Monsters Among Us: Floyd Eugene Maestas raped and savagely killed 72-year-old Donna Lou Bott; Sentenced to death

Donna Lou Bott

Find-a-Grave: Donna Lou Bott
Donna Lou Bott murder
2nd and 3rd men arrested in slaying
Floyd Maestas to stand trial on capital homicide charge
Judge Calls SLC Murder Especially Heinous
Way paved for capital-murder trial
Elderly woman’s slaying to spark a capital trial
Accused killer eligible for execution
Elderly woman’s slaying to spark a capital trial
Trial begins in capital murder case
Trial begins in capital murder case
Forensics expert: DNA evidence matches Maestas
Murder trial details ferocity of attack on victim
2 co-defendants of Maestas testify
Maestas found guilty of aggravated murder
Floyd Maestas guilty of aggravated murder; faces death penalty
Maestas Convicted, Could Face Death Penalty
Maestas is guilty on both counts
Justice for Donna Lou Bott: Jury convicts her killer, death penalty possible
Some background on Maestas
Jury convenes to decide convicted murderer’s fate
Murdered woman remembered
Jury decides if Maestas lives or dies
Utahn faces death penalty
Life or death: Jurors hear arguments about fate of SLC woman’s slayer
Defense seeking penalty of life term for Maestas
Testimony stalls after Maestas says he wants to fire attorneys, represent himself
Maestas sentenced to die by lethal injection for 2004 murder
Former murder trial co-defendant ordered to prison
Burglar gets 1 to 15 years in death of woman, 72
State of Utah v Floyd Eugene Maestas 2012 (conviction and sentence affirmed)
UT Supreme Court upholds death sentence
Murderpedia: Floyd Eugene Maestas
Floyd Maestas, Utah death row inmate, dies of natural causes at 63
Death row inmate Floyd Maestas dies of natural causes

Defendants
Floyd Eugene Maestas – convicted, sentenced to death, died of natural causes 2018
Rodney Roy Renzo, 19 – charges being reduced for testifying, sentenced to 1-15 years in prison
William Hugh Irish, 19 – charges being reduced for testifying, sentenced to 1-15 years in prison

INMATE INFORMATION

Offender Number: 113474
Offender Name: FLOYD EUGENE MAESTAS
DOB: Sun, 11 Nov 1956
Height: 5 Feet 8 Inches
Weight: 165
Sex: M
Location: UTAH STATE PRISON
Housing Facility: WASATCH
Parole Date: N/A
Aliases:
JOSEPH JARAMILLO
FLOYD EUGENE MAESTAS
GENE MAESTAS
MANUEL ANTONIO MAESTAS
NANUAL ANTHONY MAESTAS

INMATE INFORMATION

Offender Number: 183723
Offender Name: RODNEY ROY RENZO
DOB: Fri, 30 Aug 1985
Height: 6 Feet 0 Inches
Weight: 185
Sex: M
Location: DAVIS CO JAIL
Housing Facility: N/A
Parole Date: 05/29/2018
Aliases:
RED DAWG
RODNEY ROY RENZO

INMATE INFORMATION

Offender Number: 184381
Offender Name: WILLIAM HUGH IRISH
DOB: Thu, 22 Aug 1985
Height: 5 Feet 11 Inches
Weight: 175
Sex: M
Location: CENTRAL UTAH CORRECTIONAL FACILITY
Housing Facility: CUCF BOULDER
Parole Date: 09/29/2020
Aliases:
WILLIAM HUGH IRISH
WHITE BOY
WHITEBOY