In September 1984, Vicki Lynee Hoskinson, an eight-year-old girl who lived in Tucson, United States, did not return home after cycling to leave a birthday card. His body was found the following year near the Arizona desert, a few miles from his home.
From what the mother of the minor, Debbie Carlson, told the police at the time, less than half an hour after Vicki did not return, she sent Stephanie, the oldest of her daughters, to look for her.
The news Stephania returned with alerted Carlson, for he had found Vicki’s bicycle, which appeared to have been crashed, by the side of the road. Carlson immediately informed the police of his daughter’s disappearance.
Seven months later, on April 12, 1985, in a desert near Tucson, a man who was on an excursion found a human skull that, due to its size, seemed to be that of a minor, according to the media La República. .
Through dental records it was confirmed that it was Vicki, but the body was in such a state of deterioration that the cause of death could not be established or whether or not there was sexual abuse of the minor.
From what was released at the time on her body, it appears that Vicki had been left in the desert within 48 hours of her disappearance.
THIS is what Frank Atwood did. He is slated for execution in Arizona today. Thinking of Vicki Hoskinson and her family today. pic.twitter.com/KVQ7C45OzT
— Richard Glossip is Guilty (@chaosNstardust) June 8, 2022
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Frank Atwood, principal sospechoso
When the case became known in the media, several people called to give information about possible sightings of the girl or people who looked suspicious.
Sam Hall, a teacher at the elementary school near where Vicki lived, commented that he had seen a suspicious man in a car parked near the school.
Apparently, the man would have made an obscene gesture to a minor, so Hall decided to write down the car’s license plates. When Vicki’s disappearance was announced, the professor realized that both events would have occurred on the same day, so he gave this information to the police.
Frank Atwood was the name that came up from the plaque search, along with his legal past. Atwood had previously been convicted of kidnapping two minors in California, where he was placed on probation, which he would have violated by being in Arizona.
Ten days after the disappearance, the man was arrested despite pleading not guilty.
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What was the evidence?
In addition to Atwood’s previous child kidnapping charges, his car was one of the main signs that he was involved in the girl’s disappearance.
The car Atwood was driving had pink paint residue that matched the color of Vicki’s bike.which also had traces of having been beaten.
In addition to this, several people testified at the time that they had seen Atwood with blood on his hands and on his shirt on the day of the disappearance.
death sentence
On May 8, 1987, Atwood was convicted of first degree murder and was sentenced to death. However, 35 years passed until this sentence was carried out.
Up until the time of his conviction, and even after, Atwood denied committing the crime and even said that the evidence found in his car had been tampered evidence and that, moreover, there was no physical evidence linking him to Vicki.
Supporters of 8-year-old Vicki Lynne Hoskinson & supporters of ending the death penalty stood outside the Arizona State Prison Complex during the execution of Frank J. Atwood, who was convicted of killing Hoskinson in Tucson. Link to 📸’s & story, by @RefriedBreanin thread. pic.twitter.com/j46aWrF4aw
— Rebecca Marie (@rebeccamsphoto) June 8, 2022
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Despite this, he was denied the possibility of a judicial review of his case.
During his time in prison, Atwood brought about several changes in his life. From what the local newspaper ‘Arizona Daily Star’ reported, the man “was baptized in the Greek Orthodox Church, obtained a bachelor’s degree in English and a master’s degree in literature. He has written six books, five of which have been published”. Also, Atwood married in 1991.
“The scales of justice are finally in balance…”
Here’s the press packet we received as we wait in a visitation room. Frank Atwood was convicted for the death of Vicki Lynne Hoskinson. The Tucson girl was just 8 when she was killed back in 1984. @abc15 pic.twitter.com/V5MFGqbrzI
— Ashley Holden (@ashleyvholden) June 8, 2022
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(Keep reading: ‘El Pozolero’, the cruel criminal who dissolved more than 300 people in acid).
One of the first executions in several years
Atwood is one of the prisoners in the United States who has waited the longest on ‘Death Row’ – the section of the prison for people who are sentenced to death.
His execution comes after a fairly long pause in this type of sentence in the state of Arizona, Well, since 2014, when “inmate Joseph Wood was injected 15 times and suffered visibly for about two hours while waiting for his death,” according to the ‘New York Post’, these procedures had been stopped until a month ago. On June 8, 2022, Atwood was executed, aged 66, by lethal injection at Florence State Prison in Arizona.
Arizona: Death penalty in US – Convicted murderer Frank Atwood executed. A 66-year-old man convicted of murder has been executed in Arizona. Frank Atwood was found dead by lethal injection in a prison in the city of Florence at 10:16 a.m. Wednesday. pic.twitter.com/OT05wz7lGW
— Civil rights activist and German politician (@RightsGerman) June 9, 2022
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“Today we remember Vicki Lynne and share with her loved ones and the Tucson community as her relentless quest for justice finally comes to an end,” said the state attorney general.
The execution was attended by Vicki’s mother, her husband and other people close to the family, as well as Atwood’s wife.
As reported by local media, in his last conscious minutes Atwood said: “Thank you, precious father, for coming today and leading me to faith. […] I pray to God to have mercy on all of us and have mercy on me”.
At 10:16 am he was pronounced dead.
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