She also was convicted of drowning her paraplegic son and with blowing up her fiance's car. Prosecutors say she gave four different versions of what happened, but that she pushed him out of a canoe near Pensacola's East River in 1980. (March 30, 1998) Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. When investigators realized Buenoano was Spanish for "Goodyear," and learned she had been married to Air Force Sgt. 
That was the key to uncovering the other crimes in Ms. Buenoanos past, Edgar said. The issue may be revived this spring, as another bill moving through the Florida Senate also promotes lethal injection as an alternative to the electric chair. July found Florida authorities exhuming the body of late boyfriend Gerald Dossett, deceased since 1980, in another search for arsenic, but no charges were filed in that case. ``We all prayed that she would be granted a stay of execution and clemency because we felt that she was a different person and she deserved a chance. She continued to appeal and had three death warrants handed down over the years. Edgar, who calls it "twisted greed," said: "I feel sorry for her surviving children. She had insurance policies on both men. Her latest stay of execution was granted by a federal court in June 1990, and the case remains under appeal. The pleas did not work. Judi's last appeal was turned down on March 29th 1998 (see Appendix) and the then state Governor Lawton Chiles duly signed her death warrant. In 1984, a jury convicted Buenoano of killing her partially paralyzed 19-year-old son, Michael Goodyear, and sentenced her to life in prison. It is estimated that she collected around $240,000 in insurance money from the deaths of her husband, son and boyfriend in Colorado. On June 25th 1983 Judi announced she was pregnant and John went out to get some champagne to celebrate. Summary: has changed about her mother since she went to prison more than a decade ago. Hardly any of the women who committed murder in the US have been sentenced to death and virtually none executed even if the occasional jury had voted for death. He was getting the pain off me. I saw her cry during the trial. The last woman executed in Florida was a freed slave who was hanged for killing her master. Then Chamberlain learned that Goodyear's husband, an Air Force sergeant, died after returning from Vietnam and a boyfriend, Bobby Joe Morris, died in 1978, His written statement made for an Army investigator referred to the submerged log, but made no reference to the snake. However, his death was initially believed to be due to natural causes. Prosecutors said she committed that murder for the same reasons she killed her son in 1980 and tried to kill her fiance in 1983 -- insurance money. At age 10, she lived in Roswell, N.M., with her father and new wife whom hungry. 1976. Because of that, Buenoano's death attracted widespread media attention. Copyright 2023 CBS Interactive Inc. All rights reserved. From 1983 to 1985, Buenoano faced three separate Florida juries who convicted her of crimes against her loved ones. Condemned female inmates are housed at the Broward Correctional Center at Pembroke Pines in Florida - where Judi was to spend the next 13 years. ``It had nothing to do with me. Optioned by Viacom. HC: Lyle Stuart. She was pronounced dead five minutes later - the day that would have been her drowned son's 37th birthday. has changed about her mother since she went to prison more than a decade ago. At 7:08 a.m., the power was turned on. Ms. Buenoano's crimes came to light in 1983, when her boyfriend, John Gentry, survived a car bomb that exploded as he was about to drive home from a Pensacola restaurant. they are not. Eaton wondered why her cousin didn't receive the same support as Karla Faye Tucker, whose death sentence in Texas was opposed by the pope and civil rights leader Jesse Jackson. While he was recovering from his injuries, police began to find several discrepancies in Buenoano's background; further investigation revealed that, in November 1982, she had begun telling her friends that Gentry was suffering from a terminal illness. Hawkins was 3 when her father died. Investigators 1st became suspicious of Ms. Buenoano in 1983, after her Then Chamberlain learned that Goodyear's husband, an Air Force sergeant, died after returning from Vietnam and a boyfriend, Bobby Joe Morris, died in 1978, He joined the Army and completed basic training. I was not in Vietnam.'' A month later, the family was back in Pensacola, settling into a home on Whisper Pine Drive, in suburban Gulf Breeze. James Goodyear adopted Michael. Two of Buenoanos acquaintances, Constance Lang and Mary Beverly Owens, testified that Buenoano discussed with each of them on separate occasions the subject of killing a person by adding arsenic to his food. On July 27, count officers and federal agents searched Judis home in Gulf Breeze, retrieving wire and tape from her bedroom that seemed to match the Gentry car bomb. It does appear the motive was twisted greed," he said. to prove to her grandson she is not a murderer. She was also convicted for the 1980 murder of her son Michael Buenoano and of the 1983 attempted murder of her She continued to appeal and had three death warrants handed down over the years. ``I'm tired, Sue. Buenoano's son Michael Goodyear (1961-1980) became severely ill in 1979, his symptoms including paraplegia; post-mortem examination indicated that he had been the victim of severe arsenic poisoning, which caused his disability. A year later, on October 22, 1985, Judi went to trial for the murder of husband James Goodyear. Hicks testified that appellant told him that she had "lost the other boy" after a snake had gotten into the canoe which overturned as she tried to hold the snake down with a paddle. ``I would like to clear the record for my grandson,'' Ms. Buenoano said. Posted on February 23, 2023 by February 23, 2023 by The motive for the murders was "twisted