Ramon Salcido
Encyclopedia
Ramon Bojorquez Salcido is a convicted mass murder
er and as of 2011 is on death row
in California's
San Quentin State Prison
.
He was convicted of the 1989 murders of seven people, including his wife and two of his daughters, Sofia (age 4) and Teresa (age 1). A third daughter, Carmina, aged 3, lay in a field beside the bodies of her sisters for 36 hours after being slashed across the throat by her father. She was rescued and later adopted by a family in Missouri
. In 2009, Carmina Salcido wrote a book, Not Lost Forever, about her experiences.
Mass murder
Mass murder is the act of murdering a large number of people , typically at the same time or over a relatively short period of time. According to the FBI, mass murder is defined as four or more murders occurring during a particular event with no cooling-off period between the murders...
er and as of 2011 is on death row
Death row
Death row signifies the place, often a section of a prison, that houses individuals awaiting execution. The term is also used figuratively to describe the state of awaiting execution , even in places where no special facility or separate unit for condemned inmates exists.After individuals are found...
in California's
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
San Quentin State Prison
San Quentin State Prison
San Quentin State Prison is a California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation state prison for men in unincorporated San Quentin, Marin County, California, United States. Opened in July 1852, it is the oldest prison in the state. California's only death row for male inmates, the largest...
.
He was convicted of the 1989 murders of seven people, including his wife and two of his daughters, Sofia (age 4) and Teresa (age 1). A third daughter, Carmina, aged 3, lay in a field beside the bodies of her sisters for 36 hours after being slashed across the throat by her father. She was rescued and later adopted by a family in Missouri
Missouri
Missouri is a US state located in the Midwestern United States, bordered by Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska. With a 2010 population of 5,988,927, Missouri is the 18th most populous state in the nation and the fifth most populous in the Midwest. It...
. In 2009, Carmina Salcido wrote a book, Not Lost Forever, about her experiences.
Murder victims
- Angela Salcido, 24, wife of Ramon Salcido
- Sofia Salcido, 4, daughter of Ramon Salcido
- Teresa Salcido, 2, daughter of Ramon Salcido
- Marion Louise Richards, 47, mother of Angela Salcido
- Ruth Richards, 12, daughter of Marion Richards
- Maria Richards, 8, daughter of Marion Richards
- Tracey Toovey, 35, winemaster at Grand Cru winery
See also
- Capital punishment in CaliforniaCapital punishment in CaliforniaCapital punishment is a legal form of punishment in the U.S. state of California. The first recorded execution in the area that is now California took place on April 11, 1878 when four Native Americans were shot in San Diego County for conspiracy to commit murder. These were the first of 709...
- List of mass murderers and spree killers by number of victims: Family slaughters
External links
- Daddy Dearest
- Article on Carmina Salcido
- Killer of 7 gets penalty of death The New York TimesThe New York TimesThe New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...
(November 17, 1990)