Posted on 08/31/2005 6:53:08 PM PDT by Borges
FORREST CITY, Ark. - Castrated rapist Wayne DuMond, paroled from an Arkansas prison and later convicted of murder in Missouri, was found dead in his prison cell Wednesday, a day after losing an appeal in the Missouri Supreme Court.
Missouri prison officials said DuMond had been diagnosed two months ago with cancer of the vocal cords and that his death appears to have been natural.
DuMond, 55, was castrated while awaiting trial for the 1984 rape of Ashley Stephens of Forrest City. He was initially sentenced to life in prison. But in 1992 then-Gov. Jim Guy Tucker commuted the sentence to 39 1/2 years, making DuMond eligible for parole.
After his release in 1999, DuMond moved to the Kansas City, Mo., suburb of Smithville and was later convicted of killing a woman in her apartment. Tuesday, DuMond lost an appeal in that case.
Shortly after taking office in 1996, Gov. Mike Huckabee said he intended to reduce DuMond's sentence to time served - about 11 years at the time. The governor ended up rejecting DuMond's parole request, which would have freed DuMond without conditions. He signed the decision moments after the Arkansas parole board granted DuMond a parole on condition that another state take him.
DuMond was pronounced dead at 7:03 a.m. by medical staff of a prison infirmary at Crossroads Correctional Center in Cameron, Mo., said Wanda Seeney, a spokeswoman for the Missouri Department of Corrections.
Prison guards found DuMond unresponsive during a routine inmate count earlier that morning and tried to revive him before taking him to the infirmary, she said. An autopsy will be conducted to determine the cause of death. Two months ago, DuMond was diagnosed with cancer of the vocal chords, she said.
"He was being treated for cancer, but it was still a shock because his cancer had not progressed to where they were expecting him to die at any moment," she said.
DuMond's case became notorious in Arkansas when he claimed he was castrated while awaiting trial for a 1984 rape at Forrest City, Ark. No one was ever charged in the assault. Stephens is a distant relative of former President Bill Clinton, who was governor of Arkansas at the time of the rape.
DuMond moved to Missouri after being paroled from Arkansas and shortly afterward was arrested for the Sept. 20, 2000, murder of Carol Sue Shields of Parkville. He was convicted and sentenced to life without parole.
Prosecutor Dan White in Clay County, Mo., said the Appeals Court for the Western District of Missouri upheld Dumond's appeal Tuesday of his first-degree murder conviction.
White said Dumond was also the lead suspect in a murder in Platt County, Mo., but had never been charged in that case.
White added: "I think the world's a better place without Wayne DuMond in it, and I wouldn't want to be him right now."
Karma can be cruel Wayne.
Guess he didn't have the balls to handle prison.
tragic that money was wasted on the procedure in the first place.
Somehow, that slimy, greasy, oily rope of justice seems to come home everytime. Interesting that it's connected to the Toons...
Wayne Dumond was the person who reportedly acosted a relative of Bill Clinton's in Arkansas. It was rather dubious whether he was actually guilty or not. The sheriff casterated Dumond and place his testicles in a jar on his desk.
I'm not convinced to this day that he was actually guilty of that crime. It is clear that the sheriff was gulity of one.
The murders certinly don't cause confidence that he was innocent of the first crime, does it.
Uh, why was his sentence commuted????
HELLO!
Not that I care or expect anyone to reply but how did they castrate?
Shotgun, chemical, scalpel, sailor knots, hanging?
How can we encourage more of this?
Arkancide? :o)
Arkansas prison... the new Turkish prison?
***The sheriff casterated Dumond and place his testicles in a jar on his desk. ***
Let's make itr more clear.. "They" wrapped fishing line around his testicles, and pulled!
weren't we discussing the proper methods of treating rapist and homosexual pedophiles on here a couple days ago ---- this POS was the center of attraction on that conversation since the sherrif kept he rapists "jewels" in a jar on his desk as a warning.
Oh yes -- in case those who were asking about gov huckabee earlier today are reading this --- huckabee felt really sorry for this pos and let him out on parole against all recommendations.
Hmmm, isn't that castration?
Shotgun, chemical, scalpel, sailor knots, hanging?
How can we encourage more of this?
You snatched the very words from my mouth. Morbid curiosity, I guess.
I see post #11 and admonish self for not looking first, asking questions later.
Well, yes. I think Ruy's point was that they unaccountably forgot to use any anaesthetic...
A good day for the taxpayers..
Almost sounds like someone in prison castrated him???
Stephens is a distant relative of former President Bill Clinton, who was governor of Arkansas at the time of the rape.
Interesting little tidbit.
Yes, I think you're probably right. I'm pretty sleepy right now, having only gotten three hours of sleep last night.
Sorry RDdB.
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