Donald Ray DeBose
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- Gender
- male
- Country
- USA
- Location
- Inglewood, Los Angeles County, California, USA
- Date of birth
- 1977
- Age at first offence
- 20
- Characteristics
- rape, robbery
- Victim profile
- Dannie Kim, 32
- Method of murder
- Stuffed into the trunk of her car, doused the car with gasoline and set it ablaze
- Date(s) of murder
- December 17, 1997
- Years active
- 1997
- Date of arrest
- —
- Status
-
Sentenced to death
Sentenced to death on July 21, 1999
Case information
Donald Ray DeBose was sentenced to death on July 21, 1999.
The offence
Debose robbed a woman and then fired his gun through the trunk at her. The men doused the car with gasoline and set it ablaze. Firefighters found her alive, but she died five days later.
Debose also followed Dassopoulos home from the casino on Dec. 23, 1997, robbed her and shot her in the face. She survived and testified against him, even though her vocal cords had been removed.
After the jury announced its guilty verdicts, Debose shouted, “Thank you, b----!”
Trial
The jury announced its guilty verdicts.
Two accomplices were sent to prison for life.
Outcome
Debose received the death sentence on July 21, 1999.
Other details
Donald Ray DeBose Jr.
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