Vicki Lynne Hoskinson
Facts of the Crime:
Atwood had been convicted of lewd and lascivious acts and kidnapping an eight-year-old boy in California. In May 1984, he was paroled from the kidnapping sentence. Atwood came to Tucson in September 1984 in violation of his California parole. On September 17, eight-year-old Vicky Lynn Hoskinson was riding her bicycle home from mailing a letter. Atwood kidnapped the girl and killed her. He left her body in the desert and fled to Texas, where he was apprehended. Vicky's body was not found until April 1985.
Atwood was sentenced to death on May 8, 1987.
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