Execution: Danielle Simpson
David Carson
November 2009 in Huntsville, Texas for the abduction, robbery, and
murder of an 84-year-old woman.
In January 2000, Simpson, then 20, and his 16-year-old wife, Jennifer,
were living with Simpson's aunts in Anderson County. Geraldine
Davidson, an elderly widow, lived a few blocks away. Simpson had
burglarized Davidson's home on at least two previous occasions.
On 26 January, Simpson, his wife, and his 13-year-old cousin, Edward
McCoy, decided to burglarize Davidson's home again. They walked to her
house and knocked on the door. Finding no one home, Simpson went into
her garage, got a hammer and pick, and broke a window. Jennifer then
climbed through the window and opened the door. About fifteen minutes
later, as the thrives were gathering jewelry to steal, Davidson
returned home. According to McCoy's testimony, when Davidson entered
the kitchen, Simpson approached her from behind and held a knife to
her neck. He asked her for money, which she retrieved from her purse.
Simpson then directed McCoy and Jennifer to restrain the victim while
he left to get a pillow case and duct tape. When Simpson returned, he
bound her hands and taped her mouth and told Jennifer to tape her
legs. Simpson then put the pillow case over Davidson's head, threw her
over his shoulder, carried her outside, and placed her in the trunk of
her car.
The three assailants then climbed in the victim's car and drove to a
couple of different locations to buy drugs. After purchasing marijuana
in Palestine and making an unsuccessful attempt to buy some crack
cocaine, they drove about ten miles to Grapeland to visit Simpson's
aunt and her daughter, Shay. According to McCoy's testimony, Simpson
opened the trunk and showed the victim to Shay. When Davidson asked
for her medicine, Simpson told her, "Shut up" and slammed the lid
closed. For the rest of the afternoon, the three drove around in the
victim's car, congregating with various friends in Palestine, with
Simpson occasionally opening the trunk to show off the victim.
Jennifer used Davidson's cell phone throughout the day.
Authorities said that eight to ten people at separate locations in
Palestine and Grapeland were shown the captive Davidson prior to her
death. None of them notified the police.
Eventually, the three assailants were joined by Simpson's 15-year-old
brother, Lionel Simpson, who suggested that they kill the victim.
Danielle Simpson drove to a dead-end, and all four got out of the car.
Danielle removed the victim from the trunk and threw her on the
ground. He and Lionel re-taped her arms and legs more tightly, beat
her, and returned her to the trunk. The four then drove to a fast food
restaurant and had hamburgers and french fries. Next, they drove to
the Neches River. Danielle backed the car up to the river and opened
the trunk. Lionel removed Davidson and threw her onto the ground.
According to McCoy's testimony, Danielle then got a running start and
kicked the victim in the face. Lionel then tied one end of a rope
around her legs, while Danielle tied the other end around a cinder
block, then threw the block into the water. Next, Lionel took
Davidson's hands and Danielle took her legs, and they swung the victim
and threw her into the river.
The next day, a passing motorist spotted a body floating in the river
and notified authorities.
Testimony at Simpson's trial showed that Davidson was alive when she
was thrown into the frigid Neches River and allowed to drown to death.
In Simpson's defense, his attorney's presented a letter he wrote to a
cousin, in which he stated that he and his brother remained in the car
while Jennifer and McCoy tied the block to the victim and threw her in
the river. In the letter, Simpson stated he "was just the watch out
person and driver of the car."
In 1998, Simpson was arrested and charged with sexual indecency with a
child. He was given deferred adjudication with 10 years' probation and
was assigned 600 hours of community service. The state also presented
testimony of numerous instances where Simpson had assaulted women,
including punching his wife in the face, fighting with his sister and
smashing her car windows over an argument that he had fondled her
9-year-old daughter, and shooting at a former girlfriend with a
sawed-off shotgun.
A jury found Simpson guilty of capital murder in December 2000 and
sentenced him to death. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed
the conviction and sentence in October 2003.
Lionel Simpson was convicted of capital murder. Jennifer Simpson
pleaded guilty to murder. Both were sentenced to life in prison and
remain in custody as of this writing. Jennifer will be eligible for
parole in 2030.
Edward McCoy was sent to the Texas Youth Commission. He was paroled in
2007 when he turned 21. His parole supervision is currently scheduled
to end in 2013.
After failing to win some of his appeals, including one that contended
he was mentally retarded, Simpson wrote a letter to the U.S. Fifth
Circuit Court of Appeals asking for permission to waive his remaining
appeals. "I'm tired of being in an institution that's unjust,
degrading, and corrupted," Simpson wrote, "whereas on the other hand,
I'm tired of struggling to survive in a system that's highly
injustices [sic]. I'm ready to die!! If I can't be free - Kill Me!!"
