Required fields are marked *. The van headed toward the San Gabriels and safety. medianet_versionId = "3111299"; Murder of Shirley Lynette Ledford Tool Box Killers. All photos appear on this tab and here you can update the sort order of photos on memorials you manage. Shirley Sanders [9/30/1979] survived (no picture) Shirley Lynette Ledford, 16 [10/31/1979 Sunland, CA] These are two of the worst that there has ever been. The next time, they would do things better. The woman said no. [41] Defendant presents a variety of arguments attacking the admissibility of Dr. Markman's testimony, but all boil down to the claim that to the extent the testimony went beyond the 1974 offense it was not proper rebuttal. David Lambert shared a jail cell with defendant. 3d 539 [128 [48 Cal. (See Warden v. Hayden, supra, 387 U.S. Defense counsel asked Staggs if it was her position that, because of "your strong feelings about victims of rape, that you would be unable to really [48 Cal. Bittaker made the comment that it was more difficult to strangle someone than it showed on television. As manager of this memorial you can add or update the memorial using the Edit button below. Continuing with this request will add an alert to the cemetery page and any new volunteers will have the opportunity to fulfill your request. Defendant, however, is barred from raising this objection on appeal because he failed to object to the playing of the tape in the trial court. Defendant drove to a secluded area, stopped, and drew a knife. She was followed by Andrea Joy Hall, 18; Jacqueline Doris Gilliam, 15; Jacqueline Leah Lamp, 13, and Shirley Lynette . Because she failed to die straight away, Bittaker strangled her to death, and then threw her body over a cliff, once again confident that wildlife will clear up the mess for them. He holds a bachelor's degree in screenwriting (widely considered to be a bad move) from Point Park University. FN 16. Lynettes autopsy revealed blunt force trauma to the head, face, and breasts, and her left elbow was completely shattered. Certain portions were read by the prosecutor, and acknowledged by defendant, on cross-examination. An initial execution date was set. Dr. Maloney, testifying for the defense at the penalty trial, said he had discussed his report with Dr. Coburn, a psychiatrist, and that Dr. Coburn agreed with its conclusions. They ordered the 16 year old to strip. By November, 1969, Norris was back in the United States, and once again stationed at San Diego. The Murder Mack was heading toward the mountains. In this case, as in most, our inquiry begins by examining the prosecutor's penalty phase argument. 3d 739, 768; People v. Linden, supra, 52 Cal. Shirley Ledford was hitchhiking when she accepted a ride by the duo on October 31, 1979. 3d 162 [133 Cal. Bittaker was also picked up and charged on suspicion of the kidnap and rape of Shirley Sanders. Paroled once more, he went back to prison in October, 1964. Although Ms. R. did not describe the van with the same specificity as North's victim's description of the car, the critical similarity is that in both cases the police had probable cause to believe the vehicle was not merely a container of evidence, but an instrumentality of the crime. Norris suggested that they kill Gilliam quickly because she had been so helpful, but defendant replied that "they only die once, anyway." His attorney filed another appeal. Some prisons, such as San Quentin, are harsh places, where a sentence is considered hard time. But the Mens Colony is not like that. Becoming a Find a Grave member is fast, easy and FREE. Found more than one record for entered Email, You need to confirm this account before you can sign in. Hed been given a broken cookie with his lunch rather than one which was unbroken. Arresting officers' compliance with section 844. He then removed it, and did the same with the other ear. Victim No. Other people, including the courtroom artist, fled the room. Listen Later. Shirley reported the rape to the police, but she was unable to supply them with a license number, and she was unable to identify the men who attacked her. Norris and Bittaker were apprehended in November, after Norris told a friend about Lynettes murder, as well as 4 others he and Bittaker had committed in the previous few months; in those they had dumped the victims bodies in remote locations, so they had not yet been found. 