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Larry BELLMORE
Classification: Murderer
Characteristics:
Murder for hire
Number of victims: 1
Date of murder:
June 30,
1985
Date of birth:
December 3,
1946
Victim profile: Donna Denney,
46
Method of murder: Stabbing
with knife
/ Strangulation
Location: Martinsville, Indiana, USA
Status: Sentenced to death on April 14, 1986. Resentenced to 60 years in
prison on October 29, 1992
BELLMORE, LARRY #
42
OFF DEATH ROW SINCE
10-29-92
DOB: 12-03-1946
DOC#: 861877 White Male
Morgan County
Circuit Court Judge James E. Harris
Prosecutor:
Jane Craney
Defense:
Ronald Tedrow, Kevin P. McGoff
Date of Murder:
June 30, 1985
Victim(s):
Donna Denney W/F/46 (No relationship to Bellmore)
Method of Murder:
stabbing with knife/ manual strangulation
Summary:
Bellmore and Wesley Young were hired or requested by Wesley's Father,
David Young, to "rough up" David Young's girlfriend (Donna Denney)
after they broke up.
Bellmore and Wesley went to
Denney's home near Martinsville. After talking on the back porch,
Bellmore attacked her, choked her, and stabbed her twice in the
abdomen per David's instructions. They ransacked Denney's home to
make it look like a Burglary, and split $190 found in her purse.
David Young committed
suicide before trial. Wesley Young testified against Bellmore at
trial.
Conviction:
Murder
Sentence:
April 14, 1986 (Death Sentence)
Aggravating
Circumstances: b(1) Burglary
Mitigating
Circumstances: no violent criminal conduct for 20 years
On
Remand: Bellmore sentenced by Morgan County Circuit Court
Judge James E. Harris to 60 years imprisonment for Murder.