greed," because she was trying to claim about $240,000 in insurance money, said prosecutor Russell Edgar, who gave Buenoano her nickname. Her final meal consisted of broccoli, asparagus, strawberries and hot tea. Hello Ms. Lindsay: However, her given name was Judias, and she signed her letter Judi Buenoano. Roger Martz had nothing to do with the investigation of the drowning death of Michael Goodyear. Asked if she had a final statement she replied "No, sir," squeezing her eyes shut and keeping them shut, not looking at the witnesses on the other side of a glass partition. Buenoano v. State, 527 So.2d 194 (Fla. 1988) (Direct Appeal-Goodyear). His family, however, suspected that Bobby Joe had been murdered and that he was not the only victim. The episode cost her sixty days in jail, confined with adult prostitutes, but when the judge asked if she was ready to go home, Judi opted for reform school. I am not providing a link, although you can deduce it from the images watermark. The elder Goodyear, Michael's father, died of arsenic poisoning in 1971, just three months after returning from a year's tour of duty in Vietnam. The county sheriff and Hicks returned to the capsized canoe to look for Michael. 
However, Dr. Auchenbach testified that, had he known in 1971 arsenic was present in Goodyear's body, his medical opinion would be that Goodyear could have died as a result of acute arsenic toxication because circulatory collapse and the other symptoms Goodyear exhibited are manifestations of acute arsenic poisoning. Six women, of 376 death row inmates, now await execution, the second highest number after California's 8, said the Death Penalty Information Center in Washington. Case #: 8404741 Crimes John later said Judi had been giving him vitamins. Hicks testified that appellant told him that she had "lost the other boy" after a snake had gotten into the canoe which overturned as she tried to hold the snake down with a paddle. I don't want to see her burned alive in it. Hawkins "was very emotional and very touching, but she was inaccurate in her information," Crist said. At the time of his death, Michael was covered by several insurance policies. She was sentenced to 12 years in prison for the car bombing, and Gentry's story about the vitamins led investigators to unravel a web of crimes against her family members. Gentry testified at trial that Buenoano told him Goodyear died in a plane crash in Vietnam and Morris died of alcoholism. The Florida Supreme Court only cleared the way for resumed use of the chair in October. When investigators realized Buenoano was Spanish for "Goodyear," and learned she had been married to Air Force Sgt. She put that boy through a lot before she killed him. in 1971, then collecting $85,000 in life insurance proceeds. Ricky Hicks testified that he had gone fishing on the East River between 2:00 and 2:30 PM. He knew if he came up here he was gonna die". "She worked a lot but she always made time for us." 04-04-43 Buenoano and her children had moved from Orlando to Pensacola after James Edgar Goodyear's death in 1971. Florida Department of Corrections I've not changed in that.''. On Sunday, the 11th U.S. Ms. Buenoano, a 54-year-old former nail salon owner, is scheduled to die When he started his car a bomb exploded and he was seriously injured as a result. Before she left Pensacola, however, she was the victim of another house fire which brought another insurance pay out. Her last meal was steamed broccoli and asparagus, strawberries and hot tea. Hawkins who is the creator, animation writer, director, producer, artist, animator and voice actress for the Supreme Court upheld use of the electric chair last fall, but a federal ``It had nothing to do with me. sell. She also persuaded him to take vitamin capsules which made him feel nauseous and dizzy. However, all of her claims were rejected. The state That was the key to uncovering the other crimes in Ms. Buenoano's past, She was never charged in that case, which came to light after she had been sentenced to death in Florida. the United States since the Supreme Court allowed executions to resume in According to prosecutors, she was motivated by insurance money when she poisoned him with lethal doses of arsenic. Jurors do not know that James Goodyear was acquitted last year of attempted murder in the June 1983 car bombing of John Gentry, a Pensacola businessman who lived with Buenoano. The fourth policy purchased by appellant on October 8, 1978 insured Michael for $20,000.00 with a double indemnity accidental death provision. Hawkins, a waitress in Navarre, near Pensacola, was 16 when her mother was arrested. Sentence: 15Y 0M 0D After a full recovery he returned home, and on that same day Buenoano gave him Vicon C capsules again. Asked if she had a final statement she replied "No, sir," squeezing her eyes shut and keeping them shut, not looking at the witnesses on the other side of a glass partition. During one of her hearings, Mrs Buenoano, who was born in Texas and whose mother died when she was four, said she had been physically and sexually abused during her youth by relatives she stayed with. Colorado authorities decided not to charge her in the death of Morris after the Florida convictions. All executions in Florida are carried out at the State Penitentiary at Starke and prior to 2000 all were carried out by electrocution in the state's 75-year-old electric chair. Judy claimed her stepmother and five stepbrothers starved her, burned her with cigarettes and considered her a maid. A jury acquitted James Goodyear of John Gentrys attempted murder. 1ST DG MUR/PREMED. Buenoano's attorney said she was working on a federal appeal. And by 7:13 a.m., Buenoano, 54, had become the first woman executed in the state in 150 years and the first woman to die in the chair. Lethal amounts of arsenic were found in his body. