Escambia Man Who Murdered His Girlfriend Could Be Paroled In 2059

June 24, 2023

An Escambia County murderer is looking at a possible parole date in 2059.

This week, the Florida Commission on Offender Review continued to set Sean Patrick Esty’s presumptive parole date for January 7, 2059. Esty is serving life for murdering his girlfriend in 1991 when he was 18-year old.

The murder occurred prior to the legislative changes that now require inmates to serve the entirety of a life sentence, Esty is parole eligible after 25 years, but the date set by the commission is the earliest that Esty could be paroled. He would be 86 at that time.

Esty brutally stabbed 15-year-old Lauren Ramsey with a butcher knife before retrieving a baseball bat with metal studs and beating her until she lost consciousness. He then took a machete and sliced her head and face. Esty planned the murder after Ramsey learned she was pregnant with Esty’s child.

He bought the butcher knife at Albertson’s the night of the murder and changed into a trench coat and combat boots before killing Ramsey. Her body was found in a secluded area at Gulf Islands National Seashore on December 24, 1991, two days after she disappeared.

Ramsey’s family spoke at the hearing and urged commissioners to keep Esty in prison for the remainder of his life. Assistant State Attorney John Molchan pointed out the aggravating factors and urged the commission to keep Esty from ever being released into society. Lauren’s mother, Jan Ramsey, spoke emotionally but eloquently to the commission about the significant impact the murder of her child had upon her and her family.

The State Attorney’s Office for the First Circuit said they will continue to oppose any parole for Esty.

Comments

8 Responses to “Escambia Man Who Murdered His Girlfriend Could Be Paroled In 2059”

  1. Tt on June 27th, 2023 1:15 am

    Life is so precious. Which he took two. Parole should have never been and option.
    He deliberately killed her because she was having his child.Wow!. Some people just screwed up.Logically he took away the Ramsey’s life also. 2059 he won’t make it.

  2. Just Saying on June 24th, 2023 10:45 pm

    Let him out. Justice will then be served. Eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth and a life for a life.

  3. Bob on June 24th, 2023 10:15 pm

    @JTV

    “We need more death row activity”

    …why?!

    Capital punishment is more expensive than a life sentence, is no more effective at being preventative or dissuasive, and in the event of a false conviction, it cannot be reversed. There is literally no good reason to enforce the death penalty other than bloodlust.

  4. Bill L. on June 24th, 2023 9:24 pm

    Parole shouldn’t be an option

  5. David Huie Green on June 24th, 2023 12:49 pm

    Parole might become a moot point by then as this convicted murderers pends time with assorted criminals some of whom have already shown an affinity to murder.

    (Prison wouldn’t be so bad were it not for some of the neighbors Some like it so much that they keep returning..)

    David for better people

  6. JTV on June 24th, 2023 11:49 am

    We need more death row activity. I miss the days when we would hang a horse thief.

  7. Concerned on June 24th, 2023 11:08 am

    How can someone be that evil. He does not need to be paroled. He is evil evil!!

  8. Terrifying on June 24th, 2023 7:59 am

    My heart breaks for the victims family. I was horrified reading this and I can’t imagine having to live with it and fighting to keep him locked away. Big hugs to this hurting/ fighting Momma

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