Carlos Anthony Hawthorne II
Facts of the Crime:
Convicted of first-degree murder for the August 25, 1996, shooting of Vanessa Sells, who died five days later as a result of three gunshot wounds to the head and base of her skull and neck. He also was found guilty of the attempted murder of Sells' daughter, who still had a bullet lodged in her head when Hawthorne was tried.
Hawthorne was sentenced to death in Los Angeles County on September 5, 1997.
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