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Chevie Kehoe
Born
Chevie O'Brien Kehoe

(1973-01-29) January 29, 1973 (age 51)
Orange Park, Florida, United States
Criminal penalty3 consecutive life sentences
Details
Killed3
Date apprehended
June 17, 1997

Chevie O'Brien Kehoe[1][2] (born January 29, 1973, Orange Park, Florida, United States)[3] is a self-proclaimed white supremacist and convicted murderer serving three consecutive life sentences for the kidnapping, torture, and murder of William Mueller and his family.[4]

Early life and education

Kehoe, the oldest of eight sons born to Kirby and Gloria Kehoe, was named for his father's favorite brand of automobile (Chevrolet). His father had served in the Navy during the Vietnam War. When Kehoe was an infant, his father moved the family to Madison County, North Carolina.

In 1985, Kirby moved the family again, this time to near Deep Lake in Stevens County, Washington. Kehoe entered Colville Junior High School as a ninth grader in 1987 where he was an honor student.[5] In 1988, his parents pulled him and his younger brother Cheyne out of public school, and from then on they were home-schooled.[5]

Raised with increasingly extreme anti-government and white supremacist beliefs, Kehoe formed an ambitious plan to bring down the United States government with his self-styled "Aryan People's Republic" militia.[citation needed] To attract recruits, Kehoe embarked upon a series of firearms and property crimes that would eventually lead him from his home in Eastern Washington to Arkansas (the home of the Mueller family) as he followed gun show events.[citation needed] Meanwhile, Kehoe had married Karena Gumm,[6][7] and the couple had had three[8][9] children.[10] In 1993, Kehoe married a second wife Angie Settle (also known as Angie Murray)[11][12][13][14] near Hayden Lake, Idaho on July 9, 1993,[15] espousing that polygamy was a way to further the Aryan race.[citation needed]

Crimes

In February 1995, Kehoe and his father robbed the Tilly, Arkansas home of William Mueller, an unlicensed gun dealer who owned a large collection of weapons and ammunition. Kehoe and his family took the stolen property to a motel in Spokane, Washington, by way of the Christian Identity community of Elohim City, Oklahoma.[16][17]

Kehoe and his brother Cheyne were involved in a 1997 shootout with police officers in Wilmington, Ohio.[18][19][20][21] Video from the dashboard camera of a patrolman's car was aired in 1997 on FOX's World's Scariest Police Shootouts.

Kehoe denies the criminal accusations against him and has filed appeals.[22][23][citation needed] His appeals have been denied.[24][25][26]

Sentencing

On February 20, 1998, Kehoe pleaded guilty to felonious assault, attempted murder, and carrying a concealed weapon related to a February 15, 1997 shootout in Wilmington, Ohio with an Ohio State Highway Patrol Trooper and a Clinton County sheriff's deputy during a traffic stop resulting from expired tags on his 1977 Chevrolet Suburban.[27]

In 1999, Kehoe was convicted of the murders of gun dealer William Mueller, his wife Nancy and his step-daughter 8-year-old daughter Sarah Powell in January 1996.[19][28][29] He received three sentences of life imprisonment without parole. Kehoe's mother Gloria and his younger brother Cheyne served as prosecution witnesses and testified against him at the trial.[30][31][16][32][33]

Kehoe is imprisoned at the U.S. Penitentiary in Lee County, Virginia.[34]

