WEBVTT 1 00:00:12.080 --> 00:00:15.560 This episode MA contained content of a graphic nature, including 2 00:00:15.640 --> 00:00:20.839 descriptions of physical and sexual violence against adults, children, and animals. 3 00:00:21.399 --> 00:00:23.399 Listener discretion is advised. 4 00:00:34.960 --> 00:00:38.280 Hi, this is Tanya. Hi this is Shannon, and we 5 00:00:38.359 --> 00:00:39.280 are Crimes. 6 00:00:38.920 --> 00:00:42.280 And Consequences, a hardcore true crime podcast. 7 00:00:44.280 --> 00:00:47.200 Hey Shannon, Hey Tanya, how you doing? 8 00:00:47.840 --> 00:00:48.840 I am doing pretty good. 9 00:00:48.880 --> 00:00:50.359 It's Saturday. I can't complain. 10 00:00:50.840 --> 00:00:53.560 And it's so sunny out. Did you check out how 11 00:00:53.560 --> 00:00:57.240 it's coming off the snow. I love it? Oh yeah, 12 00:00:57.320 --> 00:01:00.759 so bright, I do, and it gives me hope. 13 00:01:02.280 --> 00:01:04.879 You know, the gray summer days are the worst, but 14 00:01:05.120 --> 00:01:08.000 my goodness, it just feels like angels are singing when 15 00:01:08.000 --> 00:01:09.000 the sun is out right. 16 00:01:09.439 --> 00:01:11.359 Absolutely, it's that chorus hell. 17 00:01:14.200 --> 00:01:18.359 And I'm waiting again for my Amazon package today. 18 00:01:18.840 --> 00:01:21.200 I I've decided I'm going to do my nails. 19 00:01:21.519 --> 00:01:23.959 And you know, I am a cosmetologist, so I don't 20 00:01:24.000 --> 00:01:26.280 get all of the nail supplies. How I would do 21 00:01:26.480 --> 00:01:29.239 Like if I go get them done, I get just 22 00:01:29.280 --> 00:01:31.680 what I need to make them look nice should they 23 00:01:31.719 --> 00:01:33.640 ever be seen. And so I'm excited. 24 00:01:33.719 --> 00:01:39.560 So this girl's getting her nails did today. I'm at home. Ye, 25 00:01:40.359 --> 00:01:42.439 little self care, Little self care. 26 00:01:42.480 --> 00:01:43.040 That's right. 27 00:01:43.599 --> 00:01:47.159 So I have a really horrendous story for us today. 28 00:01:47.239 --> 00:01:50.200 But before I started, I just would like to remind 29 00:01:50.239 --> 00:01:53.200 everyone to hit the subscriber follow button on whatever app 30 00:01:53.200 --> 00:01:58.959 you're listening to. And today's story takes place in Richmond, Virginia, 31 00:01:59.359 --> 00:02:02.120 And our story takes place on January first, two thousand 32 00:02:02.120 --> 00:02:02.400 and six. 33 00:02:02.480 --> 00:02:03.959 That's where we're going to start. Okay. 34 00:02:04.400 --> 00:02:09.199 On that day, Ricky Gray, his nephew, Ray Dandridge, and 35 00:02:09.400 --> 00:02:12.639 Ashley Baskerville, who was Ricky's girlfriend. They were cruising the 36 00:02:12.680 --> 00:02:16.360 streets of Richmond in Ricky's van during the mid morning 37 00:02:16.560 --> 00:02:18.759 of New Year's Day two thousand and six, looking for 38 00:02:18.800 --> 00:02:21.759 a house to rob. When they ended up in the 39 00:02:21.759 --> 00:02:25.599 middle class neighborhood of Woodland Heights, Ricky and Ray came 40 00:02:25.680 --> 00:02:28.560 upon the house of the Harvey family. The Harvey family 41 00:02:28.719 --> 00:02:32.000 consisted of forty nine year old Brian, who was the 42 00:02:32.000 --> 00:02:35.919 former frontman and guitarist of the eighties indie band House 43 00:02:35.960 --> 00:02:39.560 of Freaks. Brian had settled down in the Richmond area 44 00:02:39.639 --> 00:02:42.919 after growing disillusioned with the music industry and just a 45 00:02:42.919 --> 00:02:46.159 little bit about Brian, his voice was compared to a 46 00:02:46.240 --> 00:02:49.680 southern John Lennon. The House of Freaks was actually like 47 00:02:50.360 --> 00:02:53.560 said to be inspiration for later bands such as The White. 48 00:02:53.319 --> 00:02:54.520 Stripes or the Black Keys. 49 00:02:54.840 --> 00:02:55.639 Oh wow. 50 00:02:55.759 --> 00:02:56.120 Notice. 51 00:02:56.199 --> 00:02:56.439 Yeah. 52 00:02:56.759 --> 00:02:59.280 The House of Freaks released five albums and in nineteen 53 00:02:59.360 --> 00:03:01.479 ninety two they had a radio hit named a Rocking 54 00:03:01.599 --> 00:03:05.199 Chair and they ended up disbanding that same year. Also 55 00:03:05.240 --> 00:03:07.919 part of the Harvey family was thirty nine year old Catherine. 