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. pushed out of a canoe into a river by his mother. Perry accused her of lying to help her mother. The crimes dated back to 1971, but Buenoano never aroused suspicion until 1983, when her fiancee John Gentry survived a car bombing attack in downtown Pensacola. not to file murder charges after she got the death sentence in Florida. He described her as " the coldest killer I ever knew" Judias "Judy" Buenoano (born Judias Welty, also known as Judias Goodyear, also known as Judias Morris) (April 4, 1943 - March 30, 1998), was a convicted murderer who was executed for the 1971 murder of her husband James Goodyear. northwest of Dallas. Buenoano's son Michael Goodyear (1961-1980) became severely ill in 1979, his symptoms including paraplegia; post-mortem examination indicated that he had been the victim of severe arsenic poisoning, which caused his disability. Judy Goodyear might have been happy until May 1971. Buenoano was convicted of poisoning her husband with arsenic In each of the three cases _ that of her husband, her son and her fiance _ she received or stood to collect insurance benefits, Edgar said. Buenoano was electrocuted in Florida's electric chair. Buenoano, a 54-year-old former nail-salon owner, is scheduled to die in Florida's electric chair March 30. Dr. Barry informed appellant that Michael had a severe impairment and might never regain complete function of his arms and legs. sentenced to death in Florida are housed. James and Judy swam to shore, but Michael drowned in his heavy braces. Orlando from a year's tour in Vietnam and 9 years after he married the Connect with the definitive source for global and local news, Film Review: 'The Super Mario Bros. Movie'. OR ATT. Forensic toxicologist Dr. Lenard Bednarczyk analyzed tissue samples from the exhumed body of Goodyear. (Velma Barfield and Karla Faye Tucker) She was not an especially attractive 54 year old and her execution was the third in a series of four that Florida carried out in quick succession that Spring. FLORIDA: Saying she is afraid her mother will be disfigured by Florida's electric chair, the daughter of a woman on death row begged state lawmakers to 450th murderer executed in U.S. since 1976 Buenoano was sentenced to life in prison. Guards had covered it with gel - highlighting every bump, every vein - to conduct the electricity better. The county sheriff and Hicks returned to the capsized canoe to look for Michael. She also was convicted of drowning her handicapped son and plotting to blow up her boyfriend. Her last meal was steamed broccoli and asparagus, strawberries and hot tea. She finished reading Remember Me, a suspense novel. Eaton wondered why her cousin didn't receive the same support as Karla Faye Tucker, whose death sentence in Texas was opposed by the pope and civil rights leader Jesse Jackson. STARKE, Florida (CNN) - Fifty-four-year-old Judy Buenoano, known as the "Black Widow," was executed in Florida's electric chair Monday morning for poisoning her husband in 1971. No charges were laid in that case. After the police responded to anonymous tip, they found a corpse with a gunshot wound and a slashed throat in a hotel room. Rep. Victor Crist, R.-Temple Terrace, who once suggested the guillotine as a humane means of execution, said electrocution is quick and painless. Loneliness was not a problem for the recent widow. The courts refused a last-minute stay. Monday would have been his 37th birthday. Also, she says she is innocent and insists jurors have been swayed by manufactured evidence. But Buenoanos daughter, Kimberly Hawkins, 30, a waitress in Navarre, steadfastly believes in her innocence. On January 11, 1984, she was indicted for first-degree murder in the death of her son, with an additional count of grand theft for the insurance scam. Telephone records also linked her to the purchase of dynamite used for the bomb. In fact, James Goodyear, Sr., had been home from Southeast Asia for barely three months when he was admitted to the U.S. Goodyear's autopsy revealed traces of arsenic in his system. Synopsis: To the rest of the world, Judias Buenoano was an American success story--a savvy businesswoman who pulled herself up from a childhood of dire poverty. On January 11, 1984, she was indicted for first-degree murder in the death of her son, with an additional count of grand theft for the insurance scam. be executed may rely on Florida's means of death. His treating physician at Walter Reed, Dr. Barry, had cautioned Michael that adequate provisions for his safety would have to be taken should he go for a boat ride, because he would be unable to swim or save himself should the boat overturn. She previously had declined to be interviewed by The Associated Press. Much of the report was sealed. "I likened her to a black widow who fed off her males and her young.". And we lay it all at Judy's feet. 1985) (Direct Appeal-Michael). '', Ms. Buenoano said if her husband died of arsenic, he had been poisoned in Vietnam. ''She was mostly afraid of leaving her children and how upset they were.'' Bank records showed that appellant had a history of returned checks from June, 1979 until July, 1980. In the front row sat Orange-Osceola Chief Judge Belvin Perry, who prosecuted Buenoano in 1984. Her mother died when she was 4, and Ms. Buenoano According to Ted Chamberlin, the Pensacola detective who painstakingly examined her past and discovered her trail of insurance scams and death. Join thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their replies. She moved her family to Pensacola in 1972, and was living with new lover Bobby Joe the following year. Investigators first became suspicious of Buenoano in 1983, after her fiance, John Gentry, survived a car bombing in downtown Pensacola. A year later, on October 22, 1985, Judi went to trial for the murder of husband James Goodyear. Upon returning to shore, appellant's first concern appeared to be for James. Hair Color: BROWN during a river fishing trip. "I would