Turned out to be teens and adults. So on September 4th, 1989, he drove to a park because he thought, It might be a place where I could find a boy and get something going. His father eventually told an Oregon newspaper that he was aware of the behavior but largely ignored it, since he felt his son was otherwise a "well-behaved child who never had problems with drugs, drinking, or smoking. Includes eyewitness execution report. A lifetime of disturbing sexually aggressive behaviour, a horrifying trail of victims, and eventually a pattern of escalating physical violence which Westley Allan Dodd was born on July 3rd of 1961 in Toppenish, Washington, to Jim and Carol; he was their very first child. The Diary covers Dodd's life from childhood, to being caught attempting to abduct a child from a movie theatre, not long after he raped, tortured and killed Lee Iseli. On way back to the main street I saw three smaller kids. A coming dictator. It was Labor Day, September 4, 1989, a Monday, the last day of summer vacation for most school children from all over the Pacific Northwest. Dodd spent 19 days in jail and underwent court-ordered counselling. On November 13, 1989, Westley Allan Dodd attended a Honey, I Shrunk the Kids showing in Camas, Washington but he wasnt there for the movie. Dodd's sexual fantasies became increasingly violent over the years; he would later say, "The more I thought about it, the more exciting the idea of murder sounded. He paused at one point to make an entry in his diary: 6:30 p.m. Will probably wait until morning to kill him. The boys were soon discovered in the park. But behind his mask of normalcy Friday marks 25 years since Washington State hanged admitted child molester Westley Allan Dodd for the kidnapping, rape and murder of three small boys. Westley Allan Dodd - Overview and Diary Entries (GRAPHIC) parkaman This thread is archived New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast 4 2 2 comments Top Bass_fisherman55 5 yr. ago I truly believe that this guy is the definition of pure evil pancakes116 5 yr. ago If there is a hell, hed better be in it! An unexpected error has occurred with your sign up. But Kirk put up a fight, screaming and hitting Dodd and drawing in witnesses. Westley Allan Dodd was a loner. On the other side, he adds, the press eagerly reported on vigilantism directed at child molesters. [4][5], The Seattle Times reported that Dodd described in a diary written during his imprisonment that his father was emotionally and physically abusive, that he was often neglected in favor of his younger siblings, and that he witnessed violent fights between his parents. Twitter/SpookySh*t PodcastWilliam and Cole Neer were 10 and 11 years old when they were molested and murdered by Westley Allan Dodd. Dodd kept a diary of his crimes and he documented more than 50 acts of molesting children. Westley Allan Dodd died within two or three minutes after the trap door in the gallows was opened, and probably with little pain, according to a coroner's report. When he saw six-year-old James Kirk walking to the restroom alone, he quickly followed him. He later wrote in a court affidavit, Each time I ended treatment, I continued to molest children. There is GRAPHIC sexual and homicidal content.). Westley Allan Dodd died within two or three minutes after the trap door in the gallows was opened, and probably with little pain, according to a coroner's report. The boys were brothers Cole and William Neer, ages 10 and 11, and 4-year-old Lee Iseli. On Nov. 13, 1989, 28-year-old Westley Allan Dodd was arrested for trying to kidnap a young boy from a movie theater in Camas, Washington. Don't forget to email us with your subscription info at contact@crimesandconsequences.com to get the Crimes and Consequences Facebook Members Only link and code! Inside The Heinous Crimes Of Westley Allan Dodd, The Child Molester Who Murdered Three Young Boys In 1989. Dodd was arrested after he kidnapped a 6-year-old boy from a Camas movie theater. Throughout the years it is believed that Westley abused 175 children, most were young boys but not all. [6] He lured two brothers, 11- and 10-year-old Cole and William Neer, to a secluded area, where he forced them to undress, tied them to a tree and performed sex acts on them both. The child began fighting and crying as Dodd was leaving the theatre through the lobby, carrying the boy in his arms. Dodd specifically requested to be hanged because thats how his last victim died. In the park he kidnapped two small brothers and raped them. Less than four years elapsed between the murders and Dodd's execution. The born tribune of the people. This man has everything it takes to be a king. Like an old friend. He moved into an