Death Threat
"Evidently, christian suicide-minded terrorists of Paul Hill's type, people so intent on doing harm that they are willing to die in order to hurt others, can still be deterred from violence by a plausible threat to the safety of their families. Our goal should be to make such a threat plausible, and to make right-to-lifers everywhere aware that if they harm an abortion provider they will be placing their own children in harm's way. The clearest and most effective way to accomplish this would be to answer each act of any-abortion terror by making an example of the wife and children of a prominent right-to-life terrorist or pro-terrorist. For the collective moral improvement of the right-to-life community, the family members of right-to-life terrorists ought to be granted the opportunity to die in order to discourage copycat terrorists in future. Greater safety for abortion providers and the patients they serve would justify the assassinations of the family members of right-to-life terrorists. Their assassinations would therefor not be murders, but justifiable homicides, provided they were carried out for the purpose of deterring further acts of violence against abortion providers. We are aware that Karen, Justin, Gloria, and Joy Hill moved to Memphis after Paul Hill's conviction. We expect shortly to learn their exact address, and we intend to make this information available to the public. Additionally, we are compiling a list of anti-abortion terrorists and pro-terrorists, together with their family members' names and addresses at home, at work, and at school. We trust our readers to act with forethought, discretion, and appropriate timing.
"Here are the top ten fictional articles which we hope will resemble actual events in the future: [NOTE: The names of prominent pro-lifers were slightly changed by the author of this screed].
"NUMBER TEN: Marjorie Bleed and family die in bombing.
"NUMBER NINE: Children of Michael and Jayne Prey massacred.
"NUMBER EIGHT: He's unwelcome in church so they got him at home: excommunicated priest David C. Tropf doused with CH3CH2HC2COOH
"NUMBER SEVEN: Donald Stump and wife Thea shot in trailer home (8882 Shillelagh Road, Chesapeake, VA)
"NUMBER SIX: "We have your parents. Surrender to the law or we will execute them," kidnappers tell bombing suspect Eric Robert Rednose
"NUMBER FIVE: Killing at Obsolete Dominion — Clark Ryan Mutton gunned down with wife (Patricia) and son (Junior)
"NUMBER FOUR: Shelley Shannon dies in prison
"NUMBER THREE: Karen Kill forced at gunpoint to eat the flesh of her children (Blister, Globula, and Boil)
"NUMBER TWO: Jon Salvi smothers self in cell using shoelaces, cotten [sic], and a plastic bag (oooops! Not fictional)
" ... and the NUMBER ONE fictional article we hope will resemble an actual event in the future: Michael Hippogriff escapes, kills former mentor John Turd."
Reference: Message entitled "Fight Fire with Fire," forwarded to Rev. Donald Spitz of Pro-Life Virginia by Deja News by [email protected] on May 30, 1998, from the talk.abortion newsgroup.
Alexandria
Botched Abortion and Gross Negligence
Abortionist Anthony A. Dunkwu received only a public reprimand, the mildest type of sanction, after grossly botching an abortion.
In March 2000, Dunkwu estimated that one of his patients was about 10 weeks pregnant. He did not order a sonogram, and began the abortion. Dunkwu thought that he might have perforated the woman's uterus, and stopped the procedure. A member of his staff took the patient to Inova Alexandria Hospital so that he could complete the abortion under general anesthesia. He examined her again, and estimated her pregnancy at 12 to 13 weeks. He felt a separate mass, which he identified as a fibroid. But the "mass" he had mistaken for a tumor was actually the woman's uterus! He cut open the uterus and removed a lifeless male fetus weighing about 2.7 pounds. Dunkwu estimated that it was 20 to 22 weeks old. In fact, it was 30 weeks old and probably viable.
Alexandria Hospital placed Dunkwu's clinical privileges on probation for 29 days, one day short of the punishment that has to be reported to the National Practitioner Data Bank.
An informal board committee found Dunkwu to have been "grossly careless," according to the board order, and reprimanded him.
Reference: Liz Szabo. "Patients in Peril: How Virginia's Medical System Lets Questionable Doctors Continue to Practice." Landmark News Service, February 2, 2003.
Gross Negligence
Vivian L. Williams filed suit against Harmer Vander Woude and the Alexandria Women's Clinic abortion mill, stating that the clinic had failed for two years to notify her of an abnormal pap test, allowing her cervical cancer to progress beyond a treatable stage before it was diagnosed. Lawyers for the abortuary claimed that Williams should have contacted the clinic after a routine examination the year after the first pap test and again in April of 1984, when she sought treatment for abnormal bleeding and was finally told she had cancer. William's attorney stated that the cancer had spread into her spine. A court ruled in her favor in September of 1986, and she died about six months later.
