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Westley Allan Dodd (July 3, 1961 – January 5, 1993), was an American convicted serial killer and sex offender. In 1989, he sexually assaulted and murdered three young boys in Vancouver, Washington. He was arrested later that year after a failed attempt to abduct a six-year-old boy at a movie theater. 'Leave a Trace' is a song by Scottish synth-pop band Chvrches from their second studio album Every Open Eye. It was released as the band's first official single on 17 July 2015 via Virgin and Goodbye Records. Farm animals are generally produced in large, industrial facilities that house thousands of animals at high densities; these are sometimes called factory farms.The industrial nature of these facilities means that many routine procedures or animal husbandry practices impinge on the welfare of the animals and could be considered as cruelty, with Henry Stephen Salt claiming in 1899 that 'it is.

Earl Conrad Bramblett (March 20, 1942 – April 9, 2003) was an Americanmass murderer, convicted for the killing of four members of the Hodges family in August 1994 in Vinton, Virginia. Bramblett murdered each family member in their residence before setting it on fire, and in 1997 was sentenced to death for the murders.

Bramblett was executed by electric chair on April 9, 2003.^[1]

Murders[edit]

At around 4:30 a.m. on August 29, 1994, a passerby reported a fire at the Hodges residence in Vinton, Virginia.^[2] Firefighters and police found fire burning throughout the house. Gaining entry, authorities found 37-year-old Teresa Lynn Hodges' body on a couch, still burning — she had been strangled and doused with diesel fuel.^[2] On the second floor, they discovered William Blaine Hodges (aged 41) dead on a bed next to a .22 caliber gun with the barrel removed, shot through his left temple, but not burned. In a second bed they found daughters Winter (aged 11) and Anah (aged 3); both had been shot at close range, and Anah had sustained mild burns.^[3]

Further inspection of the Hodges house revealed purposefully-disconnected telephone lines and the presence of a petroleum-based accelerant in several areas.^[2]

Having found Blaine Hodges' body next to a gun, police at first theorized that Blaine had killed his family and then himself; Blaine, a former U.S. Postal Service employee, was about to serve six months in federal prison for embezzlement.^[1] Further investigation determined that the barrel of the murder weapon had been removed after Blaine had been killed, and that Blaine had been killed before the rest of his family.^[2]

Investigation[edit]

Earl Bramblett, from Spartanburg, South Carolina, was a close friend of the Hodges family. Police requested an interview with Bramblett, during which they told him the family had died in a fire, without mentioning the evidence of violence.^[2] Bramblett displayed anger and stated that the 'son of a bitch offed his family and killed himself', which indicated prior knowledge and immediately made him a prime suspect.^[1]

Soon police gathered additional incriminating evidence against Bramblett. A witness had seen a vehicle similar to Bramblett's driving past the Hodges home during the fire, without stopping. Drawings of stick figures with arrows that corresponded to the Hodges' bullet wounds were found at Bramblett's place of employment.

Bramblett's sister provided police with a box he had left with her, which contained several audiotapes on which he spoke of his sexual attraction to 11-year-old Winter Hodges, and of his belief that the family, including Winter, was conspiring to set him up for child molestation charges.

A DNA test on a pubic hair found in the bedroom where the girls were found was matched to Bramblett.^[3] A pair of jeans were found soaking at his place of employment, discovered by another employee after noticing water leaking through the door, and were determined to contain stains of the same flammable liquid used to start the fire at the Hodges's home. The bullets used to kill the victims were determined to be of the same composition as bullets found in a vehicle belonging to Bramblett.

It was discovered that Bramblett punched his time card at work 20 minutes after the fire was started (the drive time from the Hodges home to his job was 20 minutes) and, after realizing his error, attempted to black out the entry on his time-card.

In addition, two women testified that, in the 1970s, Bramblett had given them alcohol and molested them when they were eleven and fourteen years old.^[1]

Arrest and conviction[edit]

Bramblett was tried, convicted, and sentenced to death on December 16, 1997, after the jury deliberated for one hour.