0 cemeteries found in Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles County, California, USA. Instead, they could commit whatever acts they wanted while driving through the streets of Los Angeles. Long past time for execution. The linings of her rectum and vagina showed tears from the insertion of the pliers, and her elbows showed destruction from the pounding they took from the sledge hammer. Tool Box Killers. In addition, her wrists and ankles showed ligature marks, a sign that she had been restrained. Miller v. Pate (1967) 386 U.S. 1 [17 L. Ed. Two weeks later, on Sunday, July 8, the two men went out hunting again. It had been close. Search above to list available cemeteries. His conviction the following October ended with a sentence of six months to 15 years. They even gave it a nickname, the Murder Mack.. (d) The attempted abduction of Jan Malin. When Bittaker came back, he took over, raping her repeatedly, while this time, Norris took a walk. Bittaker, hearing about the arrest, started destroying the evidence. TRANSCRIPT OF SHIRLEY LYNETTE LEDFORD AUDIO RECORDING#Shirleylynetteledford #toolboxkillers #behindhistory Failed to delete memorial. This account has been disabled. This browser does not support getting your location. 77, 655 P.2d 279]. Caldwell v. Mississippi, supra, 472 U.S. 320, however, tells us that the sentencer must assume the full burden of deciding whether a defendant should live or die. Criminologist Laura Brand opened up to Newsweek about her groundbreaking interviews with "Toolbox Killers," Lawrence Bittaker and Roy Norris.. For memorials with more than one photo, additional photos will appear here or on the photos tab. Bittaker was sentenced to death for the murders of Cindy Schaefer, 16, Andrea Hall, 18, Jackie Gilliam, 15, Leah Lamp, 13, and Shirley Lynette Ledford, 16. It was in the San Gabriel Mountains, in northern Los Angeles County, and the home to Mount Baldy and the Mount Wilson Observatory. Rptr. Are you sure that you want to delete this memorial? The employee lived, and Bittaker was charged with attempted murder. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate, or jump to a slide with the slide dots. After holding Shirley Ledford in the van for nearly two hours, Norris ultimately killed Shirley by strangling her with a coat hanger. Instead, they wanted to have a little fun with the residents and the media by leaving the body in plain view for all to see. The Jury Hears The Tape Of Shirley Lynette Ledford's Horrible Death Roy Norris plead guilty, sparing him the death penalty, and on May 7, 1980, was sentenced to 45 years to life, with parole eligibility from 2010. Defendant kidnapped and murdered five teenage girls, raped four of them, and tortured at least one. WebShirley Lynette Ledford passed awayon 1 Nov 1979in Sunland, Los Angeles County, California, USA. This conviction, in August, 1959, got him a sentence of 18 months in an Oklahoma Federal reformatory. 1 16-Year-Old Lucinda Cindy Schaeffer. Rptr. 3d 731, 758 [117 Cal. 2d 564, 91 S.Ct. It is believed that she recognized Bittaker, as he had been a regular at the restaurant where Shirley worked part-time as a waitress. As the two men got to know each other, they discovered they had similar interests, particularly rape and murder. Displayed on their lawn, like a discarded Halloween prop, was the naked and tortured body of the young girl. Do Mice Eat Their Babies If You Touch Them, The van drove away, and at first, the girls didnt notice anything was wrong. (Pp. We have set your language to The prosecutor offered the evidence to prove defendant's state of mind -- that defendant did not feel intimidated by Norris -- rather than defendant's conduct on any particular occasion. The audio tape Bittaker and Norris created of themselves raping and torturing Shirley Lynette Ledford remains in the possession of the FBI Academy. Bynum sent an officer to Oregon along with a bunch of photographs for Shirley to look through. Bittaker e Norris rapirono la loro ultima vittima, la sedicenne Shirley Lynette Ledford, il 31 ottobre 1979. To view a photo in more detail or edit captions for photos you added, click the photo to open the photo viewer. In the absence of any reference to parole, pardon, commutation, or the like, we do not think the prosecutor's comment can be considered misconduct. (Ibid.) Unlike Bittaker, Norriss family didnt move around and his life was fairly stable. Please enter your email and password to sign in. Norris spent five years at Atascadero, at which point the doctors there decided that he was no further danger to others.. Rptr. However, a month later, the woman was out and she saw Norris on his motorbike. She was followed by Andrea Joy Hall, 18; Jacqueline Doris Gilliam, 15; Jacqueline Leah Lamp, 13, and Shirley Lynette Ledford, 16. 