apartment block that housed families with children, and worked at fast food restaurants, as a charity truck driver, and other such jobs. During interrogation, police found his 'diary of death' by police. Dodd expressed no remorse for the crimes. About 6:20 p.m. on my way back I saw movement around a school (Richmond School) in a very dark neighborhood -- not even lights at the school. I said, `No.' When he wasnt busy building his ill conceived torture rack out of boards and ropes, he sat hunched over his desk, writing deeply disturbing fantasies in his diary. Westley Allan Dodd was a loner. There, Dodd had hidden a knife, rope, pictures of nude children, and his diary, a detailed account of his increasingly violent fantasies and plans. He was arrested later that year after a failed attempt to abduct a six-year-old boy at a movie theater. [16] During his trial, he wrote a pamphlet on how parents could protect children from child molesters such as himself. This time, he was arrested. He has been called "one of the most evil killers in history". In court, Dodd refused to speak in his own defense, claiming it was pointless. In addition to being the first execution by hanging in nearly three decades, the Dodd case stands out as an extreme moment in a very particular time period marked by heightened awareness of sexual violence. "He's still my only brother," said Greg Dodd. Dodd, who had been molested himself as a child and had a long criminal history, said that he started the 1989 spree that led to his eventual arrest stalking children, armed with shoelaces to tie up victims and a knife because, in his words, he didnt have a TV and was getting bored. In 1993, as the execution date approached, TIME described one of his most gruesome killings: Dodd found a four-year-old boy playing alone in an elementary school playground. When morning came, Dodd did indeed kill Iseli, choking him until he was unconscious then reviving him just to hang him from a rod in the closet. I put him in the driver's side. Its borderline pornography of the worst kind. He took him back to his apartment, where he molested him multiple times while photographing him nude. children, but also torturing and murdering them in the most heinous ways. He was placed on probation and ordered to seek psychiatric treatment. They also discovered Dodd's diary, in which he detailed the murders. I said, "Come on -- this will be fun," and reached out my hand. He was arrested on several occasions, but each time he received only a slap on the wrist when he promised he would seek treatment. I figured it was dark enough they couldn't get a good description of me. After learning about the heinous crimes of Westley Allan Dodd, read about Edmund Kemper, the killer whose story is almost too gruesome to be real. Westley Allan Dodd, the child killer executed in Washington State Jan. 5, told a Provo psychologist that he once made a pact with Satan to kill children. Squeezes my hand. What follows is Westley Allan Dodd's journal, or "diary" as authorities called it, presented in its entirety. Each time I entered treatment, I continued to molest children, he wrote in a 1991 court affidavit that was quoted by TIME. WebWestley Allan Dodd (July 3, 1961 January 5, 1993) was an American serial killer and child molester. He was arrested a couple times, he even tried As Westley Allan Dodd draws closer to his Jan. 5 date with the gallows, Dodd's brother and father told The Seattle Times about the powerful emotions the killer's family is feeling: pain, sorrow, sympathy - and the longing for relief they hope the execution will bring. In the fall of 1989, in Vancouver, Washington, a short, 29-year-old man named Westley Allan Dodd raped and murdered three young boys. For him, perhaps justice would have been better served by denying him his death wish and letting him wait, for a very long time, for death to come to him.. And those big blue eyes. Stands there before us. At 12:02 a.m., a screen in front of a second-floor window in the death chamber was raised and the 31-year-old Dodd spoke his final words, a hard-to-hear message of a last-minute religious conversion. After pleading guilty to the charges of murder, he received the death penalty. [citation needed], At the age of 13, Dodd began exposing himself to children in his neighborhood. This man has everything it takes to be a king. Westley Allan Dodd, the child killer executed in Washington State Jan. 5, told a Provo psychologist that he once made a pact with Satan to kill children. Nothing on way home. When he was done, he stabbed them repeatedly with a knife and fled the scene. Ive heard it so many times now, its kind of old, really.Prosecutors asked for the death penalty, and on Saturday, July 