(OH) Inmate who was stopped by armed citizen dies 01-15-03
(OH) Inmate who was stopped by armed citizen dies 01-15-03
None of the articles I read mentioned that Hessler’s murderous rampage
was stopped by Doug Stanton, a citizen who kept a gun for
self-protection. See Chapter 1 in my book “The Best Defense” for more
info. Robert
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Newsday.com – Heart Attack Kills Ohio Death row
Inmate
Address:http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/nation/wire/sns-ap-inmate-death0115jan15,0,4092112.story?coll=sns%2Dap%2Dnation%2Dheadlines
Heart Attack Kills Ohio Death row Inmate By Associated Press
January 15, 2003, 5:48 AM EST
MANSFIELD, Ohio — A man who drew up a hit list and methodically killed
four people died of heart attack in his cell on death row.
Jerry F. Hessler, 45, was found Tuesday by a prison guard during a
routine security check, said Rod Johnson, administrative assistant to
the warden at Mansfield Correctional Institution.
An autopsy determined Hessler, who had a history of heart problems, died
of a heart attack.
“His Judgment Day has come,” said Ruth Canter, a former co-worker who
survived being shot by Hessler. “I always felt like when he was in
prison, I was in prison.”
Hessler was convicted of killing four people in a shooting spree Nov.
19, 1995, that targeted former bank co-workers.
He had been fired from Bank One in 1994 for alleged sexual harassment.
Following his dismissal, he killed two former co-workers and their
5-month-old daughter and the father of a woman who had rejected his
romantic advances 10 years earlier.
Hessler also shot and wounded his former supervisor and Canter before
driving 75 miles to try to kill a former girlfriend.
Hessler was sent to death row in 1996 after his conviction for
aggravated murder.
Attorneys said Hessler had bragged about the killings by writing about
them on the walls of his cell while awaiting trial.
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