56 00:03:08.039 --> 00:03:10.919 She was the co owner of a local toy store. 57 00:03:11.280 --> 00:03:13.960 It was called World of Mirth and it was located 58 00:03:14.000 --> 00:03:17.479 in Richmond. It was quite successful, and she was also 59 00:03:17.560 --> 00:03:21.120 the half sister of actor Stephen Coult And if you 60 00:03:21.159 --> 00:03:23.639 google Stephen callp and you see his face, you're gonna 61 00:03:23.680 --> 00:03:25.960 recognize him. He's one of those guys that's in a 62 00:03:25.960 --> 00:03:26.520 lot of stuff. 63 00:03:26.520 --> 00:03:28.520 You just don't know his name, right. Yeah. 64 00:03:28.879 --> 00:03:32.240 They had two daughters, Stella, who was nine, and Ruby, 65 00:03:32.319 --> 00:03:36.159 who was four. Ricky and Ray discovered that the door 66 00:03:36.199 --> 00:03:39.280 to the Harvey's home was ajar, so they entered the home. 67 00:03:39.759 --> 00:03:44.639 Once inside, they forced Catherine, Brian and Ruby into the basement. 68 00:03:45.039 --> 00:03:47.400 Stella wasn't home at the time when Ricky and Ray 69 00:03:47.520 --> 00:03:51.039 entered the house, so in the basement, Ricky assured the 70 00:03:51.080 --> 00:03:53.599 three family members that he and Ray were just gonna 71 00:03:53.680 --> 00:03:55.960 leave after they took what they wanted from the home. 72 00:03:56.800 --> 00:04:00.800 Ricky then used electrical cords to tie Bryan's wrists behind 73 00:04:00.800 --> 00:04:05.800 his back and bind his ankles together. So Ricky and Ray, 74 00:04:06.639 --> 00:04:10.039 they were both twenty nine at the time, they were dropouts, 75 00:04:10.400 --> 00:04:14.680 drug addicts, X cons and small time thebes, as well 76 00:04:14.719 --> 00:04:19.879 as childhood victims of unimaginable sexual abuse. Okay, so I'm 77 00:04:19.879 --> 00:04:22.560 gonna end up telling you a little bit more about that. 78 00:04:23.279 --> 00:04:26.639 But before Ricky and Ray could plunder the house, they 79 00:04:26.639 --> 00:04:31.759 heard a noise upstairs on the home's main level. Kirsten Perkinson, 80 00:04:31.959 --> 00:04:34.800 who was a family friend, had arrived at the Harvey's 81 00:04:34.839 --> 00:04:38.160 home to deliver the Harvey's daughter Stella, along with her 82 00:04:38.240 --> 00:04:42.040 own daughter Grace Lynn, from a slumber party the previous evening. 83 00:04:42.560 --> 00:04:43.160 So hearing the. 84 00:04:43.079 --> 00:04:46.839 Commotion, Catherine explained to Ricky that her daughter had returned 85 00:04:46.839 --> 00:04:49.600 from a slumber party, so he permitted Catherine to go 86 00:04:49.720 --> 00:04:54.160 upstairs to bring her daughter downstairs to the basement. Kirsten 87 00:04:54.240 --> 00:04:56.879 heard Katherine running up the stairs from the basement, and 88 00:04:56.959 --> 00:05:00.319 upon reaching the top of the stairs, she appeared to 89 00:05:00.399 --> 00:05:05.120 what Kirsten said, she looked pale and ashen. Stella ran 90 00:05:05.199 --> 00:05:07.560 past her mom and down the stairs into the basement, 91 00:05:07.800 --> 00:05:12.720 but Catherine blocked Graceland's path so he wouldn't follow Stella 92 00:05:12.800 --> 00:05:17.439 down the stairs. Catherine told Kirsten that she didn't feel well, 93 00:05:17.800 --> 00:05:20.560 so Kirsten and grace Lynn left the house. 94 00:05:21.319 --> 00:05:21.879 Close call. 95 00:05:21.959 --> 00:05:24.720 Let me just tell you totally if she's a hero, 96 00:05:24.839 --> 00:05:26.600 I don't even know how. It sounds like it's going 97 00:05:26.680 --> 00:05:27.519 to end horribly. 98 00:05:27.839 --> 00:05:31.439 Oh yeah, as our stories always do. Right, Yes, I 99 00:05:31.519 --> 00:05:36.360 mean that was really I know. I feel like if 100 00:05:36.360 --> 00:05:38.839 only they had like a signal worked out between them, 101 00:05:38.959 --> 00:05:42.199 some winks and some blinks or something, right, Yeah, sure, 102 00:05:42.839 --> 00:05:46.399 weren't of danger or something. So downstairs, Ricky bound the 103 00:05:46.439 --> 00:05:49.560 hands and feet of all the Harvey's and placed clear 104 00:05:49.639 --> 00:05:52.879 packing tape over their mouths, but again he assured them 105 00:05:52.920 --> 00:05:55.399 that everything was going to be okay. Ricky and Ray 106 00:05:55.439 --> 