Billy Ray Waldon (born 1952), also known as Billy Joe Waldon or Nvwtohiyada Idehesdi Sequoyah, is a convicted rapist and murderer. Born in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, he is on death row in California for a crime spree which claimed three lives.[1] On May 16, 1986, he became the 399th fugitive listed by the FBI on the Ten Most Wanted List. He was arrested June 16, 1986, in San Diego, California, after local police attempted to pull him over for a routine traffic citation.[2] His deadly crime spree was featured in the book "Murders in Paradise" by Rose G. Handelberg.[3]
Since 1992, the organization "Friends of Sequoyah, Team Research Switzerland" have been trying to overturn the conviction, claiming 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.[4]
He is also the creator of the constructed language Poliespo (Polisinteza Esperanto).
See also
References
- ^ "SAN DIEGO : Billy Ray Waldon Gets Death Sentence". Los Angeles Times. 1992-02-29. Retrieved 2012-02-18.
- ^ Federal Bureau of Investigation (2000). FBI's Ten Most Wanted Fugitives Program: 50th Anniversary 1950-2000. K&D Limited, Inc.
- ^ Handelberg, Rose G. (1994). Murders In Paradise. Kensington Publishing Corporation. ISBN 9780786000371.
- ^ HUMAN RIGHTS ADVOCATES Vol. 42 Winter 2003-04 Archived September 28, 2007, at the Wayback Machine Information about strong doubts of Waldon's guilt, and an organization in Switzerland, "fos*ters", who are helping defend him
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)