2.20.) The prosecution did not introduce the book in its case-in-chief, but made use of it, over defense objection, in cross-examining defendant. 785].). 3d 1, 71-75 [168 Cal. She was followed by Andrea Joy Hall, 18; Jacqueline Doris Gilliam, 15; Jacqueline Leah Lamp, 13, and Shirley Lynette Ledford, 16. Norris said he had told Schaefer that she would not be killed, but defendant insisted on killing her so she could not identify them. He ended up serving time with the California Youth Authority, where he stayed until he was 19. medianet_width = "728"; Now a struggle began with Norris and Jackie. In the transcript of the audio, the extent of the torture can be seen. He went off to the bushes and started to vomit. He was wrong. Norris got out and pretended to be repairing it. The sponsor of a memorial may add an additional. On the sidewalk sat one lone shoe, dropped from Cindys foot as she was dragged into the van. Manhattan Beach is roughly halfway between Redondo Beach and the Los Angeles airport, and it was there, along the Pacific Coast Highway, where Bittaker and Norris spotted their next victim. I can't even begin to imagine what the families must be going through. Defendant drove to another place, said he wanted to rape Hall again, and again took her to a hill near the road. Shirley had been at a Halloween party in the Sunland-Tujunga area of Los Angeles. Are you adding a grave photo that will fulfill this request? Photo: AP/Shutterstock. They were only caught after Norris told another former inmate. They had stopped in a secluded area where Bittaker brandished a knife. La Ledford fu rapita mentre . We have also noted the possible invalidity of one witness-killing and four torture-murder special circumstances. But it was plainly obvious that this was not a strangler victim, this was something much worse. He told Norris he had taken more pictures. An autopsy revealed that, in addition to having been sexually violated, It is unclear exactly what the "additional evidence" was, but the implication is that it was evidence other than that resulting from the various scientific tests conducted on the car itself. Photos larger than 8Mb will be reduced. This is a carousel with slides. Its just her screaming, she said. Bittaker and Norris then took turns strangling her until finally, Jackie breathed her last. Please check your email and click on the link to activate your account. Wikimedia CommonsShirley Lynette Ledford suffered one of the worst deaths in history at the hands of the Toolbox Killers in 1979. We reviewed a study by Dr. Craig Haney which indicated that jurors who had been through a death-qualifying process were more likely to believe the defendant guilty and to favor the death penalty, and noted his conclusion that "'[t]he more extensive the questioning, the more you would expect to find important differences between the state of mind of jurors who have been through the one process [death-qualification] as compared with those who have been though the other [voir dire without death qualification].'" 13, and Shirley Lynette Ledford, 16. He grabbed a baseball bat and swung it hard, hitting Leah in the head. Halloween night, 1979, 16-year-old Shirley Lynette Ledford made one fatal mistake trusting the two men who offered her a ride. While awaiting trial, Bittaker wrote his autobiography, despite repeated warnings from his lawyer. [O]ne of the questions I do remember was about listening to gruesome testimony. 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You need a Find a Grave account to continue. Shirley Ledford was 16 years young when she was abducted, assaulted, tortured and murdered on Halloween Night of 1979 by the "Toolbox Killers". Within a short space of time, he had been arrested for hit and run, auto theft, and evading arrest. Bittaker was sentenced to death for his crimes, but he ultimately died in prison in 2019. fn. Jackie Gilliam was 15 years old, Leah Lamp just 13. (a)(18)), raising the question whether the acts of torture must be the cause of death. Norris joined the Navy and was stationed at San Diego until 1969, when he was sent to Vietnam for a four month tour of duty. Norris was convicted of forcible rape, and was sent to the Colony, and his fateful meeting with Lawrence Bittaker. 