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Execution[edit]

After a clemency petition to Governor of VirginiaMark Warner was rejected, along with an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court, Earl Bramblett was executed in the electric chair for the murder of the Hodges family at Greensville Correctional Center, Jarratt, Virginia, on April 9, 2003. He was sixty-one years old at the time of his death, choosing the electric chair over lethal injection as a form of protest. His final words were, 'I didn't murder the Hodges family. I've never murdered anybody. I'm going to my death with a clear conscience. I am going to my death having had a great life because of my two great sons, Mike and Doug.'^[4] His body was cremated after the electrocution.^[5]

Disappearances of Tammy Akers and Angela Rader[edit]

Bramblett was a suspect in the 1977 disappearances of Tammy Akers and Angela Rader, who were both 14 years old and worked for him at the time. Bramblett reportedly told friends that he wished he had not 'hurt Tammy' three years after she went missing, though he was never charged in either Akers's or Rader's disappearances and their whereabouts are still unknown.^[6]

Media[edit]

Bramblett's case was featured on the popular CourtTV crime show Forensic Files - Season 8, Episode 16: 'Private Thoughts'^[7] and Discovery Channel'sThe New Detectives - Season 4, Episode 4: 'Dead Wrong'.^[8]

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References[edit]

1. ^ ^abcdBramblett v. Commonwealth of Virginia
2. ^ ^abcdeDelfino, Michelangelo; Day, Mary E. (2008). Death Penalty USA 2003 - 2004. MoBeta Publishing. p. 76. ISBN9780972514132. bramblett hodges murders.
3. ^ ^abGlod, Maria (2003-04-10). 'Family's Killer Dies in Va. Electric Chair'. ISSN0190-8286. Retrieved 2018-04-11.
4. ^'Earl Conrad Bramblett #845'. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
5. ^https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=+Bramblett&GSfn=Earl&GSbyrel=all&GSdy=2003&GSdyrel=in&GSob=n&GRid=154105697&df=all&
6. ^Meaghan Elizabeth Good. 'The Charley Project: Angela Mae Rader'. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
7. ^'Forensic Files Episode List - Forensic Files'. Forensic Files. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
8. ^'THE NEW DETECTIVES – Season 4 Ep 4 'Dead Wrong''. FilmRise. Retrieved 22 February 2017.

External links[edit]

• Forensic Files - Season 8, Episode 16: 'Private Thoughts' (22 minutes) Forensic Files - YouTube Channel
• The New Detectives - Season 4, Episode 4: 'Dead Wrong' (53 minutes) FilmRise -YouTube Channel

David Alan Gore (August 21, 1953 – April 12, 2012) was an American serial killer who confessed to, and was convicted of, six murders in Vero Beach and Indian River County, Florida in the 1980s. Gore was executed by lethal injection in 2012, having been on Florida's death row for 28 years.

Gore had an accomplice, his cousin Fred Waterfield, and the pair were dubbed the 'Killing Cousins'.^[1] Waterfield was convicted of two murders, and is currently serving two consecutive life sentences.

In 1976 (prior to their committing any murders), police jailed and questioned both Gore and Waterfield after Angela Hommell Austin (age 20) accused them of raping her at gunpoint. The cousins insisted the sex was consensual, and they were not charged in her case.^[2] Gore targeted at least four additional women who escaped with their lives.^[2]

Background[edit]

David Alan Gore was born on August 21, 1953 in Florida. When he was a teenager, he was fired from his first job as a gas station attendant after his boss found a hole that allowed Gore to look into the women's bathroom.^[1] Gore was an auxiliary sheriff's deputy and used his badge to commit some of his crimes.^[1] Gore also worked as a caretaker of a citrus grove that provided a secluded area in which to rape and murder his victims.^[3]

Fred Waterfield was born on September 29, 1952 in New Jersey.^[4] He is a former high school football player.^[1]

Gore and Waterfield came to an arrangement, namely that Gore would spot, stalk, and secure potential victims for himself and Waterfield, in exchange for cash payments from Waterfield.^[3]

Victims[edit]

Their first rape victim was Waterfield's sister. Gore helped hold down the victim and watched as Waterfield raped his own sister.^{[citation needed]}

Hsiang Huang Ling and Ying Hua Ling[edit]

Gore's and Waterfield's first two murder victims were Ying Hua Ling (age 17) and her mother Hsiang Huang Ling (age 48). On February 19, 1981, Gore accosted Ying Ling and brandished his auxiliary police badge to lure the teenager into his truck, after which he drove her to her own home. Once there, he encountered Hsiang Ling and kidnapped both women. Gore later claimed that the mother, tied to a tree, slowly choked to death while he and Waterfield raped the daughter. The pair dismembered the two women and stuffed their body parts into oil drums, which they buried.