00:05:57.480 then began collecting the items from the home that they 107 00:05:57.480 --> 00:06:02.600 intended to Stealine attempted to comfort her distraught daughters, and 108 00:06:02.920 --> 00:06:05.279 she told Ricky that he should take whatever he wants 109 00:06:05.319 --> 00:06:09.600 and just leave. But suddenly, when they're downstairs in the basement, 110 00:06:09.800 --> 00:06:13.360 Ricky took out a razor knife and cut Catherine's throat 111 00:06:14.399 --> 00:06:17.040 and then cut the throat of the young girls and 112 00:06:17.160 --> 00:06:22.680 Brian when I know it was like completely unnecessary. When 113 00:06:23.040 --> 00:06:26.839 Ricky saw that his victims were still moving, he saw 114 00:06:27.000 --> 00:06:32.399 a nearby claw hammer and began repeatedly beating each of 115 00:06:32.439 --> 00:06:36.839 the Harvey's in the head. When they stopped moving, Ricky 116 00:06:36.879 --> 00:06:39.600 poured two bottles of wine on an easel in the 117 00:06:39.639 --> 00:06:43.680 basement and lit a match, starting the fire. Ricky and 118 00:06:43.720 --> 00:06:45.680 Ray then left the burning home with the items they 119 00:06:45.680 --> 00:06:50.079 had stolen so they get away. A man named John HoTT, 120 00:06:50.160 --> 00:06:53.319 who was a family friend of the Harvey's and former 121 00:06:53.439 --> 00:06:57.240 drummer for the House of Freaks, arrived at the Harvey's 122 00:06:57.279 --> 00:06:59.839 home for a New Year's Day party about one forty. 123 00:07:01.600 --> 00:07:04.560 He noticed smoke coming from the house and he immediately 124 00:07:04.639 --> 00:07:07.240 ran to a neighbor's home and called nine one one. 125 00:07:07.360 --> 00:07:10.600 Firefighters responding to a call that the Harvey's home was burning, 126 00:07:10.839 --> 00:07:13.920 discovered the bodies of Catherine and Ruby in the basement 127 00:07:14.439 --> 00:07:17.560 as they attempted to fight the fire. The house was 128 00:07:17.600 --> 00:07:20.839 filled with black smoke and the basement was burning and 129 00:07:20.959 --> 00:07:25.480 had zero visibility and a lot of heat. Soon after, 130 00:07:25.480 --> 00:07:28.519 the firefighters removed the bodies of Catherine and Ruby from 131 00:07:28.519 --> 00:07:31.920 the basement, they determined that the body showed evidence of 132 00:07:32.040 --> 00:07:36.079 quote unquote battle signs and the victim's legs had been found. 133 00:07:36.839 --> 00:07:39.759 At that point, the firefighters stopped their rescue efforts and 134 00:07:39.800 --> 00:07:43.839 summoned the police. Detective Dwyer of the Richmond Police Department 135 00:07:44.000 --> 00:07:47.839 then discovered Stella in the basement under a futon, with 136 00:07:47.879 --> 00:07:50.639 her hands behind her back and tape around her mouth. 137 00:07:51.439 --> 00:07:53.839 Brian was discovered on the floor of the basement with 138 00:07:53.959 --> 00:07:57.000 orange electrical cord wrapped around his wrists and feet, with 139 00:07:57.120 --> 00:08:00.600 melted tape around his face and a large wound to 140 00:08:00.800 --> 00:08:05.519 his neck area. Detective Dyer also found two claw hammers, 141 00:08:05.680 --> 00:08:09.040 two broken wine bottles, a knife handle, and a separate 142 00:08:09.120 --> 00:08:13.519 knife blade in the basement, and autopsy revealed that Brian 143 00:08:13.600 --> 00:08:17.319 had been cut eight times in his neck and underneath 144 00:08:17.319 --> 00:08:21.480 his chin. In those wounds, although they were quote unquote 145 00:08:21.560 --> 00:08:25.600 very painful, were not immediately fatal. His mouth had been 146 00:08:25.600 --> 00:08:29.279 gagged and taped. Six lacerations were made to the left 147 00:08:29.319 --> 00:08:32.919 side and back of Brian's skull, each caused by blows 148 00:08:32.919 --> 00:08:36.679 from a hammer. He experienced severe third degree burns to 149 00:08:36.720 --> 00:08:39.360 his skin, and Brian died from the wounds to a 150 00:08:39.440 --> 00:08:44.080 skull through that blunt force trauma. Catherine had been cut 151 00:08:44.080 --> 00:08:47.399 three times in her neck and chest, once in her back, 152 00:08:47.720 --> 00:08:51.399 and those wounds caused bleeding and pain but were not fatal. 