Mickey David Thomas

Case record: Mickey David Thomas

Status and sentencing

Mickey David Thomas was sentenced to death in Arkansas on September 28, 2005.

A high court in Little Rock upheld two death sentences Thursday for Mickey David Thomas, 32, in connection with the 2004 slayings of two women at a DeQueen gravestone monument company. The court dismissed Thomas' claims of racial discrimination in the case.

Thomas was being held in a “supermax” prison in Varner, Ark.

The offence

Arkansas murders at Cornerstone Monument Co.

On June 14, 2004, police found the bodies of two women at Cornerstone Monument Co. Both victims had been shot in the head. Mickey David Thomas was convicted in the 2004 slayings of two women at a DeQueen gravestone monument company.

Prosecution’s case/defense response described that Thomas went on a crime spree in Oklahoma and Arkansas and included the murders of Mona Shelton and Donna Cary in Arkansas. Thomas shot Shelton and Cary execution style while robbing a monument store.

Oklahoma charge: murder during home invasion robbery

Thomas was also charged in Oklahoma with the murder of Geraldine Jones, which occurred during a home invasion robbery.

Investigation

Thomas was captured in Broken Bow, and officers found purses in his car that belonged to the women, according to court papers.

Thomas was also charged with first-degree murder in Broken Bow.

Arrest and custody

Thomas was captured in Broken Bow. He was later apprehended after a police chase following a car theft at gunpoint, as part of the crime spree.

Trial and court proceedings

Thomas was convicted in the 2004 slayings of two women at a DeQueen gravestone monument company.

In the appeal described, a high court in Little Rock upheld two death sentences Thursday for Mickey David Thomas and dismissed Thomas' claims of racial discrimination in the case.

Sentencing

Mickey David Thomas received the death penalty for murder.

Appeals

A high court in Little Rock upheld two death sentences Thursday for Mickey David Thomas, 32, convicted in the 2004 slayings of two women at a DeQueen gravestone monument company.

Other relevant incidents in Durant, Oklahoma

Durant robbery and rape allegations

Before the Arkansas murders, Thomas had been in Durant five days earlier where he robbed a woman at a business on West Main Street, according to Durant Police.

He was accused of fondling her and was charged with robbery by force or fear and rape by instrumentation.

The victim told Durant Police during the assault:

“In the name of Jesus Christ, I rebuke you.”

Patricia Ann Conradi, 26, was also charged with robbery because she was with Thomas at the time of the Durant robbery, according to police and court papers.

Authorities said Thomas and Conradi came to Durant to visit Thomas' sister, who was attending SOSU.

Conradi failed to appear for a jury trial in April 2005, and a warrant remains for her arrest. Thomas also has a warrant for his arrest on the Durant charge, although there has been no action on the case since the charge was filed almost three years ago.

Action on the local case against Thomas was not likely due to his death sentence.

Criminal history

Thomas’ criminal history included kidnapping and robbery convictions.

Prosecution’s case/defense response described that Thomas had served nine years in prison and was released from prison a year before murdering Shelton and Cary.

People involved

• Mickey David Thomas (defendant)
• Mona Shelton (victim)
• Donna Cary (victim)
• Geraldine Jones (charged murder victim in Oklahoma)
• Patricia Ann Conradi (26; charged with robbery related to being with Thomas at the time of the Durant robbery)
• Tom Cooper (prosecutor)
• Jay Metzger (prosecutor)
• Tammy Harris (defence lawyer)

Timeline

• June 14, 2004 — Police found the bodies of two women at Cornerstone Monument Co.; both victims had been shot in the head.
• September 28, 2005 — Mickey David Thomas was sentenced to death in Arkansas.
• April 2005 — Patricia Ann Conradi failed to appear for a jury trial; a warrant remained for her arrest.

Outcome and current status

Mickey David Thomas received the death penalty for murder, and the death sentences were upheld on appeal. Thomas’ death sentence proceedings were final for the Arkansas cases as described, and he was held in Varner, Ark., in a “supermax” prison.