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Man Wanted For Texas Body In A Barrel Found Hanged In Escambia County
November 1, 2010
The convicted killer that federal authorities believed was in Escambia County was found hanged in a Pensacola motel room.
The Harris County (Texas) Sheriff’s Office says Dennis Ray Anderson, 64, was found dead in the motel room on Friday. He was wanted for obstruction of an investigation by tampering with evidence of a human corpse and was a suspect in a woman’s murder in Texas.
The U.S. Marshals Florida Regional Fugitive Task Force and Texas authorities believed Anderson fled the Lake Charles, Louisiana area October 24 on a Greyhound bus and was headed to Pensacola due to arrive around 5:30 a.m. last Tuesday morning. Police and Marshals in Houston began their search for Anderson after a Crime Stoppers tip led authorities to find a woman’s body in a barrel at his Houston-area home last Thursday.
Anderson had been sentenced to life in prison for the 1972 slayings of a woman and her 3-year-old granddaughter during an antique shop robbery. In 1973, he was also convicted in Hardin County, Texas of arson, for which he was sentenced to 20 years in prison and a theft, for which he was sentenced to 10 years in prison. Anderson was paroled in 1989 and ordered to remain on parole supervision for life. In February of 2010 Anderson was charged in Harris County with robbery causing bodily injury after he was accused of choking a woman and threatening to kill her.
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17 Responses to “Man Wanted For Texas Body In A Barrel Found Hanged In Escambia County”
REGARDING:
“if you’re found GUILTY then i think you should only be kept alive for 2 weeks in order to get yourself right with your family and maybe the victim’s family,, Then after that you’re HISTORY”
It’s tempting but would require a change of the United States Constitution as well as state constitutions. They guarantee you the right to appeal a conviction and it takes some time to write up an appeal, some time to review the apeal, some time to rule on the appeal.
Add the fact that some convictions are subsequently found to be false and you feel bad about the ones you executed for crimes they did not commit.
Now, if you could avoid false convictions in the first place…..
I’m FIRM BELEIVER in an eye for a eye,, We the people are already having a rough time with the times we live in,,,, WHY should the working people pay to keep this kinda TRASH alive,, if your found GUILTY then i think tou should only be kept alive for 2 weeks in order to get yourself right with your family and maybe the victims family,, Then after that your HISTORY,,,,,, it may sound cruel but it’s My tax payer’s money and YOUR’S ,,,, couldn’t we find a better way to spend it LIKE maybe on Kids that need it
Thanks for the update, William.
A sad end to a sad life that inflicted so much wrong, fear, and pain on others.
I didn’t know those people but Bill I agree with you! The world is full of worhthless people like him, I’m just glad he ended his own life instead of ending yet another ones life…
Here is another example of a person who manipulated the system and it cost someone their life. I know it makes it hard on those who are trying to go straight ruff. But I think this guy should have gotten the death sentence in the first place not some few years in prison and then parole. You can see how well the parole paid off. He was just a sorry excuse of a human being. How can a person let their minds go to that extreme??? How can a system allow that to happen??? The answer there is no treatment to cure them so keep them where they belong in prison out of society’s reach.
Just my 6 bits.
- – - anydaynow- – -
So do you think the parole system is conservative, if they parole a man who has been convicted of murdering a woman and a three year old, commiting arson, theft, etc, etc.???
Liberal is liberal, is liberal, is liberal………
xpeecee-are you suggesting that Texas is a liberal state??? What a hoot! You’re a funny guy
He should’ve already been hung by the Justice System.
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I wish you were correct in saying the problem is solved. However, the problem still exists with our liberal parole system…
REGARDING:
“So,,, why was this dude out walking around in the first place????”
It’s obvious he managed to convince the parole board he had repented and would be safe among us. Or at the very least, he met the criteria they set up for parole. It’s a shame we can’t really look into a man’s soul and his future.
I wonder if he hanged himself and if so if it means he looked at himself and considered that a reasonable action.
By the way, Charles Manson would have been released from California prison system years ago other than the fact he always acts up prior to a parole hearing. By law, they would HAVE to parole him after the Supreme Court threw out all death sentences back then as long as he kept his nose clean. It seems he likes prison because the rest of the time he’s decent acting. Emphasis on ACTING.
David in an uncertain world
When will they learn – these kind of low lifes should not be let out of prison!
We save the taxpayers a bunch thanks bud
he should have been castrated alive and then hung for the killing of mrs. mccormick and her grand baby.i knew these people
Hooray and hallelujah, you had it comin’ to ya! (and did us a big favor).
In Texas,life in prison means 17 years.
So,,, why was this dude out walking around in the first place?????
Problem solved.