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Date of scheduled execution |
State |
Victim name |
Inmate name |
Status |
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December 2, 2009 |
Texas |
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Cecil
Johnson |
pending |
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Date of scheduled execution |
State |
Victim name |
Inmate name |
Status |
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December 8, 2009 |
Ohio |
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Kenneth
Biros |
pending |
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Date of scheduled execution |
State |
Victim name |
Inmate name |
Status |
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December 9, 2009 |
Tennessee |
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Devon
Banks |
pending |
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Date of scheduled execution |
State |
Victim name |
Inmate name |
Status |
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December 11, 2009 |
Indiana |
Debbie
Wrinkles, 31
Tony Fulkerson, 28
Natalie Fulkerson, 26 |
Eric
Wrinkles |
pending |
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Eric Wrinkles was sentenced to death for the murders of his
estranged wife and his wife's brother and sister-in-law. In June
1994, Wrinkles' wife Debbie and the couple's two children, Lindsay
and Seth, moved into the Evansville home of Mark and Natalie
Fulkerson, Debbie's brother and sister-in-law. Wrinkles filed for
divorce on June 30, 1994, and Debbie obtained a protective order
that same day prohibiting Wrinkles from having any contact with her
and the children. At a provisional divorce hearing on July 20, 1994,
Debbie agreed to a rescission of the protective order, and Wrinkles
and Debbie agreed that Debbie would retain custody of the children
but Wrinkles would have reasonable visitation rights. Wrinkles and
Debbie agreed to meet later that day at a local fast food restaurant
so that Wrinkles could see his children, whom he had not seen in
over a month. However, Debbie and the children never showed up.
Wrinkles called his divorce attorney, who told him that although
nothing could be done that night because the courts were closed, he
would take care of it tomorrow. Wrinkles, still frustrated, called
the Fulkerson home to speak with Debbie, but she was not there. When
Debbie returned later that night, she called Wrinkles to set up a
meeting for the next day, but there was no answer. Around 2 a.m. on
July 21, 1994, Wrinkles parked his truck a block away from the
Fulkerson home, put on camouflage clothing, painted his face, and
armed himself with a .357 magnum revolver and a knife. He then
climbed over a fence into the Fulkersons' backyard, cut the
telephone wires, and kicked in the back door. Wrinkles first
approached Mark in his bedroom, shooting him four times in the
presence of his three-year-old son. Awakened by the gunshots, Debbie
entered the bedroom hallway and saw that Wrinkles had shot her
brother. Debbie, who had already grabbed her gun for protection,
shot Wrinkles in the arm and then fell to the floor. Lindsay, also
awakened by the gunshots, entered the bedroom hallway and, upon
seeing her father about to shoot her mother, pleaded, "Dad, please
don't shoot Mom." Wrinkles responded "shut up" and then shot Debbie
in the chest. In the meantime, the sister-in-law Natalie ran out the
front door. Wrinkles followed Natalie onto the front porch and shot
her in the face at close range. Subsequent autopsies revealed that
Mark, Debbie, and Natalie each died from gunshot wounds. Police
apprehended Wrinkles later that morning in Warrick County. The trial
was held on May 15-19, 1995. The defense theory at trial was that
because of a combination of Debbie depriving Wrinkles of access to
his children and his methamphetamine addiction, Wrinkles broke into
the Fulkerson home to get his children and shot the victims only
after Debbie shot him and the other victims pointed guns at him. The
jury found him guilty as charged. The penalty phase was held on May
20, 1995, and the jury returned a recommendation of death. A month
later, the trial court, finding that the multiple murder aggravator
outweighed the mitigators, imposed the death penalty. |
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