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Deadly Women: Marie “Mean Marie” Dean Arrington

Posted on June 19, 2013 by mylifeofcrime

Victims
Lester Arrington, husband [1964] (received 20 years for manslaughter)
Vivian June Ritter [4/22/1968] (sentenced to death, overturned due to US Supreme Court decision on the death penalty)

Marie Dean Arrington died in prison 5/10/2014. Thanks Anthony Rao for letting me know.

She’ll Kill Again, Say Cops Of Escaped Murderess
Marie Arrington Recaptured
Marie Dean Arrington Returns, Tight Security Maintained
Marie Arrington In Raiford Hospital
Marie Arrington: Religious, Unreformed Murderess
Marie Arrington Asks For Prison Transfer
Marie Arrington Trial Underway
Marie Arrington May Be Moved To Lake Butler
Murderpedia: Marie Dean Arrington
Wikipedia: Marie Dean Arrington

INMATE INFORMATION

DC Number: 149933
Name: ARRINGTON, MARIE D
Race: BLACK
Sex: FEMALE
Hair Color: GRAY OR PARTIALLY GRAY
Eye Color: BROWN
Height: 5’02”
Weight: 124 lbs.
Birth Date: 08/16/1933
Initial Receipt Date: 12/06/1968
Current Facility: LOWELL ANNEX
Current Custody: CLOSE
Current Release Date: SENTENCED TO LIFE

Aliases:
MARIE D ARRINGTON

Current Prison Sentence History:
Offense Date 07/04/1964
Offense HOMICIDE,MANSL.CUL.NEGLI
Sentence Date 05/22/1968
County VOLUSIA
Case No. 0000008
Prison Sentence Length 20Y 0M 0D

Offense Date 04/22/1968
Offense 1ST DG MUR/PREMED. OR ATT.
Sentence Date 12/06/1968
County HERNANDO
Case No. 0000662
Prison Sentence Length SENTENCED TO LIFE

Offense Date 03/01/1969
Offense ESCAPE
Sentence Date 03/14/1972
County MARION
Case No. 0003852
Prison Sentence Length 10Y 0M 0D

Incarceration History:
Date In-Custody 12/06/1968
Date Out-of-Custody 03/01/1969

Date In-Custody 04/24/1972
Date Out-of-Custody Currently Incarcerated

Filed under: crime, Deadly Women, high profile, murder, murder in the 20th Century | Tagged: 1964, 1968, Deadly Women, Florida, homicide, Lester Arrington, Mean Marie, Vivian Ritter | 2 Comments »

Serial Killer: Jerome Henry Brudos The Lust Killer The Shoe Fetish Slayer

Posted on June 3, 2013 by mylifeofcrime

Victims
Linda Kay Slawson, 19 [1/26/1968]
Jan Susan Whitney, 23 [11/26/1968]
Karen Elena Sprinker, 19 [3/27/1969]
Linda Dawn Salee, 19 [4/24/1969]
Sharon Wood (survived)

Serial killer Jerome Brudos died in prison on 3/28/2006.

Find-A-Grave: Linda Katherine Slawson
Find-A-Grave: Jan Susan Whitney
Find-A-Grave: Karen Elena Sprinker
Find-A-Grave: Linda Dawn Salee
Brudos’ daughter recalls girl name ‘Karen’ visiting home
Brudos receives three life terms
Brudos seeks another trial in 3 slayings
Serial Killer Jerome Brudos Oregon’s longest-held prisoner, dies
Profile: Jerome Brudos
Murderpedia: Jerome Henry Brudos
Wikipedia: Jerry Brudos
The Mind Of A Serial Killer: Jerome Brudos
Mindhunter: the profilers, the killers, and the real people who inspired them

Books
Lust Killer
Jerry Brudos: The True Story of The Shoe Fetish Slayer: Historical Serial Killers and Murderers
Mind Hunter: Inside the FBI’s Elite Serial Crime Unit
Serial Killers: The Method and Madness of Monsters
Whoever Fights Monsters: My Twenty Years Tracking Serial Killers for the FBI
Contemporary Perspectives on Serial Murder
Killer Book of Serial Killers: Incredible Stories, Facts and Trivia from the World of Serial Killers
Psychopathy, Perversion, and Lust Homicide: Recognizing the Mental Disorders That Power Serial Killers

Movies/Documentaries
Biography: Jerome Brudos
Jerry Brudos: The Lust Killer
Dragnet 1966 (based on)

Jerome Brudos

Filed under: crime, high profile, Monsters Among Us, murder, murder in the 20th Century, Serial Killer | Tagged: 1968, 1969, homicide, Jerome Brudos, Monsters Among Us, Oregon, Serial Killer, sex crimes, strangulation | 2 Comments »

