"The people never hollered for the life of the policeman that killed a 13-year-old boy who was handcuffed in the back seat of a police car. January 16, 2001 - Massey filed a petition for writ of certiorari in the U.S. Supreme Court. "It was nothing personal. Citations: "It was just playing with numbers and it all centered around killing, generally killing people," Strange said. Jason Eric Massey (January 7, 1973 April 3, 2001) was an American murderer who was executed in 2001 for the murders of two teenagers. He was known to torture animals and was only nine years old when he killed his first cat. WebYes, this is it. He pled not guilty, but was convicted by a jury on Oct. 6, 1994. No one gets closure. She was identified using recent hospital records. Her head and hands were severed and the body was covered with cuts. Massey was born in January 7, 1973, in Ellis County, Texas. Citations: A jury found him guilty and sentenced him to death. In accordance with Texas law, the trial court assessed Massey's punishment as death. WITNESSES: The prosecution called as a witness 1 of the men previously arrested for the crime. He also wrote about his desire to lash out at society and to reap immense sorrow and suffering. ", Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Executed Offenders (Jason Eric Massey), Thursday, March 30, 2001 - MEDIA ADVISORY - Jason Eric Massey Scheduled To Be Executed. He also wrote about his desire to lash out at society and to reap immense sorrow and suffering. March 17, 1994 - The State indicted Massey for the capital offense of murder of two persons in the same criminal transaction to which Massey later entered a plea of "not guilty." The transcript has been independently checked by a 3rd party who says the errors do exist and should constitute reason for a new trial. Shortly afterward, after Massey's picture had circulated in the newspaper, the owner of a local car wash told police he saw Massey dumping items in his trash bin at 11:30 p.m. one night. She had accidentally come across his journals and was horrified, inspiring him to a new resolution: "Never speak your true nature." 706th murderer executed in U.S. since 1976 I have been persecuted for 12 years for something I did not do. EXPERT WITNESSES: The Prosecutions Evidence Technician was a man with a record of mental illness, alcohol and drug abuse. american psycho monologue confession Last statement "To my family and my mother and my three precious daughters, I love you all. He also proclaimed his newfound love for God, stating, Tonight I dance on the streets of gold. Only Jason has ever been tried for these murders. In one journal, also read to the jury, Massey stated that he was about to start his career as a serial killer and mass murderer. The Lamp of Hope (Associated Press & Rick Halperin) I am at peace to the fullest. First of all, I would like to say that I do not JUDGE: Appeared bored and disinterested throughout the proceedings. I am at peace. Minisode 1: Jason Eric Massey. After his evaluation, Dekleva concluded that Massey was suffering from anti-social personality disorder and that he represented an imminent threat to others. We have 238 records for Jason Massey ranging in age from 23 years old to 74 years old. These last words, too, are catalogued, and are publicly available on the Texas Department of Criminal Justice's website. If you had wanted to punish me you would have killed me the day after, instead of killing me now. He would not even have had anything to do with it if he had known I was going to shoot the man. In more recent years the recorders have contented themselves with "(Spanish)", as if being foreign stripped the prisoner of their last words. King waited for about an hour for his son to return before going back to bed. Next, he expressed love to individual members of his family and apologized to them "for all of the pain that I have caused." Evidence showed Massey knew King and Benjamin, whom he flirted with, and arranged to pick her up in his car if she would sneak out of her house the early morning hours of July 27, 1993. I can give you one thing, and I'm going to give that today. Eventually, the body was confirmed to be Christina's based on recent hospital records. James was killed by two shots to the head from a small-caliber gun. I have had time to get ready, to tell my family goodbye, to get my life where it needed to be. I put her remains in the Trinity River." Three fried chicken quarters, fried squash, fried egg plant, mashed potatoes, snap peas, boiled cabbage, three corn on the cob, spinach, broccoli with cheese, one pint of caramel pecan fudge or tin roof ice cream, and a pitcher of sweet tea. I am at peace [ ] I love you all. No Expert Witnesses was on hand for the Defense to testify to Jason's state of mind at the time. How can we understand a young mind that would engage in extreme fantasies of mutilation and torture, devise a "campaign of death," and view as sanctified his development into a serial killer? Several Defense witnesses including character witnesses were not called. Did the State therefore REALLY think he was that dangerous? Hairs found in the car and on the bandanna recovered from the crime scene matched hairs found at the crime scene. FBI agent Allen Brantley, who also reviewed the case file, testified similarly. Execution Report: Jason Massey He also stated he saw MORE THAN 1 OTHER PERSON in the car as they got in. However when Jason's family tried to gain access to his transcript the were continually rebuffed by various delaying tactics, from weak excuses and blatant lies, to the transcripts not being ready when arranged and being kept waiting in the court house. You guys know that I am guilty and I am sorry for what I have done. When she and her stepbrother subsequently were reported missing and their remains were found, the friend talked with police. According to public records, Massey was convicted of driving while intoxicated in June 1993 and was sentenced to 120 days in jail. The Trial All about Jason Massey from Victim to Victimizer, by Massey's mother had brought him in for evaluation after discovering two of his journals and becoming very disturbed by their content. I didn't pump poison into anybody's veins from behind a locked door [ ] I hope God will be as merciful to society as he has been to me. In closing, he said, "Tonight I dance on the streets of gold. The next year, when he shot Christina in the back, he told someone that he saw three angels leave her body. He roamed the woods in search of his own private cemetery for his victims. Feeling angry and afraid, he developed violent fantasies, and his image of women was formed by an ill-tempered mother who was anything but nurturing. As for me, I am happy, that is why you see me smiling. That was a crucial moment of decision. Carpet fibers from Massey's car matched a fiber found on one of Brian's shoes. Executed April 3, 2001 by Lethal Injection in Texas The murders occurred 51 days later. After a while, when you have read 100 or so of these final statements, they start to run together into a ghoulish mass of murder and rapine, so you start looking for the differences. He wrote in his journal that it was a momentous day for him. I'd tell them to give them all the gift that they would not give me [ ] and that's to give them all a second chance. I give you my word. In 1992, he came close to realizing his dream of murder, but as he held a knife to a young girl as a prelude to rape, her mother came home the same woman who had seen him kill the dogs and ordered him to leave. Police searched Massey's house and found two newspaper articles about the murders, handcuffs and a knife box.