Ohio man was sentence to death for killing 3 women and wrapped in bags
June 03, 2016 06:07
A suburban Cleveland man was convicted of killing three women and wrapping their bodies in garbage bags is set to be sentenced to death, as a jury recommended. Michael Madison, 38, was given the death penalty for murdering 18 year old Shirelda Terry, Angela Deskins, 38, and Shetisha Sheele, 28, in Ohio city.
Their bodies were found in the month of July 2013, near the East Cleveland apartment building where Madison lived.
The Cuyahoga County judge sentencing Michael Madison on Thursday must decide whether he should die by lethal injection or get life in prison without parole.
Miss Terry's father, Van Terry, was speaking about the loss of his daughter after Madison was sentenced to death and he suddenly ran and lunged at the murderer.
Madison was seen laughing as Cuyahoga County courtroom deputies wrestled the upset father away.
Madison was classified as a sex offender in 2002, and he was sentenced to four years in prison for attempted rape.
The discovery of the three women's bodies in 2013 drew national attention to the possibility that another serial killer like Anthony Sowell had been killing women in and around Cleveland.
Sowell was convicted in 2011 and sentenced to death for killing 11 women whose bodies were found at his Cleveland home.
Madison’s attorneys argued that he shouldn’t get a death sentence because of psychological damage caused by child abuse.
- Mayuka