Wayne Adam Ford
Encyclopedia
Wayne Adam Ford is an American
serial killer
.
He was arrested after he walked into the Humboldt County
Sheriff Department in Eureka, California
in November 1998 with a woman's severed breast
in his pocket. He confessed to having killed four women, and is thought to have killed others. He was found guilty of four counts of first-degree murder on June 27, 2006, and was sentenced to death on August 11. Currently he resides on death row
at San Quentin State Prison
in California
.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
serial killer
Serial killer
A serial killer, as typically defined, is an individual who has murdered three or more people over a period of more than a month, with down time between the murders, and whose motivation for killing is usually based on psychological gratification...
.
He was arrested after he walked into the Humboldt County
Humboldt County, California
Humboldt County is a county in the U.S. state of California, located on the far North Coast 200 miles north of San Francisco. According to 2010 Census Data, the county’s population was 134,623...
Sheriff Department in Eureka, California
Eureka, California
Eureka is the principal city and the county seat of Humboldt County, California, United States. Its population was 27,191 at the 2010 census, up from 26,128 at the 2000 census....
in November 1998 with a woman's severed breast
Breast
The breast is the upper ventral region of the torso of a primate, in left and right sides, which in a female contains the mammary gland that secretes milk used to feed infants.Both men and women develop breasts from the same embryological tissues...
in his pocket. He confessed to having killed four women, and is thought to have killed others. He was found guilty of four counts of first-degree murder on June 27, 2006, and was sentenced to death on August 11. Currently he resides 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...
at San Quentin State Prison
San Quentin State Prison
San Quentin State Prison is a California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation state prison for men in unincorporated San Quentin, Marin County, California, United States. Opened in July 1852, it is the oldest prison in the state. California's only death row for male inmates, the largest...
in California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
.
External links
- Wayne Adam Ford at CrimeLibrary.com