Victims 5 Name Anthony Kirkland Span of killings 1987–2009 | Date apprehended March 8, 2009 | |
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Born September 13, 1968 (age 56) ( 1968-09-13 ) United States | ||
Criminal penalty Capital punishment | ||
Anthony kirkland
Anthony Kirkland (born September 13, 1968) is an American serial killer. Between 2006 and 2009, Kirkland murdered two women and two girls in the Cincinnati area, following a 16-year prison term for the 1987 killing of his girlfriend.
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- Anthony kirkland
- Anthony kirkland pleads guilty to 2 murders
- 1987 killing
- 20062009 murders
- Victims
- Trial
- Appeals
- References
Anthony kirkland pleads guilty to 2 murders
1987 killing
On May 20, 1987, Kirkland killed his girlfriend, Leola Douglas, and set her body on fire. He pleaded guilty to manslaughter and served 16 years in prison. He was released from parole in 2004.
2006–2009 murders
From May 4, 2006, through March 7, 2009, Kirkland murdered four females (two women and two teenagers), three of them by strangulation. In each case, he had burned his victim's body in an attempt to conceal evidence of rape. Kirkland was arrested near the scene of his last murder victim in possession of her watch and iPod.
Victims
Kirkland's five victims include:
Trial
On the morning of his trial, Kirkland voluntarily entered a plea of guilty to the murder and abuse-of-a-corpse charges relating to Mary Jo Newton and Kimya Rolison. On March 12, 2010, the jury found Kirkland guilty on all the remaining counts, including all the death-penalty specifications; the jury recommended a sentence of death. On March 31, 2010, he was sentenced to death. The court sentenced Kirkland to death for the aggravated murder of Esme Kenney (while committing or attempting to commit a rape) and for the aggravated murder of Casonya Crawford (while committing or attempting to commit a robbery). The court also sentenced Kirkland to 70-years-to-life for the murders of Mary Jo Newton and Kimya Rolison.
Kirkland is presently incarcerated at Chillicothe Correctional Institution in Ohio.
Appeals
On May 13, 2014, the Supreme Court of Ohio upheld Kirkland's conviction and death sentence.
On October 16, 2014, the Supreme Court of Ohio granted a motion by Kirkland for a stay of execution.
On April 6, 2015, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear Kirkland's appeal.
In May 2016, the Supreme Court of Ohio granted a motion for a new sentencing hearing for Kirkland.