Meet Convicted 35-Count Rabbit Abuser
Billy Ray White's Threats Against Murder Victim's Family Don't Play Well With Parole Board
Tuesday, August 17, 2010 at 11:23 am
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But on March 30, 1985, he encountered businessman J.D. Hall in the driveway of his Georgia home. White wanted to steal his truck. Hall wasn't having it. So the little punk shot and killed the 53-year-old father.
White was subsequently convicted and sentenced to two consecutive life sentences plus 10 years. But he was too young for the death penalty, and Georgia didn't have a statute allowing for life without parole at the time. Under his sentencing and the unique math of the judicial system, White would be eligible for parole within 20 years.
Fortunately, the kid was still a moron. For some reason he blamed Hall for his predicament. So in 1989, he began sending letters to Hall's family, threatening to kill them when he was released.
He wrote Hall's daughter, saying he was going to carve her up like a turkey and turn her head into a flower pot. He told Hall's son that he would put him through a meat grinder, then make his relatives eat him.
"You can run but you can't hide," he wrote Hall's wife. "You can go to the
police, but they can't protect you. You can change your name, address,
or even move, but I will always find you. They can't keep me in here
for the rest of my life." (CNN has copies of the letters here.)
In a twist of moronic bravado, White signed the letters "Charles Manson." But police weren't as stupid as he was, and quickly deduced they came from White, who admitted to the punk-ass threats.
Two years later, he would write the parole board to apologize for the letters. But it was much too late.In June, the letters were used once again as evidence for why White shouldn't be released. So far, the parole board has shut him down at six hearings. His family says he was just a kid when he wrote them, and they should no longer be held against him.
Yet threatening a family whose only sin was to have a husband and father shot in a carjacking shows an impressive brand of delusion. White will now have to wait until next April to convince officials he's worthy of release again.
See our last story about murderous threats: Mary Colletta Murdered By Stalker Husband Christopher Colletta Outside Hospital.
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