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Greagree C. DAVIS
A.K.A.: "Chijoke Bomani Ben-Yisrayl"
Classification: Murderer
Characteristics:
Rape
Number of victims: 1
Date of murder:
April 2, 1984
Date of birth: January 6, 1962
Victim profile: Debra A. Weaver, 21 (Former roommate of Davis' acquaintance)
Method of murder: Stabbing with
2 knives 113 times
Location: Marion County, Indiana, USA
Status: Sentenced to death on October 26, 1984. Resentenced to
life in prison, 1996
Victim(s): Debra A. Weaver
W/F/21 (Former roommate of Davis' acquaintance)
Method of Murder: stabbing with
2 knives 113 times (11 before death)
Summary: Davis was acquainted
with victim's former roommate, and visited her residence many times.
He had told the roommate of his sexual interest in her. He went to
her unoccupied residence, broke and entered through a back window,
removed the light bulbs, and waited.
When the victim arrived, she called her brother
and feared that an intruder may sill be inside. When she hung up,
Davis attacked her, tied her hands, and gagged her. Davis took her
to a highway overpass, where he raped, sodomized, and stabbed her to
death.
The body was discovered and revealed chipped
teeth, abrasions, multiple bruises on lips and gums, strangulation
marks, seminal fluid in her vagina, and 113 stab wounds on the chest
and abdomen. After initially claiming that he had only witnessed the
crime, Davis confessed and took police to a creek where
the knives were recovered. Serology from the semen showed Davis to
be in the 1% of the general population with the same characteristics.
Conviction: Murder, Burglary (B
Felony), Confinement (B Felony), Rape (A Felony); Found Not Guilty
of Criminal Deviate Conduct (A Felony) Hung Jury on Death Sentence
Sentencing: October 26, 1984 (Death
Sentence, 20 years, 20 years, 50 years)
Aggravating Circumstances: b(1)
Burglary, Confinement, Rape; Lying in Wait
Mitigating Circumstances: no
significant history of criminal conduct (although prior Burglary
conviction and Delinquency finding), hung jury at DP Sentencing
Hearing, alcoholism, confessed.
