![]() ![]() The teen came back after sleeping out the previous night to find his home in Michigan oddly silent. The rest of the world can kiss my a**." Family slaughterġ6-year-old Devon Griffin escaped being murdered with the rest of his family as he was away from his home in 2010. His last words, according to All That is Interesting, were: "I'd like to thank my family for loving me and taking care of me. He was executed in 1992 by lethal injection. He was sentenced to death after being convicted for the murder. Police eventually arrested local man Johnny Frank Garrett. The horrible murder was discovered by other nuns after they found a window broken. She was sexually assaulted, strangled and stabbed to death, post-mortem reports revealed. Sister Tadea Benz' body was found on Halloween,1981 inside a convent in Texas. Both the killers passed away of natural causes in prison, Mercury News reported. Police were able to catch the two men after Norris bragged of the murders to a friend who reported them. The gruesome killers recorded all their murders on audiotapes and photographs. They raped the teen and tortured her with the contents of an average toolbox. The duo offered her a ride while she was hitchhiking back from a party in Los Angeles. Their murder spree began in June but their last murder was that of 16-year-old Shirley Ledford on Halloween. Lawrence Bittaker and Roy Norris, also known as the "Toolbox Killers", were arrested for the murder of five women in 1979. According to Vice, the man who was dubbed "Candy Man" was sentenced to death by lethal injection. It was later discovered that the candy had been tainted with cyanide by the child's father, Ronald O'Bryan, who wanted to claim a hefty life insurance. Two hours after having a "Pixy Stix", the child was dead. Candy ManĮight-year-old Deer Park, Texas resident Timothy O'Bryan was elated when his father allowed him to have one candy before bedtime after Trick-or-Treating on Halloween in 1974. Here are five horrible murders that marred the day with real bloodshed. However, for some people, Halloween will be more than just a carefree festival. It was all a sham, all a lie.Halloween may seem like a fun holiday with a mix of candy and horror decorations. "He was hiding behind religion and giving this image that he was a pillar of the community. ![]() "He was a wolf in sheep's clothing," Lanier said in 2003. Even in his last statement before his execution, O'Bryan said he was innocent. The evidence was enough for the jury to find him guilty in less than an hour.īill Lanier, a former Pasadena police officer who investigated O'Bryan, told the Chronicle in 2003 that O'Bryan never confessed to his son's murder. Police found a pocket knife with candy residue at O'Bryan's home. READ MORE: Disney star cast as Jeffrey Dahmer has 'uncanny' resemblance to serial killerĬlues that O'Bryan poisoned his son came together when a chemical salesman, also a TSO customer, testified that O'Bryan asked him about poisons and where to buy them. The $40,000 payout would have alleviated O'Bryan's money problems. His bosses at TSO eyeglass store in Sharpstown wanted to fire him for theft. Investigators also found O'Bryan's car was about to be repossessed and he was defaulting on several bank loans. Investigators found out O'Bryan had a clause in the policy that would get him $40,000 if Timothy died. Two days after his son was buried, an insurance agent discovered O'Bryan had put a $20,000 insurance policy on Timothy 30 days before Halloween. The boy had died by the time he arrived at a nearby hospital. Timothy complained about the taste, vomiting after he ate it. READ MORE: Condemned Texas inmate gets hearing before high courtĭuring the trial, it was discovered that O'Bryan pushed his son into eating the candy before he went to bed Halloween night. "He's the man that ruined Halloween for the whole world," Mike Hinton, the prosecutor who secured a guilty verdict and sent O'Bryan to death row, told the Chronicle in 2003. The elder O'Bryan was accused of giving his son the poison candy as part of a scheme to collect a $20,000 insurance policy. O'Bryan's wife Daynene testified for the prosecution and he was sentenced to death. On March 31, 1984, O'Bryan was killed by lethal injection. READ MORE: Accused serial killer William Reece indicted in deaths of Cain, Smitherįour of Timothy's other friends were given poisoned candy but none of them ingested it. ![]()
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