Reference: Washington Post, September 23, 1986 and April 5, 1987.
Charlottesville
Capital Murder
Tammy Lynn Baker, 24, was eight months pregnant with the baby of her boyfriend, pro-abortionist Coleman L. "Mike" Johnson Jr., 29. The only problem was that he did not want the baby to be born.
So in 1997, he planted a pipe bomb on the sidewalk outside Tammy Lynn's apartment. She picked it up, it exploded, and both she and her near-term preborn baby were killed instantly.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Anthony Giorno said in his opening statement at the sentencing hearing "The primary motivating factor in this case is the basest and most vile human motivator of greed," because Johnson did not want to pay child support.
Defense attorney Gerald Zerkin tried to excuse Johnson with the usual flimsy rationalizations, blaming his actions on anyone but the perpetrator himself. Zerkin urged the jury to consider that Johnson came from a dysfunctional family. "As terrible as it is to say and as difficult as it will be for some people to hear, Mike had the misfortune of being raised by his mother," he said. Johnson's sister and aunt testified that his mother had a string of relationships with men and that Johnson lacked a father figure throughout his life.
But the victim's brother, Walter H. Baker IV of Louisa, testified that he and his sister also were raised without a father. He was killed in a 1976 accident at the North Anna nuclear power plant. Baker said his sister was very excited about having a child, especially since she thought she was not able to get pregnant. "I lost my little sister. I also lost my best friend. She was my confidant," he said.
On May 23, 2001, Johnson was convicted of capital murder in the case.
Reference: "Death Penalty Sought in Bombing Conviction." The Virginian-Pilot, May 24, 2001.
Dale City
Murder (3 counts), Killing a Fetus (3 counts), Abduction (3 counts), Assault and Grand Larceny
On January 27, 2005, Carlos Diangilo Williams went to the home of his pregnant 17-year-old pregnant girlfriend Cheri Washington and demanded that she have an abortion because he did not want the baby. She refused. So he asked a cousin, 19-year-old Stephen James Covington Jr., to bring him a baseball bat. He then restrained Cheri, duct-taped her so she could not move, then savagely punched her, kicked her, and beat her with the bat, deliberately targeting her abdomen. When she was near death, Williams asked another cousin, 17-year-old Erik Ernugh Spencer, to help him clean up. Then Williams ejected her from the home, telling her not to let anyone know what had happened.
A neighbor found her as she staggered down the street, and she was transported to Potomac Hospital, where she revived long enough to tell police that Washington had held her against her will in his house and beaten her with a baseball bat.
Cheri, who was five months pregnant, died the next day of her injuries. Williams had beaten her so badly that she suffered multiple contusions and lacerations, brain and chest internal hemorrhages, a ruptured liver and a split placenta.
Williams was arrested shortly after the murder, and Covington and Spencer turned themselves in a few days later after warrants were issued for their arrest. Covington Jr. was indicted on charges of murder, killing a fetus and abduction. Spencer was charged on a juvenile petition as an accessory after the fact on charges of murder, killing a fetus and abduction.
Prince William Commonwealth's Attorney Paul B. Ebert said that he was disappointed that he could not seek the death penalty for Williams, because there was no evidence to show that he had purposely killed Cheri — he was intending to kill their preborn baby. Ebert said "His intention was only to kill the fetus. Otherwise, it would have been capital. It is a horrendous crime ... If there was ever a capital case, I wish this was it."
Prince William Police Chief Charlie T. Dean said that Williams "did not want her to have a baby, and he was going to kill the unborn child."
Natasha Washington, 23, the victim's sister, said the family is upset that prosecutors cannot seek the death penalty. "He took two lives, but whether it's in prison or not, he gets to wake up every morning. I don't think he deserves to get to live."
On December 20, 2005, a Prince William County judge found Williams guilty of unintentional murder, feticide and abduction.
Ironically, DNA tests showed that Williams was not the father of Cheri's preborn child.
On January 26, 2006, as part of a plea agreement, Stephen Covington was sentenced to three years in prison.
