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John William Byrd Jr. (December 18, 1963 – February 19, 2002) was an American murderer who was executed by lethal injection for killing convenience store clerk Monte Tewksbury. Byrd, who protested his innocence until his execution, spent 18 years and 6 months on Ohio's death row.
James Byrd Jr. (May 2, 1949 – June 7, 1998) was an American man who was murdered by three men, two of whom were avowed white supremacists, in Jasper, Texas, on June 7, 1998. Shawn Berry, Lawrence Brewer, and John King dragged him for 3 miles (5 kilometers) behind a Ford pickup truck along an asphalt road.
The murders of Byrd and Melanie Billings occurred on or around July 9, 2009, in Pensacola, Florida, United States. Byrd Billings, 66, and his wife, Melanie, 43, were found shot to death on July 9, 2009. [1] The suspects, dressed in "ninja garb," [2] stole a safe and other items during the break-in at the sprawling Billings home west of Pensacola.
Amanda Bishop, of Kingston, and Byrd, of Lenoir City, were arrested Tuesday, the sheriff's office said in a news release. Their bonds were set at $1 million each, the sheriff’s office said in ...
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On April 6, 1997, a married couple were attacked and murdered during their fishing trip by a known acquaintance at a fish farm in Charlotte County, Florida. [2]On that day itself, 25-year-old Gregory Philip Malnory Jr. (commonly known as Greg Malnory) and his 26-year-old wife Kimberly Ann Malnory (or Kim Malnory) were invited over to the South Florida Sod Farm by Greg's 37-year-old co-worker ...
A South Carolina family is asking for help in caring for a child whose family members were killed in a shooting two days after Christmas. The violence occurred at about 4:40 p.m., North Charleston ...
Byrd was born in Winchester, Virginia, the son of Esther Bolling (Flood) and Richard Evelyn Byrd Sr. He was a descendant of one of the First Families of Virginia.His ancestors include planter John Rolfe and his wife Pocahontas, William Byrd II of Westover Plantation, who established Richmond, as well as William Byrd I and Robert "King" Carter, a colonial governor.