3d 461 [199 Cal.Rptr. 3d 1069] into the mountains, engaged in various sexual acts, and took pictures. A later decision, People v. Davenport (1985) 41 Cal. Shirley Ledford Murdered 1979 Murdered , Abducted , Bludgeoned , Raped , Serial Killer Victim , Stabbed , Strangled , Tortured Shirley Ledford was on her way home from a Halloween party when she was taken from outside a gas station in the Sunland-Tujunga suburb of Los Angeles on Oct. 31, 1979. Town Of Cotuit Ma Assessors Database, 3d 1106] Ketchel, supra, 59 Cal. Within a month, Bittaker had been arrested for hit and run, and theft. On cross-examination, defendant acknowledged that he had begun writing a book, and had shown drafts to a newspaper reporter and a guard. Miraculously, the woman survived her injuries, and Norris was charged with assault with a deadly weapon. Yet he was paroled time and time again before being convicted of brutally raping, torturing and murdering five teenage girls over a four-month period in 1979. Ledford was tortured and murdered by two men named Roy Norris and Lawrence Bittaker, known as "The Toolbox Killers ." Laboratory examination showed sperm in her mouth, vagina and anus. Defendant was charged with conspiracy to kidnap women, however, [48 Cal. Lawrence Bittaker's trial began on Jan. 19, 1981. . Please complete the captcha to let us know you are a real person. However, as wrong as it may be, I really would like to hear the tape and see the autopsy photos. The police and the community were stunned by the discovery. Unable to resist, she was dragged behind a hedge where Norris raped her. This account already exists, but the email address still needs to be confirmed. [31] Christina Dralle testified that when she rejected defendant's advances, he pulled a gun and said, "you wouldn't argue if I pulled the trigger." Jackie Gilliam and Leah Lamp had been heading toward the beach, walking and hitchhiking, when they sat down to take a break. On this record we conclude that the trial court erred in denying the challenge for cause. Transcript fo. Lawrence Bittaker and Roy Norris had bonded over a love of sadism and fantasies of rape and torture. Cindy convulsed for a few more moments before her body went limp and she stopped moving. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Bittaker and Norris offered Lynette a ride home in their van; she accepted because she recognized Bittaker as a regular customer at the restaurant she worked at part time. Seeing their chance, the van pulled to a stop next to her and she was offered a lift. Glenn was shown around Quantico in preparation for his role. This language suggests that the jurors do not have the ultimate burden of determining whether defendant should live or die. Norris was sent to the Atascadero State Hospital, a psychiatric institution, where, after examination, he was diagnosed as a mentally disordered sex offender. Bittaker called out some explanation and the van was driven off. They were only caught after Norris told another former inmate. Then they bound her hands behind her back. To establish a prima facie case, the defendant "must show a strong likelihood that such persons are being challenged because of their group association rather than because of any specific bias." Once again, not taking no for an answer, one of the men sprayed her with pepper spray and dragged her into the Murder Mack. Prison, of course. E1 P2 | Halloween Edition: The Toolbox Murders. medianet_versionId = "3111299"; The two then switched places, with Norris turning on the tape recorder and then himself ordering Lynette to scream, while hitting her with a sledgehammer. Posed with her legs apart, her mutilated corpse lay in an ivy patch. Andrea told him, pleading for life, and then Bittaker told her that he didnt think her reasons were good enough. He would never stop committing his crimes, and in fact would escalate to more serious offenses. English Juror Mims was uncertain whether he could return a death verdict and told the judge, "If you ask me if I could kill somebody, I don't know. They wouldnt let her. Known Victims . Whippoorwill Vs Nighthawk, Bittaker was given yet another evaluation, this time in 1977. While inside this time, he was given another psychiatric examination. Glenn met up with top FBI profiler John Douglas. Andrea Hall, 18; Jacqueline Gilliam, 15; Jacqueline Leah Lamp, 13; and Shirley Lynette Ledford, 16, were killed over the following five months. The pair would become collectively known as "The Toolbox Killers," and though investigators could only imagine the horrific fate suffered by the four women the men had murdered between February and September, in the case of 16-year-old Shirley Lynette Ledford there was absolutely no doubt about what had transpired on that Halloween night. The police went through all of them. 2. They removed Cindy from the van and tossed her into the canyon, confident that it was unlikely to be discovered, and that the wildlife in the area would take care of any evidence anyway. Louie followed defendant outside and asked if defendant had forgotten to pay for anything. Larry Bittakers celebrating his 71st birthday this year 30 years after a jury Quickly see who the memorial is for and when they lived and died and where they are buried. Bittaker moved to a new apartment, but Norris continued to live with his mother. 