References: Ian Shapira. "Three in Va. Indicted Under 'Feticide' Law." The Washington Post, February 8, 2005, page B05; Rob Seal. "Trial Set for Man Accused in Beating." Potomac News, October 4, 2005; Rob Seal. "Judge to Decide Williams' Fate." Potomac News Online, December 20, 2005; "Man Convicted of Murder, Feticide." WJLA Television 7 News [ABC, District of Columbia], December 21, 2005; "Man Who Witnessed Beating Death Gets Three Years." WJLA Television 7 News [ABC, District of Columbia], January 27, 2006..
Danville
First-Degree Murder
Tabitha Bonaparte was ten weeks pregnant, but that certainly didn't stop her twin brother, Larry Ray Nielson, from stabbing her repeatedly in the chest and murdering her inside her Oaktree Mobile Home Park home. When her mother, Marlene Starkey, reached her side less than a minute later, Tabitha tried to speak with her but could not draw enough breath to do so. Then she died. Marlene Starkey said "Seeing her laying there trying to talk to me, she couldn't say nothing. She was trying to say something to me. She got that pale color. Then I saw her eyes roll back. She seemed like she was trying to say 'Baby.' It was only about a minute or something and she was gone. I felt for a pulse, but I knew she was gone. I thought she had two [stab wounds]. They had to lift up her shirt, and she had knife marks all over her. He tore her to pieces. He just kept stabbing her. She didn't have a chance. ... They argued, but I never thought anything like this. ... He wasn't acting normal. It just wasn't him. ... He didn't act like he normally does. He had a wild look, [a] crazy look." Starkey also said that, each time Nielson plunged the 18-inch long carving knife into his twin sister's chest, he cursed her.
Police charged Nielson with first-degree murder in the brutal slaying. On July 7, 2005, a judge found him guilty of first-degree murder.
References: John Hale. "Mother, Fetus Killed in Grisly Homicide." Danville Register Bee, March 22, 2005; "Jury Convicts Man in Murder of Twin Sister." WBDJ Television 7 News [Roanoke, Virginia], July 8, 2005.
Norfolk
First-Degree Murder [Chesapeake]
According to sworn affidavits and police and witness statements, the following events occurred in Chesapeake, Virginia.
On July 5, 2000, Martin O'Connell murdered his wife Melissa, who was only two weeks away from giving birth.
Homicide Detective Tom Downing of the Chesapeake Police Department said "It was a baby girl."
A co-worker found Melissa's body at her home the next day at her home after she didn't come to work. She was face-down in a bathtub with signs of trauma on her body.
Martin O'Connell later told investigators that he fought the previous day with Melissa. He told them that "things got physical" during a "violent domestic" incident and that he spent the night at a hotel.
The investigators noticed he had abrasions on his left hand and both arms, and there appeared to be a bite mark on his left middle finger.
O'Connell was the investigators' prime suspect from the beginning, He left Virginia shortly after the homicide and moved to Boynton Beach, Florida, where his mother lives.
O'Connell was arrested in Clearwater, Florida, on September 28, 2001 and was charged with first-degree murder.
Reference: Chris Tisch. "City Man Arrested in Wife's Killing." St. Petersburg Times, September 29, 2001.
Assault and Battery and Destruction of Property [Chesapeake]
Abortionist Olubenga Oredein attacked a pro-life picketer and destroyed his video camera on September 11, 1993.
References: "Doctor Charged After Scuffle." Washington Times, September 12, 1993, page A13; "Abortionist Faces Charges in Assault of Pro-Lifers." Life Advocate, October 1993, page 27; "Abortion Clinic Doctor Charged with Assault." Chesapeake Daily Press, September 12, 1993, page B5.
Forced Abortion, Illegal Abortions and Fraud
Abortionist Chris Simopoulos was arrested on July 25, 1984, for attempting an abortion on an undercover policewoman who was not pregnant. His medical license was suspended, and the Virginia Board of Medicine said that he "posed an imminent danger to the public safety and welfare." In 1979 he had injected a 5½-month pregnant high school girl with a saline solution and she delivered her dead preborn baby in a hotel room two days later. His conviction was upheld by the United States Supreme Court.
An insurance company won a judgment against the abortionist for giving false answers on his insurance application. The insurance company claimed that Simopoulos "gave false answers to several questions in his application for coverage, including criminal background and medical license information." Simopoulos had been convicted of performing second-trimester abortion outside a hospital, and had had his medical license revoked in 1980. He answered "negative" to questions relative to any restrictions on his license and convictions for any crimes.
One National Organization for Women (NOW) spokesperson described his abortion mill: "It was dark and dirty. There were blood stains on the bathroom wall and they had been there for several days."
Another suit against him claimed battery and sterility in committing an abortion performed on the woman against her will.
