"I want to say I am sorry for what I did. I'm sorry for the victim and the families. I'm sorry for my family. I'm sorry for everybody. I want to say to Stephanie, I'm sorry for what happened to you. I wish you'd get out and make a life for yourself. May God bless everyone."- The Final Words of Perrie Dyon Simpson
On
this date, January 20, 2006, Perrie Dyon Simpson was executed by lethal
injection in North Carolina for the August 27, 1984 murder of Reverend Jean Ernest Darter. Most of all, Force 1109 is happy that Simpson did repent of his
crime.
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Perrie Dyon Simpson
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INTERNET SOURCE: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perrie_Simpson
Perrie Dyon Simpson, was executed by lethal injection at the Central Prison
in Raleigh, North Carolina on January 20, 2006. Simpson was found guilty of the
1984 murder of Jean Ernest Darter, a 92-year-old white male. Simpson, who was
21-years old when he committed the capital crime, was sentenced to death on
March 12, 1985, again in 1988, and again on December 20, 1993.
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Reverend Jean Ernest Darter
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The
Reverend Jean Darter, a retired Baptist minister, was found dead in his
Reidsville, North Carolina, home on the evening of August 28, 1984, by his
daughter. Darter had been tied to a bedpost at the foot of his bed by a belt
that was wrapped around his neck. Both of his arms had been slashed open, his
head was bloated, and his face was covered with blood. There were numerous cuts
and bruises on his head and his left cheek bore an imprint that matched the
bottom of a broken Tab bottle lying on the bed. Blood and fragments of glass were
in his eyes and a bloody razor blade lay near his right hand. Certain items
were missing from the home.
Expert
medical testimony showed that any of three major areas of trauma could have
been life threatening but that Darter's death was due to ligature strangulation
caused by the belt around his neck. His death had occurred over a period of
five or six minutes or longer depending upon the amount of force used during
the strangulation. Darter would have stopped breathing within three to five
minutes after losing consciousness.
Investigation
Fingerprints
were found in Darter's home on a hall telephone, in the bedroom, and in the
kitchen. Some of the fingerprints found matched those of Simpson. Others
matched the fingerprints of Simpson's girlfriend, Stephanie Eury, a 16-year-old
black female.
Police
traced a phone call from Darter's home to a friend of Simpson who identified
Simpson as the caller. On that basis Simpson was arrested on September 21 on a
warrant for an unrelated assault in Greensboro. After advising Simpson of his
Miranda rights, the arresting officers briefly questioned him about the
unrelated assault. They then began to discuss Darter's murder with him. Simpson
initially denied any knowledge of the murder. Officers stopped questioning him
once he agreed to take a polygraph test. After the polygraph procedures were
explained to him and he was told the machine would reveal any lying on his
part, Simpson said that the machine would show he was lying and that there was
something he needed to tell the officers.
The
Confession
Shortly
thereafter Simpson was again advised of his Miranda rights. He then gave a
statement in the nature of a confession indicating that he and Eury had gone to
Darter's home on August 26 at her suggestion on the pretext that they were
travelers who needed help. Once there the Reverend gave them food and money and
allowed them to use the telephone in his home. After leaving the Darter home
Simpson and Eury decided to go back and rob Darter.
The
Robbery
Simpson
said that on the evening of Monday, the 27th, he and Eury left Eury's home and
began to plan the robbery and murder of Darter. Simpson stated: "Stephanie
said if we go in there and rob the man we can't let him live and I said that is
the truth."
They
then went to Darter's home, and after making sure that no one could see them,
knocked on the door. Darter let them in. When Darter attempted to call police
to help Simpson and Eury, Simpson pulled Darter away from the telephone. He
told Eury to cut the phone cord, which she did. Eury ran to the living room and
pulled the drapes while Simpson held Darter down on the bed in the bedroom.
Eury
began to ransack the residence for valuables to steal. When she brought food to
the bedroom to show to Simpson he told her to look for money. He continued to
hold Darter on the bed and told Darter, "I want some money or else."
Simpson stated that Darter said that he had no money and to go ahead and kill
him adding that, "The preacher was smiling as he told me to kill him
because he was going to heaven and this made me mad."
