Anthony Goodin

Murderer

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Case Facts

Gender: male
Country: USA
Location: Lowndes County, Georgia, USA
Date of birth: 1965
Age at first offence: 22
Characteristics: rape
Victim profile: Marlin Carpenter (schoolteacher)
Method of murder: St abbing with knife
Date(s) of murder: April 29, 1987
Years active: 1987
Date of arrest: J uly 1987
Status: Life imprisonment
Sentenced to life imprisonment on 11 June 1988 after being convicted of first-degree murder in Valdosta

Case Summary

Case record: Anthony Goodin

Overview

Anthony Goodin was connected with homicide in the death of Marlin Carpenter, a schoolteacher found with his throat slashed in Valdosta, Georgia, on April 29, 1987. Goodin was later convicted of first-degree murder in Valdosta and sentenced to a term of life imprisonment.

Timeline

29 April 1987 — Marlin Carpenter, a schoolteacher, was found with his throat slashed in Valdosta, Georgia.
11 December 1987 — Goodin was indicted for the Carpenter slaying.
June 11, 1988 — Goodin was convicted of first-degree murder in Valdosta and sentenced to a term of life imprisonment.
Three months later — Police were still seeking Goodin when he was picked up in Columbus, Indiana.

The offence

Marlin Carpenter was killed by slashing to the throat, and his death occurred on April 29, 1987, in Valdosta, Georgia.

Goodin was also suspected of slaying additional victims described as gay men in Florence, Alabama, and in Lowndes County, Georgia.

Investigation

Goodin was suspected of slaying additional victims—gay men—in Florence, Alabama, and in Lowndes County, Georgia. Florida officials had an open case on file that seemed to fit Goodin's modus operandi.

Officers in Oklahoma suspected his involvement with Tuan Nguyen, a burglar convicted of a 1982 triple murder.

Investigation into other homicides continued.

Arrest

Police picked up Goodin in Columbus, Indiana, on charges of assaulting and trying to rob his live-in girlfriend. Preliminary charges of battery were filed in Columbus, along with an earlier trespassing count, resulting from an incident in which the woman's seven-year-old son was also beaten.

Goodin lived on the road since 1984 and left tracks in Alabama, Florida, and Georgia before trying his luck in the Midwest.

Trial

Goodin waived extradition proceedings and declared: "To me, death is better than serving time in Indiana."

On June 11, 1988, Goodin was convicted of first-degree murder in Valdosta.

Sentencing

Goodin was sentenced to a term of life imprisonment following his June 11, 1988 conviction.

Appeals

No appeal information was provided.

Outcome

Goodin received a life sentence on one count in Georgia in 1988.

Other details

The case summary described Goodin as a drifter linked to random murders, and it stated that three identified victims were male, including two gay men.

Michael Newton was named in the case summary context as part of "An Encyclopedia of Modern Serial Killers."

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