His license was suspended and his insurance voided on the charges of performing abortions on non-pregnant women. He finally fled to Greece to escape extradition, leaving behind a condominium and a $400,000 house.
References: New York Times, July 28, 1984; Associated Press, July 28, 1984 and June 10, 1988; Elizabeth Moore. "Clinic's Doctors Run Up Against Law." National Right to Life News, February 1980, page 20 (on the incredible misadventures of abortionists Harvey Jacobs and Chris Simopoulos). Elizabeth Moore. "Physician Convicted of Illegal Abortion." National Right to Life News, April 1980, page 24. "Convicted Abortionist Back in Business." National Right to Life News, September 15, 1980, page 3. Debra Braun. "Simopoulos Arrested in Scheme to Abort Non-Pregnant Women." National Right to Life News, August 16, 1984, pages 1 and 14; Global Report. "Convicted Once, Abortionist Expands." ALL About Issues, May 1984, page 33.
Richmond
First-Degree Murder, Attempted Murder, Abduction, Malicious Wounding, Illegal Possession of a Firearm and Assault (4 incidents)
Deborah Denise Randall was eight months pregnant by her boyfriend Richard Johnson and was happily awaiting the birth of her child. The only problem was a major one — Johnson was 18 years older than her and did not want his baby.
On June 9, 1990, he beat her up, striking her in the face, neck and back with his fists. On October 28, when she was four months pregnant, he dragged her across the yard and sidewalk, hit her in the temple, and kicked her in the side. And on November 2, he beat her up again, and pulled her legs from under her, causing her to fall onto the floor on her stomach. Johnson then squeezed her hard, knowing that she was pregnant. The next day, Johnson was arrested on assault charges. He waived his right to an attorney and received three 60-day jail sentences on November 19, 1991. He was ordered to pay $132 in court costs. General District Court Judge Jose R. Davila Jr. suspended the jail time and Johnson returned to the streets.
Early in the morning of January 24, 1991, Deborah and a companion, George Sylvester Jackson, had just driven up to her home. Johnson approached the vehicle before the couple could exit and had a few words with Deborah. As she attempted to enter her home, Johnson aimed a 32-caliber pistol at her and fired bullets into her head, neck and chest. He then returned to the vehicle, ordered Jackson out of the car, and made him walk a short distance to Johnson's pickup truck. When his weapon misfired, Johnson pistol-whipped Jackson. Johnson was arrested a few minutes later as he was driving away from the murder scene in his truck.
Doctors at the Medical College of Virginia Hospital kept Deborah on life-support machines long enough to save Donnie. He was born less than two hours after the shooting. His mother, who never regained consciousness, died 12 hours later.
Johnson's lawyers argued that Jackson could have killed Deborah, but the jury was not persuaded. They convicted Johnson, and he was sentenced to life for first-degree murder, six years for attempted homicide, eight years for abduction of Jackson, 12 years for malicious wounding, two four-year sentences for possession of a firearm and two years for use of a firearm.
Reference: Hazel Trice Edney. "Tragedy Robs Youth of Life with Mother." Sacramento Observer, July 21, 2003.
Forced Abortion
Shontrese Otrey won a $25,000 settlement from Emergency Shelters, Inc., of Richmond, Va., after she was pressured by staff members to get an abortion. Otrey said she was told that the shelter did not provide services for pregnant homeless women. A staff member drove her to the bank to withdraw money for the abortion, then took her to the abortion clinic.
References: Richmond Times Dispatch, October 29, 1999; Post-Abortion Review, January-March 2000.
Malpractice and Felony Practicing Medicine Without a License (4 incidents)
On February 8, 2002, abortionist Rodger A. Fraser had his medical license suspended by the Virginia Board of Medicine for botching an abortion on November 20, 2001 at the Commonwealth Women's Clinic abortion mill in Falls Church.
But the lure of money was just too strong.
Ignoring his suspension, the abortionist committed 22 abortions the very next day, pocketing $1,440 at the Capital Women's Health Clinic abortion mill in Western Henrico County, Virginia, in just three hours of work. Just four days later, he applied for a job in a Jackson, Mississippi abortion mill.
On April 23, 2002, Henrico General District Judge Burnett Miller III certified to a county grand jury four felony counts of practicing medicine without a license against Fraser. On June 12, 2002, Henrico County Circuit Judge L.A. Harris Jr. convicted Fraser on four felony counts of practicing medicine without a license. Each count carries a maximum sentence of five years in prison.
