Kenneth Gentry
Kenneth Edward Gentry (born January 28, 1961 in Bartow County , Georgia , † April 16, 1997 in Huntsville , Walker County , Texas ) was an American murderer and prison escape. He was executed in 1997 .
Events
Gentry was sentenced to several years in prison in March 1980 for property offenses in Atlanta . He escaped from custody in October 1980, was arrested again, and sentenced to an additional one year imprisonment for escaping.
On July 15, 1982, he escaped from the Georgia Industrial Institute in Banks County by breaking a fence with a prison vehicle. He then traveled with his sister, girlfriend and 23-year-old hitchhiker Jimmy Ham through Texas, Georgia, Florida and Oklahoma, with the two men also robbing them. On September 10, 1983, Gentry shot and killed his accomplice Jimmy Ham in Denton County , according to the court, in order to impersonate him. The body was discovered two days later.
On September 15, 1983, Gentry was arrested in Minnesota along with his sister and girlfriend . While he was waiting for his trial, an attempt to escape from the Denton County Jail failed. His mother tried to smuggle in a firearm for him but was arrested.
On March 5, 1984, Gentry was sentenced to death for murder . The sentence and sentence were upheld by the Texas Court of Appeals in November 1988 . On November 9, 1994, he tried with a fellow prisoner from death row to the Ellis Unit to escape, but was made after overcoming a security fence of a prison guard.
In April 1997, he was in the Huntsville Unit with the lethal injection executed.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Texas Death Row Information
- ↑ Kenneth Gentry v State Texas
- ↑ Texas Executes Killer of a Hitchhiker
- ^ Prison escape artist executed
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gentry, Kenneth |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gentry, Kenneth Edward |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American murderer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 28, 1961 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bartow County , Georgia |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 16, 1997 |
| Place of death | Huntsville, Texas, USA |