Elijah Page arrested.
Elijah Page
Elijah Page
Elijah Page
Elijah Page being escorted to a court hearing in
August 2006.
(Steve McEnroe/Rapid City Journal)
Elijah Page
Elijah Page
Elijah Page
A jury sentenced Darrell Hoadley to life for his
part in Poage's slaying.
The victim
Chester Allan Poage, shown in a
1997 picture.
Dottie Poage holds high school graduation pictures
of her son, Chester Allan Poage, as she talks to reporters after she
witnessed the execution of her son's killer, Elijah Page, Wednesday,
July 11, 2007, at the State Penitentiary in Sioux Falls, S.D.
S.D. death row inmate Elijah Page's request for
execution
In this letter, admitted killer Elijah Page states his intent to end
his appeals and face execution for the brutal kidnapping and murder
of Chester Allan Poage on March 12, 2000. He also attempts to inform
people of the "real truth" about what happened the night he and two
friends kidnapped Poage and beat him to death in the woods of
western South Dakota.