When you hear the name Ronald Gene Simmons, the immediate thought is of the mass murderer that killed many people right here in the state we live in. However, there is more to the man than just being a killer, and the story behind those killings is interesting. Even though the dominant part of his life was taken up by the killings he did, there is also a part that many people have never even heard of. Ronald Gene Simmons was born on July 15, 1940, in the great city of Chicago, Illinois. He was born to Loretta and Williams Simmons. On January 31st, 1943, William Simmons died of a stroke, while Ronald was only three years old. His mother remarried to another man, William D. Griffen, who was a civil engineer for the U.S. Army Corps. Because of …show more content…
On the 28th of December, Ronald bought another gun from Walmart. He drove to a local law firm, in which he shot and killed the receptionist. Next on the list was the Taylor Oil Company. There, he shot and wounded the owner of the Sinclair Mini Mart, killed a local fireman and truck driver, and shot and missed another employee. He then proceeded to the mini-mart where he wounded two workers. The last place on his list was the Motor Freight Company he worked at, where he wounded his former supervisor, and took a worker at gunpoint and made her call the police saying “I’ve come to do what I wanted to do. It’s all over now. I’ve gotten everybody who wanted to hurt me”. (Ronald Gene Simmons). We now see that this was probably pre-meditated, that he had an agenda on his mind, with some people just getting in the way. This was the end of the killing spree of Ronald Gene …show more content…
He also tried to reach for a deputy’s gun, in which he again was sentenced to death by lethal injection. Simmons kept waiving his rights to appeal, to try to get away with being “insane”. This shows that he was for sure competent enough to think about those things, so what exactly was wrong with this man? Then finally in 1990, with Simmons accepting his fate, Bill Clinton signed his death warrant for June 25, 1990. This was the fastest sentence to death ever since the death penalty was put into
Bruce Davis Davis’s role in murdering several victims was driving the manson family to the victim’s home and attempt the murder with the rest of the group. Bruce Davis was gonna be free but Gov. Jerry Brown must approved before the convicted murderer can be paroled. His murderers happened around 1969. Davis had been in jail for 43 years for they slayings of musician Gary Hinman and stuntman Donald “ Shorty “ Shea. Early Life :
Ronald Gene Simmons was born July 15, 1940 in Chicago IL. His parents were Loretta and William Simmons, Loretta later remarried again, this time to William D. Griffin, a civil engineer for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. His father, William later died of a stroke. On September 15,1957 Ronald dropped out of school and join the Navy and was the first stationed at Naval Station Bremerton were he met his lovey l wife Rebecca they got married in New Mexico on July 9,1960 and later they had seven kids and after that he left the navy and joined the Air Force. After Ronald Gene Simmons retired from the military he was searched by the Department of Human Services because he sexualy abused his daughter Sheila and had a baby with her.
After he was finished with his speech he started walking back to the limousine. When he got close to the limo John shot six bullets in under two seconds. Jerry Parr pushed Reagan into the limo. The first bullet hit James Brady, the press secretary, in the head. The second bullet hit a police officer in the back.
Kolby Thomas Missouri History Ms. Gregory February 26, 2018 Frank James Frank James was born on January 10, 1843 in Kearney, Mo. The reason I chose him was because I feel like he is left out more because of his brother Jesse James. Him and his brother were both criminal but Jesse James is remembered more because of his violent killings.
After he was released from solitary he was never raped or assaulted in prison again and the other inmates showed him respect. By 1955, Donald’s wife Marry decided that she wanted to end her marriage with him. To try and prevent her from doing so Gaskins escaped from prison by hiding in garbage barrels. After he escaped he was unsuccessful in finding Marry but met a women named Juney Alice Holden and the two would immediately get married. Donald married Juney despite still being married to his first wife (Kirby, Wolford, and Hayward, pg.
This year 's college basketball season features many very exciting young players. These players include Melo Trimble, Ben Simmons, Brandon Ingram Skal Labissiere Kris Dunn and many more. Below is a list of the top 5. college prospects and a description.
Ronald Dominique was born on January 9, 1964 and is still living today. Ronald was born in the state of Louisiana. Ronald spent much of his youth years in a small bayou community of Thibodaux, LA. Thibodaux is located near New Orleans and Baton Rouge and has an environment that everyone knows a little about each other. He attended high school their to which he was part of the glee club and sang in the chorus as well.
On December 22, 1987, Ronald Gene Simmons started a killing spree. This was the worst mass murder in Arkansas history and the worst crime involving one family. Simmons rampage ended on December 28, 1987, leaving fourteen dead of his immediate family and two former coworkers. Ronald Simmons was born on July ,15, 1940 in Chicago, Illinois.{www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?search=1&entryID=3731.} . His mother was Loretta Simmons and father was William Simmons.
California is known for their residential superstars, shopping, surfers, and the one and only Hollywood. It seems like a pretty easy lifestyle for the majority of their inhabitants, but what happens under the radar of fame and fortune makes California seem like a different world. Living in Los Angeles, California in 1985 would have meant not feeling safe in your own home, insomnia, and fear running amok throughout the city because of one single man that became the actual boogey man, The Night Stalker. The Night Stalker, Richard Ramirez, was born on February 29, 1960 in El Paso, Texas. He was a regular kid until something in his life changed.
Ronald Dominique Ronald Dominique is an American serial killer from Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana. Dominique was born on January 9th, 1964. Following his arrest on December 1, 2006, Dominique confessed to the rape and murder of at least 23 men over a ten-year period beginning in 1997, in Terrebonne Parish, Lafourche Parish, Iberville Parish and Jefferson Parish in suburban New Orleans. He has been charged with eight cases of rape and first-degree murder.
William Simmons died of a stroke on January 31, 1943. His mother soon married again to a man named William D. Griffen, who worked for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers as a civil engineer. Griffen was moved by the corps to Little Rock in 1946, this was the first of many moves across central Arkansas for the next decade. Simmons dropped out of school on September 15, 1957 and joined
All of these factors played a role for ineffective assistance of counsel considering it was never brought up at the sentencing phase, the motion was rejected by the court and Simmons returned with an appeal. This case worked its way up through the court system; the death sentences was still upheld, until the 2002 case Atkins v. Virginia was brought to light, the U.S Supreme Court ruled a mentally ill individual cannot receive the death penalty because it’s cruel and unusual punishment. Simmons used the case for his benefit stating Missouri was now in violation of the Eighth Amendment
He also made prank calls to funeral homes which shows signs of mental
Richard "Iceman" Kuklinski was viewed as a normal man by society for much of his adult life. This man was far from normal. Kuklinski was a psychopath and a sociopath who was driven to kill by his troubled childhood and his lifestyle as a paid hit man. This paper will focus on the criminological theory of why Kuklinkski committed these murders. Richard Leonard Kuklinski was born in 1935 to Stanley and Anna Kuklinski ("Meet Notorious Contract Killer Richard Kuklinski").
Jack Parsons (1914–1952) was an American rocket engineer and rocket propulsion researcher, chemist, and Thelemite occultist. Associated with the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), Parsons was one of the principal founders of both the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) and the Aerojet Engineering Corporation. He invented the first rocket engine using a castable composite rocket propellant, and helped develop both liquid-fuel and solid-fuel rockets. Inspired by science fiction literature, he developed an interest in rocketry in his childhood and in 1928 began amateur rocket experiments with school friend Ed Forman. In 1934 he united with Forman and graduate student Frank Malina to form the Caltech-affiliated GALCIT Rocket Research Group, supported by