have found myself guilty if I were the jury," she said. During Florida's last electrocution a year ago, a foot-long flame shot They started fishing between 10:30 and 11:00 A.M., moving upriver along the shore. Smith argued that the FBI report could bolster her case if it showed that the scientist or lab was incompetent. She had gotten about $240,000 in insurance money from the deaths of her husband, son and a common-law husband who died of arsenic poisoning in Colorado in 1978. Judy and Michael joined Bobby Joe Morris in Colorado, after Judy collected another insurance payment from a house fire. She has already decided on her last meal - a salad of broccoli, tomato and asparagus with a cup of tea. display: block; Poison also was found in ``vitamin'' capsules Gentry said Ms Buenoano 3rd murderer executed in Florida in 1998 Evidence was also presented at trial that Bobby Joe Morris, with whom Buenoano lived after Goodyear's death, became ill and died after exhibiting the same symptoms of vomiting, nausea, fever and hallucinating that Goodyear exhibited before his death. Buenoano never admitted any of the killings. In addition to the medical evidence regarding Goodyear's condition, Debra Sims, who lived with Buenoano and Goodyear shortly before Goodyear's death, testified that Goodyear became sick gradually and that she witnessed him having hallucinations about a rabbit on his bed as he picked at the bed linens. Ms. Buenoano spends her time at Broward Correctional Institution in Pembroke Pines, a few miles north of here, knitting rather than talking to reporters, the way Ms. Tucker did. Kimberly testified for the defense that appellant and Michael had a loving relationship. Monday would have been his 37th birthday. And after authorities had exhumed Sergeant Goodyear's body and discovered that he had been poisoned, she was convicted and sentenced to death in 1985. and Oklahoma. In November of 1982, Gentry caught a cold, and Buenoano began giving him the vitamin C capsule Vicon C to treat it. A background check revealed the gaping holes in Dr. Buenoanos new biography, and Gentry was stunned to discover that her pregnancy was also a lie, Judi having been surgically sterilized in 1975. Both deaths were mysterious. Buenoano, who was given the nickname by a Florida prosecutor who said she preyed off her mates and her young, was the first woman executed in Florida since 1848, and the third executed in the United States since the U.S. Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty in 1976. Synopsis: To the rest of the world, Judias Buenoano was an American success story--a savvy businesswoman who pulled herself up from a childhood of dire poverty. Buenoano, known as the "Black Widow," was executed in Florida's electric chair following her 1985 conviction for poisoning her husband, Air Force sergeant James Goodyear, in 1971. Later, the Florida Supreme Court ruled that the chair is not cruel or unusual punishment. "Judy just went one murder too far. But its worth the effort! She had insurance policies on both men. Not finding Michael, she said she began swimming downstream with James until she was picked up by Ricky Hicks. She said the current was too strong to swim anywhere but downstream. Bobby Joe Morris was exhumed on February 11, with arsenic found in his remains. Buenoano was the first woman executed in Florida since 1848, and the third executed in the United States since the reinstatement of the death penalty in 1976. She was the first woman ever to be electrocuted in Florida. ``We all prayed that she would be granted a stay of execution and clemency because we felt that she was a different person and she deserved a chance. According to Dr. Barry, Michael would be unable to walk without his braces, cast a fishing line, or swim. Bobby Joe Morris said, Judi, we should never have done that terrible thing, before he died. 3rd female murderer executed in U.S. since 1976 At this stage however, there wasn't sufficient evidence to charge Judi with attempted murder. Gone was the tough-edged woman who drove around Pensacola in a Corvette and told bigger-than-life stories about her life, her businesses and her Chanel perfume. Gentry was severely injured when his car exploded. The death sentence would come I don't know what I would have done. He had been fishing for about an hour when he retrieved appellant and James from the river approximately 600 feet from the bridge. Michaels death eventually provided Judy with the proceeds of three life insurance policies. Appellant would have Lang, who was acting as a live-in baby sitter, take Michael from the house when visitors arrived. We affirm both the conviction and sentence. As Buenoano's execution date approaches, death penalty opponents are expected to focus attention on the fact that Buenoano would be the 1st woman executed in Florida since 1848. That led to a temporary halt in executions. ``Seeing the face of Jesus, that's what I think about. On January 11th 1984 she was arrested again and charged with first degree murder in respect of Michael's death. Two days later, he collap pushed out of a canoe into a river by his mother. DC Number: 160663 She clenched her fists, shut her eyes and lowered her head as prison officials securely strapped her into the wooden chair. The guy was paralyzed," Edgar said. Crimes On June 6 she was sentenced to life imprisonment without parole for the first twenty-five years. Appellant had stated that she was spending nearly $40,000.00 in home alterations for Michael's return. Hicks *389 drove appellant's car to a nearby phone where he called the county rescue squad. Gentry testified last week that Buenoano tried to poison him after taking out a $500,000 life insurance policy. James Goodyear. Goodyear suffered fluid overload and pulmonary congestion and died as a consequence of cardiovascular collapse and renal failure. She also was convicted of drowning her paraplegic son and with blowing up