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WWW . D A . T U L S A C O U N T Y . O R G V O L U M E 1 , I S S U E 2 P A G E 1 Phillip A. Summers was given two DEATH sentences by a jury in the February 2004 shooting deaths of Ples Vann Jr., 56 and his wife, Shelly Vann, 45 in their Tulsa home. Jesus Talamantes was sen-tenced to LIFE WITHOUT PA-ROLE for the August 2006 mur-der of Daniel Baugh, 17. Baugh was shot three times in a Tulsa apartment complex. F ifteen murderers have been sent to prison from Tulsa County in 2008 as of May 31. Five others were convicted of manslaughter and sent to prison. Juries sentenced one to death and delivered long sentences to eleven others. Four pled guilty or no contest to murder rather than face a jury. A mistrial was declared in one case where a jury could not reach a unanimous verdict, and one defendant was acquitted by a jury. A jury sentenced Vicki Chiles to LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE in the May 2007 death of Joshua Minton, 2. Chiles operated a day-care home where Joshua Minton stayed. Chiles told police she covered Joshua’s mouth with tape because he was fussy and noisy. Kenneth Dominick Johnson was convicted of murdering Kayla Burchett, 10, Tara Burchett-Thompson, 26, and Mitch Thompson, 28 and sentenced to three terms of LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE. The three were shot to death in their Owasso home in August 2005. Johnson also received a 20-year term for first-degree burglary. Shelly & Ples Vann Jr. were shot to death at their Tulsa home in 2004. District Attorney Brings Justice for 15 Murder Victims INSIDE: Murder Cases 2 Victim Compensation 3 Juvenile Justice 5 Robbery Cases 6 What Does The DA Do? 7 Message From DA Tim Harris 8 In Pursuit of Justice V O L U M E 1 , I S S U E 2 J U N E 2 0 0 8 "Justice consists not in being neutral between right and wrong, but in finding out the right and upholding it, wherever found, against the wrong." - Theodore Roosevelt Ten-year-old Kayla Burchett, shows off birthday money with her mother, Tara Burchett-Thompson. Kayla, Tara, and her hus-band Mitch Thompson were shot to death in 2005. A photographic memorial to crime victims is now on the District Attorney website. “Too often our criminal justice system is focused on defendants and the faces of victims are seldom seen,” Dis-trict Attorney Tim Harris said. “The victims were living, breathing people whose loss is real to loved ones and to our community. There are too many faces, too many names. We can’t forget them,” he said. The photos on the website were supplied by survivors of the victims. A button on the left side of the home page links to the slide show. Survivors who want photos of victims published can find a release and instructions to deliver a photo on the website at www.da.tulsacounty.org or phone 918-596-4977. DA Launches Photo Tribute For Victims of Violent Crime Amey Noelle Mason, 19, was stabbed to death in 2005. See MURDERERS Page 2 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
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Full text | WWW . D A . T U L S A C O U N T Y . O R G V O L U M E 1 , I S S U E 2 P A G E 1 Phillip A. Summers was given two DEATH sentences by a jury in the February 2004 shooting deaths of Ples Vann Jr., 56 and his wife, Shelly Vann, 45 in their Tulsa home. Jesus Talamantes was sen-tenced to LIFE WITHOUT PA-ROLE for the August 2006 mur-der of Daniel Baugh, 17. Baugh was shot three times in a Tulsa apartment complex. F ifteen murderers have been sent to prison from Tulsa County in 2008 as of May 31. Five others were convicted of manslaughter and sent to prison. Juries sentenced one to death and delivered long sentences to eleven others. Four pled guilty or no contest to murder rather than face a jury. A mistrial was declared in one case where a jury could not reach a unanimous verdict, and one defendant was acquitted by a jury. A jury sentenced Vicki Chiles to LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE in the May 2007 death of Joshua Minton, 2. Chiles operated a day-care home where Joshua Minton stayed. Chiles told police she covered Joshua’s mouth with tape because he was fussy and noisy. Kenneth Dominick Johnson was convicted of murdering Kayla Burchett, 10, Tara Burchett-Thompson, 26, and Mitch Thompson, 28 and sentenced to three terms of LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE. The three were shot to death in their Owasso home in August 2005. Johnson also received a 20-year term for first-degree burglary. Shelly & Ples Vann Jr. were shot to death at their Tulsa home in 2004. District Attorney Brings Justice for 15 Murder Victims INSIDE: Murder Cases 2 Victim Compensation 3 Juvenile Justice 5 Robbery Cases 6 What Does The DA Do? 7 Message From DA Tim Harris 8 In Pursuit of Justice V O L U M E 1 , I S S U E 2 J U N E 2 0 0 8 "Justice consists not in being neutral between right and wrong, but in finding out the right and upholding it, wherever found, against the wrong." - Theodore Roosevelt Ten-year-old Kayla Burchett, shows off birthday money with her mother, Tara Burchett-Thompson. Kayla, Tara, and her hus-band Mitch Thompson were shot to death in 2005. A photographic memorial to crime victims is now on the District Attorney website. “Too often our criminal justice system is focused on defendants and the faces of victims are seldom seen,” Dis-trict Attorney Tim Harris said. “The victims were living, breathing people whose loss is real to loved ones and to our community. There are too many faces, too many names. We can’t forget them,” he said. The photos on the website were supplied by survivors of the victims. A button on the left side of the home page links to the slide show. Survivors who want photos of victims published can find a release and instructions to deliver a photo on the website at www.da.tulsacounty.org or phone 918-596-4977. DA Launches Photo Tribute For Victims of Violent Crime Amey Noelle Mason, 19, was stabbed to death in 2005. See MURDERERS Page 2 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 |
Date created | 2012-08-24 |
Date modified | 2012-08-24 |