Judith Kay Daley[edit]

The pair's third victim was Judith Daley (age 35), a former Fort Pierce resident visiting from California. On July 15, 1981, Gore disabled Daley's car at the beach, and then offered her a ride to the nearest telephone. Gore drove Daley to a secluded area and met Waterfield, whereupon both men raped Daley. Gore claimed to have disposed of Daley's body in a swamp.^[3]

One week after Daley's murder, Gore unsuccessfully attempted to abduct a teenage girl using his auxiliary badge. The girl's father filed a complaint, and Gore was stripped of his badge. Days later, police spotted Gore hiding in the back seat of a woman's car, carrying a police scanner, handcuffs, and a pistol. Gore was convicted of armed trespassing and sentenced to five years in prison, but was released on parole in March 1983.^[3]

Barbara Ann Byer and Angelica LaVallee[edit]

On May 20, 1983, Gore and Waterfield encountered Orlando hitchhikers Angelica LaVallee and Barbara Ann Byer (both age 14) and picked them up. Gore and Waterfield raped, killed and dismembered both girls. These are the only two crimes for which Waterfield was convicted; he was sentenced to two consecutive life sentences for the two murders.

Lynn Elliott and Regan Martin[edit]

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Lynn Elliott (age 17) and Regan Martin (age 14), students at Vero Beach High School, were hitchhiking to Wabasso Beach when Gore and Waterfield picked them up on July 26, 1983. They took both girls to a house owned by Gore's parents. Waterfield soon left, spooked by having seen his sister during the drive. Gore later told police that he bound and placed the girls in different rooms prior to raping them.^[5]

As he was assaulting Martin, Lynn Elliot—nude, with her hands tied behind her back—escaped to the driveway, until she lost her footing. According to Gore, 'I kept running after her then she tripped and fell and then I caught up to her'.^[5] Gore told police 'I started dragging her back and she was trying, like, resisting, fighting me, so I threw her to the ground. That's when I shot her in the head'.^[5]

Gore shot her twice at point-blank range only to realize that a neighbor boy riding his bicycle had witnessed the entire incident.^[6] The neighbor boy alerted police, which led to a 90-minute standoff between Gore and law enforcement. Cops arrested Gore and rescued Martin, who was found in the attic naked, handcuffed, and with electrical cords tied around her legs.^[5]

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On December 7, 1983, Gore led police to the remains of three of his six murder victims. These victims were Barbara Ann Byer, Hsiang Huang Ling and her daughter, Ying Hua Ling. He also admitted to killing three girls and two women.

Case timeline[edit]

On August 10, 1983, a grand jury charges Gore with first-degree murder with two counts of kidnapping and two counts of sexual battery.

On January 6, 1984, Gore's trial is moved from Vero Beach to St. Petersburg, Florida. Two months after on March 16, 1984 the jury convicts him of first-degree murder and after an 11-1 vote he receives the death sentence.

On August 22, 1985, the Supreme Court affirms Gore's first-degree murder conviction and death penalty.

On January 21, 1985, Waterfield was convicted of the murders of Byer and LaVellee, receiving two consecutive life sentences.^[1]

On March 3, 1988, Governor Bob Martinez signs Gore's death warrant.

On July 5, 2007, the Florida Supreme Court confirms Gore's death sentence.

Death[edit]

Gore was executed by lethal injection at 6:19 p.m. on Thursday, April 12, 2012, having exhausted all legal appeals. As Gore lay strapped to a gurney in the death chamber, he said: 'I'm sorry. I've had remorse....I'm not the man I was back then. I don't fear death.'^[7]

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See also[edit]

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References[edit]

1. ^ ^abcdePark, Sunju, Fong, Cho, Zhang, Gritz, Milan, Herzlich, Gore, Ashley, Chuck, Alan G., Hyung, Cheng, David C., Gibran, Alexandra A., Patrick, Morganti, Roy S. 'David Alan Gore 'The Killing Cousins''(PDF). maamodt. Department of Psychology Radford University. Retrieved February 20, 2015.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
2. ^ ^abHolsman, Melissa E. (April 9, 2012). 'Gore killed 6 women, but targeted more than a dozen for kidnap, rape, court files show'. tcpalm.com. Treasure Coast Newspapers. Retrieved July 4, 2015.
3. ^ ^abcdNewton, Michael (February 1, 2006). The Encyclopedia of Serial Killers. Infobase Publishing. ISBN9780816069873.
4. ^'Fred Waterfield'(PDF). radford.edu. Archived from the original(PDF) on April 29, 2015. Retrieved April 29, 2015.
5. ^ ^abcdHolsman, Melissa E. (April 9, 2012). 'David Alan Gore: A killer with no remorse'. Palm Beach Post. Retrieved February 20, 2015.
6. ^Whisper (April 9, 2012). 'Serial Killer David Gore Cant Be Executed Fast Enough, Bragged About Killing Kids'. dreamindemon. Retrieved February 20, 2015.
7. ^'Florida executes serial killer David Alan Gore after 28 years'. Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved September 17, 2016.