kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 08/06/2008
Jurors showed Richard Dean Davis no mercy. Tuesday night they ordered him to death, five days after they found him guilty of the first-degree murder, rape and sexual torture of Marsha Spicer.
Kansas City Star (Free subscription) | 08/06/2008
After deliberating about 1½ hours, jurors Tuesday night decided on the death penalty for Richard D. Davis for the murder and sexual torture of Marsha Spicer.
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 08/05/2008
Richard D. Davis, facing capital punishment for his role in the death of Marsha Spicer, today planned to take the witness stand.
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 08/02/2008
Michelle Huff-Ricci and Marsha Spicer were not the first victims Richard D. Davis preyed upon for violent sex.
Kansas City Star (Free subscription) | 08/02/2008
Michelle Huff-Ricci and Marsha Spicer were not the first victims Richard D. Davis preyed upon for violent sex.
Arizona Republic (Free subscription) | 07/31/2008
... possibility of the death penalty - because the evidence doesn't show that he deliberately killed Marsha Spicer.Davis, 44, of Independence, faces 26 counts in Jackson County Circuit Court in the May 2006 slaying of Marsha Spicer, 41, also of Independence, and in the assault of Michelle Huff-Ricci, 36, who was killed a month earlier.Davis' girlfriend, Dena Riley, is awaiting...
Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 07/31/2008
... possibility of the death penalty -- because the evidence doesn't show that he deliberately killed Marsha Spicer.Davis, 44, of Independence, faces 26 counts in Jackson County Circuit Court in the May 2006 slaying of Marsha Spicer, 41, also of Independence, and in the assault of Michelle Huff-Ricci, 36, who was killed a month earlier.Davis' girlfriend, Dena Riley, is awaiting...
Examiner (Free subscription) | 07/31/2008
... killed Davis, 44, of Independence, faces 26 counts in Circuit Court in the May 2006 slaying of Marsha Spicer, 41, also of Independence, and in the assault of , 36, who was killed a month earlier.Davis' girlfriend, , is awaiting trial in Spicer's death, and charges are pending in another county against both defendants in the slaying of Huff-Ricci.In her closing arguments, prosecutor...
The Post Chronicle (Free subscription) | 08/01/2008
Man Convicted Of 2nd Death In Sex Torture Richard Davis, convicted in the slaying and sex torture of two women, faced a possible death penalty Friday as a Missouri jury began deliberations.Jurors found Davis, 44, of Independence, Mo., guilty Thursday of first-degree murder and 24 other felonies, including rape, kidnapping, sodomy and assault in the 2006 videotaped attack on 41-year-old Marsha...
Kansas City Star (Free subscription) | 08/01/2008
INDEPENDENCE, Mo. A suburban Kansas City man was found guilty Thursday of murder in the videotaped sexual torture and slaying of a 41-year-old woman. He could be sentenced to death.
Richard D. Davis, 44, of Independence, was found guilty on 25 of 26 counts. He was convicted of first-degree murder, kidnapping, rape, sodomy, and assault in the May 2006 slaying of Marsha Spicer, of...
CBS 4 - South Florida's Source for (Free subscription) | 08/01/2008
... convicted of first-degree murder, kidnapping, rape, sodomy, and assault in the May 2006 slaying of Marsha Spicer, of Independence. He was convicted of kidnapping, rape, sodomy and assault in the attack of 36-year-old Michelle Huff-Ricci a month earlier.On the night of April 9, the pair placed Huff-Ricci - by then fully conscious and clothed - in the back seat of a car and drove to...
Deseret Morning News (Free subscription) | 08/01/2008
INDEPENDENCE, Mo. (AP) — A suburban Kansas City man was found guilty Thursday of murder in the videotaped sexual torture and slaying of a 41-year-old woman. He could be sentenced to death.Richard D. Davis, 44, of Independence, was found guilty on 25 of 26 counts. He was convicted of first-degree murder, kidnapping, rape, sodomy and assault in the May 2006 slaying of Marsha Spicer, of...
MSNBC.com (Free subscription) | 08/01/2008
Richard D. Davis, 44, of Independence, was found guilty on 25 of 26 counts. He was convicted of first-degree murder, kidnapping, rape, sodomy, and assault in the May 2006 slaying of Marsha Spicer, of Independence. He was convicted of kidnapping, rape, sodomy and assault in the attack on 36-year-old Michelle Huff-Ricci a month earlier.
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 07/31/2008
INDEPENDENCE, Mo. A Missouri jury has found a 44-year-old man guilty of murder in the videotaped slaying of a 41-year-old woman.
Jurors deliberated for less than four hours Thursday before finding Richard D. Davis guilty of first-degree murder in the May 2006 killing of Marsha Spicer.
Prosecutors say Davis and his girlfriend, Dena Riley, videotaped the slaying to fulfill his...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 07/31/2008
Last updated July 31, 2008 2:47 p.m. PTJury: Man guilty of murder in videotaped slayingBy ANDALE GROSSINDEPENDENCE, Mo. -- A Missouri jury has found a 44-year-old man guilty of murder in the videotaped slaying of a 41-year-old woman.Jurors deliberated for less than four hours Thursday before finding Richard D. Davis guilty of first-degree murder in the May 2006 killing of Marsha Spicer.Prosecutors...
