Ricky Bible, You Should Not Have Hurt Little Girls

I know there are problems with the death penalty and I'm glad people are working on that. But I won't be sorry to see Ricky Bible go. Not one bit.

This Arizona Dept of Corrections photo shows him as he appears now, after 20 years in prison. He gets no stay of execution today. Arizona Supreme Court has told him no.

**well, how do you like that? Bible's official photo disappeared after his execution. I should have saved it somewhere else first.**



I am very sorry for the family of Jennifer Wilson who will NOT receive closure after 11 this morning, when Bible will be executed in Florence, Arizona by a needle in his arm, delivering the cocktail of death. Hey, it's nicer than having your 9 year old skull bashed in, right?

The Wilsons will not receive closure when the killer of their daughter breathes his last, but they will receive the relief of knowing he will never do anything new to disturb their lives again. No new filings, no new obnoxious claims, no re-living the horror every time he makes a move and swirls more evil about.

Ricky Bible was one of those with an insatiable appetite for the most hideous acts. No one was safe as long as there was the remotest chance he could flee justice.

I am not sorry to see him go.

Camille Kimball's books are:

What She Always Wanted

A Sudden Shot

The Mammoth Book of Tough Guys

Article from the Flagstaff Daily Sun

Ricky Bible, the Clock is Ticking

Many people visiting this site are looking for information on the upcoming execution of child-killer Ricky Bible. That is currently scheduled for today, June 30, at 11 am Arizona time. 11 am Arizona is 2 pm New York. The execution takes place in Florence, a town full of prisons just east of Phoenix.

Ricky Bible did horrible things to a little girl in Flagstaff in 1988. The case took place just months after Casey Anthony prosecutor Jeff Ashton became the first American prosecutor to use the then new-fangled technology of DNA profiling to convict someone.

Ricky Bible became the first DNA case in Arizona. I remember at the time, I was a radio reporter at KOY in Phoenix, how controversial the technology was. We were all wondering what in the heck they were talking about. Well, Ricky Bible was convicted. While he's been sitting on death row trying to get out of it, DNA profiling has been busy becoming the forensic equivalent of a rock star.

At the time, in Flagstaff, a logging town on the old Route 66, a lawyer was drafted from the civil division into the prosecution because of her special knowledge of zoology. Her uncommon last name, in a bizarre twist, was virtually identical to the defendant's.

I would like to refer you to this excellent, excellent article in the Flagstaff Daily Sun. If you are interested in the Ricky Bible case, this is a must read. I would also like to give a big high five to Daily Sun reporter Hillary Davis for such fine work.

By the way, the Coconino County Courthouse is about a 45 minute drive from the Yavapai County Couthouse, where I've been sitting in on the James Ray sweat lodge trial. Scroll through some of these photos in the last two weeks on the blog, you'll get a feel for the country. However! there's a big change of scenery in the 45 minute ride. Flagstaff has a lot more trees. Lumber is a huge industry there.

p.s. Here is Ricky Bible's Arizona Dept of Corrections page.

Camille Kimball's books are:

What She Always Wanted

A Sudden Shot

The Mammoth Book of Tough Guys