Bradley Dale Lindsey, 20
James Loyd Armstrong, 26
Nancy Armstrong, mother of James Armstrong, made a statement to Dorsey at his trial. "Our son was a gentle man,"
she told him. "I believe you're an evil, vile creature. You didn't kill for survival. You killed for pleasure."
Sept. 18, 1998 - Leon David Dorsey IV was 22 years old and already in prison for an unrelated murder
when he was charged in the four-year-old Blockbuster case.
Leon David Dorsey IV on death row
Facts of the Crime: Convicted and sentenced to death in the April 4, 1994 robbery-murders of James Armstrong and Brad Lindsey.
Two employees at a Blockbuster Video store in Dallas were robbed and murdered around midnight on April 4, 1994. Employee James Armstrong was shot twice and employee Brad Lindsey was shot once in the back. The robber took several hundred dollars from the business. Dorsey admitted committing the robbery and murders to his girlfriend, who relayed that information to police, who initially thought was too tall to be the killer based upon the surveillance video in the store. In 1998, the video was sent to the FBI for analysis of the robber's height. Dorsey was interviewed and confessed to the murders.
Five months after committing the Blockbuster murders, Dorsey killed 51-year-old Hyon Suk Chon, during a convenience store robbery in Ennis, Texas. Dorsey pled guilty to the murder and was sentenced to sixty years in prison. He was in prison serving time for this murder when he confessed to the Blockbuster murders.
Victims: James Armstrong and Brad Lindsey
Time of Death: 6:27 pm
Manner of Execution: Lethal Injection
Last Meal: None
Final Words: “I love all y’all, I forgive all y’all, and I’ll see y’all when you get there. Do what you’re gonna do."
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