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Saturday, January 28, 2017

Desmond Keith Carter

Offender: Desmond Keith Carter killed a woman with a knife, to rob her for money to buy drugs.

Meal: Desmond Keith Carter declined a special meal, but instead choose a steak sub, two cheeseburgers, and two cokes from the prison canteen for $4.20. I purchased all of this from Walgreen's.

Cost: $2.99(cheese steak) + $2.00(burgers)  + $2.99(cokes) = $7.98

State: North Carolina

Citation: http://www.greensboro.com/victim-s-relatives-see-killer-executed-desmond-keith-carter-was/article_fc7c4247-ecc1-56a9-b102-4862fa2c3e74.html

Wednesday, January 18, 2017

Terry Jess Dennis

Offender: Terry Jerry Dennis offered a woman a stay at his hotel. After a few days, he got annoyed at her personal questions and strangled her.

Meal: Terry Jerry Dennis choose two cheeseburgers and a coke with ice, which I got at McDonald's.

State: Nevada 

Cost: $2.38(cheeseburgers) + $1.00(drink) = $3.38

Citation: http://www.clarkprosecutor.org/html/death/US/dennis923.htm
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Wednesday, January 4, 2017

Keith Zettlemoyer

Offender: Keith Zettlemoyer killed a man named Charles DeVetsco who was going to testify against him in a robbery trial.

Meal: Keith Zettlemoyer choose two cheeseburgers, fries, chocolate milk, and pudding. I purchased all of the items at McDonald's except the pudding which was from Aldi.

Total Cost: Mcdonalds ($5.74) + Aldi ($.91) = $6.65

Adjusted Cost: $5.74 + $.23 = $5.97
Citations:
http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Man-Put-to-Death-In-Pennsylvania-3034522.php
http://murderpedia.org/male.Z/z1/zettlemoyer-keith.htm

Saturday, December 24, 2016

Mark Dean Schwab

Offender: Mark Dean Schwab stalked a young boy, kidnapped him, and left him dead in a trunk. 

Meal: Mark Dean Schwab choose a breakfast of eggs, bacon, sausage, hash browns, buttered toast, and a quart of chocolate milk. I had all of these at a family diner called oakfield, but only had one egg and a single cup of milk. 

Cost: $4.95(egg and bacon) + $2.25(sausage) + $2.25(hash browns) + $1.60(toast) + $1.95(chocolate milk) =  $13.00

Citation: http://www.clarkprosecutor.org/html/death/US/schwab1109.htm

Monday, December 19, 2016

Joseph Paul Franklin

Offender: Joseph Paul Franklin was a racist serial killer who targeted inter racial couples. He is most famous for the shooting of Hustler editor Larry Flynt, leaving him paralyzed.

Meal: Joseph Paul Franklin, declined a special meal, but accepted the standard meal of roast beef and potatoes. I choose Hormel Compleat Roast Beef and Mashed Potatoes.

Cost: $3.35

State: Missouri 

Citation: https://www.google.com/amp/www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/condemned-serial-killer-on-missouri-death-row-says-he-has/article_bff3dc15-9f96-5858-891a-a46d2ad5bd43.amp.html

Saturday, December 17, 2016

Richard Hickock and Perry Smith

Offenders: Richard "Dick" Hickock and Perry Smith broke into the Clutter home, believing there was a safe full of money.  After finding out no safe existed, they killed the family. To this day, authorities do not know which of the two was responsible. The murders they committed were featured in Truman Capote's novel In Cold Blood and various adaptations.

Meal: Both of the killers choose fried shrimp, fries, garlic bread, strawberries with cream, and ice cream. I bought the shrimp and fries from Steakhouse, the ice cream (Carmel Overload) and whipped cream from Walgreens, and the garlic bread and strawberries from home.


Total Cost: $5.73 (Fries and Shrimp) + $7.08 (Ice Cream and Whipped Cream) + $8.98 (Strawberries and Garlic
 Bread)  = $21.79

Adjusted Cost: $5.73 (Fries and Shrimp) + $3.04 (Ice Cream and Whipped Cream) + $2.24 (Strawberries and 

Garlic Bread) = 11.01 

State: Kansas

Citations:

http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,980768,00.html (Subscription needed)
http://www.findagrave.com/php/famous.php?page=pr&FSctf=174

Saturday, November 26, 2016

Edward Schad

Offender: Edward Harold Schad robbed a man named Lorimer Graves, killed him with a rope, and buried him. He was arrested after being found driving his victims car.

Meal: Edward Schad choose corn on the cob, cranberry sauce, apple pie, a vanilla shake, fries, and a
meatball sub.

Total Cost: $5.00(corn cobs) + $1.50(cranberry sauce) + $2.99(shake) + $1.69(apple pie) + $2.39(fries) + $5.50(Meatball sub) = $19.07

Adjusted Cost: $2.00(corn cobs) + $1.00 cranberry sauce) + $2.99(shake) + $1.69(apple pie) + $2.39(fries) + $5.50(Meatball sub) = $16.57

State: Arizona 

Citations: http://murderpedia.org/male.S/s/schad-edward.htm