15, 1990, the jury agreed that Dodd should die for his crimes. Executed American serial killer and sex offender, Griffiths, Richard (producer and director). He started to cry a couple times, but I reached out and held his hand, assuring him he'd be okay, and that we'd have some fun. He sketched out the following plans for his next victim: Incident 3 will die maybe this way: Hell be tied down as Lee was in Incident 2. Flipboard. I said there was no hope, no peace. Westley Allan Dodd (July 3, 1961 - January 5, 1993) WesWestley Allan Dodd, Dodd, Wesley Alan Dodd: Diary?Google2019 A psychiatrist who evaluated Dodd following one of his convictions said that he fit the legal criteria for a "sexual psychopath". [1] Dodd claimed he was never abused or neglected as a child. He has been called "one of the most evil killers in history". Magazines, Or create a free account to access more articles, Lessons of the Gruesome Case Behind One of America's Last Legal Executions by Hanging. In 1987, Dodd tried to lure a young boy into a vacant building, but the boy refused to go with him and instead told the police. Though more than two decades have passed, the grisly case is still a lesson in the nature of crime and punishment in the United States. A coming dictator. He asked Lee if he wanted to spend the night with him. Justin had gone home, so Dodd told Lee that he would drive him back to his house. October, 1980 You have reached your limit of free articles. Dodd ordered broiled salmon and fried potatoes for his last meal. Dodd's bible, with the words 'Satan lives' (police photo). In 1990, Dodd was sentenced to death for the murder of the Neer brothers, as well as for the separate rape and murder of Lee Iseli. He was arrested later that year after a failed attempt to abduct a six-year-old boy at a movie theatre. As we drove away he said, "I live the other way." Westley Allan Dodd (July 3, 1961 January 5, 1993), was an American convicted serial killer and sex offender. Washington voters in 1975 passed an initiative mandating the death penalty for certain offenses and the state legislature enacted death penalty legislation in 1977, but the courts found both those laws to be unconstitutional. 1:30 p.m. We got to my house at 1:30 p.m. He is glad to see me. October 8, 1992. Westley Allan Dodd was born in Washington State on July 3, 1961. [7], On September 4, 1989, Dodd went to Vancouver's David Douglas Park, with a fish fillet knife and shoelaces, and sought out young boys to kill. October 28, 2022. Perfect. The appellants were given the right to have their own witness present during the execution. Washington State law gave Dodd the choice of execution by lethal injection or by hanging; Dodd stated that he wished to die by hanging because that was how he had killed Lee Iseli, his last victim.[15]. However, once again, Dodd received minimal punishment because he had not actually touched the boy or exposed himself. WebWESTLEY ALLAN DODD, Appellant. Dodd convinced them to follow him off the path and into the woods, where he bound them with shoelaces and sexually abused them then stabbed them to death and fled. But the country's first legal hanging in 28 years may still end Like an old friend. He said, "I don't want any money." I was getting bored I didn t have a TV, Westley Allan Dodd, 28, of Vancouver, Washington, told detectives. Inside, hed written about his plans to kidnap, torture, and sexually abuse children, as well as descriptions of the murders hed committed. Prosecutors were aware of Dodd's history of sexual offenses and recommended five years in prison. He would be the oldest of three children but they were far from a caring family unit and were considered loveless at times. overall horribly disgusting, a perverse diary, I had to skip quite a lot of it. I planned many ways to kill a boy." He told the police everything, and even more grisly details came to light when investigators discovered Dodds diary. As was his past. In 2006 Discovery Channel television show Most Evil analyzed his life and crimes. [19], Dodd was executed at 12:05a.m. on January 5, 1993, at Washington State Penitentiary in Walla Walla. If I do escape, I promise you I will kill and rape again, and I will enjoy every minute of it. Westley Allan Dodd - Overview and Diary Entries (GRAPHIC) parkaman This thread is archived New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast 4 2 2 comments Top Bass_fisherman55 5 yr. ago I truly believe that this guy is the definition of pure evil pancakes116 5 yr. ago If there is a hell, hed better be in it! WebWestley Allan Dodd (July 3, 1961 January 5, 1993) was an American convicted serial killer and sex offender. 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