The
Murder
Simpson
called to Eury to check the bedroom for money. He grabbed a belt from the
footboard of the bed and looped it around Darter's neck. He held the belt
tightly around Darter's neck with his right hand while he went through items on
the bed with his left hand and "told the preacher that he better tell me
where some more money was but the preacher could not talk as he was
choking." The belt around Darter's neck broke, and Simpson grabbed a
thicker leather belt from the footboard and looped it around Darter's neck,
pulling it tight.
Simpson
called to Eury "to bring me something in the bedroom to kill this preacher
with." When the items Eury brought Simpson to kill Darter with proved
unsatisfactory, he had her hold the belt and pull it tighter around Darter's
neck while he went to the kitchen "and looked around for some device to
beat the old preacher and finish him off".
Having
found a full sixteen-ounce soft drink bottle of Tab, Simpson returned to the
bedroom. He and Eury then pulled together to tighten the belt around Darter's
neck. Simpson then hit Darter in the face with the bottle three times at which
point it broke. Simpson tied the end of the belt to the footboard of the bed
and went to the bathroom of the home and got a razor blade.
During
this time Eury continued to search the house and gather up more items. Simpson
cut both of Darter's arms while Eury gathered up items to be stolen and put
them in a grocery bag and a plastic laundry basket. They then cut off the
lights in the home and left with the items they had stolen.
Charges
After
Simpson confessed warrants were issued charging him with first-degree murder,
robbery with a dangerous weapon, and conspiracy to commit murder.
Trial
Simpson
was tried in Rockingham County Superior Court. In 1985 he was sentenced to
death and then resentenced after it was ruled the trial judge's refusal to
allow more than one of Simpson's attorneys to present final arguments to the
jury was in error. In 1988 Simpson was again sentenced to death, but a
subsequent appellate court ruled that the jury had been erroneously instructed
that the finding of mitigating circumstances had to be unanimous and vacated
the sentence. Ultimately, Simpson's third death sentence was confirmed.
Governor Michael F. Easley denied Simpson clemency. Accomplice Eury was
convicted of first-degree murder and given a life sentence.
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Perrie Dyon Simpson
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INTERNET SOURCE: http://www.clarkprosecutor.org/html/death/US/simpson1006.htm
Final Meal:
A
McRib sandwich from McDonald's, a double cheeseburger from Wendy's, macaroni
and cheese, cheesecake and a Pepsi.
Final Words:
"I
want to say I am sorry for what I did. I'm sorry for the victim and the
families. I'm sorry for my family. I'm sorry for everybody. I want to say to
Stephanie, I'm sorry for what happened to you. I wish you'd get out and make a
life for yourself. May God bless everyone."
DOC Number: 0371096
DOB: 10/30/1962
RACE: BLACK
SEX: MALE
DATE OF SENTENCING: 03/12/85
COUNTY OF CONVICTION: ROCKINGHAM COUNTY
FILE#: 84009828
CHARGE: MURDER FIRST DEGREE (PRINCIPAL)
DATE OF CRIME: 08/27/1984
North Carolina Department of Correction (Chronology / Press Release)
Perrie Simpson - Chronology of Events
- 12/01/2005 - Simpson's execution date set for Jan 20, 2006.
- 12/20/1993 - Perrie Simpson sentenced to death in Rockingham County Superior Court for the murder of Rev. Jean Ernest Darter.
North Carolina Department of Correction
For Release: IMMEDIATE
Contact: Public Affairs Office
Date: January 19, 2006
Phone: (919) 716-3700
Witnesses named for Perrie Simpson execution
RALEIGH - Witnesses have been named for the execution of Perrie Simpson, scheduled for 2 a.m. on January 20 at Central Prison.
Official Witnesses
Curtis Faircloth - Victim’s family member
Chris Zisi - Victim’s family member
Phyllis Faircloth - Victim’s family member
Robert Jordan - Victim’s family member
Lt. Dwight Lucas - Reidsville Police Dept. (retired)
Walter House - Special Agent, State Bureau of Investigation
Media Witnesses
Estes Thompson – Associated Press, Raleigh
Glen Baity – Reidsville Review
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