Lake Waco Triple Murder Articles Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Opinion on David Wayne Spence Capital Murder Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Decision Simons et al vs. Pardo    Cover Page HTML - PDF    Appellate Brief HTML - PDF    General Articles DNA Making Our Criminal Jusitce System Better By Vic Feazell

Waco Tribune-Herald News Articles 1983 1983 Sees Arrest In Triple Slaying Case July 15th 1983 (Drakeford Plea Signals Probe Of Triple Slayings) November 15th 1983 (Triple Slayings Sus. arrested) December 7th 1983 (Triple Slaying Suspect Brought Back To Waco) December 8th 1983 (Attorneys Appointed For Suspects) December 14th 1983 (Father Of Deeb Denies Sons Guilt) December 18th 1983 (Deebs Requests Truth Serum Test) December 28th 1983 (Court Appoints Attoney To Represent Deeb) December 29th 1983 (Melendez Case Attorneys Ask To Withdraw) December 30th 1983 (Deebs Parents Satisfied With His Appointed Attorney) 1984 February 1st 1984 (Murder Suspects Face Arraignment) March 27th, 29th 1984 (Triple Murder Pre-Trial Hearings Tedious) March 27th 1984 (Murder Case Hearings Slow Tedious) March 28th 1984 (Pre-Trial Focus On Spence) April 3rd 1984 (Dismissal Rejected in Slaying Case) April 5th 1984 (Defense Attorney's Want More Investigative Funds) April 6th 1984 (David Spence To Be First Tried) April 7th 1984 (Motions Filed In Lake Murder Case) April 13th 1984 (Venue Change Asked For Spence) April 26th 1984 (Judge Says Dental Specialist May Testify In) May 8th 1984 (Defense Pressures Change of Venue For Spence) May 9th 1984 (Venue Hearing Focuses On Local Media Coverage) May 12th 1984 (Last Minute Plea Bargin Halts Murder Trial) May 13th 1984 (Spence, Feazell Testify At Change Of Venue Hearing) May 22nd 1984 (Selection Of Jurors To Begin For Triple Murder Court Case) May 23rd 1984 (Jury Selection Underway For Spence Murder Trial) May 24th 1984 (First Juror Chosen For Spence Trial) May 25th 1984 (Teacher Chosen As 2nd Juror) May 26th 1984 (Two More Selected For Spence Jury) May 31st 1984 (7th Juror Chosen For Spence Trial) June 1st 1984 (No Jurors Selected For Spence) June 2nd 1984 (Secretary Is 8th Juror In Spence Trial) June 5th 1984 (9th Juror Chosen Picked For) June 5th 1984 (Melendez Enters Guilty Plea) June 9th 1984 (12th Juror Named For Triple Murder Trial) June 12th 1984 (Alternate Chosen For Spence Jury) June 13th 1984 (Spence Remains 1 Juror From Trial) June 14th 1984 (Alternate Sought For Spence Jury) June 15th 1984 (One Defendant Pleads Guilty in Three Slayings) June 15th 1984 (Suspect Pleads Guilty To Killing 3 Teens) June 19th 1984 (Spence Trial Gets Underway) June 20th 1984 (Pathologist Testifies In Trial) June 21st 1984 (Ex Neighbor_ Spence Was Depressed) June 22nd 1984 (Witness Tells Of Money Offer In Lake Killings) June 23rd 1984 (Ex Convict_ Spence Confessed) June 25th 1984 (Spence Trial Sees Dental Evidence) June 26th 1984 (Jury Hears Of Spence Confession) June 28th 1984 (Bite Marks Are Linked To Spence) June 29th 1984 (Defense Claims Spence Wrong Man) July 2nd 1984 (Spence Defense Starts Attack) July 3rd 1984 (Spence Defense Rests Case) July 3rd 1984 (Trial Stirs Curiosity In Courtroom) July 4th 1984 (Jury Finds David Spence Guilty) July 4th 1984 (Spence Found Guilty) July 6th 1984 (Woman Testifies Spence Raped Her) July 7th 1984 (Spence Sentenced To Death By Injection) July 11th 1984 (DA To Ask For Probe Of Warrants) July 13th 1984 (Death Sentence Ends Two Years Of Hate) July 18th 1984 (Trial Picture Worst Of Taste) August 7th 1984 (Spence's Attorney's Seek Retrial) August 11th 1984 (Feazell's Work Commended) August 21st 1984 (Feazell Fine Public Servant) September 6th 1984 (Melendez Wants Trial Transferred) September 7th 1984 (Deeb Attorneys Denied Access) September 8th 1984 (Spence's New Trial Request Refused) September 9th 1984 (Waco Murder Defendants To Appear in Court) September 12.1984 (Spence's Attorney's Withdraw) September 14th 1984 (Change Of Venue Granted) September 16th 1984(Spence Case Dents County Coffers) September 28th 1984 (Statement Sought In Deeb Case) October 12th 1984 (Spence Taken To Death Row) October 16th 1984 (Deeb Trial To Be heard In Cleburne) October 30th 1984 (Grand Jury Reindicts Deeb) December 16th 1984 (Spence) December 24th 1984 (Spence Didn't Deserve Top Billing) December 26th 1984 (Spence Where He Belongs) 1985 January 11th 1985 (Judge Begins Looking At Deeb Trial Motions) January 22nd 1985 (Melendez Pleads Guilty) February 15th 1985 (Deeb Paid To Marry) March 3rd 1985 (Story Of Slayings Unfolds in 249th) March 17th 1985 (Jury, Deeb To Die) April 2nd 1985 (Judge Grants Change Of Venue For Spence) July 6th 1985 (Murder Defendant Said Dangerous) September 3rd 1985 (Spence Jury To Be Chosen) September 8th 1985 (Three Jurors Chosen In Spence Trial) September 22nd 1985 (11 Jurors Picked For Spence Trial) September 26th 1985 (Final Jurors Chosen For Spence's Trial) September 29th 1985 (DA's Say Moreno Spence Needs...) October 11th 1985 (Melendez Details Stabbings) October 12th 1985 (Expert Testifies On Teeth Marks) October 15th 1985 (Gilbert Melendez Tells Of Murders) October 16th 1985 (Spence Requests Mistrial) October 17th 1985 (Witness_ Truck Was Working) October 18th 1985 (Jury Finds Spence Guilty Of Murder) October 19th 1985 (Spence Given Death Sentence For Murder) October 21st 1985 (I'm Going To Go With Pride) October 23rd 1985 (Judge Notes No Basis For Spence Mistrial) December 29th 1985 (Guilty Verdicts Delivered) 1986 August 2nd 1986 (Book To describe Lake Waco Triple Murders) October 31st 1986 (Careless Whispers AD) November 1st 1986 (Triple Murders Retraced) 1987 February 2nd 1987 (Everyone Read 'Whispers') March 28th 1987 (Capital Murder Hearings Held ) May 15th 1987 (Support Slim For Death Penalty Opposition) June 20th 1987 (Simons Gets State Award) December 17th 1987 (Trial Notes From Feazell Cited In Appeal) 1991 March 19th 1991 (High Court Rejects 2nd Death Row Appeal) 1994 January 14th 1994 (Deeb Files Suit Against Law Officers) 1997 August 23, 1997 (Post-Mortem Bid Made To Clear Spence) Undated Spence Loses Appeal Try In Sex Abuse Conviction Unknown Date (Alleged Target Takes Stand Against Deeb) Unknown Date (Spence Conviction Solves Murder)