153 00:08:51.840 --> 00:08:54.559 Multiple lacerations were made to her skull as a result 154 00:08:54.639 --> 00:08:58.519 of blows from a hammer, and the hammer blows caused 155 00:08:58.559 --> 00:09:02.759 a fracture to the slate above Catherine's eyes, resulting and 156 00:09:02.799 --> 00:09:06.320 bleeding behind her eyes, and Catherine died from the blunt 157 00:09:06.360 --> 00:09:10.039 force injuries to her head. Ruby's throat had been sliced 158 00:09:10.159 --> 00:09:13.679 through to her trachea and Ruby's four mind you Wow, 159 00:09:14.200 --> 00:09:17.320 a wound that was not fatal but obstructed her breathing. 160 00:09:17.919 --> 00:09:21.279 Her head was also fractured and cut, causing brain tissue 161 00:09:21.320 --> 00:09:24.840 to exude from her skull. She had also been stabbed 162 00:09:24.840 --> 00:09:26.879 in the back with enough force that the knife had 163 00:09:26.960 --> 00:09:30.799 passed through her ribs and into her lungs. Ruby died 164 00:09:30.840 --> 00:09:33.039 from the blunt force injuries to her head and the 165 00:09:33.080 --> 00:09:36.720 stab injury to her lungs. Stella's neck had been cut 166 00:09:36.759 --> 00:09:41.000 six times, with the stab wounds having penetrated her trachea 167 00:09:41.039 --> 00:09:45.679 and esophagus, and she's nine. Stella's head was also bludgeoned 168 00:09:45.679 --> 00:09:49.120 by a hammer, causing brain tissue to exude from her skull. 169 00:09:49.919 --> 00:09:54.799 She died from a combination of smoke inhalation, carbon monoxide poisoning, 170 00:09:54.960 --> 00:09:58.879 and blunt force injury to her head. Forensic evidence showed 171 00:09:58.879 --> 00:10:01.159 that the knife blade recovered from the Harvey's home he 172 00:10:01.200 --> 00:10:04.679 had traces of blood from Catherine Stella, Ruby and Brian. 173 00:10:05.320 --> 00:10:08.159 Brian and Stella's DNA was discovered on the shaft of 174 00:10:08.200 --> 00:10:11.879 one of the recovered hammers, and Catherine's DNA was identified 175 00:10:11.919 --> 00:10:14.919 on the handle of the other hammer. Less than a 176 00:10:14.919 --> 00:10:17.720 week later, Richmond police received a tip that Ricky was 177 00:10:17.799 --> 00:10:19.000 a suspect in the murders. 178 00:10:19.919 --> 00:10:20.480 A member of the. 179 00:10:20.519 --> 00:10:25.759 Richmond Police Department contacted the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Police Department, requesting 180 00:10:25.799 --> 00:10:29.000 they investigate a location where Ricky may be staying and 181 00:10:29.159 --> 00:10:31.879 to be on the lookout for a particular vehicle believed 182 00:10:31.879 --> 00:10:33.039 to be related to. 183 00:10:33.000 --> 00:10:33.879 The Harvey murders. 184 00:10:34.840 --> 00:10:37.799 In the early morning hours of January seventh, two thousand 185 00:10:37.799 --> 00:10:41.519 and six, Philadelphia Police obtained a search warrant and a 186 00:10:41.519 --> 00:10:44.320 SWAT team entered the location where Ricky was suspected to 187 00:10:44.360 --> 00:10:46.759 be staying and found him in the basement. He was 188 00:10:46.879 --> 00:10:51.279 arrested and he was advised of his Miranda Rights. After 189 00:10:51.399 --> 00:10:55.000 learning that Ray was also being questioned, he asked the 190 00:10:55.039 --> 00:10:57.840 Philadelphia Police quote, can I tell you my side of 191 00:10:57.879 --> 00:10:58.399 the story? 192 00:10:58.919 --> 00:11:01.159 End quote. Oh yeah. 193 00:11:01.360 --> 00:11:05.080 As part of a signed confession, Ricky described in detail 194 00:11:05.159 --> 00:11:08.080 how he and Ray entered the Harvey's home and attacked them, 195 00:11:08.639 --> 00:11:12.279 in which he stated, quote, it was a real nasty scene. 196 00:11:12.440 --> 00:11:15.080 How am I supposed to explain something like what happened? 197 00:11:15.279 --> 00:11:17.879 I started cutting their throats and they kept getting up 198 00:11:17.960 --> 00:11:20.799 and they were scaring me. I remember seeing the hammer 199 00:11:20.799 --> 00:11:23.039 and picking it up, and then I was just hitting 200 00:11:23.120 --> 00:11:24.120 them all with the hammer. 201 00:11:24.639 --> 00:11:25.919 All I know is nobody. 202 00:11:25.639 --> 00:11:28.159 Was moving when I left out of there end quote. 