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⚫ {{short description|American murders}}
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{{Infobox criminal {{Infobox criminal
| name = William Gollehon and Douglas Turner | name = William Gollehon
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| birth_date = '''Gollehon''': 1964<ref>{{cite web|url=https://offendersearch.mt.gov/conweb/Offender/19043/638718271266746059/1b81b2c30dcec9825abc9017100bdd39eed0a428|title=Offender Search|website=Montana Department of Corrections}}</ref> <br>'''Turner''': c. 1971<ref>{{cite news|url=https://case-law.vlex.com/vid/state-v-turner-no-889533067|title=State v. Turner|website=Vlex}}</ref> | birth_date = 1964<ref>{{cite web|url=https://offendersearch.mt.gov/conweb/Offender/19043/638718271266746059/1b81b2c30dcec9825abc9017100bdd39eed0a428|title=Offender Search|website=Montana Department of Corrections}}</ref>
| birth_place = '''Gollehon''': ] <br>'''Turner''': ] | birth_place = ]
| death_date =
| death_place =
| cause =
| conviction = Deliberate Homicide (7 counts)
| sentence = ] + ]
| victims = 7 (6 with Turner)
| beginyear = 1985
| endyear = 1991
| country = United States
| states = ]
}}
{{Infobox criminal
| name = Douglas Turner
| image =
| image_size =
| caption =
| alt =
| birth_name =
| alias =
| birth_date = c. 1971<ref>{{cite news|url=https://case-law.vlex.com/vid/state-v-turner-no-889533067|title=State v. Turner|website=Vlex}}</ref>
| birth_place = ]
| death_date = July 8, 2003 | death_date = July 8, 2003
| death_place = ] (Turner) | death_place = ]
| cause = Suicide by Hanging (Turner) | cause = Suicide by Hanging
| conviction = Deliberate Homicide (7 counts for Gollehon, 9 counts for Turner) | conviction = Deliberate Homicide (9 counts)
| sentence = ] + ] | sentence = ] + ]
| victims = 10 total<br>* 6 as a group<br>* 1 other by Gollehon<br>* 3 others by Turner | victims = 9 (6 with Gollehon)
| beginyear = 1985 (Gollehon) 1987 (Turner) | beginyear = 1987
| endyear = 1991 | endyear = 1991
| country = United States | country = United States
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'''William Jay Gollehon''' and '''Douglas Duane Turner''' were a pair of American murderers who committed six killings at ], five of whom were killed during a riot on September 22, 1991.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://law.justia.com/cases/montana/supreme-court/1993/792e32df-5725-43e9-9426-1d8b4d4b01b9.html|title=STATE v GOLLEHON|website=Justia}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://casetext.com/case/state-v-turner-498|title= '''William Jay Gollehon''' and '''Douglas Duane Turner''' were a pair of American murderers who committed six killings at ], five of whom were killed during a riot on September 22, 1991.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://law.justia.com/cases/montana/supreme-court/1993/792e32df-5725-43e9-9426-1d8b4d4b01b9.html|title=STATE v GOLLEHON|website=Justia}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://casetext.com/case/state-v-turner-498|title=
State v. Turner|website=casetext}}</ref> The two were previously convicted of other murders and received a death sentence plus multiple life sentences for the prison murders. Gollehon remains on death row, while Turner committed suicide in 2003.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://apnews.com/general-news-c91fc833e84b25a11efacb8cbfb49fb1|title=Montana House committee tables bill to abolish death penalty|last=Hanson|first=Amy Beth|agency=Associated Press|date=February 23, 2021|accessdate=January 6, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://billingsgazette.com/news/article_3ebc026d-96fc-5093-b052-51e10f03d4d7.html|title=9-time killer hanged in prison cell|last=McKee|first=Jennifer|agency=Billing, Gazette|date=July 8, 2003|accessdate=January 6, 2025}}</ref> State v. Turner|website=casetext}}</ref> Both were previously convicted of other murders (Gollehon with one and Turner with three) and would receive a death sentence plus multiple life sentences for the prison murders. Gollehon remains on death row, while Turner committed suicide in 2003.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://apnews.com/general-news-c91fc833e84b25a11efacb8cbfb49fb1|title=Montana House committee tables bill to abolish death penalty|last=Hanson|first=Amy Beth|agency=Associated Press|date=February 23, 2021|accessdate=January 6, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://billingsgazette.com/news/article_3ebc026d-96fc-5093-b052-51e10f03d4d7.html|title=9-time killer hanged in prison cell|last=McKee|first=Jennifer|agency=Billing, Gazette|date=July 8, 2003|accessdate=January 6, 2025}}</ref> Altogether, the two committed a combined total of ten murders


==Victims== ==Victims==
Gollehon only.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/great-falls-tribune-william-jay-gollehon/81755365/|title=Parolee's arrangement set|title=Parolee's arrangement set|work=Associated Press|agency=Great Falls Tribune, retrieved from Newspapers.com|date=August 25, 1985|accessdate=January 6, 2025}}</ref> Gollehon only.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/great-falls-tribune-william-jay-gollehon/81755365/|title=Parolee's arrangement set|work=Associated Press|agency=Great Falls Tribune, retrieved from Newspapers.com|date=August 25, 1985|accessdate=January 6, 2025}}</ref>
*'''Brenda Bargas''', 34 - August 22, 1985, ] *'''Brenda Bargas''', 34 - August 22, 1985, ]


