Stuart Kennedy

Murderer

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Case Facts

Gender: male
Country: USA
Location: Decator County, Indiana, USA
Date of birth: December 20, 1960
Age at first offence: 26
Characteristics: robbery, rape
Victim profile: Michelle Seagraves (female, 22)
Method of murder: Shooting (.41 handgun) - Strangulation with a strap
Date(s) of murder: October 9, 1986
Years active: 1986
Date of arrest: —
Status: Acquitted / overturned
Resentenced to a total of 118 years on Apr. 20, 1995 after the death penalty was overturned by the Indiana Supreme Court on Sept. 16, 1993

Case Summary

Background

Stuart Kennedy was a White male from West Chester, Ohio.

The offence

Stuart Kennedy was convicted of the murder of Michelle Seagraves, 22, of Columbus, Ohio. The murder occurred on Oct. 9, 1986.

Stuart Kennedy and Donald Lee Jackson kidnapped Seagraves from her Columbus home and drove her to Dearborn County, near Moores Hill, Indiana, where they shot and killed her.

After the killing, Kennedy and Jackson used Seagraves's car to rob the People’s National Bank at Moores Hill.

Investigation

Kennedy and Donald Lee Jackson kidnapped Seagraves from her Columbus home and transported her to Dearborn County, near Moores Hill, Indiana, where they shot and killed her.

Trial

Kennedy was convicted in February 1988, with a specific date unknown.

Sentencing

Stuart Kennedy was sentenced to death on March 21, 1988.

The sentencing court was Decatur Circuit Court. The sentencing judge was John A. Westhafer.

Appeals

Kennedy’s conviction was affirmed, but the death penalty was overturned on Sept. 19, 1991.

Kennedy was resentenced to death on Apr. 28, 1992.

The death penalty was overturned by the Indiana Supreme Court on Sept. 16, 1993.

Kennedy was resentenced to a total of 118 years on Apr. 20, 1995.

Other details

Donald Lee Jackson was also sentenced to death, but his sentence was later overturned.

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