De’Marquise Elkins & Dominique Lang
De’ Marquise Elkins
Name: De’ Marquise Kareem Elkins
Victim: Antonio Angel Santiago, one
Age at time of murder: 17
Crime date: March 21, 2013
Location: Brunswick, Georgia
Accomplice: Dominique Lang, 15
Crimes: Murder, child cruelty, & armed robbery
Weapon: .22-caliber handgun
Murder method: Gunshot to the head
Murder motivation: Robbery
Convictions: Felony murder, malice murder, cruelty to children, & possession of a handgun during a crime
Sentence: Life without parole (LWOP) plus 125 years
Incarceration status: Incarcerated at the Macon State Prison
Dominique Lang (Accomplice)
Age at time of murder: 15
Crimes: Murder & armed robbery
Convictions: Guilty plea to attempted armed robbery
Sentence: Two years in prison & eight years probation
Incarceration status: Probation
Summary
De Marquise Elkins, 17, and his 15-year-old accomplice Dominique Lang attempted to rob Sherry West as she strolled her 13-month-old son Antonio Santiago. When Sherry did not give them her purse, Elkins shot Santiago in the face and killed him, disregarding the mother’s pleas for her baby’s life.
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Lacey Aaron Schmidt
Victim: Alana Calahan, 14
Age at time of murder: 14
Crime date: January 31, 2011
Location: Columbia County
Crimes: Murder & theft
Weapon: 9 mm handgun
Murder method: Gunshot to the head
Convictions: Murder, possession of a firearm during a crime, & theft
Sentence: Life without parole (LWOP)
Incarceration status: Incarcerated at the Macon State Prison
Summary
Schmidt entered his neighbor and friend Alana’s home and shot her in the head with a handgun he had stolen from her father.
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Jonathon Bun
Name: Jonathon Veasna Bun
Victim: Sheriff Deputy Richard “Rick” Daly, 55
Age at time of murder: 17
Crime date: July 20, 2011
Location: Riverdale
Crimes: Murder of a police officer
Weapon: .40 caliber handgun
Murder method: Gunshots to the shoulder and stomach
Convictions: Murder, aggravated battery on a peace officer, armed robbery, aggravated assault, possession of a firearm during a crime, obstruction of a law enforcement officer, & theft by receiving stolen property
Sentence: Life without parole (LWOP) plus 115 years
Incarceration status: Incarcerated at the Macon State Prison
Summary of the crime
Bun, who was wanted for an armed robbery, was pulled over by Sheriff Deputy Richard “Rick” Daly. Rick was trying to serve an arrest warrant on him. The 17-year-old then shot the officer in the shoulder and stomach.
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Eric Leigh Whitehead
Name: Eric Leigh Whitehead
Victim: Patricia Leigh Troglen, 22
Age at time of murder: 14
Crime date: August 7, 2009
Location: Richmond County
Weapon: .22 caliber rifle
Murder method: 10 gunshots to the head
Convictions: Murder
Sentence: Life with parole possibly in 30 years
Incarceration status: Incarcerated at the Georgia State Prison
Summary of the crime
Whitehead fatally shot his step sister Patricia in the head 10 times as she slept on the couch.
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