Marilyn Meagher


Erica Sheppard (1995)



Erica Sheppard


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Summary of Offense:

On June 30, 1993, Sheppard and co-defendant James Dickerson spotted Marilyn Meagher carrying clothing from her car into her apartment and decided to rob her of her car. The pair tackled Meagher inside her apartment, and while she begged for her life, slashed her throat with knives five times. They then wrapped her head in a plastic bag and struck her in the head with a 10-pound statue.

Sheppard was sentenced to death in Harris County in May 1995.

Co-defendant James Dickerson died on death row from AIDS.