her fiance's car. She is scheduled for execution March 30 for the 1971 murder of husband James Goodyear in Orlando. Her last meal was steamed broccoli and asparagus, strawberries and hot tea. Many inconsistencies between what John thought was the case and what the police found to be reality emerged. When he started his car a bomb exploded and he was seriously injured as a result. She received a twelve-year sentence for the Gentry case, a life sentence for the Michael Goodyear case, and a death sentence for the James Goodyear case. Gentry said she had given him pills that made him sick but told him they were vitamins. Supreme Court upheld use of the electric chair last fall, but a federal Judi's was the third of a series of four executions carried out in Florida over the period 23/03/98 to 31/03/98. She previously had declined to be interviewed by The Associated Press. knitting blankets and baby clothes that she gives to her daughter to Judi made bail on the attempted murder charge, but there was worse in store. Finally, we reject Buenoanos assertion that the arsenic poisoning of James Goodyear was not heinous, atrocious or cruel. James Goodyear, Sr. had done a tour of duty in Vietnam and three months after his return home was admitted to the U.S. months after Karla Faye Tucker of Texas become the 2nd woman to die in Still another witness testified that Buenoano advised her not to divorce her husband but to take out a life insurance policy on him and then poison him with arsenic. It would seem that the motive for the arsons and the murders was principally for financial gain as Russell Edgar said and that she had a shallow relationship with her husband and boyfriends. "Bodies of Evidence : The True Story of Judias Buenoano, Florida's Serial Murderess," by Sharon McGehee, Chris Anderson. "She killed just like a man," Cone said, "so she should receive the same treatment as a man.". Reading Remember Me, a suspense novel the death sentence in Florida 's Serial Murderess, he... 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That was the key to uncovering the other crimes in Ms. Buenoanos past, Edgar said. The issue may be revived this spring, as another bill moving through the Florida Senate also promotes lethal injection as an alternative to the electric chair. July found Florida authorities exhuming the body of late boyfriend Gerald Dossett, deceased since 1980, in another search for arsenic, but no charges were filed in that case. ``We all prayed that she would be granted a stay of execution and clemency because we felt that she was a different person and she deserved a chance. She continued to appeal and had three death warrants handed down over the years. Edgar, who calls it "twisted greed," said: "I feel sorry for her surviving children. She had insurance policies on both men. Her latest stay of execution was granted by a federal court in June 1990, and the case remains under appeal. The pleas did not work. Judi's last appeal was turned down on March 29th 1998 (see Appendix) and the then state Governor Lawton Chiles duly signed her death warrant. In 1984, a jury convicted Buenoano of killing her partially paralyzed 19-year-old son, Michael Goodyear, and sentenced her to life in prison. It is estimated that she collected around $240,000 in insurance money from the deaths of her husband, son and boyfriend in Colorado. On June 25th 1983 Judi announced she was pregnant and John went out to get some champagne to celebrate. Summary: has changed about her mother since she went to prison more than a decade ago. Hardly any of the women who committed murder in the US have been sentenced to death and virtually none executed even if the occasional jury had voted for death. He was getting the pain off me. I saw her cry during the trial. The last woman executed in Florida was a freed slave who was hanged for killing her master. Then Chamberlain learned that Goodyear's husband, an Air Force sergeant, died after returning from Vietnam and a boyfriend, Bobby Joe Morris, died in 1978, His written statement made for an Army investigator referred to the submerged log, but made no reference to the snake. However, his death was initially believed to be due to natural causes. Prosecutors said she committed that murder for the same reasons she killed her son in 1980 and tried to kill her fiance in 1983 -- insurance money. At age 10, she lived in Roswell, N.M., with her father and new wife whom hungry. 1976. Because of that, Buenoano's death attracted widespread media attention. Copyright 2023 CBS Interactive Inc. All rights reserved. From 1983 to 1985, Buenoano faced three separate Florida juries who convicted her of crimes against her loved ones. Condemned female inmates are housed at the Broward Correctional Center at Pembroke Pines in Florida - where Judi was to spend the next 13 years. ``It had nothing to do with me. Optioned by Viacom. HC: Lyle Stuart. She was pronounced dead five minutes later - the day that would have been her drowned son's 37th birthday. has changed about her mother since she went to prison more than a decade ago. At 7:08 a.m., the power was turned on. Ms. Buenoano's crimes came to light in 1983, when her boyfriend, John Gentry, survived a car bomb that exploded as he was about to drive home from a Pensacola restaurant. they are not. Eaton wondered why her cousin didn't receive the same support as Karla Faye Tucker, whose death sentence in Texas was opposed by the pope and civil rights leader Jesse Jackson. While he was recovering from his injuries, police began to find several discrepancies in Buenoano's background; further investigation revealed that, in November 1982, she had begun telling her friends that Gentry was suffering from a terminal illness. Hawkins was 3 when her father died. Investigators 1st became suspicious of Ms. Buenoano in 1983, after her Then Chamberlain learned that Goodyear's husband, an Air Force sergeant, died after returning from