203 00:11:29.799 --> 00:11:32.080 He admitted that Ray spent most of his time searching 204 00:11:32.120 --> 00:11:34.679 the home for items to steal, and that only he 205 00:11:34.840 --> 00:11:38.559 used the hammers to attack the Harvey's. So he pleads 206 00:11:38.600 --> 00:11:39.720 not guilty. 207 00:11:39.559 --> 00:11:40.840 That he pleads not guilty. 208 00:11:41.039 --> 00:11:42.799 Okay, so there's a trial. 209 00:11:43.399 --> 00:11:47.559 He stipulated at trial that Brian's wedding ring, as well 210 00:11:47.600 --> 00:11:50.120 as a cookie plate and a basket from the Harvey's 211 00:11:50.120 --> 00:11:54.000 home were discovered in a location that he provided to police, 212 00:11:54.840 --> 00:11:58.480 and police also recovered from him a computer stone from 213 00:11:58.519 --> 00:12:02.559 the Harvey's home. He also stipulated that the boots found 214 00:12:02.600 --> 00:12:06.120 at the residence in Philadelphia belonged to him, and that's 215 00:12:06.120 --> 00:12:10.639 important because Brian and Stell's bloodstains were discovered on the boots. Okay, 216 00:12:11.399 --> 00:12:14.799 the Commonwealth, because this takes place in Virginia, also introduced 217 00:12:14.840 --> 00:12:17.879 photographs of the dead bodies as exhibits during the trial, 218 00:12:17.919 --> 00:12:19.519 and the jury was permitted. 219 00:12:19.080 --> 00:12:19.679 To view them. 220 00:12:20.559 --> 00:12:24.399 So, after four days of trial, the jury returned a 221 00:12:24.519 --> 00:12:28.120 verdict of guilty as to all five capital murder counts, 222 00:12:29.200 --> 00:12:34.320 and the jury deliberated for thirty minutes, and then. 223 00:12:34.480 --> 00:12:35.600 He was sentenced to death. 224 00:12:36.559 --> 00:12:38.679 Good good, And in case. 225 00:12:38.519 --> 00:12:41.240 You're wondering what happened to Ray, he initially pleaded not 226 00:12:41.320 --> 00:12:44.159 guilty to four counts capital murder, but he eventually changed 227 00:12:44.200 --> 00:12:46.440 his plea to guilty on three of the four counts 228 00:12:46.519 --> 00:12:48.840 as part of an agreement to receive a life sentence 229 00:12:48.879 --> 00:12:52.480 without the possibility of parole. So this episode's going to 230 00:12:52.519 --> 00:12:55.000 be a little heavy about the trial and then the 231 00:12:55.039 --> 00:12:57.360 penalty phase, because I'm going to tell you some more 232 00:12:57.480 --> 00:13:01.879 about what happened before he was finally sentenced. But in 233 00:13:01.919 --> 00:13:06.399 the sentencing phase of Ricky's trial, the Commonwealth introduced evidence 234 00:13:06.440 --> 00:13:10.399 of Ricky's criminal record, including convictions for robbery in nineteen 235 00:13:10.480 --> 00:13:14.960 ninety six, distribution of cocaine in two thousand, and possession 236 00:13:15.000 --> 00:13:18.159 of cocaine in two thousand and two. Extensive evidence was 237 00:13:18.159 --> 00:13:20.519 also presented to show that Ricky had a history of 238 00:13:20.600 --> 00:13:25.519 violent crimes in the past. Lieutenant Daniel Stanek of the 239 00:13:25.519 --> 00:13:31.240 City of Washington, Pennsylvania Police Department, he testified about the 240 00:13:31.360 --> 00:13:35.799 discovery of Ricky's wife's body. Her name was Triva on 241 00:13:35.879 --> 00:13:39.480 November fifth, two thousand and five. Ricky was questioned at 242 00:13:39.480 --> 00:13:43.080 the time, but was not arrested for her murder. After 243 00:13:43.120 --> 00:13:45.840 his arrest for the murder of the Harveys in January 244 00:13:45.840 --> 00:13:48.919 two thousand and six, he also confessed to killing his wife, 245 00:13:49.279 --> 00:13:53.120 Treva Gray. She was thirty five years old, and Ray 246 00:13:53.200 --> 00:13:56.919 helped him murder Triva. Ray held her down. 247 00:13:57.000 --> 00:13:59.519 While Ricky beat her to death with a lead pipe. 248 00:14:00.200 --> 00:14:01.600 Oh my gosh, I know. 249 00:14:02.159 --> 00:14:04.799 Her body was found in a shallow grave on Brookside 250 00:14:04.840 --> 00:14:08.600 Avenue in a suburb of Pittsburgh. I mentioned Washington, Pennsylvania. 