49, his wife Kathryn, 39, and their daughters, Ruby, 3, and Stella, 9. After their arrest, Gray and Dandridge were linked to two prior murders, including that of Gray's wife in Pennsylvania, and a near-fatal assault in late 2005. They observed that the Harvey front door was open and chose that for their home invasion. Instead, Gray took out a razor knife. (True Crime) Story, Warning: Reading slow so everyone can understand my NOLA accent, got complaints. On a fan website, Bryan reflected on becoming a father. Kevin Dorsey, who was called to testify by the defense, testified that Kenneth Jackson was the driver of the offending car and Anthony Gusman was the passenger and shooter. Their daughters Stella Ann (November 3, 1996 January 1, 2006) and Ruby May (July 4, 2001 January 1, 2006) were aged 9 and 4, respectively. The men grabbed a laptop, assorted odds and ends and a plate of cookies. To those who loved Kathy and her family, what happened is still unspeakable. Gray and Dandridge were charged with three counts of murder. "[4] The witness "identified the driver of this van as a light-skinned black male wearing a stocking cap, and further stated that he was accompanied by a female passenger, also light-skinned but darker than the driver, who appeared older than the driver. Defendant filed additional pre-trial motions including a motion in limine regarding evidence of gangs and reurged his prior motion to suppress identification. Well I decided to take it to the streets on this episode. He was executed on January 18, 2017 at the Greensville Correctional Center in Jarratt, Virginia. [2] While the police ruled Treva's death suspicious at the time, no homicide investigation was launched until after Gray's confession in 2006. The offending vehicle, the little blue car, pulled along. [30] He was executed on January 18, 2017, at Greensville Correctional Center at 9:42 PM EST. Once in the tunnel, they heard shots coming from behind. Advanced A.I. A man set for execution, and the unforgotten murders that could have The murder of the Harvey family unleashed a flood of horror and grief. Sign up forOxygen Insiderfor all the best true crime content. Gray tied up Bryan wrists behind his back, electrical cords around his ankles. Grays trial for the murders of the Harveys and the Tuckers began in August 2006. Once in the tunnel, they heard shots coming from behind. [9], On the morning of January 7, 2006, Gray and Dandridge were arrested in Philadelphia, where Dandridge's father Ronald Wilson lived. Defendant, Mervyn Williams, along with co-defendants, Steven Bailey and Anthony Gusman, were indicted by a grand jury on January 4, 1996 with two counts of first degree murder in violation of LSA-R.S. Dorsey denied ever seeing defendant in the tunnel on the night of the shooting. Notorious Crime Stories "P2R Films Podcasts | All & Latest Episodes He grabbed the steering wheel and guided the car. . At trial, defendant presented an alibi witness, Capricia Lucas. I'm answering the most popular ones to the best of my knowledge. The day after the family was discovered we began the autopsies, said Darin Trelka, a medical examiner, adding that the four deaths had been prolonged. They cruised through neighborhoods near Baskerville's parents' house, winding up in Woodland Heights. She asked him about what happened to Ashley. They also spoke with a family friend, who told them that when she arrived with her daughter for an appointed playdate on the day of the murders, Kathryn appeared jittery and sent them away. Sit back and listen. David M. Beers was a 15-year veteran, pleaded not guilty on May 5 and on July 29 to fabricating evidence in two cases, was acquitted by a jury on September 28, 1993. It appeared that a sock had been shoved down the stepdads throat. Unknown truth about Latino gangs in New Orleans and surrounding areas. Ruby was born in 2001. (True Crime Story) Harvey Tunnel Murders, Some Think Its Just Rap Gray ended up cutting the throats of all four of the family members and then hitting each in the head multiple times with a claw hammer shortly thereafter. On November 5, 2005, a passerby discovered the badly beaten body of 35-year-old Treva Terrell Gray in a shallow grave on Brookside Avenue in Washington, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Pittsburgh. In assignments of error numbers one, three and four, defendant contends that the statements of Peter Rodrigue were insufficient to support his conviction. I do now, though. She served two and a half years before Harding and Lishansky admitted that the fingerprint evidence had been fabricated by retrieving fingerprints of Ms. Kinge from her job and asserting they found them on the cans. He pleaded guilty on July 29, 1993, to fabricating evidence in three cases, and agreed to serve 2 to 7 years in prison. Percyell Tucker's green Chevrolet Blazer was gone. The gesture has haunted Perkinson, who has said she will always wonder if Kathy was trying to tell her something. I have true crime story to tell, because sometimes people that's going down a certain path have to hear how it is in the streets in order to get their mind in the right place. 15 Tennessee Murders That Will Keep You Up At Night - OnlyInYourState During the course of his investigation, Sergeant Thurman interviewed passenger Peter Rodrigue, who was in ICU at Charity Hospital for the injuries he sustained in the shooting. He is serving his time at a state prison in Waverly, Virginia. Additionally, Capricia Lucas testified defendant was at home with her on the night of the shooting. Perkinson left, intending to come back for the party. Copy Link Copy Link Summary; I have true crime story to tell, because sometimes people that's going down a certain path have to hear how it is in the streets in order to get their mind in the right place. In October 1995, 17-year-old Gray was arrested along with his nephew, Ray Dandridge. [1] While both Gray and Dandridge were interviewed by Washington police, they were not considered suspects. Harvey would eventually claim to have murdered 87 people. The casings and fragment projectiles were identified as coming from the same.32 caliber weapon and AK47. The lieutenant, Craig D. Harvey, also said in court in Delhi, N.Y., that he had been assisted in fabricating evidence by another . [29] His clemency plea was denied by governor Terry McAuliffe, and his lawyers filed an emergency appeal with the Supreme Court. G. Robert Blakey and other conspiracy