A man who had formerly been on death row for the 1999 murders of his wife and her two daughters was killed at Washington State Penitentiary on Sunday, state Department of Corrections officials said. FOX13
Corrections officials said Dayva Cross, 62, was pronounced dead about 1:15 p.m. after he was found in a shower, the Walla Walla Union-BulletinOfficials said a suspect has been identified and moved to "appropriate housing" pending further investigation.
The Walla Walla County Coroner’s office confirmed Sunday that the death is considered a homicide. Walla Walla Police Department detectives responded to the scene and are investigating.The state Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that the death penalty violates Washington's Constitution because it is imposed in an arbitrary and racially biased manner.
A Department of Corrections spokesperson told the newspaper Monday afternoon that movement in the unit where Cross died remains restricted. On March 6, 1999, after arguing with wife Anouchka Baldwin, Cross stabbed her to death along with her daughters Salome Holly, 18, and Amanda Baldwin, 15, in Snoqualmie. He was arrested after another daughter of Anouchka Baldwin’s, then 13, escaped and called police., rejecting pleas by his lawyers that he was mentally ill and should not be executed.
His death sentence was converted to life in prison when Washington’s Supreme Court ruled in 2018 that the state’s use of capital punishment was unconstitutional.
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