Billy Ray Waldon
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Billy Ray Waldon aka Billy Joe Waldon and Nvwtohiyada Idehesdi Sequoyah, is the creator of the constructed language Poliespo
(Polisinteza Esperanto). Born in Tahlequah, Oklahoma
, he is on Death Row
in California for murder. On May 16, 1986 he became the 399th fugitive listed by the FBI
on the Ten Most Wanted List
. A month later, he was arrested June 16, 1986 in San Diego, California after local police attempted to pull him over for a routine traffic citation.
Since 1992, the organization "Friends of Sequoyah, Team Research Switzerland" have been trying to overturn the conviction, arguing that
Poliespo
Poliespo is an extension of Esperanto using Cherokee words, created by Billy Ray Waldon .-Principle of Creation:...
(Polisinteza Esperanto). Born in Tahlequah, Oklahoma
Tahlequah, Oklahoma
Tahlequah is a city in Cherokee County, Oklahoma, United States located at the foothills of the Ozark Mountains. It was founded as a capital of the original Cherokee Nation in 1838 to welcome those Cherokee forced west on the Trail of Tears. The city's population was 15,753 at the 2010 census. It...
, he is on Death Row
Death row
Death row signifies the place, often a section of a prison, that houses individuals awaiting execution. The term is also used figuratively to describe the state of awaiting execution , even in places where no special facility or separate unit for condemned inmates exists.After individuals are found...
in California for murder. On May 16, 1986 he became the 399th fugitive listed by the FBI
FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives, 1980s
The FBI's Ten Most Wanted Fugitives during the 1980s is a list, maintained for a fourth decade, of the Ten Most Wanted Fugitives of the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation.-FBI headlines in the 1980s:...
on the Ten Most Wanted List
FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives
The FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list arose from a conversation held in late 1949 between J. Edgar Hoover, Director of the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation, and William Kinsey Hutchinson, International News Service Editor-in-Chief, who were discussing ways to promote capture of the...
. A month later, he was arrested June 16, 1986 in San Diego, California after local police attempted to pull him over for a routine traffic citation.
Since 1992, the organization "Friends of Sequoyah, Team Research Switzerland" have been trying to overturn the conviction, arguing that
- Devoid of both motive and forensic evidence, the prosecution case rested on stolen property found in a car belonging to NIS, questionable eye-witness testimony, and a proficiency in outmaneuvering an unskilled and inadequately prepared defense, unable to attach substance to its claims of political subterfuge targeting American Indian activists.
External links
- Nvwtohiyada Idehesdi Sequoyah - Stories, documents, photos from family and friends
- Local Death Penalty Case From 1985 Finally Goes To Appeal (2006-08-08)
- Sequoyah condemned to death (French)
- The "serial murderer" Billy Waldon
- Pli kaj pli malfacila la situacio de Sequoyah (el Heroldo Komunikas) (Esperanto)