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American mass murderer on death row

Vincent Brothers
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Born

Vincent Edward Brothers


(1962-05-31) May 31, 1962 (age 59)

Bellport, New York, U.S.
Conviction(southward) First-degree murder (5 counts)
Criminal penalty Expiry (September 27, 2007)
Details
Victims 5
Engagement July 6, 2003
State United States
Land(due south) California

Date apprehended

 Apr 2004
Imprisoned at San Quentin State Prison house

Vincent Edward Brothers (born May 31, 1962) is an American mass murderer convicted of killing his married woman, their three children and his mother in law. Brothers was the former vice main of John C. Fremont Uncomplicated Schoolhouse in Bakersfield, California[ane] and holds a Master's degree in education from California State University Bakersfield and a Bachelor's degree from Norfolk Country University.

Brothers, who had months earlier married his wife for the second fourth dimension, was bedevilled of killing her, their new baby, ii toddlers and his mother in law on July vi, 2003. He attempted to create an alibi by flying to Columbus, Ohio under the pretext of visiting his brother. He drove his rental car to Bakersfield, murdered his family unit members, and returned to Ohio. Forensic analysis of the rental car showed insects native to states west of the Rocky Mountains and odometer readings that supported the round-trip to California. Brothers was convicted of first-degree murders with special circumstance of multiple murder and was ultimately sentenced to expiry.

Murders [edit]

Brothers outset gained national attending afterward the July half-dozen, 2003 deaths of his married woman, Joanie (née Harper), his sons, Marques (four) and Marshall (six weeks), his daughter, Lyndsey (ii), and his mother-in-law, Earnestine Harper.[ane] [iii] Earnestine (70) was a mother of v children[4] and civil rights activist. Joanie (39) worked for the Bakersfield schoolhouse organization[5] [6] and was a partition one basketball game official.[2] Vincent and Joanie married in 2000, but had the union annulled in September 2001[4] due to Brothers' infidelity. They remarried in January 2003 when Joanie was pregnant with their third child.[2] Vincent moved out of the house in April 2003.[4]

Joanie, her female parent and the children were last seen at church on July half-dozen, 2003, and their bodies were discovered on Tuesday, July 8[7] in what appeared to be a staged pause-in.[viii] Brothers had turned himself in to authorities in N Carolina where he was visiting his mother, but was released later on a few hours due to lack of evidence at that time. Brothers returned to Los Angeles on July eleven, 2003. He did not attend the memorial service for his wife, children, and mother-in-law,[vii] but attended their funeral on Wed, July 16.[9] Although considered the but suspect from the beginning, he was not arrested until Apr 2004.[3]

Trial [edit]

During the trial in 2007, the "biggest criminal trial in Bakersfield in decades",[10] prosecutors emphasized Brothers' past marriage difficulties. Joanie Harper previously divorced him in 2000, just the couple remarried in Las Vegas in 2003. Brothers was also known to have extramarital affairs, and further compromised his case by lying while on the witness stand.[5] According to Lisa Green, a Kern County deputy commune attorney, Brothers killed his family considering they were a fiscal burden and he lied on the stand up 41 or more times.[v]

Brothers had flown to Columbus, Ohio for a long July 4 holiday weekend, drove a rental car approximately two,000 miles to Bakersfield to impale his family after they returned home from church on July 6, and drove back to Ohio and Northward Carolina. The trip was intended to be an excuse, but several hundred dead insects found on the rental machine and odometer readings showed that Brothers had driven to Bakersfield.[5] [11] Although Brothers stated that he flew to Columbus to visit his brother[three] and had not traveled to California from Ohio, practiced witnesses from the University of California-Davis' Bohart Museum of Entomology stated that some insects found on the rental car'south radiator and air filter were from states west of the Rocky Mountains. Lynn Kimsey, a UC-Davis professor of entomology and museum director, stated that, "The insects nosotros found were consistent with two major routes to become to California from the East," and court testimony showed that the round trip accounted for the 4,500 miles on the rental car.[xi]

Brothers' activity between July ii and July 8[2]
Wednesday
July 2		 Th or Friday
July 3 or 4		 Sunday
July six		 Mon
July vii		 Tuesday
July 8
Flew to Columbus, Ohio[a] Collection to Bakersfield Murdered his family unit Returned to Ohio tardily Monday Collection with his brother Melvin to Northward Carolina.
Joanie, her three children, and her mother were found dead.

