Greagree Davis
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- Gender
- male
- Country
- USA
- Location
- Marion County, Indiana, USA
- Date of birth
- January 6, 1962
- Age at first offence
- 22
- Characteristics
- rape, burglary, kidnapping, sexual assault
- Victim profile
- Debra A. Weaver, 21 (Former roommate of Davis' acquaintance)
- Method of murder
- Stabbing with 2 knives 113 times
- Date(s) of murder
- April 2, 1984
- Years active
- 1984
- Date of arrest
- —
- Status
-
Sentenced to death
Resentenced to life in prison in 1996 after being sentenced to death on October 26, 1984
Case record: Greagree Davis
Background
Greagree C. Davis told the roommate of his sexual interest in her. He had prior burglary conviction and a delinquency finding.
The offence
Davis went to the victim’s unoccupied residence, broke and entered through a back window, removed the light bulbs, and waited. When the victim arrived, she called her brother and feared that an intruder may still be inside. After she hung up, Davis attacked her, tied her hands, and gagged her.
Davis took the victim to a highway overpass, where he raped, sodomized, and stabbed her to death.
The body was discovered. The body revealed chipped teeth, abrasions, multiple bruises on lips and gums, strangulation marks, seminal fluid in her vagina, and 113 stab wounds on the chest and abdomen.
Investigation
After initially claiming that he had only witnessed the crime, Davis confessed. Davis took police to a creek where the knives were recovered.
Serology from the semen showed Davis to be in the 1% of the general population with the same characteristics.
Arrest
No arrest details were provided.
Trial
Davis faced conviction on: Murder, Burglary (B Felony), Confinement (B Felony), Rape (A Felony). He was found not guilty of Criminal Deviate Conduct (A Felony).
The jury returned a hung jury on the death sentence.
Sentencing
Davis received sentencing on October 26, 1984, with a death sentence. The sentencing information included: 20 years, 20 years, 50 years.
Aggravating circumstances were: b(1) Burglary, Confinement, Rape; Lying in Wait.
Mitigating circumstances were: no significant history of criminal conduct (although prior Burglary conviction and Delinquency finding), hung jury at DP sentencing hearing, alcoholism, confessed.
Davis was resentenced to life in prison in 1996.
Outcome
Davis was sentenced to death on October 26, 1984, and he was resentenced to life in prison in 1996.
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