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title: 'Case Summaries of Juvenile Offenders Who Were on Death Row in the United States'
description: 'These case descriptions are taken from Professor Victor Streib’s 2005 article, “The Juvenile Death Penalty Today: Death Sentences and Executions for…'
canonical: 'https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/stories/case-summaries-of-juvenile-offenders-who-were-on-death-row-in-the-united-states'
section: stories
date: '2005-03-01T11:58:00-05:00'
updated: '2025-03-14T14:52:25-04:00'
source: 'Death Penalty Information Center'
---

These case descriptions are taken from Professor Victor Streib's 2005 article, "[The Juvenile Death Penalty Today: Death Sentences and Executions for Juvenile Crimes, January 1, 1973 - February 28, 2005](https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/documents/StreibJuvDP2005.pdf)."

Alabama (13)
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(*Last Execution of a Juvenile: November 24, 1961*)

**Adams, Ranaldo:** Black male; age 17 at crime (DOB: 7-1-1980); rape, robbery, burglary, and murder; sentenced on 12-11-1998.

**Bonds, James Willis:** Black male; age 16 at crime (DOB: 7-24-1983); robbery and murder of white male age 59 in Houston County on 9-?-1999; sentenced on 11-11-2002.

**Davis, Timothy Charles:** White male; age 17 at crime (DOB: 3-18-1961); robbery of store and rape and murder of white female age 60 in Coosa County on 7-20-1978; sentenced on 7-28-1980.

**Duke, Mark Anthony:** White male; age 16 at crime (DOB: 5-15-1980); murder of white male age 39 (his father), white female age 29, white female age 7, and white female age 6 in Pelham (Shelby Co.) on 3-22-1997; sentenced on 3-25-1999.

**Duncan, Trace:** White male; age 17 at crime (DOB: 11-15-1976); kidnapping and murder of white female age 37 in St. Clair County on 2-22-1994; sentenced on 3-8-1996.

**Hart, Gary Davis II:** Black male; age 16 at crime (DOB: 9-19-1972); robbery and murder of white male age 22 in Mobile on 8-12-1989; sentenced on 5-9-1990.

**Hyde, James Matthew:** White male; age 17 at crime (DOB: 3-2-1977); murder of white male age 36 (police officer) in Albertville (Marshall County) on 1-24-1995; sentenced on 7-9-1996.

**Knotts, William Thomas:** White male; age 17 at crime (DOB: 11-20-1971); burglary and murder of black female age 37 in Montgomery County on 10-18-1989; sentenced on 8-1-1992.

**Loggins, Kenneth:** White male; age 17 at crime (DOB: 9-15-1976); kidnapping and murder of white female age 37 in St. Clair County on 2-22-1994; sentenced on 3-8-1996.

**Pressley, Marcus Dewayne:** Black male; age 16 at crime (DOB: 11-24-1978); robbery and murder of white male age 44 and white female age 48 in Sterrett (Shelby County) on 7-25-1996; sentenced on 10-10-1997.

**Slaton, Nathan:** White male; age 17 at crime (DOB: 10-5-1969); rape and murder of white female age 68 in Albertville (Marshall County) on 5-28-1987; sentenced 5-22-1990.

**Wimberly, Shaber Chamond:** Black male; age 17 at crime (DOB: 9-6-1979); murder of white male age 67 and white female age 53 in Midland City on 1-27-1997; sentenced on 7-30-1998; reversed in 1999; resentenced to death on 5-?-2001.

**Wynn, Gregory:** Black male; age 17 at crime (DOB: 2-9-1981); robbery and murder of female age 30 in Anniston on 4-8-1998; sentenced on 9-17-1999.

**ARIZONA (4)**  
(*Last Execution of a Juvenile: July 6, 1934*)

**Aguilar, Tonatihu:** Latin male; age 16 at crime (DOB: 2-11-1980); murder of Latin male age 28 and Latin female age 28 in Phoenix on 10-15-1996; sentenced on 6-19-2003

**Jackson, Levi Jaimes:** White male; age 16 at crime (DOB: 1-15-1976); car jacking and murder of white female age 40 in rural Pima County on 12-7-1992; sentenced on 1-26-1994.

**Laird, Kenneth Jeremy:** White male; age 17 at crime (DOB: 3-21-1975); burglary, robbery and murder of white female age 37 in North Phoenix on 9-3-1992; sentenced on 4-15-1994.

