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- Gender
- male
- Country
- USA
- Location
- Henry County, Kentucky, USA
- Date of birth
- August 3, 1945
- Age at first offence
- 38
- Characteristics
- kidnapping, rape, torture, dismemberment
- Victim profile
- Barbara Heilman
- Method of murder
- St abbing with knife
- Date(s) of murder
- October 12, 1983
- Years active
- 1983
- Date of arrest
- —
- Status
-
Sentenced to death
Sentenced to death on March 16, 1984; resentenced to death on May 14, 1991
Case details
Parramore Lee Sanborn was born 8-3-45.
The case involved the kidnapping, rape, sodomy, and murder of Barbara Heilman, a Henry County woman and mother of three.
The offence
Barbara Heilman was killed on October 12, 1983.
Parramore Lee Sanborn kidnapped, raped, sodomized, and murdered Barbara Heilman in Henry County in 1983. He tore out the victim's hair, stabbed the victim nine times, and dumped her body alongside a country road.
Trial
Parramore Lee Sanborn was originally tried and found guilty of capital murder on March 8, 1984. The court imposed the death sentence on March 16, 1984.
The Kentucky Supreme Court reversed Sanborn’s conviction in June, 1988, which resulted in a new trial in October, 1989.
Sanborn was again found guilty of murder, kidnapping, rape and sodomy in a retrial in Louisville, Kentucky. He was sentenced to death on May 14, 1991 in Henry County.
Sentencing
A death sentence was imposed on March 16, 1984.
A death sentence was resentenced on May 14, 1991 in Henry County.
Outcome
Parramore Lee Sanborn was convicted of capital murder in the original trial and later convicted again of murder, kidnapping, rape and sodomy in the retrial after the Kentucky Supreme Court reversed the conviction. He was sentenced to death in both the original sentence and the resentencing.
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