theorists have asserted that Marcello along with Santo Trafficante, Jr. and Sam Giancana masterminded the 1963 assassination of United States President A lot of questions was aked in thr commets of Part 1 "Hitman Garelle "Jigga" Smith Alleged Killer Of "Soulja Slim". ACCEPT. "Page 32State v. Williams, 02-645, p. 13 (La. reached out to report that she suspected that friend Ashley Baskerville, 21, who hadnt returned calls, may be dead inside her home. Kevin Dorsey was shot in the foot and Peter Rodrigue was shot in the hand, chest, back, hip and left thigh. According to Treva's parents, the Grays fought bitterly, and claw marks were seen on Ricky's forearm on the day Treva's body was found. Gary A. Harki, 757-446-2370, gary.harki@pilotonline.com, Joanne Kimberlin, 757-446-2338, joanne.kimberlin@pilotonline.com. The home in Richmond where Bryan and Kathryn Harvey and their young daughters Ruby and Stella lived in Richmond and were murdered on New Year's day 2006. Harvey murdered his victims with a variety of methods, from suffocation to hooking them up to faulty oxygen tanks, like he did to Harvey Williams on July 12, 1970. There he found Gray released earlier that year married to a woman named Treva and living in a house owned by her mother. New episode every thursday, follow for notifications. Stella, 9, had stayed the night with a friend. Carey doesn't know what stopped the attack, only that he was in a coma for weeks, lost all use of his right arm and was left with severe physical and psychological scars. [24], Between May 2011 and November 2015, Gray's execution was set and then stayed pending his various appeals in commonwealth and federal courts. One of the oft-told stories of the C&O Canal is that of Lockkeeper Joe Davis. Kathy opened World of Mirth, a quirky toy and gift store that became a cornerstone of the fashionable Carytown neighborhood. I have true crime story to tell, because sometimes people that's going down a certain path have to hear how it is in the streets in order to get their mind in the right place. An alternative to lists of cases, the Precedent Map makes it easier to establish which ones may be of most relevance to your research and prioritise further reading. To learn more about this case and others like it, watch Family Massacre,streaming now on Oxygen.com. Ricky Gray at age 4 or 5, left, and Gray at age 9 in uniform for the U.S. At Club Rumors/ Discovery/ GQ21 2831 St. Claude Ave 9th ward, almost every-weekend it was a shooting around Club Rumors, the city tried to have it closed down, but it took over 10 years to succeed. Carlos Marcello, born Calogero Minacore, (February 6, 1910 March 2, 1993), also known as The Godfather and "The Little Man", was a powerful Italian-American mafioso who ruled the New Orleans crime family from 1947 until the late 1980s. Rodrigue described the person involved in the shooting. Police said there is a tunnel directly under this driveway . The robbers stole several items, including a computer and a television, as well as $800 in cash. Johnny Hott, Bryan's friend who was the drummer in House of Freaks, called 9-1-1 after noticing that the Harvey house had been set on fire.[7][8]. The murder of the Harvey family unleashed a flood of horror and grief. Crime News is your destination for true crime stories from around the world, breaking crime news, and information about Oxygen's original true crime shows and documentaries. Could Kathy have run, saving herself and Stella? He got into his unit and drove around trying to locate the source of the shots. . Standing in front of the house that once belonged to Bryan and Kathy Harvey, it's impossible not to stare at the front door. The young men, close in age, had been involved in a handful of small-time robberies in Northern Virginia. He indicated that his description of the occupants of the van matched the composite sketches of the suspects which had been publicized by the news media. Claimant has established her malicious prosecution cause of action. "When we had the Harveys in their basement, Ricky acted very mad and was not making sense," Dandridge said, according to a court affidavit. Detective Steve Buras and Sergeant Gray Thurman processed and investigated the crime scene. There, she painted sets for community theater. [3] His mother, Shirley Kinge, admitted to using a credit card stolen from the Harris home, which led investigators to consider her a potential accomplice. She suffered a lethal wound to her spleen and lung and one potentially lethal wound to her stomach. After being read his rights, Dandridge confessed to the three homicides at the Tucker home. Within minutes, Deputy Wilkie came upon the crime scene on the eastbound up-slope of the Harvey Tunnel. Upon hearing that his nephew had spilled the beans, Gray gave his account of the quadruple Harvey slayings in which Ashley was their getaway driver. With them in Gray's van: Ashley Baskerville, a woman Dandridge had started a relationship with while behind bars. Treva had married Ricky Javon Gray, a 28-year-old ex-convict, approximately six months before her murder, and had lived with her husband in a house owned by her family. Mervyn WILLIAMS. They took the Harveys captive. The other passengers were also injured. More than 1,400 people attended their memorial service. 5th Cir. Harvey, plain and plump, was born in 1989 to Carla , an . LaToya told us that she didn't want anything to do with it, said Beadles, but the other three headed to the Tucker home. Theyd tie up Ashley and demand a ransom. 5 Cir. Subscribers are able to see a list of all the cited cases and legislation of a document. The forged evidence was presented at Spencer's trial, resulting in a conviction and sentence of 50 years to life in prison. I saw evil, Richmond homicide detective Lisa Beadles told Oxygen'sFamily Massacre.". The rapes, Lisak said, could only be described as sexual slavery. She was taken to the hospital where she later died. His family was "riddled with alcoholism and substance abuse, chaos and neglect," said Dr. David Lisak, a professor of psychology who examined Gray. He found the front seat passenger, later identified as Peter Rodrigue, seated upright, dazed and unable to communicate. ", Richmond Police Sergeant Coretta Monts monitors the police line in front of the former home of the slain Harvey family at 31st and Chesterfield streets while Chloe Bell hugs her son, Blue Bell, 8, during a vigil in 2006 in honor of the Harveys.