**Soto-Fong, Martin Raul:** Chinese/Latin male; age 17 at crime (DOB: 10-6-1974); robbery and murder of 3 Asian males, ages 32, 45, and 77, in Pima County (Tucson) on 6-24-1992; sentenced on 2-3-1994.

**FLORIDA (3)**  
(*Last Execution of a Juvenile: November 8, 1954*)

**Bonifay, James Patrick:** White male; age 17 at crime (DOB: 12-26-1973); robbery and murder of white male age 36 in Pensacola on 1-26-1991; sentenced on 9-20-1991; reversed in 1993; resentenced to death on 12-6-1994.

**LeCroy, Cleo Douglas:** White male; age 17 at crime (DOB: 3-7-1963); robbery and murder of white male age 27 and white female age 25 in Palm Beach County on 1-4-1981; sentenced on 10-1-1986.

**Ramirez, Nathan:** Latin male; age 17 at crime (DOB: 4-22-1977); rape and murder of white female age 71 in New Port Richey on 3-7-1995; sentenced on 11-8-1996; reversed in 1999; resentenced on 12-13-2003.

**GEORGIA (2)**   
(*Last Execution of a Juvenile: December 7, 1993*)

**Gibson, Exzavious Lee:** Black male; age 17 at crime (DOB: 3-31-1972); robbery and murder of male age 46 in Eastman (Dodge County) on 2-2-1990; sentenced on 6-14-1990.

**Jenkins, Larry Leonarde:** Black male; age 17 at crime (DOB: 11-10-1975); robbery, kidnapping and murder of white female age 37 and white male age 15 in Jessup (Wayne County) on 1-9-1993; sentenced on 9-30-1995.

**LOUISIANA (4)**  
(*Last Execution of a Juvenile: May 18, 1990*)

**Bridgewater, Roy:** Black male; age 17 at crime; burglary and murder of white female age 70 and white male age 45 in Marrero (Jefferson Parish) on 10-31-1996; sentenced on 3-1-1999.

**Craig, Dale Dwayne:** White male; age 17 at crime (DOB: 9-22-1974); car-jacking and murder of white male age 18 in Baton Rouge on 9-14-1992; sentenced on 1-13-1995.

**Howard, Cedric D’Wayne:** Black male; age 16 at crime (DOB: 6-6-1978); robbery and murder of white female age 82 on 10-24-1994; sentenced on 7-14-1997.

**Wilson, Aaron:** Black male; age 17 at crime; kidnapping, robbery, rape, and murder of white female age 48 in Caddo Parish on 12-23-2000; sentenced on 9-25-2002.

**MISSISSIPPI (5)**  
(*Last Execution of a Juvenile: May 25, 1950*)

**Dycus, Kelvin:** White male; age 17 at crime (DOB: 9-19-1979); robbery and murder of female age 76 on 9-24-1996; sentenced on 6-19-1998.

**Eskridge, Roderick:** Black male; age 17 at crime (DOB: 1-25-1980); robbery and murder of female age 34 in Grenada County on 12-2-1997; sentenced on 1-26-1999.

**Foster, Ronald Chris:** Black male; age 17 at crime (DOB: 1-8-1972) robbery and murder of white male adult in Lowndes County on 6-10-1989; sentenced on 1-18-1991.

**Holly, William Joseph:** White male; age 17 at crime (DOB: 8-6-1974); robbery and murder of black male age 37 in Grenada County on 7-12-1992; sentenced on 3-3-1993.

**McGilberry, Stephen Virgil:** American Indian/white male; age 16 at crime (DOB: 2-7-1978); four death sentences for murders of white female age 44 (his mother), white male age 44 (his stepfather), white female age 24 (his stepsister), and white male age 3 (his stepsister’s son) in St. Martin (Jackson County) on 10-23-1994; sentenced on 2-9-1996.

**NEVADA (1)**  
(*Last Execution of a Juvenile: April 22, 1949*)

**Domingues, Michael (AKA Miguel):** Latin male; age 16 at crime (DOB: 1-29-1977); burglary, theft, and murder of Asian female age 24 and Asian male age 4 in Las Vegas on 10-22-1993; sentenced on 9-16-1994.

**NORTH CAROLINA (4)**  
(*Last Execution of a Juvenile: October 30, 1942*)

**Adams, Thomas Mark:** White male; age 17 at crime (DOB: 7-20-1970); robbery and murder of white female age 70 in Iredell County on 12-13-1987; sentenced on 11-19-1988; reversed in 1994; resentenced to death on 9-1-1995.