6. [17a] This reasoning necessarily implies that an erroneous denial of a challenge for cause can be cured by giving the defendant an additional peremptory challenge. 2447].) 15, and Jacqueline Leah Lamp, 13, on Sept. 2, 1979; and 16-year-old Shirley Lynette Ledford on Oct. 31, 1979. . Killings began in June 1979 with the death of 16-year-old Lucinda Lynn Schaefer She was followed by Andrea Hall, 18; Jacqueline Gilliam, 15; Jacqueline Leah Lamp, 13, and 16-year-old Shirley. He missed one crucial piece, though: the audio tape of Shirleys murder. Make sure that the file is a photo. The following February, 1980, Norris took Steve Kay, Detective Bynum, and a mountain rescue team to the sites where they dumped the bodies. And there, Shirley Lynette Ledford was hitchhiking when the van drew up alongside her. By December, 1960, Bittaker was arrested again after committing a robbery. If any one out there can assist in obtaining them, please email. They left her body on a random nearby lawn on a ivy-bed with her legs spread as a final act to degrade her. Rptr. Rptr. Cindy headed off along the Pacific Coast Highway. (P. Learn more about merges. Norris testified for the prosecution pursuant to a plea bargain under which he pled guilty to five murders and received a sentence of forty-five years to life. The object of the game was to see how long they could keep her alive and screaming before they killed her. Ms. R. also selected defendant's photograph out of a photographic lineup of potential suspects. Include gps location with grave photos where possible. Expressing his frustration at being unable to question the juror, counsel challenged for cause, but the court denied the challenge. Bittaker took a walk while Norris spent the next hour raping her and forcing her to perform oral sex. fn. Bittaker had been out of prison only a matter of days. Try again. They also put in a cooler and a toolbox. For those of you who do not know what Hell is like, you will find out, prosecutor Stephen Kay told the jurors during Bittakers trial. The officers ultimately seized numerous photographs, several police scanners, a replica .45 caliber gun, several bottles and jars of chemicals, pornographic film, and various other items. (The last execution in California took place in 2006 and since then there has been a Federal Court ordered moratorium on the death penalty in California over the lethal injection controversy.) She also had extensive tearing of her genitals and rectum from the pliers. Shirley Ledford was only 18 years old when she was brutally assaulted, tortured and murdered by Lawrence Bittaker and Roy Norris, known as "The Toolbox Killers", on Halloween Night of October 31, 1979. Shirley slowly went through each photograph one by one and finally, from all the photographs, she picked out two. The officers lawfully seized defendant's van when "incidental to a lawful arrest, [they seized it] in the reasonable belief that such object is itself evidence [fn. Eventually, the skeletal remains of Leah Lamp and Jackie Gilliam were discovered, what was left of them. Quickly picking up the two men would immediately end the killing spree, but Kay decided that patience would be better. Norris had pleaded guilty and agreed to testify against Bittaker in order to avoid the death penalty. A Los Angeles County jury convicted Bittaker of five counts of murder, five counts of kidnapping as well as other charges including criminal conspiracy, rape, oral copulation, sodomy and being an. Please enter your email address and we will send you an email with a reset password code. Are you sure that you want to remove this flower? They sped away and the two men raped her while she was in the van. Dead Man Game, The two men then turned to Leah, who had watched the whole thing. Just two months after he was released in 1963, he was jailed for parole violation, and was also suspected in a robbery. This would have enabled his attorney to research Douglas's background, prepare for his testimony and assess whether they should have modified the defense strategy in light of Douglas's expected testimony. Possibly because they were becoming over confident, the two men relaxed their guard for a moment too long. After an examination, he had been diagnosed with a severe schizoid personality. A Los Angeles jury convicted Bittaker of five counts of murder, five counts of kidnapping as well as other charges including criminal conspiracy,. This memorial has been copied to your clipboard. Teenage girls go missing all the time, and there was nothing to suggest that they had been murdered. 