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INSIDE: Brixey Plea 2 Trial Results 3 Women in Prison 4-5 Major Case Convictions 6 Justice for Victims 7 Message From DA Tim Harris 8 W I N T E R 2 0 1 0 JUSTICE The hope of all who suffer. The dread of all who wrong. - John Greenleaf Whittier T I M H A R R I S T U L S A C O U N T Y D I S T R I C T A T T O R N E Y Killer Asks For Death Penalty In Murder Of Two Tulsa Children, Judge Gives Him Life Without Parole JOSHUA MULLER fired an assault rifle into a parked car, killing LEAH HARRIS, 12, and DERRIKO ROSS, 16, in July 2007. SHERIDAN RAND, 12, also was shot and critically inured and her sister, 16, narrowly escaped injury. Muller led police on a three-day manhunt before he was captured near Lawton. The assault was sparked because Muller believed the girls had taken his wife’s wallet. In September 2009, Muller pleaded guilty and asked for a death sen-tence. He wrote District Judge Clancy Smith, “I shot through with the intent to kill everyone...I sure wish they all died so my body count could have been higher. . . If I don’t receive the death penalty you will force me to kill again... How many is it going to take?” Muller told her, “From the begin-ning, I’ve wanted to get it over fast. I’m just going to kill somebody else, to let you know. I’ll send you a letter when I do.” Since the murders, Muller has twice been charged and convicted of assaulting detention officers. Leah Harris, 12 and Derriko Ross, 16 Shot to Death REBECCA CASTALDI, 24, was engaged to marry RANDALL WAGERS when she went missing in April 2009. Her parents spent seven frantic days searching for her, but said Wagers seemed uncon-cerned she was missing. He told them she left with a friend, gave them the keys to his house to search for clues to her disappearance, and even went to their home at their request to access cell phone records on the computer to aid in their search. When they went to the home Rebecca and Wa-gers shared, Gayla and Mike Castaldi knew some-thing was terribly wrong. The couch was missing, as well as a 55-gallon barrel that had been placed near the driveway as a trash can. When Wagers finally confessed to Tulsa Police Detective Vic Regalado, her parents learned the truth: He had met with them after he had shot their daughter in the head, stuffed her in the bar-rel, dumped it , threw her cell phone on the high-way, cut bloodstained fabric from the couch, put the couch in a dumpster, welded a box around the murder weapon and dumped it in a pond. Wagers claimed he was drunk and had “blackout vision” when he shot her in the head. He admit-ted that he left her in the barrel in his house the next night while he went to a bar with friends. At a March trial, a Tulsa County jury convicted Wagers of FIRST-DEGREE MURDER and sentenced him to LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE. First Assistant District Attorney Doug Drummond prosecuted the case. Rebecca Castaldi Shot to Death Muller told his public defenders not to present evidence at a De-cember sentencing, but they ar-gued for leniency, saying one psychologist called him a schizo-phrenic substance abuser and claiming his childhood was riddled with abuse and poverty. First Assistant District Attorney Doug Drummond argued for the death penalty for “someone who goes out and murders two chil-dren... He himself, and I think this speaks volumes, believes he de-serves the ultimate punishment. The case speaks for itself,” Drum-mond said. Calling the death penalty for Mul-ler akin to a “state-ordered sui-cide,” Judge Smith sentenced him to LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE. In Pursuit of Justice V O L U M E 3 , I S S U E 1 Jury Convicts Tulsan Who Shot Girlfriend, Stuffed Her In Barrel, Dumped Body Near Nowata
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Full text | INSIDE: Brixey Plea 2 Trial Results 3 Women in Prison 4-5 Major Case Convictions 6 Justice for Victims 7 Message From DA Tim Harris 8 W I N T E R 2 0 1 0 JUSTICE The hope of all who suffer. The dread of all who wrong. - John Greenleaf Whittier T I M H A R R I S T U L S A C O U N T Y D I S T R I C T A T T O R N E Y Killer Asks For Death Penalty In Murder Of Two Tulsa Children, Judge Gives Him Life Without Parole JOSHUA MULLER fired an assault rifle into a parked car, killing LEAH HARRIS, 12, and DERRIKO ROSS, 16, in July 2007. SHERIDAN RAND, 12, also was shot and critically inured and her sister, 16, narrowly escaped injury. Muller led police on a three-day manhunt before he was captured near Lawton. The assault was sparked because Muller believed the girls had taken his wife’s wallet. In September 2009, Muller pleaded guilty and asked for a death sen-tence. He wrote District Judge Clancy Smith, “I shot through with the intent to kill everyone...I sure wish they all died so my body count could have been higher. . . If I don’t receive the death penalty you will force me to kill again... How many is it going to take?” Muller told her, “From the begin-ning, I’ve wanted to get it over fast. I’m just going to kill somebody else, to let you know. I’ll send you a letter when I do.” Since the murders, Muller has twice been charged and convicted of assaulting detention officers. Leah Harris, 12 and Derriko Ross, 16 Shot to Death REBECCA CASTALDI, 24, was engaged to marry RANDALL WAGERS when she went missing in April 2009. Her parents spent seven frantic days searching for her, but said Wagers seemed uncon-cerned she was missing. He told them she left with a friend, gave them the keys to his house to search for clues to her disappearance, and even went to their home at their request to access cell phone records on the computer to aid in their search. When they went to the home Rebecca and Wa-gers shared, Gayla and Mike Castaldi knew some-thing was terribly wrong. The couch was missing, as well as a 55-gallon barrel that had been placed near the driveway as a trash can. When Wagers finally confessed to Tulsa Police Detective Vic Regalado, her parents learned the truth: He had met with them after he had shot their daughter in the head, stuffed her in the bar-rel, dumped it , threw her cell phone on the high-way, cut bloodstained fabric from the couch, put the couch in a dumpster, welded a box around the murder weapon and dumped it in a pond. Wagers claimed he was drunk and had “blackout vision” when he shot her in the head. He admit-ted that he left her in the barrel in his house the next night while he went to a bar with friends. At a March trial, a Tulsa County jury convicted Wagers of FIRST-DEGREE MURDER and sentenced him to LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE. First Assistant District Attorney Doug Drummond prosecuted the case. Rebecca Castaldi Shot to Death Muller told his public defenders not to present evidence at a De-cember sentencing, but they ar-gued for leniency, saying one psychologist called him a schizo-phrenic substance abuser and claiming his childhood was riddled with abuse and poverty. First Assistant District Attorney Doug Drummond argued for the death penalty for “someone who goes out and murders two chil-dren... He himself, and I think this speaks volumes, believes he de-serves the ultimate punishment. The case speaks for itself,” Drum-mond said. Calling the death penalty for Mul-ler akin to a “state-ordered sui-cide,” Judge Smith sentenced him to LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE. In Pursuit of Justice V O L U M E 3 , I S S U E 1 Jury Convicts Tulsan Who Shot Girlfriend, Stuffed Her In Barrel, Dumped Body Near Nowata |
Date created | 2012-08-24 |
Date modified | 2012-08-24 |