Vietnam and a boyfriend, Bobby Joe Morris, died in 1978, He joined the Army and completed basic training. I was not in Vietnam.'' A month later, the family was back in Pensacola, settling into a home on Whisper Pine Drive, in suburban Gulf Breeze. James Goodyear adopted Michael. Two of Buenoanos acquaintances, Constance Lang and Mary Beverly Owens, testified that Buenoano discussed with each of them on separate occasions the subject of killing a person by adding arsenic to his food. On July 27, count officers and federal agents searched Judis home in Gulf Breeze, retrieving wire and tape from her bedroom that seemed to match the Gentry car bomb. It does appear the motive was twisted greed," he said. to prove to her grandson she is not a murderer. She was also convicted for the 1980 murder of her son Michael Buenoano and of the 1983 attempted murder of her She continued to appeal and had three death warrants handed down over the years. ``I'm tired, Sue. Buenoano's son Michael Goodyear (1961-1980) became severely ill in 1979, his symptoms including paraplegia; post-mortem examination indicated that he had been the victim of severe arsenic poisoning, which caused his disability. A year later, on October 22, 1985, Judi went to trial for the murder of husband James Goodyear. Hicks testified that appellant told him that she had "lost the other boy" after a snake had gotten into the canoe which overturned as she tried to hold the snake down with a paddle. ``I would like to clear the record for my grandson,'' Ms. Buenoano said. Posted on February 23, 2023 by February 23, 2023 by The motive for the murders was "twisted greed," because she was trying to claim about $240,000 in insurance money, said prosecutor Russell Edgar, who gave Buenoano her nickname. Her final meal consisted of broccoli, asparagus, strawberries and hot tea. Hello Ms. Lindsay: However, her given name was Judias, and she signed her letter Judi Buenoano. Roger Martz had nothing to do with the investigation of the drowning death of Michael Goodyear. Asked if she had a final statement she replied "No, sir," squeezing her eyes shut and keeping them shut, not looking at the witnesses on the other side of a glass partition. Buenoano v. State, 527 So.2d 194 (Fla. 1988) (Direct Appeal-Goodyear). His family, however, suspected that Bobby Joe had been murdered and that he was not the only victim. The episode cost her sixty days in jail, confined with adult prostitutes, but when the judge asked if she was ready to go home, Judi opted for reform school. I am not providing a link, although you can deduce it from the images watermark. The elder Goodyear, Michael's father, died of arsenic poisoning in 1971, just three months after returning from a year's tour of duty in Vietnam. The county sheriff and Hicks returned to the capsized canoe to look for Michael. However, Dr. Auchenbach testified that, had he known in 1971 arsenic was present in Goodyear's body, his medical opinion would be that Goodyear could have died as a result of acute arsenic toxication because circulatory collapse and the other symptoms Goodyear exhibited are manifestations of acute arsenic poisoning. Six women, of 376 death row inmates, now await execution, the second highest number after California's 8, said the Death Penalty Information Center in Washington. Case #: 8404741 Crimes John later said Judi had been giving him vitamins. Hicks testified that appellant told him that she had "lost the other boy" after a snake had gotten into the canoe which overturned as she tried to hold the snake down with a paddle. I don't want to see her burned alive in it. Hawkins "was very emotional and very touching, but she was inaccurate in her information," Crist said. At the time of his death, Michael was covered by several insurance policies. She was sentenced to 12 years in prison for the car bombing, and Gentry's story about the vitamins led investigators to unravel a web of crimes against her family members. Gentry testified at trial that Buenoano told him Goodyear died in a plane crash in Vietnam and Morris died of alcoholism. The Florida Supreme Court only cleared the way for resumed use of the chair in October. When investigators realized Buenoano was Spanish for "Goodyear," and learned she had been married to Air Force Sgt. She put that boy through a lot before she killed him. in 1971, then collecting $85,000 in life insurance proceeds. Ricky Hicks testified that he had gone fishing on the East River between 2:00 and 2:30 PM. He knew if he came up here he was gonna die". "She worked a lot but she always made time for us." 04-04-43 Buenoano and her children had moved from Orlando to Pensacola after James Edgar Goodyear's death in 1971. Florida Department of Corrections I've not changed in that.''. On Sunday, the 11th U.S. Ms. Buenoano, a 54-year-old former nail salon owner, is scheduled to die When he started his car a bomb exploded and he was seriously injured as a result. Before she left Pensacola, however, she was the victim of another house fire which brought another insurance pay out. Her last meal was steamed broccoli and asparagus, strawberries and hot tea. Hawkins who is the creator, animation writer, director, producer, artist, animator and voice actress for the Supreme Court upheld use of the electric chair last fall, but a federal ``It had nothing to do with me. sell. She also persuaded him to take vitamin capsules which made him feel nauseous and dizzy. However, all of her claims were rejected. The state That was the key to uncovering the other crimes in Ms. Buenoano's past, She was never charged in that case, which came to light after she had been sentenced to death in Florida. the United States since the Supreme Court allowed executions to resume in According to prosecutors, she was motivated by insurance money when she poisoned him with lethal doses of arsenic. Jurors do not know that James Goodyear was acquitted last year of attempted