On May 15, 2007, Brothers was bedevilled of the showtime-degree murders of his 5 family members[iii] afterwards jurors heard testimony from 137 witnesses.[11] Brothers is believed to have used a .22-caliber gun and "a stabbing weapon".[7] His conviction carried the special circumstance of multiple murder.[3] On May 29, 2007, the jury returned a judgement of expiry.[3] Co-ordinate to sheriff'due south department spokesman Sgt. Ed Komin, detention deputies found that Brothers had hid handmade handcuff keys in his pilus and had placed his leg restraints on one leg, which rendered them ineffective. He was returned to Lerdo Jail under additional security measures.[one] [three]

Sentence [edit]

On September 27, 2007, the Superior Courtroom Approximate Michael Bush sentenced Brothers to decease based upon the jury's verdict and ordered Brothers to pay restitution.[1] He was afterwards placed into the custody of the California Section of Corrections and placed on death row at San Quentin State Prison.[1]

Relationship history [edit]

Brothers had been married four times, was briefly incarcerated for spousal abuse, and has a surviving daughter, Margaret Kern Brothers,[one] [5] who was the daughter of his girlfriend while attending California State Academy Bakersfield.[ii] In 1988, Brothers was bedevilled of misdemeanor spousal abuse. He received a vi-twenty-four hours jail sentence and was put on probation. He married for a 2d time in 1992 and the following year his wife sued for divorce challenge that he threatened to kill her and was violent. In 1996, Brothers sexually harassed a woman who worked at the school where he worked equally vice principal. She claims that during a visit to his home he striking her and was dissuaded by the police from filing a formal complaint confronting a homo considered a "respected community leader". During an investigation past the school, Brothers denied the allegations and was warned of the effect of such beliefs on his career, merely he was not formally disciplined.[12]

Wrongful death settlement [edit]

Harper family members received an undisclosed corporeality in a wrongful death suit to compensate the costs of funeral expenses and ensure that whatever monies of King Ross Brothers went to the only surviving child of Vincent Brothers and Joanie's stepdaughter. Margaret Kern Brothers disowned her father and changed her surname following the mass murder.[13]

See also [edit]

  • List of death row inmates in the United States

Notes [edit]

  1. ^ To establish an excuse, Brothers flew to Columbus, Ohio to visit his brother, Melvin. There he rented a Dodge Neon.[2]

References [edit]

  1. ^ a b c d eastward f "Ex-Vice Principal Sentenced to Death". AP Online. Press Association, Inc. September 28, 2007. Archived from the original on March 29, 2015. Retrieved January 9, 2015 – via HighBeam Research.
  2. ^ a b c d eastward f Keith Morrison (July 24, 2009). "The Mystery of the Lost Weekend". Dateline, Crime Reports. NBC. Retrieved January 9, 2015.
  3. ^ a b c d eastward f g "Ex-vice principal gets expiry". Oakland Tribune. Alameda Newspaper Group. Associated Press. May 30, 2007. Archived from the original on March 29, 2015. Retrieved January nine, 2015 – via HighBeam Research.
  4. ^ a b c "Who's who in the Vincent Brothers murder trial". The Bakersfield Californian. February 7, 2007. Retrieved Jan x, 2015.
  5. ^ a b c d e Steve Chawkins, Staff Author (September 27, 2007). "Vice principal gets death in murders of 5". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved January nine, 2015.
  6. ^ "Jury: Decease for Ex-Chief in Killings". AP Online. Press Clan, Inc. May thirty, 2007. Archived from the original on March 29, 2015. Retrieved January 9, 2015 – via HighBeam Research.
  7. ^ a b c Brian Skoloff, Associated Printing Writer (July 12, 2003). "Family Slay Suspect Arrives in California". AP Online. Press Association, Inc. Archived from the original on March 29, 2015. Retrieved January ix, 2015 – via HighBeam Research.
  8. ^ Virginia A. Lynch; Janet Barber Duval (23 July 2010). Forensic Nursing Science. Elsevier Health Sciences. p. 326. ISBN978-0-323-06638-9.
  9. ^ Brian Skoloff, Associated Press Author (July 17, 2003). "Suspect attends victims' funeral Vice principal, under constant police surveillance, sits almost four white caskets at the Bakersfield Convention Heart". AP Online. Press Association, Inc. Archived from the original on March 29, 2015. Retrieved January 9, 2015 – via HighBeam Research.
  10. ^ California Courts and Judges. James Publishing. 2018-03-xxx. p. 210. ISBN978-0-938065-98-ii.
  11. ^ a b c Kathy Keatley Garvey (July ane, 2007). "CSI: Bakersfield.(Newsmaker)". Pest Control. Questex Media Group, Inc. Archived from the original on March 29, 2015. Retrieved Jan 9, 2015 – via HighBeam Research.
  12. ^ John Johnson (August 11, 2004). "Woman Says Officials Covered Up Abuse by Murder Suspect". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved January 9, 2015.
  13. ^ Steven Mayer, Staff Author (June 25, 2008). "Wrongful expiry suit confronting Vincent King Ross ends in settlement". The Bakersfield Californian . Retrieved January nine, 2015.

External links [edit]

  • Bedevilled Mass Murderer Receives Death penalty
  • All Related News Stories On Bakersfield.com

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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_Brothers