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Clarence David HILL

 
 
 
 
 

 

 

 

 
 
 
Classification: Murderer?
Characteristics: Exonerated by DNA analysis
Number of victims: 1 ?
Date of murder: June 18, 1989
Date of birth: July 25, 1948
Victim profile: Dale Edmundson (his landlord)
Method of murder: Poured paint thinner on the victim and set on fire
Location: Mohave Valley, Arizona, USA
Status: Sentenced to death on June 5, 1990. Overturned. Plead “No contest” to the charges and released with time served on October 12, 2005
 
 
 
 
 
 

Date of Birth: July 25, 1948
Defendant: Caucasian
Victim: Caucasian

Hill lived in a small motor home on Dale Edmundson's property in Mohave Valley.

Early in the morning of June 18, 1989, Hill was drinking with Edmundson in Edmundson's home. Hill hit Edmundson over the head with a blunt object, wrapped him in a blanket, and then drove him to a desert area. Hill put the still living Edmundson on the ground and poured paint thinner on him. He then set Edmundson on fire and left him to die. Police discovered the still burning body at 5:00 a.m.

PROCEEDINGS

    Presiding Judge: Leonard C. Langford
    Prosecutor: John S. Taylor
    Start of Trial:  December 5, 1989
    Verdict: December 29, 1989
    Sentencing: June 5, 1990

Aggravating Circumstances:

    Prior conviction involving violence
    Pecuniary gain
    Especially heinous/cruel/depraved

Mitigating Circumstances:

    None sufficient to call for leniency

PUBLISHED OPINIONS

    State v. Hill, 174 Ariz. 313, 848 P.2d 1375 (1993).

 
 

Clarence David Hill - Released from Death Row!

October 12, 2005

Clarence David Hill, who has been on Death Row for 15 years for the murder of his Bullhead City, Arizona landlord, was released from Mohave County jail at approx. 5:00p.m. Wednesday Oct. 12, 2005.

Recent DNA testing found that the victims blood was not the blood found on Hill's clothing and on a bed sheet.

"It is more likely than not that no reasonable juror would have convicted Mr. Hill in light of the present DNA evidence," Judge Richard Weiss of Mohave County Superior Court wrote in an April 14 ruling to overturn Hill's conviction.

After 6 months of the DA trying to figure out how they were going to deal with this new evidence (without admitting they convicted the wrong man). They brought Mr. Hill back to Mohave County and today (Wednesday) they “let” him plead “No contest” to the charges and released him with time served.

Because of his ill health Mr. Hill accepted the deal.

 
 


Clarence David Hill

 

 

 
 
 
 
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