Cesar Barone

Cesar Barone grew up in Florida as Adolph James Rode. His first major run-in with crime was when he was the main suspect in a homicide in the late 1970s, but was not charged. Around that time he was also acquitted of attacking his grandmother, though it is believed he actually did attack her.

In April 1991 Barone murdered 61-year-old Margaret Schmidt in her home, raping and strangling her to death. In October the following year he shot and wounded a nurse, Martha Bryant, dragged her to his car and sexually assaulted her, before finishing her off with a close-range shot to the head. Next he sexually assaulted and shot 23-year-old Chantee Woodman that same year. Finally he attacked 51-year-old Betty Williams, who suffered a heart attack during the assault.

Barone was arrested and given 89 years for the murder of Betty Williams, and then received the death penalty for the murders of Margaret Schmidt, Martha Bryant and Chantee Woodman. At one point it was reported that Cesar Barone was the cellmate of the infamous Ted Bundy. Barone is currently on death row for the rape and murder of four women.