Classification: Serial killer
Characteristics: Burned each of his victims' bodies in an attempt to conceal evidence of rape
Number of victims: 5
Date of murders: 1987 / 2006 - 2009
Date of arrest: March 8, 2009
Date of birth: September 13, 1968
Victims profile: Leola Douglas, 27 (his girlfriend) / Casonya Crawford, 15 / Mary Jo Newton, 45 / Kimya Rolison, 14 / Esme Kenny, 13
Method of murder: Strangulation
Location: Hamilton County, Ohio, USA
Status: Pleaded guilty to manslaughter in 1987. Sentenced to 25 years in prison. Served 16 years in prison. Released from prison on September 3, 2003. Sentenced to death on March 31, 2010
Anthony Kirkland (born September 13, 1968) is an American serial killer. Kirkland murdered four females in the Cincinnati area between 2006 and 2009, three of them children, following a 16-year prison term for the 1987 murder of another woman.
In 1987, Kirkland killed his girlfriend Leola Douglas, and set her body on fire. He pleaded guilty to manslaughter and served 16 years in prison. He was released from parole in 2004.
From December 22, 2006 through March 7, 2009, Kirkland murdered four females, three by strangulation. He had burned each of his victims' bodies in an attempt to conceal evidence of rape. Kirkland was arrested near the scene of the murder of 13-year old Esme Kenny in possession of her watch and iPod.
After being convicted of aggravated murder, gross abuse of a corpse, attempted rape and aggravated robbery, the judge on March 31, 2010 sentenced Kirkland to death.
Victims
- Leola Douglas, 27, murdered May 20, 1987.
- Casonya Crawford, 15, murdered March, 2006.
- Mary Jo Newton, 45, murdered April or May, 2006.
- Kimya Rolison, 14, murdered December 22, 2006.
- Esme Kenny, 13, murdered March 7, 2009
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