Dana Ewell
Dana Ewell | |
|---|---|
| Born | 28 January 1971 Fresno, California |
| Occupation | Prisoner serving three life sentences for triple murder |
| Parent | Dale Ewell (father) (deceased) Glee Ewell (mother) (deceased) |
Dana Ewell (born January 28, 1971 in Fresno, California, United States of America) is a convicted triple murderer who was sentenced to three life sentences for ordering the killing of his mother, father, and sister.[1]
Murder case
Ewell's father, businessman and multi-millionaire Dale Ewell, his mother Glee and his older sister Tiffany were murdered so that the son could access the family fortune.[2] Ewell was sentenced on May 12, 1998, alongside friend and classmate Joel Radovcich, who was promised a part of the family fortune in return for executing Dana's relatives as they returned from a long Easter weekend at Pajaro Dunes, on the central coast of California. Ernest Jack Ponce (who procured the murder weapon) was also charged with the murders. He obtained a dismissal in exchange for his testimony, and was later licensed as an attorney. At the time of the murders, Dana Ewell still lived at home in the family's comfortable Sunnyside-area home.[3]
In his freshman year in high school, Ewell stated that his goal was to be a multi-millionaire by the age of 25, and lived a high-class lifestyle at the expense of his father. The murders took place on Easter Sunday, 1992.[4] Ewell is serving his time at Corcoran State Prison.
Media
The case was covered in a one-hour show of Dominick Dunne's investigative show Dominick Dunne's Power, Privilege, and Justice. Also two series of the truTV network aired episodes on the case; Forensic Files episode 282 titled "Two in a Million" and American Justice episode 170 titled "Millions Of Reasons To Kill".
References
- ^ Appealing to God
- ^ Two in a million
- ^ Son, friend convicted of killing parents, sister
- ^ Beitiks, Kathleen O. (1997). "Wheels of justice grind slowly in Ewell murders". California Bar Journal.
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