251 00:14:09.919 --> 00:14:11.879 She and twenty eight year old Ricky had been married 252 00:14:11.879 --> 00:14:14.840 for six months before he killed her. Treva fought hard 253 00:14:14.840 --> 00:14:18.159 for her life, leaving deep clawing marks on Rickey's forearms, 254 00:14:18.480 --> 00:14:21.240 but the police initially didn't investigate her death like I 255 00:14:21.320 --> 00:14:25.000 told you, They assumed it was a drug overdose. After 256 00:14:25.039 --> 00:14:29.679 her body was found, her stepfather, John Squire's was convinced 257 00:14:29.759 --> 00:14:31.919 that Ricky and Ray had something to do with her death. 258 00:14:33.039 --> 00:14:36.279 Before they were arrested, John he had taken a month 259 00:14:36.320 --> 00:14:39.000 off of work because he felt like he needed to 260 00:14:39.039 --> 00:14:42.600 protect his family, so he barricaded his house at night 261 00:14:42.720 --> 00:14:45.159 and would lay awake believing that Ricky and Ray would 262 00:14:45.159 --> 00:14:48.679 be coming for him, his wife, and their three grandsons. 263 00:14:50.039 --> 00:14:53.879 Detective William Bretton of the Richmond Police Department described how 264 00:14:54.000 --> 00:14:57.399 also on January first, two thousand and six, this is 265 00:14:57.639 --> 00:15:00.759 the day that they killed the Harveys, detective learned of 266 00:15:00.799 --> 00:15:04.600 another set of murders committed in Richmond. Executing a search warrant, 267 00:15:04.720 --> 00:15:08.000 police discovered the dead bodies of fifty five year old 268 00:15:08.159 --> 00:15:12.279 percl Tucker, his forty six year old wife Mary, and 269 00:15:12.399 --> 00:15:16.440 Mary's twenty one year old daughter, Ashley Baskerville. They were 270 00:15:16.480 --> 00:15:19.360 all in their home and if you remember, Ashley had 271 00:15:19.399 --> 00:15:22.399 been in the car when Ricky and Ray were driving 272 00:15:22.399 --> 00:15:23.759 around looking for a house to rob. 273 00:15:24.039 --> 00:15:24.480 Earlier. 274 00:15:25.360 --> 00:15:28.679 The police identified Ashley as an accomplice in the Harvey 275 00:15:28.799 --> 00:15:32.559 murders because she was the lookout while the robbery murders occurred, 276 00:15:33.000 --> 00:15:36.639 and then she was actually a participant in the robbery 277 00:15:36.679 --> 00:15:38.279 of her own mother and stepfather. 278 00:15:38.720 --> 00:15:39.960 Oh my gosh, I know. 279 00:15:40.279 --> 00:15:43.879 During that crime, Ashley posed as a victim alongside her 280 00:15:43.919 --> 00:15:46.440 mom and stepdad, but at some point Ricky said he 281 00:15:46.480 --> 00:15:49.039 grew tired of her and just decided to kill her too. 282 00:15:49.399 --> 00:15:56.000 Doctor Darrenchrelka, a medical examiner, testified that the autopsy revealed 283 00:15:56.120 --> 00:15:59.840 Perciel's head had been covered with saran wrap, with a 284 00:16:00.080 --> 00:16:03.639 sock stuffed into his mouth and duct tape shut. Perciell 285 00:16:03.759 --> 00:16:06.879 probably struggled for several minutes before he died from suffocation. 286 00:16:08.080 --> 00:16:11.399 Mary's mouth had been gagged with duct tape over her eyes, 287 00:16:12.000 --> 00:16:15.039 her neck and chest had been cut four times. Mary 288 00:16:15.080 --> 00:16:16.559 struggled several minutes before she. 289 00:16:16.600 --> 00:16:17.600 Died from suffocation. 290 00:16:18.720 --> 00:16:21.399 Ashley was found with a plastic shopping bag over her 291 00:16:21.480 --> 00:16:24.639 head and taped to her neck with duct tape. Her 292 00:16:24.679 --> 00:16:26.519 face was wrapped in duct tape and a sock with 293 00:16:26.559 --> 00:16:29.799 stuffed into her mouth, and she also struggled for several 294 00:16:29.840 --> 00:16:30.919 minutes before she died. 295 00:16:30.919 --> 00:16:33.559 From suffocation. What a fucking way to go. 296 00:16:33.960 --> 00:16:37.519 These assholes are monsters right to go out on a 297 00:16:37.559 --> 00:16:41.039 spree in anything. I mean, it doesn't even matter. Fucking 298 00:16:41.039 --> 00:16:44.799 beat someone with a pipe and I know it as 299 00:16:44.879 --> 00:16:46.919 a point honestly time, I don't give a fuck about 300 00:16:46.919 --> 00:16:49.960 what your childhood was about. I do not fucking care. 301 00:16:50.440 --> 00:16:53.639 It does not excuse this. I know you're gonna want 302 00:16:53.679 --> 00:16:57.000 well I was hurt, yeah, I know we all are, 303 00:16:57.679 --> 00:16:58.399 so don't. 304 00:16:58.320 --> 00:16:58.919 Right and wrong? 