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| − | '''Real Name:''' Leroy Dirth<br> |
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+ | '''Real Name:''' Gary Gibson<br /> |
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+ | '''Nicknames:''' No known nicknames<br /> |
| + | '''Location:''' Los Angeles, California<br /> |
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| + | '''Date:''' September 11, 1991 |
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==Case== |
==Case== |
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| + | '''Details:''' Thirty-eight-year-old Gary Gibson was a father of two. At around 10pm on September 11, 1991, he was walking across a parking lot of a Los Angeles motel when he was accosted by three men in a passing car. One of them was armed with a .38 caliber revolver. They proceeded to rob Gary at gunpoint. He tried to fight back and grab the gun. However, he was shot in the chest and killed. The men fired three more shots and fled.<br /> |
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| − | '''Details:''' Leroy Dirth was killed when his car crashed into a tree. Officials declared it a suicide, but several years later, Leroy's sister pointed the finger at his girlfriend's family for wanting him dead and possibly creating the events leading up to his murder. <br> |
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| − | '''Suspects:''' None known<br> |
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| + | One of the men was arrested shortly after the murder, and he gave police the identity of the two other men: John Thomas Horton and the trigger-man Rashied Sims. However, both men's whereabouts are unknown.<br /> |
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| − | '''Extra Notes:''' None<br> |
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| + | '''Suspects:''' Rashied Sims, John Horton, and an unidentified accomplice (name withheld)<br /> |
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| − | '''Results:''' Unsolved<br> |
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| + | '''Extra Notes:''' This case first aired as a special alert on the October 23, 1991 episode.<br /> |
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| + | Some sources state that the murder occurred on September 12, 1991.<br /> |
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| + | '''Results:''' Solved. Horton was arrested soon after the broadcast after being involved in a robbery gone awry. Sims stayed on the run and fled the Los Angeles area. However, an anonymous tip led to his arrest at his grandmother's home in January 1992. Horton, Sims, and Tyrone Woods III were charged with first-degree murder.<br /> |
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| + | Sims was convicted and sentenced to prison; he was denied parole in 2013 and will not be eligible again until 2020. Horton was also convicted and sentenced to prison; he was denied parole in 2016 and will not be eligible again until 2023. Further information about Woods in not available.<br /> |
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| + | * [https://inmatelocator.cdcr.ca.gov/Details.aspx?ID=E49433 John Horton on California Inmate Locator] |
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| + | * [https://inmatelocator.cdcr.ca.gov/Details.aspx?ID=E48362 Rashied Sims on California Inmate Locator] |
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| + | * [https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/13923901/gary-gibson Gary Gibson on Find a Grave] |
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Latest revision as of 05:47, 21 July 2020
Gary Gibson
Real Name: Gary Gibson
Nicknames: No known nicknames
Location: Los Angeles, California
Date: September 11, 1991
Case[]
Details: Thirty-eight-year-old Gary Gibson was a father of two. At around 10pm on September 11, 1991, he was walking across a parking lot of a Los Angeles motel when he was accosted by three men in a passing car. One of them was armed with a .38 caliber revolver. They proceeded to rob Gary at gunpoint. He tried to fight back and grab the gun. However, he was shot in the chest and killed. The men fired three more shots and fled.
One of the men was arrested shortly after the murder, and he gave police the identity of the two other men: John Thomas Horton and the trigger-man Rashied Sims. However, both men's whereabouts are unknown.
Suspects: Rashied Sims, John Horton, and an unidentified accomplice (name withheld)
Extra Notes: This case first aired as a special alert on the October 23, 1991 episode.
Some sources state that the murder occurred on September 12, 1991.
Results: Solved. Horton was arrested soon after the broadcast after being involved in a robbery gone awry. Sims stayed on the run and fled the Los Angeles area. However, an anonymous tip led to his arrest at his grandmother's home in January 1992. Horton, Sims, and Tyrone Woods III were charged with first-degree murder.
Sims was convicted and sentenced to prison; he was denied parole in 2013 and will not be eligible again until 2020. Horton was also convicted and sentenced to prison; he was denied parole in 2016 and will not be eligible again until 2023. Further information about Woods in not available.
Links:
- John Horton on California Inmate Locator
- Rashied Sims on California Inmate Locator
- Gary Gibson on Find a Grave