On
Tuesday, August 28, 2018, Peter Avsenew was sentenced to the death penalty
after murdering a gay couple in Wilton
Manors, Florida in 2010. Peter Avsenew was convicted in 2017 of
first-degree
murder in the deaths of Kevin Adams and Steven Powell. The couple
let Avsenew into their home after answering the sexually suggestive ad he
posted on Craigslist.
The victims, Adams and Powell, were shot and killed in the home they shared
together for 30 years.
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Self-proclaimed
prostitute sentenced to death for killing gay couple in 2010
Peter Avsenew showed no remorse for killings during, after trial
Peter Avsenew showed no remorse for killings during, after trial
By Amanda Batchelor - Senior Digital Editor
Posted: 11:11 AM, August 28, 2018
Updated: 1:52 PM, August 28, 2018
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - A self-proclaimed
prostitute was sentenced to death Tuesday for the 2010 killing of a gay couple
from Wilton Manors.
Peter Avsenew was convicted last year of
first-degree murder in the deaths of Kevin Adams and Steven Powell.
Police said the couple was found shot to death and
wrapped in blankets in their Wilton Manors home on the day after Christmas in
2010.
Avsenew, 32, placed an advertisement on Craigslist
and moved in with the couple weeks before their deaths.
The prosecution claimed during the trial that
Avsenew used the couple's credit cards and was found in possession of their
car. Avsenew's defense attorney claimed that his client found them dead and
then stole the items instead of calling police.
Avsenew's mother turned him in to authorities after
he made suspicious statements to her.
In addition to murder, Avsenew was convicted on two
counts each of armed robbery, grand theft auto, credit card fraud and
possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
Avsenew has shown no remorse in court for the
killings.
The murderer even sent a hand-scribbled letter to
Broward County Judge Ilona Holmes after his conviction, seeming to boast about
the killings.
"It is my duty as a white man to
cull the weak and timid from existence," Avsenew wrote. "I will always stand up for what I believe in and
eradicate anything in my way. Homosexuals are a disgrace to mankind and must be
put down. These weren't the first and won't be the last."
Avsenew expressed similar sentiments at a Spencer
hearing in June, saying "I wholeheartedly have
nothing to lose and I'm going to take it out on everybody I can."
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“It is my duty as a white man to cull the weak and timid from existence.”
“It is my duty as a white man to cull the weak and timid from existence.”
by Brandon Voss 14h ago
An execution has been ordered for Peter Avsenew,
who was convicted last fall of killing a Florida gay couple, the Sun-Sentinel
reports.
Avsenew, 33, murdered Kevin Powell, 47, and Stephen
Adams, 52, a few days before Christmas 2010. He then stole their car, cash, and
credit cards.
Powell and Adams, who were together 30 years, had
invited Avsenew into their Wilton Manors home after responding to a sexual
classified ad he posted on Craigslist.
In January, after a jury unanimously voted for the
death penalty, Avsenew showed his lack of remorse by flipping the victims’
grieving families the middle finger in open court.
Avsenew told the jury, “I
have no regrets in my life and I am proud of the decisions I’ve made.” He later
told a judge he had killed before and would kill again.
Avsenew’s court-appointed attorney argued that the
defendant had suffered childhood trauma, including his sister’s murder and
alleged sexual abuse by his stepfather.
“It is my duty as a white man to cull the
weak and timid from existence,” Avsenew wrote in a letter to Broward Circuit Judge
Ilona Holmes. “Homosexuals are a disease to mankind and
must be put down.”
Although Holmes had the power to override the
jury’s death penalty recommendation, she ultimately ruled that Avsenew be
punished by execution.
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Read this cold blooded killer’s
note to the judge after being sentenced to death
Convicted
killer Peter Avsenew was sentenced to death in a Florida courtroom at the
unanimous recommendation of the jury that convicted him. Yesterday, Broward
Circuit Judge Ilona Holmes upheld the jury’s sentence and ordered his
execution.
Avsenew,
32, was convicted of murder in the 2010 deaths of Kevin Mark Powell, 47, and
Stephen Adams, 52, in Wilton Manors, a city near Ft. Lauderdale with a large
LGBT population. Prosecutors said Avsenew used Craigslist to get invited to the
victims’ home and then killed and robbed them, leaving with their money, a car,
and other belongings.
During
the sentencing hearing, he opted to defend himself instead of letting his
lawyer present arguments. He expressed no regret and did not ask the jury to
spare his life.
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Man who murdered gay couple flipped off the victims’ families as he was
sentenced to death
“I
have no regrets in my life and I am proud of the decisions I’ve made,” he told the court.
Minutes
after the sentencing, he flipped off the victims’ families.
“After what happened in that courtroom just now, I’m happy that he’s
being put to the death penalty,” one of
the victim’s sister, Missy Badget, said.
And in a
chilling handwritten note sent to the judge after sentencing, Avsenew continued
his lack of remorse.
“It is my
duty as a white man to cull the weak and timid from existence. I will always
stand up for what I believe in and eradicate anything in my way,” he wrote.
“Homosexuals are a disgrace to mankind and must be put down. These weren’t the
first and won’t be the last.”
Avsenew
is the first person sentenced to die after a law was passed requiring a
unanimous jury for a death sentence. The date of execution has not been set.
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