Joseph Carmen D'Amato

Murderer

4known / alleged victims

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Case Facts

Gender: male
Country: USA
Location: Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
Date of birth: 1950
Age at first offence: 31
Characteristics: attempt to collect insurance money
Victim profile: John Amato / Anthony Bonaventura, 27 / A 79 year old man / Anthony Patrone
Method of murder: Shooting
Date(s) of murder: February-March 1981
Years active: 1981
Date of arrest: —
Status: Sentenced to death
Sentenced to death on July 25, 1984

Case Summary

Case record: Joseph Carmen D'Amato

Background

Joseph Carmen D'Amato was 54 when he was scheduled to be executed by lethal injection on June 16, 2005.

Authorities said D'Amato feared Anthony Patrone intended to betray him in an insurance fraud scheme.

D'Amato was an inmate at the State Correctional Institution at Greene.

The offence

D'Amato was convicted of one count of 1st-degree murder for the shooting death of Anthony Patrone.

On March 19, 1981, Anthony Patrone was shot in the head, hand and chest.

D'Amato also killed three other people:

John Amato, who was shot to death in February of 1981
Anthony Bonaventura, 27, who was shot in the head in March 1981
a 79 year old man

Investigation

After Anthony Patrone’s murder, D'Amato was at large for 9 months.

Trial

On Feb. 9, 1983, Joseph D'Amato was convicted of one count of 1st-degree murder.

Sentencing

D'Amato was sentenced to die for shooting Anthony Patrone on March 19, 1981 in Philadelphia, PA.

D'Amato was formally sentenced to die on July 25, 1984.

D'Amato received additional sentences of Life and 10-20 years in two of the cases.

In the last one, charges were never prosecuted.

Appeals

The state Supreme Court upheld the judgment on May 22, 1987.

Petitions for post-conviction relief have been pending for over 10 years.

Outcome

D'Amato was scheduled to be executed by lethal injection on June 16, 2005.

Gov. Ed Rendell signed an execution warrant for a Philadelphia man convicted of murder in 1983.

Other details

D'Amato scheduled execution Gov. Ed Rendell on Thursday signed an execution warrant for a Philadelphia man convicted of murder in 1983.

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