Wayne Adam Ford

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Wayne Adam Ford
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Born (1961-12-03) December 3, 1961 (age 59)
Petaluma, California, U.S.
Conviction(s)Murder
Criminal penaltyDeath Penalty (de jure)
Details
Victims4+
Span of crimes
October, 1997–November 3, 1998
CountryUnited States
State(s)California
Date apprehended
November 3, 1998

Wayne Adam Ford (born December 3, 1961) is an American serial killer. Ford, a former long-haul truck driver, murdered three prostitutes and a hitchhiker from 1997 to 1998. He strangled them during sex, then cut off their body parts. He turned himself in with the breast of a woman in a bag in his coat pocket.


Background[]

Ford was born in Petaluma, California, the second son of an American father and a German immigrant mother. His parents divorced when he was 10. He dropped out of high school and enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps, where he served for 6 years before being honorably discharged in 1985. Beginning in 1983, he had escalating problems at work and psychological declines, necessitating several hospitalizations.[1]

He had two brief marriages, both of which ended in divorce. He had a series of scrapes with the law, including allegations of beating and robbing a prostitute, and animal cruelty for which he served a brief jail sentence. He was working as a long-haul truck driver at the time of his arrest.[1]

Arrest and trial[]

Ford turned himself in; He walked into the Humboldt County Sheriff Department in Eureka, California in November 1998 with a woman's severed breast in his pocket.[1] He confessed to having killed four women in 1997 and 1998, and is thought to have killed others.[1]

He was found guilty of four counts of first-degree murder on June 27, 2006,[2] and was sentenced to death in August 2006.[3] Currently, he resides on death row at San Quentin State Prison in California.

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d Bell, Rachael. "Wayne Adam Ford: The Remorseful Serial Killer". TruTV Crime Library. Retrieved 15 April 2012.
  2. ^ Cruz, Mike (28 June 2006). "Ford guilty on all counts". The Sun.
  3. ^ Cruz, Mike (10 August 2006). "Jury: Death for Ford". Inland Valley Daily Bulletin.

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Further reading[]

  • Rother, Caitlin (2009). Body Parts. Pinnacle True Crime. ISBN 978-0-7860-1954-0.
  • (2001). Shadows of Evil. New York: St, Marten's Paperbacks. ISBN 0-312-97887-1.


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