Condemned Child Killer Hangs Self on California Death Row
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Condemned Child Killer Hangs Self on California Death Row

Oceanside : CA : USA | Nov 18, 2011 at 7:43 PM PST
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San Francisco – Brandon Wilson, 33, hung himself in his death row prison cell, Thursday. Wilson was convicted of killing a 9-year-old boy in 1998. Wilson was serving time at San Quentin State Prison.

It is believed that Wilson committed suicide. He was the sole occupant of the cell in the San Quentin Prison.

Wilson was sentenced to death in 1999 for the brutal murder of Matthew Cecchi. Cecchi and Wilson met in a park restroom in Oceanside, California in 1998.

Since California reinstated capital punishment in 1978, nineteen suicides have occurred on death row. Wilson is the latest statistic to be added to the Department of Corrections data book. Presently, there are 719 inmates on California’s death row.

More inmates have died from self-inflicted means than have been executed by the state. Thirteen prisoners have been subject to capital punishment under California law since 1978.

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Posted By Deepizzaguy George Vieto | over 1 year ago
He probably felt guilt over killing the child and felt he was not worthy to be alive anymore.
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Posted By skooter skooter | over 1 year ago
He was desperate so that it's better to end his life, worthless anyway, no future.
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Posted By anewsjunkie anewsjunkie | over 1 year ago
Good! I remember when this happened...it was sickening. His mom or aunt was outside the boys bathroom while he ran in to use the restroom. When he didn't come out, she sent another boy in to find him. The killer had stabbed him and left the bathroom like nothing happened. Heartbreaking for his family, at least that vile human being is gone. Took the easy way out.
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    San Quentin prison officials announced that 33-year-old Brandon Wilson was found hanging in his single cell Thursday morning. Wilson was convicted of killing Matthew Cecchi of Oroville in a 1998 murder so infamous that it made national headlines.

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    Condemned inmate Brandon Wilson, 33, who was on death row for the murder of a 9-year-old boy, was found hanging in his cell Thursday morning at San Quentin State Prison.

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    A convicted murderer who brutally stabbed a nine-year-old boy in a public restroom in 1998 has killed himself in his death row cell. Brandon Wilson, 33, a drifter from Wisconsin, Ohio, was found hanging inside in his cell in San Quentin State ...

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    Child Killer Hangs Self on California Death Row. Published on November ... Brandon Wilson, 33, was pronounced dead at San Quentin State Prison, according to Terry Thornton, a spokeswoman for the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.

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    A San Diego County jury sentenced Wilson to death in 1999 for murdering 9-year-old Matthew Cecchi the previous year in a park restroom in Oceanside, California. Wilson is the 19th death row inmate to commit suicide since California ...

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    The man who killed 9-year-old Matthew Cecchi of Oroville, California, in 1998, was found hanged in his cell on death row on Thursday. Since the state re-instituted capital punishment in 1978 ... The coroner would testify that Matthew died slowly;

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