On this date, November 15, 2011, a
rapist-killer, Oba Chandler was executed by lethal injection in Florida. I will
post information about him from Wikipedia and other links.
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Mug shot of Oba Chandler
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Born
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October 11, 1946
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States |
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Died
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November 15, 2011 (aged 65)
Raiford, Florida, United States |
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Other names
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Dave Posner or Posno
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Occupation
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Building contractor
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Criminal penalty
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Death sentence
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Criminal status
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Executed
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Children
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8
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Conviction(s)
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First degree murder, armed robbery
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Oba Chandler
(October 11, 1946 – November 15, 2011) was an American man convicted and
executed for the June 1989 triple murders of Joan Rogers and her two daughters,
whose bodies were found floating in Tampa Bay, Florida, with their hands and
feet bound. Concrete blocks had been tied to their necks and duct tape placed
over their mouths. Autopsies showed the victims had been thrown into the water
while still alive. The case became high-profile in 1992 when police posted
billboards showing enlargements of samples of an unknown suspect's handwriting,
which were found on a pamphlet in the victims' car. Chandler was identified as
the killer when his neighbor recognized the writing. This was the first such
use of billboards by police in the US and they became useful tools in later
searches for missing people.
Prior
to his arrest, Chandler worked as an aluminum building contractor. He testified
in his own defense against the advice of his attorneys and said that he had met
the Ohio women and had given them directions, but said he never saw them again
aside from in newspaper coverage and on the billboards set up by investigators.
Police originally theorized that two men were involved in the murders of the
Rogers women, but this was discounted once Chandler was arrested. Following his
conviction, Chandler was incarcerated at Union Correctional Institution, and
during his 17 years of incarceration until his execution, he was notable as not
having had a single visitor.
On
October 10, 2011, Florida Governor Rick Scott signed a death warrant for
Chandler, whose execution was set for November 15, 2011, at 4:00 pm.
Chandler was executed with a lethal injection and was pronounced dead just
after 4:25 pm. He wrote a last statement to prison officials which said,
"You are killing a (sic) innocent man today"; it was read out
at a post-execution news conference.
In
February 2014 DNA evidence identified Oba Chandler as the murderer of Ivelisse
Berrios-Beguerisse, who was found dead in Coral Springs on November 27, 1990.
Early
life
Background
Crimes
and incidents
Murder
victims
Investigation
Facts
and arrest
Second
suspect theory
Trial
Chandler's
testimony
Witnesses
Sentence
and aftermath
Execution
Coral
Springs Murder
Media
on the subject
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