Anger, Obsession, Revenge

Sun Valley, Nevada, is a census designated place of about 19,000 people between Reno and Sparks in Washoe County. details of the account remain covered until revealed

the rest of this account is covered until you choose to reveal it His mother, Kim, was 15 when she had him, never married his father and worked two jobs, so he was left unsupervised, sometimes locked out of the apartment, and stole from her and from neighbours. He said there was no physical abuse, only neglect. At about ten he was sent to live with his father in Texas, who was physically abusive. In 1987, at 15, he ran away back to his mother. After clashes with her boyfriend and trouble with the law he was placed in a group home and the California Youth Authority, where he stayed until he was 21. He called it the most violent place he had been, and said it taught him the power of revenge, after a man he had wronged waited three years to beat him. In his early twenties he got a 19-year-old, Cassandra Gunther, pregnant and threatened her with violence if she did not keep the baby. He then wanted nothing to do with the child. He worked as a car salesman, latterly in Reno, and kept his head shaved.

In April 2000 he met April Robinson. They dated until spring 2001, when she ended it. She started seeing Brian Pierce, 25, a graphic design student and Reed High School graduate from a strong Christian family. this part of the story is covered for now She twice notified the Secret Witness programme and warned Robinson. details of the account remain covered until revealed He kept violating it, a judge issued a warrant, and he was served on the showroom floor at work and fired. He told them they would pay, perhaps not today but when they least expected it. In late 2001 he left for Pennsylvania to help his father with a construction job and stayed about nine months.

In late July 2002 he decided to go back. He travelled west by Amtrak with a 9mm handgun, around a hundred rounds, a ski mask, rope, gloves and a knife, obtained a car with dealer plates and staked out the couple's home for two days with a notepad. On 4 August he met his old roommate Alejandro Monroy, who told him to grow up. On 5 August he was back outside the house with monoculars. On the morning of 7 August, wearing a police-issue battle dress uniform, he broke in through an unlocked window and looked through their papers and photographs. He left, returned about 12:20, and waited. Pierce came home around 2:30. the rest of this account is covered until you choose to reveal it He dragged the body to the bedroom, dug bullets out with a knife, stabbed the torso, took credit cards and left the video Fear on the scene.

Robinson came home at 4:30 and noticed the closed blinds, a hole in the outside panelling and a blanket by the door. this part of the story is covered for now She gave him seven dollars. He said Pierce was held in a U-Haul and would be freed if she drove him to California. She realised on the way that he had been stalking them, and near San Francisco she stopped at a gas station, took the car and escaped. She went to a hospital, contacted police and gave them his backpack, with the gun, ammunition and handcuffs. She learned of Pierce's death only when she returned to Nevada.

On 8 August Washoe County deputies found Pierce's body with the knife in his torso and the video beneath it. Dr Christine Eliot found nine gunshot wounds, one behind the ear at close or contact range, and three stab wounds, which the lack of bleeding showed were inflicted after death. details of the account remain covered until revealed the rest of this account is covered until you choose to reveal it He was wanted in California on warrants for fraud and reckless driving. Police also found material linked to Sun Bonds, Barry Bonds's ex-wife. He had worked at a Redwood City bagel shop owned by Bonds, and about two months earlier had been found in a tree near her home in Woodside.

Extradited to Nevada, he made drawings, recorded calls and wrote letters. A letter to Robinson, headed 'rest in peace, 1977 to 2002', hoped she would kill herself. On recordings he spoke of cutting off Pierce's head and said he enjoyed his victims' pain. Days after the murder he left two messages on Pierce's stepmother's answering machine, the second saying her son died like a coward. Prosecutors, led by district attorney Tom Barb, sought death. this part of the story is covered for now details of the account remain covered until revealed At the penalty phase Pierce's sister, mother and stepmother described him, Robinson testified, and the defence called Luis Vasquez, Misty Takman and Cassandra Gunther. the rest of this account is covered until you choose to reveal it this part of the story is covered for now

In June 2005 he gave an interview saying he would have killed Robinson and her father if he could. details of the account remain covered until revealed After a pepperoni pizza last meal he sought a stay about 40 minutes before, and a judge granted it at 8:26 pm by phone. The last prisoner to back out was Jim Neuschafer in 1990. the rest of this account is covered until you choose to reveal it this part of the story is covered for now details of the account remain covered until revealed