Pamela Powers murder 12/24/1968 Des Moines, IA Killed by escaped convict and mental patient, Robert Anthony Williams; Sentenced to life in prison

Posted on December 18, 2012 by mylifeofcrime

Pamela Powers

Man Charged With Murder In Abduction
Fugitive From Mental Hospital Charged In Murder of Iowa Girl, 10
Brewer v Williams 1977 (conviction/sentence affirmed)
Bury her for Christmas: How the murder of Pamela Powers, 10, reached Supreme Court
Excerpt from “The Christian Burial Case”

Books
The Christian Burial Case: An Introduction to Criminal and Judicial Procedure

INMATE INFORMATION

Name Robert Anthony Williams
Offender Number 0103263
Sex M
Birth Date 03/19/1944
Age 68
Location Iowa Medical & Classification Center
Offense MURDER 1ST DEGREE
County Of Commitment Polk
Commitment Date 05/15/1969
Duration LIFE
TDD/SDD * LIFE
* TDD = Tentative Discharge Date
* SDD = Supervision Discharge Date

Supervision Status: Prison
Offense Class: Other Felony
County of Commitment: Polk

Filed under: crime, high profile, Missing/Abducted Children, Monsters Among Us, murder | Tagged: 1968, asphyxiation, child murder, child sex crime, convicted sex offender, crimes against children, homicide, Iowa, LWOP, Pamela Powers, Robert Anthony Williams | Leave a comment »

This Day In Crime History: Oct. 30, 1968: Actor Ramon Novarro was killed by brothers, Paul and Thomas Ferguson

Posted on October 30, 2012 by mylifeofcrime

Ramon Novarro

Find-A-Grave: Ramon Novarro
IMDb: Ramon Novarro
Ramon Novarro Writes Book On 50 Years In Films
Ramon Novarro Murderer; Last Of Silent Film Lovers
Ramon Novarro, Matinee Idol, Slain
Novarro memories lure throng of fans
Clues Few In Ramon Novarro Murder
2 Brothers Held In Ramon Novarro Murder
Man Charged With Murder Of Ramon Navaro
2 Convicted For Slaying Of Novarro
Men Convicted of Slaying Ramon Novarro
Ferguson Gets Life Term In Novarro Murder Case
Slayer Gets Life in Death of Novarro
Murderpedia: Paul Ferguson
Silent Forever: The Murder of Ramon Novarro
Wikipedia: Ramon Novarro
Find-A-Grave: Thomas Scott Ferguson

Books
Beyond Paradise: The Life of Ramon Novarro
Ramon Novarro: A Biography of the Silent Film Idol, 1899-1968; With a Filmography

Paul and Thomas Ferguson

Filed under: crime, high profile, murder, murder in the 20th Century | Tagged: 1968, beaten to death, California, celebrity murder, homicide, Los Angeles, Paul Ferguson, Ramon Novarro, robbery, This Day in History, Thomas Ferguson | Leave a comment »

Movies Based On True Crimes: Till Death Us Do Part (Cheryl Perveler & Marlin Cromwell murders)

Posted on April 20, 2010 by mylifeofcrime

The names in the movie were changed:

Victims
Henry Stockton: Marlin Cromwell (murdered 12/11/1966)
Judy Davis Palliko: Cheryl Perveler (murdered 4/20/1968)
Katherine Drummond: Lela Halvorson (survived)

Find-A-Grave: Marlin Cromwell
Find-A-Grave: Cheryl Doris Greene Perveler
Find-A-Grave: Cheryl Perveler
Ex-Cop, Girlfriend Held in Two Murders
Officer Accused In Death
Former Policeman, Girl Friend Held In Murder, Fraud Plot
‘Double Indemnity’ Murder Trial Opens
Sentence Couple In Double Slaying
Death Sentence Imposed in Slaying of 2
Slay Trial A ‘Rerun’ Of Old Movie
Ex-Officer in Prison for Killing Fails in Parole Bid
Perveler appeal
Victims of Domestic Violence: #240 Mrs. Cheryl Perveler
The 1968 Cheryl Perveler Murder
Killer’s Ex-Wife Fights to Keep Him Behind Bars : Makes 5th Trip to Remind Parole Board of His Vow to Kill Her ‘Somehow, Someday’
gofundme: Kristina Rapier’s funeral cost
Find-A-Grave: Kristina Beryl Cromwell Rapier

Books
Till Death Us Do Part: A True Murder Mystery

Movies/Documentaries
Till Death Us Do Part
A Crime To Remember: The Newlydeads

Defendants
Alan Palliko: Paul Perveler (convicted, sentenced to death, commuted to life)
Sandra Stockton: Christina Cromwell [Kristina Cromwell] (convicted, sentenced to life in prison; paroled) – died 1/16/2017, had remarried to a man named Rex Rapier