305 00:16:59.360 --> 00:17:00.000 Thank you? 306 00:17:00.000 --> 00:17:01.039 I mean yeah. 307 00:17:01.559 --> 00:17:04.480 Ricky's vehicle was discovered three blocks from the Tucker's home, 308 00:17:04.599 --> 00:17:08.160 and the Tucker's stolen vehicle was located in Philadelphia, where 309 00:17:08.200 --> 00:17:11.279 he was arrested. So he eventually, like I told you, 310 00:17:11.279 --> 00:17:15.200 confessed to murdering the Tucker family, and Brian Harvey's wedding 311 00:17:15.240 --> 00:17:18.400 band was found with Ashley's body. She was actually wearing it, 312 00:17:18.519 --> 00:17:21.680 that's where it was. Police also learned that Ricky assaulted 313 00:17:21.680 --> 00:17:24.440 a man in Arlington, Virginia on New Year's Eve two 314 00:17:24.519 --> 00:17:27.440 thousand and five, So the day before these murders happened, 315 00:17:27.759 --> 00:17:30.839 he assaulted this man and it was twenty six year 316 00:17:30.839 --> 00:17:34.960 old Ryan Carrey. At the sentencing phase of Ricky's trial, 317 00:17:35.480 --> 00:17:38.400 mister Carey testified that he arrived at his parents' home 318 00:17:38.440 --> 00:17:40.400 after work on December thirty first. 319 00:17:40.720 --> 00:17:42.079 And he was attacked by two men. 320 00:17:42.680 --> 00:17:45.880 He was forced to the ground and stabbed multiple times. 321 00:17:46.640 --> 00:17:49.640 Ryan escaped the assault and rushed to his father's home 322 00:17:49.759 --> 00:17:54.319 covered in blood. Ryan's father contacted emergency personnel who took 323 00:17:54.359 --> 00:17:57.759 Ryan to the hospital where his condition was stabilized. He 324 00:17:58.039 --> 00:18:01.160 ended up staying two months in the High Hospital, and 325 00:18:01.359 --> 00:18:04.319 he survived. He was able to return home, although he 326 00:18:04.359 --> 00:18:05.799 did lose the use of his. 327 00:18:05.720 --> 00:18:07.039 Right arm permanently. 328 00:18:07.599 --> 00:18:12.400 Wow Ricky confessed to assaulting Ryan with ray and stipulated 329 00:18:12.480 --> 00:18:13.799 that Ryan's blood. 330 00:18:13.519 --> 00:18:15.119 Was found on his boots. 331 00:18:15.720 --> 00:18:18.079 Also testifying at the penalley phase of the trial were 332 00:18:18.400 --> 00:18:22.400 Mark Harvey, who was Brian Harvey's older brother, and Stephen Coult, 333 00:18:22.799 --> 00:18:25.359 the man that I mentioned that was the actor Catherine's 334 00:18:25.400 --> 00:18:29.160 older brother. Each described a loving relationship with their sibling 335 00:18:29.440 --> 00:18:32.920 and devastating grief and the emotional impact of the murders 336 00:18:33.359 --> 00:18:36.079 that they had on them upon them and they extended families. 337 00:18:36.839 --> 00:18:41.279 So Ricky offers evidence into mitigation, including his mother's testimony 338 00:18:41.359 --> 00:18:45.319 describing his childhood and home life. His mother was named 339 00:18:45.359 --> 00:18:49.000 Barbara Mowten, and she discovered how she established a connection 340 00:18:49.119 --> 00:18:52.400 between Ricky and his natural father, Ellsworth, when Ricky was 341 00:18:52.400 --> 00:18:55.960 a baby. She later married Ellsworth and moved with him 342 00:18:56.000 --> 00:18:59.200 to Maryland along with their two children and two of 343 00:18:59.200 --> 00:19:04.200 Ellsworth's children from another relationship. In school, Ricky struggled to 344 00:19:04.279 --> 00:19:07.279 learn to read. He was hyper and disruptive in the classroom, 345 00:19:07.640 --> 00:19:11.680 and he received spankings with a horse strap from Ellsworth 346 00:19:12.079 --> 00:19:15.519 yeah when the school reported Ricky was disruptive in class. 347 00:19:16.160 --> 00:19:19.359 She Assel told of how Ricky wet himself most nights 348 00:19:19.440 --> 00:19:22.680 until he was about thirteen, and that resulted in beatings 349 00:19:22.680 --> 00:19:27.519 from Ellsworth. She described instances of sexual abuse of two 350 00:19:27.519 --> 00:19:30.079 of the children, and it was Ricky and his sister 351 00:19:30.680 --> 00:19:35.359 by a friend of Ellsworth. Ricky's mom said the Army 352 00:19:35.400 --> 00:19:37.680 transferred her for a year to the state of Washington, 353 00:19:37.720 --> 00:19:40.759 but Ricky remained in Maryland with his father and stepbrother 354 00:19:41.200 --> 00:19:45.640 and his sister. During that time, Ellsworth became a cocaine addict. 