**Chapman, Lamorris:** Black male; age 17 at crime (DOB: 12-12-1982); murder of black female age 16 in Johnston County on 7-9-2000; sentenced on 11-2-2001.

**Golphin, Kevin Salvador:** Black male; age 17 at crime (DOB: 12-26-1979); murder of white male age 48 (Highway Patrol officer) and white male age 58 (Sheriff’s Corporal) near Fayetteville on 9-23-1997; sentenced on 5-13-1998.

**Walters, Travis LeVance:** Black male; age 17 at crime (DOB: 7-8-1980); murder of American Indian female age 18 in Lumberton on 1-6-1998; sentenced on 4-5-2001.

**PENNSYLVANIA (2)**  
(*Last Execution of a Juvenile: December 4, 1916*)

**Hughes, Kevin:** Black male; age 16 at crime (DOB: 3-5-1962); rape and murder of black female age 9 in Philadelphia on 3-1-1979; sentenced on 10-27-1983.

**Lee, Percy:** Black male; age 17 at crime (DOB: 8-24-1968); murder of two black females, ages 17 and 33, in Philadelphia on 2-27-1986; sentenced on 1-28-1988.

**SOUTH CAROLINA (3)**  
(*Last Execution of a Juvenile: January 10, 1986*)

**Hughes, Herman Lee, Jr.:** Black male; age 16 at crime (DOB: 7-26-1977); robbery and murder of male age 20 in Orangeburg on 3-18-1994; sentenced in 1995.

**Morgan, Eric Dale:** White male; age 17 at crime; robbery and murder of white male age 57 near Woodruff (Spartanburg County) on 5-3-2000; sentenced on 3-9-2004.

**Powers, Ted Benjamin:** White male; age 16 at crime (DOB: 9-19-1973); burglary, robbery, and murder of white male age 68 in Lexington County on 9-8-1990; sentenced on 2-23-1996.

**TEXAS (29)**  
(*Last Execution of a Juvenile: August 28, 2002*)

**Acuna, Robert Aaron:** Latin male; age 17 at crime; robberies and murders of adult white (?) male age 75 and white (?) female age 74 in Baytown (Harris County) on 11-11-2003; sentenced on 8-11-2004

**Alvarado, Steven Brian:** Latin male; age 17 at crime (DOB: 8-11-1974); robberies and murders of adult Latin male and adult Latin female in El Paso on 9-22-1991; sentenced on 10-5-1993.

**Arroyo, Randy:** Latin male; age 17 at crime (DOB: 10-31-1979); kidnapping and murder of Latin male age 39 on 3-11-1997 in San Antonio; sentenced on 3-6-1998.

**Arthur, Mark Sam:** White male; age 17 at crime (DOB: 8-1-1979); murder of Latin male age 41 in Harris County on 12-21-1996; sentenced on 12-17-1997.

**Barraza, Mauro Morris:** Latin male; age 17 at crime (DOB: 5-5-1972); robbery and murder of white female age 73 in Haltom City (Tarrant County) on 6-14-1989; sentenced on 4-8-1991.

**Bernal, Johnnie:** Latin male; age 17 at crime (DOB: 8-20-1976); murder of white (?) male age 19 in Houston on 8-19-1994; sentenced on 5-8-1995.

**Capetillo, Edward Brian:** Latin male; age 17 at crime (DOB: 5-13-1977); murders of white male age 19 and white female age 20 in Harris County on 1-16-1995; sentenced on 2-6-1996.

**Cobb, Raymond Levi:** White male; age 17 at crime (DOB: 6-18-1976); murders of white female age 23 and white female age 16 months in Huntsville on 12-27-1993; sentenced on 2-27-1997; reversed in 2000; resentenced to death in 2001.

**Dewberry, John Curtis:** White male; age 17 at crime (DOB: 1-30-1977); murder of white male age 57 in Beaumont (Jefferson County) on 12-25-1994; sentenced on 11-21-1996.

**Dickens, Justin Wiley:** White male; age 17 at crime (DOB: 7-28-1976); murder of white male age 50 in Randall County on 3-12-1994; sentenced on 5-17-1995.

**Dixon, Anthony Tyrone:** Black male; age 17 at crime (DOB: 11-7-1976); robbery and murder of white female age 34 in Houston (Harris County) on 5-15-1994; sentenced on 2-8-1995.

