Dying Killer Confesser to Murder, Then Survives
Nov 6, 2012 21:13:06 GMT -5
Post by PrisonerOfHope on Nov 6, 2012 21:13:06 GMT -5
Killer faces life in jail after confessing to girl's murder when he thought he was dying of a heart attack - then SURVIVING!
James Washington was always connected to the 1995 murder of Joyce Goodener but there was insufficient evidence to charge him
He had a heart attack in 2009 and thought he was going to die
While in the hospital, he confessed to Goodener's murder
Now he faces life in prison for the crime
By Daily Mail Reporter
PUBLISHED: 19:47 EST, 5 November 2012 | UPDATED: 08:27 EST, 6 November 2012
A man who made a deathbed confession that linked him to a cold case murder from 1995 now faces jail because of what he thought was a last-ditch effort for a clean conscience.
James Washington was having a heart attack when he called a police officer over to his hospital bed in 2009.
While he hoped for absolution, what he got instead was a medical miracle. And now, a murder charge.
Grim prospects: James Washington was having a heart attack in 2009 when he confessed to a murder dating back to 1995
Grim prospects: James Washington was having a heart attack in 2009 when he confessed to a murder dating back to 1995
Record: When Washington had the heart attack, he was in jail for a different crime. He had always been linked to the murder of Joyce Goodener in 1995 but there was never enough to charge him
Record: When Washington had the heart attack, he was in jail for a different crime. He had always been linked to the murder of Joyce Goodener in 1995 but there was never enough to charge him
Washington had long been linked to the murder of Joyce Goodener, who was found stabbed in the neck, beaten to death with a cinderblock and set on fire in an abandoned Nashville, Tennessee house.
A lack of sufficient evidence- most significantly there were no DNA samples- kept the police from arresting anyone over the past 17 years.
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2228459/James-Washington-confesses-cold-case-murder-heart-attack--SURVIVES-faces-life-prison.html
James Washington was always connected to the 1995 murder of Joyce Goodener but there was insufficient evidence to charge him
He had a heart attack in 2009 and thought he was going to die
While in the hospital, he confessed to Goodener's murder
Now he faces life in prison for the crime
By Daily Mail Reporter
PUBLISHED: 19:47 EST, 5 November 2012 | UPDATED: 08:27 EST, 6 November 2012
A man who made a deathbed confession that linked him to a cold case murder from 1995 now faces jail because of what he thought was a last-ditch effort for a clean conscience.
James Washington was having a heart attack when he called a police officer over to his hospital bed in 2009.
While he hoped for absolution, what he got instead was a medical miracle. And now, a murder charge.
Grim prospects: James Washington was having a heart attack in 2009 when he confessed to a murder dating back to 1995
Grim prospects: James Washington was having a heart attack in 2009 when he confessed to a murder dating back to 1995
Record: When Washington had the heart attack, he was in jail for a different crime. He had always been linked to the murder of Joyce Goodener in 1995 but there was never enough to charge him
Record: When Washington had the heart attack, he was in jail for a different crime. He had always been linked to the murder of Joyce Goodener in 1995 but there was never enough to charge him
Washington had long been linked to the murder of Joyce Goodener, who was found stabbed in the neck, beaten to death with a cinderblock and set on fire in an abandoned Nashville, Tennessee house.
A lack of sufficient evidence- most significantly there were no DNA samples- kept the police from arresting anyone over the past 17 years.
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2228459/James-Washington-confesses-cold-case-murder-heart-attack--SURVIVES-faces-life-prison.html
