Billy Ray Waldon
Billy Ray Waldon | |
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 Waldon in 2007 | |
| Born | January 3, 1952 Tahlequah, Oklahoma, U.S. |
| Conviction(s) | First-degree murder (3 counts) |
| Criminal penalty | Death (February 28, 1992) |
| Imprisoned at | San Quentin State Prison |
Billy Ray Waldon (born January 3, 1952),[1] also known as Billy Joe Waldon or Nvwtohiyada Idehesdi Sequoyah, is a convicted rapist and murderer. Born in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, he is on death row in California for a crime spree that claimed three lives.[2] On May 16, 1986, he became the 399th fugitive listed by the FBI on the Ten Most Wanted List. He was arrested in San Diego, California, on June 16, 1986, after local police attempted to pull him over for a routine traffic citation.[3] His deadly crime spree was featured in the book "Murders in Paradise" by Rose G. Handelberg.[4]
Criminal history[edit]
Crimes[edit]
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Trial and sentencing[edit]
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It took seven years for Waldon to be convicted. He represented himself at trial.[5] He was found guilty in December 1991 and sentenced to death in February 1992.[6]
Efforts to overturn the conviction[edit]
Since 1992, the organization "Friends of Sequoyah, Team Research Switzerland" have been trying to overturn the conviction, claiming that "...Devoid of both motive and forensic evidence, the prosecution case rested on the stolen property found in a car belonging to NIS, questionable eye-witness testimony, and a proficiency in outmaneuvering an unskilled and inadequately prepared defense, unable to attach substance to its claims of political subterfuge targeting American Indian activists..."[6]
Poliespo[edit]
Poliespo (Polisinteza Esperanto, Polisinteza Esperanto, "Polysynthetic Esperanto", also Po), is an international auxiliary language created by Waldon.[7][6][2] The principle of creation of Poliespo was Waldon's belief that certain languages contain words that made communication quicker, which he referred to as "lightning bolts" or "lightning words", and a goal was to combine as many of these as possible into one language.[7] The language was originally referred to as Anagalisgi, the romanized form of Cherokee word for lightning.[7] Most of Poliespo comes from Cherokee, English, Esperanto, and Spanish,[citation needed] languages that Waldon could speak.[7] The language structure is more similar to Ido than to Esperanto, since radicals are inflected; therefore, the language is not perfectly agglutinative. Unlike Ido, it has only one prefix in addition to those of Esperanto: pe-, which is used to indicate the "neutral" gender. Besides the accusative, there is also a subject suffix, as in Korean and Japanese.[citation needed] In Poliespo, there are two forms of oral speech. If one does not understand what you say in Poliespo, referred to as Idpo, one should repeat themselves in Esperanto, referred to as Zaespo.[citation needed]
Waldon ran a 'World Poliespo Organization' for enthusiasts of the language.[8][9]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Wanted by FBI Billy Ray Waldon FBI Wanted Poster". Federal Bureau of Investigation. Archived from the original on April 25, 2021. Retrieved April 25, 2021.
- ^ a b "SAN DIEGO : Billy Ray Waldon Gets Death Sentence". Los Angeles Times. February 29, 1992. Retrieved February 18, 2012.
- ^ Federal Bureau of Investigation (2000). FBI's Ten Most Wanted Fugitives Program: 50th Anniversary 1950–2000. K&D Limited, Inc.
- ^ Handelberg, Rose G. (1994). Murders In Paradise. Kensington Publishing Corporation. ISBN 9780786000371.
- ^ "Local Death Penalty Case From 1985 Finally Goes To Appeal". August 8, 2006. Archived from the original on August 10, 2006.
- ^ a b c Sapsford, Philip; Marinucci, Claudio (Winter 2003–2004). "The Death Penalty: Can Delay Render Execution Unlawful?" (PDF). Human Rights Advocates. Vol. 42. Berkeley, CA. pp. 9–11.
- ^ a b c d Wallace, Amy (June 30, 1991). "Making a Case for Providing Own Defense". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on September 14, 2015.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ . p. 76 https://archive.org/details/Sennaciulo_2000_n1141_jul/page/76/mode/2up?q=poliespo.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ "New Age Journal July–August 1991: Vol 8 Iss 4". Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, LLC. July 1991.
External links[edit]
- Nvwtohiyada Idehesdi Sequoyah – Stories, documents, photos from family and friends
- Sequoyah condemned to death (French)
- The "serial murderer" Billy Waldon
- Pli kaj pli malfacila la situacio de Sequoyah (el Heroldo Komunikas)[permanent dead link] (Esperanto)
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