Indianapolis Indiana: Freelance Death Penalty Robbers - Mass Execution of Family Of "Mexicans" - 1 June 2006

 

(Some of the victims of the mass murder )

The Hamilton Avenue Murders is the colloquial name for the mass murder of seven people in a house at 560 North Hamilton Avenue in Indianapolis, Indiana, on June 1, 2006. 

According to the television program America's Most Wanted, the Indianapolis Police Department responded to a 911 call just after 10:00 p.m. They found seven dead victims, three of whom were children. The victims were shot with a military-style weapon, police charged. Evidence technicians recovered 23 discharged 7.62x39mm cartridge casings from the scene. These cartridges accommodate high velocity caliber bullets used in AK-47 and SKS-type rifles.^[1]

Witnesses said two suspects were seen entering the house shortly before the murders were believed to have taken place. Flora Albarran arrived with a friend to pick up her son around 10:00 p.m. Albarran's brother, Magno, also arrived about the same time. Both noticed that the house lights were out, which they knew was odd. When Flora Albarran entered, witnesses said she screamed to her friend not to come in. The suspects were seen leaving through the front door moments later.^[2]

Victims

The victims were identified as:^[3]

• Emma Valdez, 46
• Alberto Covarrubias, 56, Valdez's boyfriend
• Flora Albarran, 22, Valdez's daughter
• Magno Albarran, 29, Valdez's son, Flora Albarran's brother
• Luis Albarran, 5, Flora Albarran's son
• David Covarrubias, 8, Valdez's son
• Alberto Covarrubias, 11, Valdez's son

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indianapolis_mass_murder#Perpetrators

 

https://www.in.gov/judiciary/opinions/pdf/09281101rdr.pdf

They saw two black men walk up along the side of the house onto the front porch. At least one witness identified Turner as one of the men. The other man, who was a little bit taller, bigger, and more muscular than Turner and not wearing a shirt, was identified as being the same man who had been in Turner‟s truck parked in front of Swartz‟s house moments earlier. That man had something red around his face, and Turner had a dark colored mask aroundhis face. Turner was carrying a long gun that looked like an AK-47, and the other man had a small handgun. 

 

The two men knocked on the door and when it opened forced their way into the house. The man with the red mask was seen through an upstairs windowand appeared to be putting items into a bag and tossing things around. A woman was seen through another window, and appeared to be on her knees with hands behind her head and a gun held to her head.Magno Albarran arrived at 560 North Hamilton, parked in the garage, and brought in the garbage cans.

At around the same time Flora Albarran arrived at the house; she left her car, still running with Banegas inside, double-parked in front of the house and went up to the door. After Flora knocked on the door, someone grabbed her and pulled her inside as she screamed, “[m]y baby, not my baby.” Tr. at 2505. Magnocame around the corner and onto the porch carrying a bag of food.

He set the food down, made a motion as if grabbing something at his side, and entered the house. Almost immediately, there was a single gunshot, followed by a large number of rapid gunshots that sounded different from the first.

The two masked men then ran out of the house and around to the alley. One of them was carrying what appeared to be a pillowcase with items inside. Tires squealed. And neighbors called 911. 5The morning after the shootings, Michelle Clifton awoke in her home located about six blocks from North Hamilton to find a friend banging on her door and Turner asleep at the foot of her bed. Michelle‟s burgundy pick-up truck, which she had allowed Turner to drive the previous day, was parked outside. Clifton‟s friend came inside and told her Turner was on television. Eventually, Clifton, Turner,and the friend got in the friend‟s truck and drove to Kentucky at Turner‟s direction. Turner attempted to persuade Clifton to drive him to Alabama, but when Turner fell asleep Clifton drove back to Indianapolis. Turner later surrendered to police.

A search of Clifton‟s home revealed, among other things, one unfired 7.62x39 mm cartridge and Turner‟s clothing soaking in the bathtub next to bottles of hydrogen peroxide and rubbing alcohol. On June 7, 2006, the State charged Desmond Turner and James Stewart as codefendants with seven counts of murder, seven counts of felony murder, seven counts of Class B felony criminal confinement, one count of Class A felony robbery, and one count of Class B felony burglary.