but-for the fact that the two-hour time limit was about to expire, and a test kit was not accessible in time. Do you, This was definitely in IL because we are friends with, Hi. CALIFORNIA v. RODNEY KING was a 1989 California court decision. There will be a Celebration of Doug's Life held on . Peggy Gustafson-Barnett was a dental hygienist at the time. pg.acq.push(function() { Interestingly, when Kerr telephoned his father, David Kerr, from police HQ, Raymond Cheely was at his house. Authorities saiad Gustafson's brother Craig, the fourth man charged, was a fugitive and offered a $10,000 reward for information leading to his arrest. Gustafsons failure to notify the state Division of Criminal Justice Services Sex Offender Registry of this change in his residence was a violation of the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act, which requires sex offenders to notify the registry within 3 days of any change in residence. Limited details. TENNESSEE v. EUGENE EDWARD HAMBLIN was a 1987-1990 Tennessee MURDER prosecution in which "devout" Jehovah's Witness Minister, Eugene E. Hamblin was found "Guilty" only of "Involuntary Manslaughter" during a jury trial, with the two year sentence then being "suspended". McGensey's left hand reached for Rivera's gun, his right hand went to Rivera's neck. In contrast, Biddings' attorney described Robert Biddings as a "devout" Jehovah's Witness who attended his local Kingdom Hall several times per week. The package was, in fact, a bomb that killed David instantly and critically injured his wife. The first indication of a JW connection for the Kelker Family that we found was in 1968 when "Ted Kelker" served as a groomsman at a Kingdom Hall wedding held in Houston. Four other people were charged in the bombing. She was 29 years old and pregnant when the incident occurred. You dont know how much I hate myself.. Douglas Gustafson in New York Albany County arrested for 130.25 - Rape in the third degree. But there still remained the impossibility of the pair actually getting their hands on the components needed to make the bomb and physically taking it to a post office to mail it. The bomb killed Kerrs father, David Kerr, and seriously injured his stepmother, Shelly Kerr. Cloud would not admit to committing the crimes, because he apparently claimed to not remember committing them. Alaska mail bomb conspiracy: How two prisoners orchestrated a daring revenge plot from inside prison to kill the key witness in their case. They would utilize the assistance of other prisoners like, 'Hey, can you give this to Doug over in the other jail cell?' That means workstations with all the essentials a . Earl Resnover later even told authorities that he had been "studying" to become one of Jehovah's Witnesses. She had burns and injuries all over her body and had to undergo five hours of surgery. In December 1991, then 21 year-old James L. Brett was living in Longview, Washington, with his girlfriend, Shirley Martin. The JW Family eventually somehow managed to escape into West Germany. The father stated that the aunt did not have sufficient contact with his family to make such an assessment. Lowe's JW Father then testified for the Prosecution. Miraculously, George's mother, Michelle Kerr, survived the mail bomb and pointed the investigators to Gustafson and Cheely, who quickly became the primary suspects. Grandmother with dementia died from face wound neglected by staff for days. Box 7198 He is also wanted by U.S. NEW YORK v. ANDRE SUKRAM was a 1988-89 New York criminal court case (there was probably also a related civil court case.) "They were able to pass notes - in jailhouse lingo they call them 'kites.' However, Richard was learning disabled, and such drew the ire of his JW Father and older brother, who each tormented Richard for his deficiencies. The Korean instead grabbed King, and began beating him with a wood pole. Farkas suffered multiple stab wounds to his head and neck. NEW YORK v. HERRIOT NICOLEAU , NEW YORK v. DAVID PEELE, and NEW YORK v. GARY DeCANIO were related New York criminal cases, which involved three Jehovah's Witnesses, named Herriot Nicoleau, 32, who was a Radiologist, Gary DeCanio, 32, of South Setauket, New York, and David Peele, 34, of Centereach, New York. Obituary. Despite the fact that even if the situation were as Balderama claimed -- consensual sex -- (which is an excommunication offense for JWs), Stan Boyd, a Jehovah's Witness [Elder?] Brett also told his sister, Rhonda Camba, that he had "killed somebody", although he had just intended to rob them. The father stated that his son was not allowed to celebrate any holidays, nor have any girlfriends. 