In June 2009, a federal judge determined that Simpson was mentally
competent to waive his appeals. The courts then denied efforts from
his lawyer and relatives to intervene and continue his appeals on his
behalf. In a second petition to the court in July, Simpson wrote:
"I'm tired of being imprisoned in a system that's devaluated, and
struggling to survive under the cruel and unusual punishments of an
unjust institution better know [sic] as Texas death row here on the
Polunsky unit in Livingston Texas. I want to drop my appeals because,
I don't have _no_ family support, care, nor communications coming from
my mother or sisters, etc...and providing that all my support comes
from overseas friends, I greatly appreciate the unconditional love and
support they've provided to me over the years. Meanwhile, being locked
up in a isolated solitary cell of confinement 23 and 24 hours per day
isn't justice nor is it considered living - its cruel and unjust,
therefore I'm really looking forward to my execution because its just
me against the world..."
A few weeks before his scheduled execution date, Simpson reversed
himself and allowed lawyers to try to have his execution halted.
Lawyers filed claims that Simpson suffered from a "debilitating mental
illness" and possessed "diminished intellectual functioning", offering
Simpson's reversal on dropping his appeals as proof. The courts
rejected these late appeals, and the Texas Board of Pardons and
Paroles also denied requests for clemency filed by the attorneys.
Simpson's execution was attended by members of his family and his
victim's. In his last statement, he expressed love to his family and
one of his attorneys. He did not acknowledge his victim's family. The
lethal injection was then started. He was pronounced dead at 6:32 p.m.
David Carson
(Sources: Texas Attorney General's office, Texas Department of
Criminal Justice, Associated Press, Palestine Herald, court documents,
public records.)
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J.D. Baldwin
In the previous article, David Carson <da...@neosoft.com> wrote:
> [...] and allowed to drown to death.
?!?
> In Simpson's defense, his attorney's [...]
??!?!??
> presented a letter he wrote to a cousin, in which he stated that he
> and his brother remained in the car while Jennifer and McCoy tied
> the block to the victim and threw her in the river. In the letter,
> Simpson stated he "was just the watch out person and driver of the
> car."
"But of course, for that story to work, you'd have to ignore all the
Simpson DNA evidence. And that would be downright nutty."
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MWB
GO PATRIOTS
Mark
Thriceshy
And that's what happens when you name your boy "Danielle."
Awful stuff. I can't imagine living with the knowledge that someone I
loved had suffered and died that way.
Kris
David Carson
<headsn...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>On Nov 19, 8:46�am, David Carson <d...@neosoft.com> wrote:
>> Danielle Nathaniel Simpson, 30, was executed by lethal injection on 18
>> November 2009 in Huntsville, Texas for the abduction, robbery, and
>> murder of an 84-year-old woman.
>> Eventually, the three assailants were joined by Simpson's 15-year-old
>> brother, Lionel Simpson
>And that's what happens when you name your boy "Danielle."
I spelled his brother's name to match the Department of Public Safety's
records, but in many of the sources I looked at, it was spelled
"Lionelle".
David Carson
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Brad Ferguson
Carson <da...@neosoft.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:11:03 -0800 (PST), Thriceshy
> <headsn...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> >On Nov 19, 8:46�am, David Carson <d...@neosoft.com> wrote:
> >> Danielle Nathaniel Simpson, 30, was executed by lethal injection on 18
> >> November 2009 in Huntsville, Texas for the abduction, robbery, and
> >> murder of an 84-year-old woman.
>
> >> Eventually, the three assailants were joined by Simpson's 15-year-old
> >> brother, Lionel Simpson
>
> >And that's what happens when you name your boy "Danielle."
>
> I spelled his brother's name to match the Department of Public Safety's
> records, but in many of the sources I looked at, it was spelled
> "Lionelle".
*Anything* but Sue.
Bill Schenley
> you'd have to ignore all the Simpson DNA
> evidence. And that would be downright
> nutty."
With Geraldine Davidson out of the picture, Danielle
Simpson was free to wallow in his own crapulence.
apairateef
"David Carson" <da...@neosoft.com> wrote in message
news:qpnag593pun4lsktd...@4ax.com...
That almost made me physically sick when reading what that poor elderly
woman endured! Evil evil evil people. :-(((
S
MWB
I didn't make it past his first name.
GO PATRIOTS
Mark
FERRANTE
wrote:
>Danielle Nathaniel Simpson, 30, was executed by lethal injection on 18
>November 2009 in Huntsville, Texas for the abduction, robbery, and
>murder of an 84-year-old woman.
This is GREAT NEWS! I hope he suffered miserably!
Mark
apairateef
"FERRANTE" <manthony...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:l3seg513du231en4o...@4ax.com...
Unfortunately according to what i've read of death by LI... he wouldn't
have...dammit
S
rwalker
wrote:
He should have been fed, toes first, into a wood chipper.
