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Assistant manager James Loyd Armstrong, 26, had
been a Blockbuster employee for about
two years.
He attended
Corsicana High School and Nimitz High School in Irving. "He was
active in a cappella choirs
at both schools. He enjoyed singing,"
his mother said.
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April 5, 1994 - Flowers outside the Blockbuster
store honor the victims on the day after
a crime
that shocked
merchants and patrons.
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Leon David Dorsey IV, in an undated jail photo,
was already in prison for an unrelated
murder
when he was charged in
the Blockbuster killings in September 1998.
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Sept. 18, 1998 - Leon David Dorsey IV was 22-years-old
and already in prison for an
unrelated murder
when he was charged in
the four-year-old Blockbuster case.
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Sept. 18, 1998 - Leon David Dorsey IV talks about his life of crime
during an interview with The Dallas Morning News.
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Sept. 25, 1998 - Leon David Dorsey IV was
transferred from prison back to Dallas to stand
trial
for the April
1994 murders of two Blockbuster Video store employees.
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May 16, 2000 - Nancy Armstrong, mother of James
Armstrong, made a statement to Dorsey
at his trial.
"Our son was a
gentle man," she told him. "I believe you're an evil, vile creature.
You didn't kill for
survival. You killed for pleasure."
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Leon David Dorsey IV
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May 15, 2000 - Leon David Dorsey IV, looks back
into the courtroom and talks to one of
his attorneys during his
trial. His first trial in the Blockbuster case ended in a mistrial,
but he was later convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death.
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June 12, 2000 - Leon David Dorsey IV in a prison
photo after being convicted
and sentenced to death row.
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Leon David Dorsey IV on death row
DallasNews.com