Turner only.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/mt-supreme-court/1023721.html|title=STATE v. TURNER (2000)|website=FindLaw}}</ref> Turner only.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/mt-supreme-court/1023721.html|title=STATE v. TURNER (2000)|website=FindLaw}}</ref>
*'''James Brooks''', age unknown - November 19, 1987, ] *'''James Brooks''', age unknown - November 19, 1987, ]
*'''Ora Brooks''', age unknown - November 19, 1987, ] *'''Ora Brooks''', age unknown - November 19, 1987, ]
*'''Sharon Brooks''', age unknown - November 19, 1987, ] *'''Sharon Brooks''', age unknown - November 19, 1987, ]


As a group in prison.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://casetext.com/case/state-v-gollehon-2|title=State v. Gollehon|website=casetext}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://missoulian.com/ripples-from-uprising-felt-for-years/article_c73bd51b-468e-5d0d-aa5c-8041b9b24ea5.html|title=Ripples from uprising felt for years|last=Anez|first=Bob|work=Associated Press|agency=Missoulian|date=September 23, 2001|accessdate=January 6, 2025}}</ref> As a group in prison.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://casetext.com/case/state-v-gollehon-2|title=State v. Gollehon|website=casetext}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://missoulian.com/ripples-from-uprising-felt-for-years/article_c73bd51b-468e-5d0d-aa5c-8041b9b24ea5.html|title=Ripples from uprising felt for years|last=Anez|first=Bob|work=Associated Press|agency=Missoulian|date=September 23, 2001|accessdate=January 6, 2025}}</ref>
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*'''Ernest Mazurkiewicz''', 32 - September 22, 1991, ] *'''Ernest Mazurkiewicz''', 32 - September 22, 1991, ]


Gollehon and Turner received a death sentence for the murder of Pileggi. They were additionally sentenced to life for the five 1991 riot murders.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://missoulian.com/high-court-told-inmate-did-not-get-fair-trial/article_a301842a-e13e-5cef-91c0-aaec4dcc039f.html|title= Gollehon and Turner were sentenced to death for the murder of Pileggi. They were additionally sentenced to life for the five 1991 riot murders.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://missoulian.com/high-court-told-inmate-did-not-get-fair-trial/article_a301842a-e13e-5cef-91c0-aaec4dcc039f.html|title=
High court told inmate did not get fair trial|last=Anez|first=Bob|work=Associated Press|agency=Missoulian|date=October 12, 2001|accessdate=January 6, 2025}}</ref> High court told inmate did not get fair trial|last=Anez|first=Bob|work=Associated Press|agency=Missoulian|date=October 12, 2001|accessdate=January 6, 2025}}</ref>


==See also== ==See also==
*] - Montana's only other death row inmate *] - Montana's only other death row inmate
*] *]


==References== ==References==
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William Gollehon
Born1964
Washington
Conviction(s)Deliberate Homicide (7 counts)
Criminal penaltyDeath + Life Imprisonment
Details
Victims7 (6 with Turner)
Span of crimes1985–1991
CountryUnited States
State(s)Montana
Douglas Turner
Bornc. 1971
Glendive, Montana
DiedJuly 8, 2003
Deer Lodge, Montana
Cause of deathSuicide by Hanging
Conviction(s)Deliberate Homicide (9 counts)
Criminal penaltyDeath + Life Imprisonment
Details
Victims9 (6 with Gollehon)
Span of crimes1987–1991
CountryUnited States
State(s)Montana

William Jay Gollehon and Douglas Duane Turner were a pair of American murderers who committed six killings at Montana State Prison, five of whom were killed during a riot on September 22, 1991. Both were previously convicted of other murders (Gollehon with one and Turner with three) and would receive a death sentence plus multiple life sentences for the prison murders. Gollehon remains on death row, while Turner committed suicide in 2003. Altogether, the two committed a combined total of ten murders

Victims

Gollehon only.

Turner only.

As a group in prison.

Gollehon and Turner were sentenced to death for the murder of Pileggi. They were additionally sentenced to life for the five 1991 riot murders.

See also

References

  1. "Offender Search". Montana Department of Corrections.
  2. "State v. Turner". Vlex.
  3. "STATE v GOLLEHON". Justia.
  4. "State v. Turner". casetext.
  5. Hanson, Amy Beth (February 23, 2021). "Montana House committee tables bill to abolish death penalty". Associated Press. Retrieved January 6, 2025.
  6. McKee, Jennifer (July 8, 2003). "9-time killer hanged in prison cell". Billing, Gazette. Retrieved January 6, 2025.
  7. "Parolee's arrangement set". Associated Press. Great Falls Tribune, retrieved from Newspapers.com. August 25, 1985. Retrieved January 6, 2025.
  8. "STATE v. TURNER (2000)". FindLaw.
  9. "State v. Gollehon". casetext.
  10. Anez, Bob (September 23, 2001). "Ripples from uprising felt for years". Associated Press. Missoulian. Retrieved January 6, 2025.
  11. Anez, Bob (October 12, 2001). "High court told inmate did not get fair trial". Associated Press. Missoulian. Retrieved January 6, 2025.


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