2d 782, 87 S. Ct. 1642], and People v. Hill, supra, 12 Cal. Bittaker was sentenced to death in 1981 in Los Angeles County. Average Age & Life Expectancy Shirley Lynette Ledford lived 54 years shorter than the average Ledford family member when she died at the age of 16. The killing and display of Lynette Ledford was a big mistake. He then strangled Hall until she died and threw the body over an embankment into some bushes. After Bittaker was freed on November 15, 1978, he moved to Los Angeles and waited for his friend to be released. medianet_height = "250"; Verify and try again. . I felt like I was sweating but I wasnt. He was sentenced to 45 years to life in prison. Bynum recalled that the one thing that Shirley Sanders, the rape victim from Oregon, was able to tell them was that they were in a silver van. Defendant concedes here that the objection was untimely to the extent it was based on a theory that defendant submitted to authority and did not voluntarily consent to the seizure of the manuscript. After almost two days of terror and pain for the girls, the men decided it was time to kill them. Dazed, both girls were subdued, and then Bittaker noticed that some tennis players were looking and wondering what was going on. After Norris also raped Gilliam, they retied the girls, and all remained in the van over night. Defendant offered her a ride. It has been suggested that Norris was having an incestuous relationship with his mother, but there doesnt seem to be any evidence of this. Oops, something didn't work. 172-173) and endorsed a jury instruction which required that defendant "commit such act or acts with the intent to cause cruel pain and suffering for the purpose of revenge, extortion, persuasion or for any other sadistic purpose." Dazed, the woman was unable to give a good description of her attacker, and the police were unable to capture him. 3d 1086] (1978) 22 Cal. When the van pulled over and offered them a lift, they accepted. She told the officer that these were the two men that had attacked her. Shirley Lynette Ledford was born on March 4, 1963 in California. 3d 1077] to determine the van's "evidentiary value" as is permitted by the Teale (supra, 70 Cal.2d 497) line of cases. When directly questioned on her ability to reach a decision strictly based on the evidence presented in court, she indicated her belief that she could do so. Try again later. Your account has been locked for 30 minutes due to too many failed sign in attempts. Los siguientes cuatro meses, los 'Tookbox Killers' mataron a cuatro chicas ms (Andrea Joy Hall, de 18 aos, Jacqueline Gilliam, de 15, Leah Lamp, de 13, y Shirley Lynette Ledford, de 16 . But then, Lynettes body was discovered and hit the media. When both men were finished, Bittaker took out a Polaroid camera and loaded film into it. Convicted, he got a sentence of five years, but was paroled in April, 1970. It was late, and when the GMC van drew alongside her, she was grateful for the ride. Which memorial do you think is a duplicate of Shirley Ledford (6681995)? He hit her in the left elbow with the sledgehammer over 25 times in total, while Lynette screamed and cried. Defendant testified that none of the victims was restrained involuntarily in his presence. It was Halloween night in the San Fernando Valley, and a young girl was hitchhiking in the Sunland-Tujunga residential district. In total, Bittaker and Norris killed five women in a five-month span in 1979: Lucinda "Cindy" Schaefer, 16; Andrea Hall, 18; Jacqueline Gilliam, 15; Jacqueline Leah Lamp, 13, and Shirley Lynette . There was an error deleting this problem. His death came a little more than two months after his partner in the crimes, Lawrence Sigmond Bittaker, . To add to the photographic trophies, Bittaker has also brought along a tape recorder, and they taped themselves brutalizing the girls. Bittaker and Norris decided that this time they would not dispose of the body by throwing it from a cliff. The San Fernando Valley is a familiar sight for moviegoers. After the death of Shirley Ledford . fn. She was found the next morning by a jogger. 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