References

  1. ^ "Trail of Death Follows White Supremacist Gang Led by Chevie Kehoe | Southern Poverty Law Center". Splcenter.org. Retrieved 2013-10-15.
  2. ^ "UNITED STATES v. KEHOE, No. 99-2897., November 08, 2002 - US 8th Circuit | FindLaw". Caselaw.findlaw.com. Retrieved 2013-10-15.
  3. ^ "In Bad Company: America's Terrorist Underground - Mark S. Hamm - Google Books". Books.google.com. Retrieved 2013-10-15.
  4. ^ http://swtimes.com/sections/news/state-news/white-supremacist’s-1999-murder-convictions-upheld.html
  5. ^ a b "How an Honor Student Became a White Warrior - New York Times". Nytimes.com. 1999-12-12. Retrieved 2013-10-15.
  6. ^ "Shootout in Ohio: A Case Study of the Patriot Movement and Traffic Stops". Archive.adl.org. Retrieved 2013-10-15.
  7. ^ "Kehoe Note Talks Of Being 'Pretty Bad' Note To Wife Says 'We Made National News' - Spokesman Mobile - Nov. 21, 1997". M.spokesman.com. 1997-11-21. Retrieved 2013-10-15.
  8. ^ "Washington man faces federal firearms charges". Kitsap Sun. Retrieved 2013-10-15.
  9. ^ "Fugitive sought in Ohio shootouts faces new federal firearms charges". Apnewsarchive.com. 1997-02-25. Retrieved 2013-10-15.
  10. ^ "Local - The Enquirer - February 25, 1997". The Enquirer. Retrieved 2013-10-15.
  11. ^ "Pre-Incident Indicators of Terrorist Incidents: The Identification of ... - Brent L. Smith - Google Books". Books.google.com. Retrieved 2013-10-15.
  12. ^ http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1314&dat=19970219&id=LrsyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=m_EDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5355,5459754
  13. ^ "Supremacists Sought After Ohio Gunbattle Northwest Pair Named In Warning Sent To Authorities Nationwide - Spokesman Mobile - Feb. 19, 1997". M.spokesman.com. 1997-02-19. Retrieved 2013-10-15.
  14. ^ "SPLCenter.org: A Woman's Place". Legacysplc.wwwsplcenter.org. Retrieved 2013-10-15.
  15. ^ http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Uc5eAAAAIBAJ&sjid=7TIMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5524,652603&dq=chevie+kehoe&hl=en
  16. ^ a b "U.S. V. Kehoe". Leagle.com. Retrieved 2013-10-15.
  17. ^ "Killings Illuminate Culture of White Supremacists - New York Times". Nytimes.com. 1998-03-29. Retrieved 2013-10-15.
  18. ^ "Cheyne Kehoe Turns Himself In Brother Still On Run After Shootout With Ohio Troopers - Spokesman.com - June 17, 1997". Spokesman.com. Retrieved 2013-10-15.
  19. ^ a b "Chevie Kehoe gets life for 3 murders". Enquirer.com. 1999-06-26. Retrieved 2013-10-15.
  20. ^ Sernoffsky, Evan (2012-12-04). "Serial killer reportedly connected to Kehoe brothers | KREM.com Spokane". Krem.com. Retrieved 2013-10-15.
  21. ^ "Suspect in February shootout faces extradition to Ohio". Deseret News. 1997-06-19. Retrieved 2013-10-15.
  22. ^ http://arkansasnews.com/sections/news/arkansas/court-affirms-white-supremacist’s-death-sentence-ark-slayings.html
  23. ^ "State V. Kehoe". Leagle.com. Retrieved 2013-10-15.
  24. ^ "Court rejects Chevie Kehoe appeal in triple killing". thv11.com. 2013-04-22. Retrieved 2013-10-15.
  25. ^ Ap (2013-04-24). "The Courier - Your Messenger for the River Valley - Court rejects appeal in 1996 triple killing near Russellville". Couriernews.com. Retrieved 2013-10-15.
  26. ^ "Court rejects appeal in Arkansas triple killing - KATV - Breaking News, Weather and Razorback Sports". KATV. Retrieved 2013-10-15.
  27. ^ Kehoe takes plea deal
  28. ^ "Motive Offered For Death Plot Betrayal by Kin Blamed". News OK. 1999-04-01. Retrieved 2013-10-15.
  29. ^ "Defense begins of alleged white supremacists | Lubbock Online | Lubbock Avalanche-Journal". Lubbock Online. 1999-04-19. Retrieved 2013-10-15.
  30. ^ "Cheyne Kehoe tells Ark. court his brother bragged of killings". Enquirer.com. Retrieved 2013-10-15.
  31. ^ http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2026&dat=19990408&id=riYuAAAAIBAJ&sjid=2tAFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4003,795882
  32. ^ http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1314&dat=19981112&id=KJAyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=7vEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1723,1137327
  33. ^ http://www.justice.gov/usao/are/news/2008/August/Kehoe_opinion.pdf
  34. ^ "Inmate Locator: Chevie Kehoe". Federal Bureau of Prisons. Retrieved July 26, 2010.

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