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Police stand guard near the Fifth Street Bridge
after Monday's shooting that left three
social workers dead.
Police
focused their search on the area around the Business
and Technology
Center in North Augusta.
Photo by MIchael Holahan/Augusta
Chronicle
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A crowd gathers at the Business and Technology
Center in North Augusta, scene of shootings
that killed three
people at the offices of the Department of Social Services.
Photo by MIchael Holahan/Augusta Chronicle
DSS triple-murder suspect David Mark Hill is
wheeled to a waiting ambulance after
his capture in a heavily
wooded
area near crime scene. Hill was suffering from
a gunshot
wound when found by officers.
Photo by Steve Shelton/Augusta Chronicle
DSS triple-murder suspect David Mark Hill is
wheeled to a waiting ambulance after his capture.
Hill was responsive to officers
despite a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head.
Photo by Michael Holahan/Augusta Chronicle
A wreath hangs on the door of the Aiken office of
the Department of Social Services on Tuesday,
September 17, 1996,
one day after David Mark Hill allegedly gunned down three workers.
Photo by Steve Shelton/Augusta Chronicle
David Mark Hill
The murder trial of David Mark Hill (left) has
become so complicated, Assistant Public Defender Regina Poteat (standing)
argues Monday at the Aiken County Courthouse, that another lawyer is
needed to help her and Robert J. Harte (center).
David Mark Hill is charged with three counts of
murder.
Defendant David Mark Hill looks at some paper work
while his attorneys Regina Poteat
and Robert Harte talk together
before potential jurors begin their testimony.
David Mark Hill sits in Aiken County Court.
David Marks Hill appears at a pretrial hearing in
Aiken.
David Mark Hill talks with Tesa Medlin, a legal clerk
with the Aiken County Public Deffenders Office.
David Mark Hill stands so potential jurors can see him,
along with his lawyer Robert Hart
during the juror selection for
Hill's upcoming murder trial.
Annette Michael breaks down as she testifies about the
killing of her co-workers
saying defendant
David Mark Hill used her
as a shield.
Ron Cockerille/Augusta
Chronicle
David Mark Hill (left) leans back to watch
as Solicitor Barbara Morgan shows photos
to jurors
during the
opening day of his murder trial.
Ron Cockerille/Augusta
Chronicle
David Mark Hill sits emotionless after closing arguments
as the jury prepares to decide his fate.
Ron Cockerille/Augusta
Chronicle
Solicitor Barbara Morgan holds the gun Hill
used in slayings of three caseworkers.
Ron Cockerille/Augusta
Chronicle
Solicitor Barbara Morgan holds a clay bust of
murder victim Josie Curry as pathologist
Joel Sexton describes
how a bullet struck Ms. Curry's head. Dr. Sexton testified
during Mark
David Hill's sentencing hearing.
Ron Cockerille/Augusta
Chronicle
Wanda Gamache testifies in court
Thursday how she cradled murder victim
Jimmy Riddle
after finding
him lying on the floor.
Ron Cockerille/Augusta
Chronicle
An emotionless David Mark Hill listens
to his lawyers during the sentencing phase of his trial.
Ron Cockerille/Augusta
Chronicle
Jackie Hill, David Mark
Hill's wife, describes how Mr. Hill withdrew from
her before he
killed three people.
Ron Cockerille/Augusta
Chronicle
David Mark Hill read the following one-page
statement to jurors before they began deliberations:
"I was asked if I would like to make a statement
to the jury during the penalty phase of this trial and I said I
would.
"I would like to start by expressing my deep
regret for what I did and take this opportunity to tell the people I
hurt especially the victims' families and to tell them I'm truly
sorry. I was at a point in my life when things around me got so bad
I just snapped and I know I should have never done what I did.
"I would also like them to forgive me. I was not
aware how much damage I caused until I heard some of the witnesses
testimony here and I was moved and saddened by it even if though I
can't show it on my face because of the brain damage I did to myself.
"You have heard from the doctors that I don't show
emotions outwardly anymore and I wanted to make sure everyone knows
I am truly saddened for the pain I have caused everyone, especially
the victims' families.
"Thank you.''
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