**Guillen, Derek Jermaine:** Black male; age 17 at crime (DOB: 10-20-1980); robbery, rape and murder of white female age 52 in Tempe on 3-26-1998; sentenced on 6-1-1999.

**Horn, Patrick:** Black male; age 17 at crime; kidnapping and murder of male age 8 in Tyler on 10-13-1991; sentenced on 10-4-1999 \[currently serving life sentence in federal prison in Atlanta, GA.\].

**Johnson, Eddie C.:** Black male; age 17 at crime (DOB: 11-26-1978); robbery and murder of white male age 42 in Fort Worth on 3-6-1996; sentenced on 7-31-1997.

**Jones, Anzel Keon:** Black male; age 17 at crime (DOB: 2-4-1978); murder of white female age 49 in Grayson County on 5-2-1995; sentenced on 6-4-1996.

**Little, Leo Gordon:** White male; age 17 at crime (DOB: 7-14-1980); kidnapping, robbery and murder of Latin male age 22 in San Antonio on 1-22-1998; sentenced on 3-5-1999.

**Lopez, Michael Anthony, Jr.:** Latin male; age 17 at crime (DOB: 4-28-1981); murder of male age 25 (deputy constable) in Harris County on 9-29-1998; sentenced on 5-25-1999.

**Monterrubio, Jose Ignacio:** Latin male; age 17 at crime (DOB: 8-26-1976); rape and murder of Latin female age 16 in Brownsville (Cameron County) on 9-5-1993; sentenced on 8-25-1994.

**Perez, Efrian:** Latin male; age 17 at crime (DOB: 11-19-1975); rape and murder of white female age 14 and white female age 16 in Houston (Harris County) on 6-24-1993; sentenced on 9-22-1994. \[Co-defendant of Raul Villareal\]

**Reeves, Whitney:** White male; age 17 at crime (DOB: 8-21-1981); murders of white female age 14 and white male age 40 in Beaumont on 8-20-1999; sentenced on 9-8-2000.

**Salinas, Jorge Alfredo:** Latin male; age 17 at crime (DOB: 4-1-1984); robbery and murder of Latin male age 20 and Latin female age 21 months in Mission (Hidalgo County) on 7-28-2001; sentenced on 8-29-2002.

**Solomon, Christopher Julian:** Black male; age 17 at crime (DOB: 1-30-1980); robbery and murder of white male adult in Texarcana on 9-19-1997; sentenced on 6-4-1999.

**Soriano, Oswaldo Regalado:** Latin male; age 17 at crime (DOB: 6-26-1975); robbery and murder of white male age 59 in Amarillo on 11-17-1992; sentenced on 5-4-1994.

**Springsteen, Robert Burns, IV:** White male; age 17 at crime (DOB: 11-26-1974); robbery and murder of white female age 13 in Austin on 12-6-1991; sentenced on 6-1-2001.

**Tran, Son Vu Khai:** Asian-American male; age 17 at crime (DOB: 5-11-1980); murder of Latin male adult and Asian-American male age 20 in Houston on 10-25-1997; sentenced on 12-18-2000.

**Villareal, Raul Omar:** Latin male; age 17 at crime (DOB: 9-25-1975); rape and murder of white female age 14 and white female age 16 in Houston (Harris County) on 6-24-1993; sentenced on 9-22-1994. \[Co-defendant of Efrian Perez\]

**Williams, Bruce Lee:** Black male; age 17 at crime (DOB: 12-16-1981); car-jacking, rape and murder of Asian-American female age 24 in Dallas on 2-3-1999; sentenced on 12-10-1999.

**Williams, Nanon McKewn:** Black male; age 17 at crime (DOB: 8-2-1974); murder of white male age 19 in Harris County on 5-14-1992; sentenced on 9-22-1995.

**Wilson, Geno Capoletti:** Black male; age 17 at crime (DOB: 5-24-1981); robbery and murder of male age 19 in Houston on 12-2-1998; sentenced on 12-10-1999.

**VIRGINIA (1)**  
(*Last Execution of a Juvenile: January 19, 2000*)

**Johnson, Shermaine Ali:** Black male; age 16 at crime (DOB: 12-30-1977); rape and murder of black female age 22 in Petersburg (Prince George County) on 7-10-1994; sentenced on 2-22-1998; reversed in 2001; resentenced to death on 10-28-2002.