murder in the June 1983 car bombing of John Gentry, a Pensacola businessman who lived with Buenoano. The fourth policy purchased by appellant on October 8, 1978 insured Michael for $20,000.00 with a double indemnity accidental death provision. Hawkins, a waitress in Navarre, near Pensacola, was 16 when her mother was arrested. Sentence: 15Y 0M 0D After a full recovery he returned home, and on that same day Buenoano gave him Vicon C capsules again. Asked if she had a final statement she replied "No, sir," squeezing her eyes shut and keeping them shut, not looking at the witnesses on the other side of a glass partition. During one of her hearings, Mrs Buenoano, who was born in Texas and whose mother died when she was four, said she had been physically and sexually abused during her youth by relatives she stayed with. Colorado authorities decided not to charge her in the death of Morris after the Florida convictions. All executions in Florida are carried out at the State Penitentiary at Starke and prior to 2000 all were carried out by electrocution in the state's 75-year-old electric chair. Judy claimed her stepmother and five stepbrothers starved her, burned her with cigarettes and considered her a maid. A jury acquitted James Goodyear of John Gentrys attempted murder. 1ST DG MUR/PREMED. Buenoano's attorney said she was working on a federal appeal. And by 7:13 a.m., Buenoano, 54, had become the first woman executed in the state in 150 years and the first woman to die in the chair. Lethal amounts of arsenic were found in his body. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. pushed out of a canoe into a river by his mother. Perry accused her of lying to help her mother. The crimes dated back to 1971, but Buenoano never aroused suspicion until 1983, when her fiancee John Gentry survived a car bombing attack in downtown Pensacola. not to file murder charges after she got the death sentence in Florida. He described her as " the coldest killer I ever knew" Judias "Judy" Buenoano (born Judias Welty, also known as Judias Goodyear, also known as Judias Morris) (April 4, 1943 - March 30, 1998), was a convicted murderer who was executed for the 1971 murder of her husband James Goodyear. northwest of Dallas. Buenoano's son Michael Goodyear (1961-1980) became severely ill in 1979, his symptoms including paraplegia; post-mortem examination indicated that he had been the victim of severe arsenic poisoning, which caused his disability. Judy Goodyear might have been happy until May 1971. Buenoano was convicted of poisoning her husband with arsenic In each of the three cases _ that of her husband, her son and her fiance _ she received or stood to collect insurance benefits, Edgar said. Buenoano was electrocuted in Florida's electric chair. Buenoano, a 54-year-old former nail-salon owner, is scheduled to die in Florida's electric chair March 30. Dr. Barry informed appellant that Michael had a severe impairment and might never regain complete function of his arms and legs. sentenced to death in Florida are housed. James and Judy swam to shore, but Michael drowned in his heavy braces. Orlando from a year's tour in Vietnam and 9 years after he married the Connect with the definitive source for global and local news, Film Review: 'The Super Mario Bros. Movie'. OR ATT. Forensic toxicologist Dr. Lenard Bednarczyk analyzed tissue samples from the exhumed body of Goodyear. (Velma Barfield and Karla Faye Tucker) She was not an especially attractive 54 year old and her execution was the third in a series of four that Florida carried out in quick succession that Spring. FLORIDA: Saying she is afraid her mother will be disfigured by Florida's electric chair, the daughter of a woman on death row begged state lawmakers to 450th murderer executed in U.S. since 1976 Buenoano was sentenced to life in prison. Guards had covered it with gel - highlighting every bump, every vein - to conduct the electricity better. The county sheriff and Hicks returned to the capsized canoe to look for Michael. She also was convicted of drowning her handicapped son and plotting to blow up her boyfriend. Her last meal was steamed broccoli and asparagus, strawberries and hot tea. She finished reading Remember Me, a suspense novel. Eaton wondered why her cousin didn't receive the same support as Karla Faye Tucker, whose death sentence in Texas was opposed by the pope and civil rights leader Jesse Jackson. STARKE, Florida (CNN) - Fifty-four-year-old Judy Buenoano, known as the "Black Widow," was executed in Florida's electric chair Monday morning for poisoning her husband in 1971. No charges were laid in that case. After the police responded to anonymous tip, they found a corpse with a gunshot wound and a slashed throat in a hotel room. Rep. Victor Crist, R.-Temple Terrace, who once suggested the guillotine as a humane means of execution, said electrocution is quick and painless. Loneliness was not a problem for the recent widow. The courts refused a last-minute stay. Monday would have been his 37th birthday. Also, she says she is innocent and insists jurors have been swayed by manufactured evidence. But Buenoanos daughter, Kimberly Hawkins, 30, a waitress in Navarre, steadfastly believes in her innocence. On January 11, 1984, she was indicted for first-degree murder in the death of her son, with an additional count of grand theft for the insurance scam. Telephone records also linked her to the purchase of dynamite used for the bomb. In fact, James Goodyear, Sr., had been home from Southeast Asia for barely three months when he was admitted to the U.S. Goodyear's autopsy revealed traces of arsenic in his system. Synopsis: To the rest of the world, Judias Buenoano was an American success story--a savvy businesswoman who pulled herself up from a childhood of dire poverty. On January 11, 1984, she was indicted for first-degree murder in the death of her son, with an additional count of grand theft for the insurance