Even the family of Meekins, whose testimony sent the brothers to prison, was warned to take precautions. The four would often talk about snakes since, like the Briley brothers, Wilkerson also owned pet snakes. He entered the death chamber and shouted, “Merry Christmas.”, We are actively seeking submissions, from agents or authors, of novels between 70,000 and 100,000 words. Charles S. Robb had just dozed off to sleep when the phone rang. Lee has appeared as an expert on national television, BBC Television, and radio shows. A nurse arrived to administer medicines, only to find a locked bathroom, where she would usually draw water for the pills. Independent Contractor (Newspaper Carrier), From the Archives: How the 1984 escape from Virginia's death row happened. The door was unlocked, and no one saw him. "All hell broke loose," said Assistant Warden Rufus Fleming. A vehicle enters through one of the gates; the gate closes; the vehicle is then confined and checked. He said the crimes of the Brileys, who were notorious in their northside Richmond neighborhood, were also wrenching. Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. James Briley concocted an explanation off the top of his head, according to Stockton. A guard in a tower is responsible for the electronic gate controls (the purpose of the tower is so that no one can get to the officer and force him to open the gates). Descriptions came back fitting the Brileys. Guards didn’t notice that an unusual number of death-row inmates suddenly appeared clean-shaven with their hair neatly kept that day. Two of the escapees, Peterson and Clanton, were captured that Friday morning just across the North Carolina border, sipping wine from a bottle inside a coin laundry. The Writers’ Police Academy is held every year and offers an exciting and heart-pounding interactive and educational hands-on experience for writers to enhance their understanding of all aspects of law enforcement, firefighting, EMS, and forensics. During the planning stage, the prisoners quickly learned what size clothing each officer wore, and they managed to learn the secret codes used by officers that locked and unlocked security doors. Duncan Eric Meekins. Disc jockey John Gallaher was one of Linwood Briley's victims. Suddenly, Richmond seemed a city about to come under siege by some terrible, too-familiar force: the Briley brothers. . Within minutes of the capture, Jay Cochran, head of the state police’s Bureau of Criminal Investigation, called the trooper on duty at the Executive Mansion. James Briley was condemned for raping a pregnant woman and then murdering her and her 5-year-old son. If they had, perhaps the change would have signaled to them that it was “E-Day” — escape day. It was the most gruesome sight I have ever seen. I remember receiving the call about the Brileys’ escape. said Meekins’ testimony against the Brileys enabled the convictions of all three brothers. Unarmed guards were stripped of their clothes, their mouths were taped shut, their hands tied behind their backs. Some residents patrolled their property with weapons at the ready. I knew their determination to seek revenge.
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