Paul Durousseau Florida

Status: Incarcerated

Paul Durousseau is a serial killer in the United States. He was active from 1997–2003 . He currently have 7 confirmed victims, though he is suspected of 7+ . According to Wikipedia, he murdered seven women in the Southeastern United States, included two who were pregnant. German authorities suspect Durousseau may have killed several local women when he was stationed there with the Army during the early 1990s.

This happened primarily in Florida. He was sentenced to Sentenced to death (overturned on January 31, 2017; awaiting resentencing, he will never leave prison. Life or death is coming).

His appeal includes:

In 2007, Durousseau was found guilty of the first-degree murder of Mack. After the penalty phase, the jury voted ten to two to impose a death sentence. The trial court found four aggravating factors:  (1) Durousseau was previously convicted of a felony involving the use or threat of violence;  (2) the murder was committed while the defendant was engaged in the commission of a robbery or sexual battery;  (3) the murder was committed for pecuniary gain;  and (4) the murder was especially heinous, atrocious, or cruel. The trial court did not find any statutory mitigating circumstances, but it did find sixteen nonstatutory mitigating circumstances.¹ Ultimately, the trial court sentenced Durousseau to death. Id. at 550. On December 9, 2010, this Court rejected all of Durousseau's claims ² on direct appeal. Id. at 564, cert. denied, 132 S.Ct. 149 (2011).

On October 1, 2012, Durousseau filed a motion for postconviction relief in the circuit court. Durousseau raised two claims in his postconviction motion:  (1) that counsel was ineffective for failing to request additional physical and psychiatric testing;  and (2) that counsel was ineffective for failing to conduct a meaningful voir dire. However, before the evidentiary hearing, Durousseau abandoned his first claim. On April 9, 2015, the postconviction court began an evidentiary hearing that lasted two days. Ultimately, the postconviction court denied Durousseau's claim that counsel had failed to secure additional physical and mental testing. Durousseau appealed to this Court, arguing that trial counsel was ineffective because she failed to conduct meaningful voir dire. While his appeal was pending in this Court, the United States Supreme Court decided Hurst v. Florida, ––– U.S. ––––, 136 S.Ct. 616, 193 L.Ed.2d 504 (2016), holding that Florida's death penalty sentencing statute violated the Sixth Amendment. In light of Hurst v. Florida, Durousseau filed supplemental briefing, arguing that his death sentence should be vacated.

Victims

His victims include  Tracy Habersham, Tyresa Mack, Nicole L. Williams, Nikia Kilpatrick,  (six months pregnant), Shawanda Denise McCalister, (pregnant), Jovanna Jefferson, and Surita Cohen.

You can write to Paul Durousseau at:

Paul Durousseau J19087

Union C.I.

P.O. Box 1000
Raiford, Florida 32083 

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