On August 27, 2002, Henrico Circuit Judge L.A. Harris Jr. sentenced Fraser to four months in prison. Fraser will now never be able to legally practice medicine in the United States, and was working as a motel night clerk before his incarceration.
References: "Abortion Practitioner Charged for Unlicensed Abortions." Richmond Times-Dispatch, April 18, 2002; Steve Ertelt's Pro-Life Infonet at http://www.prolifeinfo.org, April 22, 2002; "Henrico Charges Abortion Doctor." Richmond Times-Dispatch, April 24, 2002; "Abortion Practitioner Convicted of Doing Unlicensed Abortions." Associated Press, June 13, 2002; Mark Bowes. "Owner of Abortion Clinic Wasn't Told of Suspension." Richmond Times-Dispatch, June 13, 2002, pages A1 and A8; Alan Cooper. "Abortion Doctor Convicted: Practiced After License Suspended." Richmond Times-Dispatch, June 13, 2002, page A8; Steven Ertelt's Pro-Life Infonet, June 14, 2002; "Felony Convictions For Abortion Doc." TimesDispatch.com, June 19, 2002; "Abortion Practitioner Sentenced for Unlicensed Abortions." Richmond Times-Dispatch, August 28, 2002; Steve Ertelt's Pro-Life Infonet, August 29, 2002; Alan Cooper. "Physician Sentenced to Four Months." Times-Dispatch, August 30, 2002.
Violation of Civil Rights
Summary from Joe Christian: "On Tuesday, March 11th 2003, I had my hearing before a judge in reference to the accusation that, on February 1st 2003, I had trespassed while exposing the reality of abortion to participants of a Democratic fund raising dinner at the Richmond [Virginia] Convention center.
"I was scheduled to have my hearing with Judge D.E. Cheek but do to a back up in cases I was sent before Judge Robertson. In this case Scott Cardani, who did an excellent job, defended me. Both sides where called before the Judge and the case began by officer Bryan Hixson defending why he arrested me.
"He began by saying he was called to the scene by the security of the Richmond Convention Center and when he arrived he saw 15-20 people protesting in front of the Convention Center. In an effort to smear my reputation officer Hixson said that when he pulled up he heard someone, whom he could not identify, screaming to the participants of the fund raising dinner, "You're going to Hell."
"However, to my knowledge no one ever screamed these words. He then went on to say how he approached me and told me five to six times to move out from under the overhang because it was private property. He then said that since I refused to leave he arrested me.
"The whole time he defended the assertion that the sidewalk under the overhang was private and that is why I was arrested for trespassing. Then Scott Cardani showed the court the property deed for the Richmond Convention Center, which clearly showed that not only the sidewalk was public but that the building was public because it was a political sub-division of the City of Richmond. Once presented with this information both sides rested their cases and Scott moved to strike the charges against me.
"The charges were dropped and the Judge reprimanded both officer Hixson and the representatives from the Richmond Convention Center. He told them that "they were in a big mess" and that "more c—p like this was going to happen" if they did not change the Richmond Center from being a political sub-division of the city of Richmond. After this both Scott and I thanked the Judge and the case was over."
Strasburg
Capital Murder (2 counts) and Assault with a Deadly Weapon (ADW)
16-year-old Brenda Paz was four months pregnant and was being sheltered by the Federal Witness Protection Program for her cooperation in investigating members of the notorious Salva Maratrucha (MS-13) street gang. She decided to leave the Program, believing she was safe. But, in July 2003, two MS-13 gang members, Oscar Grande and Ismael Cisneros, who both knew Brenda was pregnant, stabbed her 13 times, slit her throat, and dumped her body along the shores of the Shenandoah River in Virginia.
In the twisted 'logic' of gang members, Rivera and others had urged Brenda to have an abortion so that they would not have the guilt of killing a preborn child.
In May 2005, a jury found Grande and Cisneros each guilty of capital murder. On September 9, 2005, U.S. District Judge Gerald Bruce Lee sentenced them to life in prison.
Cisneros had been deported in 1999 after he stabbed a 15-year-old boy at a Fairfax, Virginia mall.
References: Matthew Barakat. "Two Convicted, Two Acquited in Gang Slaying of Witness." Burlington County Times, May 17, 2005; WJLA Television 7 News [ABC, Washington, D.C.]. "Gang Members Get Life in Prison for Killing Pregnant Teen." September 10, 2005; "The Fight Against MS-13." 60 Minutes [CBS News], December 4, 2005.
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