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Gilligan family murders
1980 family murder case in Indiana, U.S.
Gilligan family murders
The Gilligan family murders occurred in Evansville, Indiana, United States, on January 14, 1980, when Donald Ray Wallace Jr. (September 3, 1957 – March 10, 2005) burglarized the Gilligan residence from where he encountered and murdered Patrick and Teresa Gilligan along with their two young children. Wallace was arrested the following day after investigators connected him to property stolen from the Gilligan residence and a neighboring home. Additional evidence included blood found on Wallace's clothing, witness testimony, and statements he allegedly made to acquaintances following the killings. Following extended proceedings concerning his competency to stand trial, Wallace was convicted of four counts of murder in September 1982 and sentenced to death. Wallace was executed by lethal injection on March 10, 2005.
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