355 00:19:46.039 --> 00:19:51.079 Upon Mary's return from Washington, she also learned that Ellsworth's son, Fitzgerald, 356 00:19:51.160 --> 00:19:54.440 had been sexually abusing Ricky, although he refused to talk 357 00:19:54.440 --> 00:19:58.359 about the abuse with his mom. Later, Ellsworth was arrested 358 00:19:58.400 --> 00:20:01.279 and jailed and drug charges. She then moved the family 359 00:20:01.279 --> 00:20:04.039 to Pennsylvania for a new start, and Ricky left home 360 00:20:04.079 --> 00:20:08.359 when he was seventeen. Ricky's sister Ava also testified about 361 00:20:08.400 --> 00:20:12.039 repeated instances of sexual abuse upon her and Ricky by Fitzgerald. 362 00:20:12.319 --> 00:20:15.200 She also described him being victimized by Fitzgerald when he 363 00:20:15.240 --> 00:20:18.519 was only four and that such experiences were a regular 364 00:20:18.559 --> 00:20:22.519 thing over the course of seven years. She also testified 365 00:20:22.519 --> 00:20:24.839 that Ricky started to use drugs when he was thirteen 366 00:20:25.039 --> 00:20:28.079 and was a user of marijuana, cocaine, and PCP. 367 00:20:29.119 --> 00:20:31.759 PCP, PCP, Where do you get your hair out of 368 00:20:31.880 --> 00:20:36.559 fucking choices? Oh my gosh, PCP. We've heard the stories 369 00:20:36.640 --> 00:20:42.039 sexual abuse. Yeah, definitely can lead to crime and a 370 00:20:42.079 --> 00:20:46.680 plethora of other things. But here's something that I have 371 00:20:46.880 --> 00:20:50.400 never you had a fucking seek out PCP. Are you 372 00:20:50.480 --> 00:20:53.359 been kidding me? That's not on your menu. I can 373 00:20:53.400 --> 00:20:57.599 see your crack, your coke, your whatever, your basic street drugs. 374 00:20:58.079 --> 00:21:02.519 But PCP, Mmm, you wanted to destruct and you wanted 375 00:21:02.559 --> 00:21:05.480 to destroy because no one, that's not a fun drug 376 00:21:05.559 --> 00:21:09.480 to be on. The one story I heard the one 377 00:21:09.519 --> 00:21:13.160 woman she I think they killed someone and then ate 378 00:21:13.200 --> 00:21:16.200 some of their flesh, and they would say, I would 379 00:21:16.279 --> 00:21:18.680 never have done that, And I smoke a little weed 380 00:21:18.720 --> 00:21:21.759 now and again, never on. 381 00:21:22.039 --> 00:21:26.359 Any kind of the PCP. You don't fuck with you kidding. 382 00:21:26.119 --> 00:21:33.119 It's crazy, right, Oh my gosh, Yeah, Oh he did 383 00:21:33.200 --> 00:21:36.759 PC yeah, PCP. Then he was looking for it. He 384 00:21:36.880 --> 00:21:40.240 was looking for trouble. You're looking for trouble when you 385 00:21:40.279 --> 00:21:44.039 do drugs, and you'll find it to me as a 386 00:21:44.079 --> 00:21:47.640 whole other level, like no weaving way I know. 387 00:21:48.559 --> 00:21:52.880 Also presented as mitigating evidence was the videotaped deposition of 388 00:21:52.960 --> 00:21:57.519 doctor David Lysik, a psychologist and expert on the impact 389 00:21:57.559 --> 00:22:00.559 of child abuse and the relationship between earlier trauma and 390 00:22:00.599 --> 00:22:04.759 the perpetration of violence. Doctor Lysik offered his opinion on 391 00:22:04.880 --> 00:22:08.480 the general effect of early childhood abuse. He also presented 392 00:22:08.519 --> 00:22:11.599 the opinion of doctor Mark Cunningham, who was a clinical 393 00:22:11.599 --> 00:22:15.480 and forensic psychologist, who opined that Ricky was quote likely 394 00:22:15.519 --> 00:22:18.640 to make a positive adjustment to prison or an adjustment 395 00:22:18.680 --> 00:22:22.720 that is free of serious violence. Doctor Cunningham's conclusions were 396 00:22:22.720 --> 00:22:24.839 based in part on the fact that Ricky was nearly 397 00:22:25.000 --> 00:22:28.279 thirty years old and that his quote likelihood of getting 398 00:22:28.319 --> 00:22:30.960 into trouble in prison is only about half as much 399 00:22:31.440 --> 00:22:34.200 as when he was eighteen or twenty years old, and 400 00:22:34.359 --> 00:22:38.279 continues to fall steadily across the lifespan end quote. Doctor 401 00:22:38.279 --> 00:22:41.279