100 South Clinton Street . Douglas Gustafson murdered teenager Jeffrey Cain in random highway shooting: Devil Among Us investigates Thu Jul 16, 2020 at 3:50am ET By Jerry Brown - Leave a Comment The team at Devil Among Us is looking into the murder of teenager Jeffrey Cain by three young men from Chugiak, Alaska, in a bizarre case of senseless violence. The reason Williams is believed to have been reared in the WatchTower religion is due to a reference by Williams himself that his mother was a devoted Jehovah's Witness. Back in the 1930-40s, the Jehovah's Witness community was simply a "convicted criminal's paradise". JW Mother married and moved to Alabama --leaving Melton to live with her mother and siblings. Recently, in November 1953, the corpse of Reginald Libby's missing farmhand had been found dead in remote bush country about 40 miles from Libby's farm. The firearm which was the instrument of Watts' death turned out to be an unregistered .38 pistol owned by Libby, which Libby had hidden from investigators in a grainbin. Eldridge E. Meredith Sr.was even the subject of the recent documentary film "Captain Eldridge Meredith: A quintessential African American Waterman". Not Later. ga('ads.send', { Gustafson and Cheely telephoned George Kerr and warned him to keep quiet. Biddings was paroled after serving 11 years in prison. It was later uncovered that his former friends Doug and Raymond had planned to kill George and were helped majorly by Dougs sister Peggy Gustafson-Barnett. Gustafson will be sentenced on February 13, 2023 before Senior United States District Judge Norman A. Mordue. In 1992, Coffee was determined to have committed second-degree murder, but was not guilty by reason of mental illness. In 1997, Coffee was provisionally discharged to a community-based group home. An Alaska woman who pleaded guilty to being involved in a revenge mail bombing that killed one man and injured his wife has been sentenced to 24 years and four months in federal prison. Doug Gustafson in Minnesota We found 10 records for Doug Gustafson in Hastings, Lismore and 7 other cities in Minnesota. Cloud was given the maximum sentence -- two life sentences for sexual assault, 60 years for burglary with the intent to commit rape, and 25 years for possession of a firearm by a parolee. The next day, at the border checkpoint, the border agents' suspicions were immediately aroused. FLORIDA v. ANTONIO LEBARON MELTON was the 1990-91 MURDER prosecution and conviction of Antonio L. Melton, age 17 at time of murder, for the November 1990 armed robbery and shooting of a Pensacola cab driver. The conviction was, in big part, possible because of George Kerr, who was also present with Doug and Raymond that evening in October 1990. Argued and Submitted August 6, 1993. ", Also, in December 1992, despite the fact that Rodney Harris was going to testify for the prosecution, and that Caldwell had given a confession, the prosecutor offered Ronnie Caldwell a plea deal, which Caldwell jumped at. The three minors had been taken to the club by an unidentified adult on the son's birthday. In 1990, a jury convicted Patton on both charges, and he was sentenced to 222 years in prison. Another MRBA officer attempted to break up the fight between Fleetwood and Junior. Main Office: ga('ads.send', { ''My mother always told me, 'You reap what you sow'. Robert A. Garrett, a member of the Marine Corps, submitted his request for reenlistment on May 16, 1974. Affirmed on appeal. Joseph E. Ryan and Craig Gustafson, another brother, were also charged. As Rivera climbed the fence, he was surprised to find McGensey already on the top of the fence. "I thought when I got here [jail] that my life was over. 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Interestingly, at trial, the U.S. Government provided evidence that Forbrich was a career East German AGENT, who over the previous 17 years had operated an auto repair business near an American military base in West Germany. document.querySelector("#ads").addEventListener('click',function(){ A lock ( He became incensed when a red Toyota got close to the vehicle and decided to fire at the car, according to the court documents. We were not alive in 1950, but we suspect that the apocalyptic WatchTower Society had convinced its membership via its typical "insinuation" method that "Jehovah" was gathering together his people in NYC (location of WatchTower World HQ) to protect them at the start of "Armageddon", simply to ensure a large attendance that would be fawned over by NYC media coverage, which would be repeated worldwide. Gustafson was playing around with an HK-91, -a semi-automatic rifle that has since been banned in the United States- shooting at road signs. WHY would someone who is either an ACTIVE JEHOVAH'S WITNESS, or who had himself been reared as a Jehovah's Witness, want to serve on, or remain on, this CAPITAL MURDER case Jury???