scam. be executed may rely on Florida's means of death. His treating physician at Walter Reed, Dr. Barry, had cautioned Michael that adequate provisions for his safety would have to be taken should he go for a boat ride, because he would be unable to swim or save himself should the boat overturn. She previously had declined to be interviewed by The Associated Press. Much of the report was sealed. "I likened her to a black widow who fed off her males and her young.". And we lay it all at Judy's feet. 1985) (Direct Appeal-Michael). '', Ms. Buenoano said if her husband died of arsenic, he had been poisoned in Vietnam. ''She was mostly afraid of leaving her children and how upset they were.'' Bank records showed that appellant had a history of returned checks from June, 1979 until July, 1980. In the front row sat Orange-Osceola Chief Judge Belvin Perry, who prosecuted Buenoano in 1984. Her mother died when she was 4, and Ms. Buenoano According to Ted Chamberlin, the Pensacola detective who painstakingly examined her past and discovered her trail of insurance scams and death. Join thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their replies. She moved her family to Pensacola in 1972, and was living with new lover Bobby Joe the following year. Investigators first became suspicious of Buenoano in 1983, after her fiance, John Gentry, survived a car bombing in downtown Pensacola. A year later, on October 22, 1985, Judi went to trial for the murder of husband James Goodyear. Upon returning to shore, appellant's first concern appeared to be for James. Hair Color: BROWN during a river fishing trip. "I would have found myself guilty if I were the jury," she said. During Florida's last electrocution a year ago, a foot-long flame shot They started fishing between 10:30 and 11:00 A.M., moving upriver along the shore. Smith argued that the FBI report could bolster her case if it showed that the scientist or lab was incompetent. She had gotten about $240,000 in insurance money from the deaths of her husband, son and a common-law husband who died of arsenic poisoning in Colorado in 1978. Judy and Michael joined Bobby Joe Morris in Colorado, after Judy collected another insurance payment from a house fire. She has already decided on her last meal - a salad of broccoli, tomato and asparagus with a cup of tea. display: block; Poison also was found in ``vitamin'' capsules Gentry said Ms Buenoano 3rd murderer executed in Florida in 1998 Evidence was also presented at trial that Bobby Joe Morris, with whom Buenoano lived after Goodyear's death, became ill and died after exhibiting the same symptoms of vomiting, nausea, fever and hallucinating that Goodyear exhibited before his death. Buenoano never admitted any of the killings. In addition to the medical evidence regarding Goodyear's condition, Debra Sims, who lived with Buenoano and Goodyear shortly before Goodyear's death, testified that Goodyear became sick gradually and that she witnessed him having hallucinations about a rabbit on his bed as he picked at the bed linens. Ms. Buenoano spends her time at Broward Correctional Institution in Pembroke Pines, a few miles north of here, knitting rather than talking to reporters, the way Ms. Tucker did. Kimberly testified for the defense that appellant and Michael had a loving relationship. Monday would have been his 37th birthday. And after authorities had exhumed Sergeant Goodyear's body and discovered that he had been poisoned, she was convicted and sentenced to death in 1985. and Oklahoma. In November of 1982, Gentry caught a cold, and Buenoano began giving him the vitamin C capsule Vicon C to treat it. A background check revealed the gaping holes in Dr. Buenoanos new biography, and Gentry was stunned to discover that her pregnancy was also a lie, Judi having been surgically sterilized in 1975. Both deaths were mysterious. Buenoano, who was given the nickname by a Florida prosecutor who said she preyed off her mates and her young, was the first woman executed in Florida since 1848, and the third executed in the United States since the U.S. Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty in 1976. Synopsis: To the rest of the world, Judias Buenoano was an American success story--a savvy businesswoman who pulled herself up from a childhood of dire poverty. Buenoano, known as the "Black Widow," was executed in Florida's electric chair following her 1985 conviction for poisoning her husband, Air Force sergeant James Goodyear, in 1971. Later, the Florida Supreme Court ruled that the chair is not cruel or unusual punishment. "Judy just went one murder too far. But its worth the effort! She had insurance policies on both men. Not finding Michael, she said she began swimming downstream with James until she was picked up by Ricky Hicks. She said the current was too strong to swim anywhere but downstream. Bobby Joe Morris was exhumed on February 11, with arsenic found in his remains. Buenoano was the first woman executed in Florida since 1848, and the third executed in the United States since the reinstatement of the death penalty in 1976. She was the first woman ever to be electrocuted in Florida. ``We all prayed that she would be granted a stay of execution and clemency because we felt that she was a different person and she deserved a chance. According to Dr. Barry, Michael would be unable to walk without his braces, cast a fishing line, or swim. Bobby Joe Morris said, Judi, we should never have done that terrible thing, before he died. 3rd female murderer executed in U.S. since 1976 At this stage however, there wasn't sufficient evidence to charge Judi with attempted murder. Gone was the tough-edged woman who drove around Pensacola in a Corvette and told bigger-than-life stories about her life, her businesses and her Chanel perfume. Gentry was severely injured when his car exploded. The death sentence would come I don't know what I would have done. He had been fishing for about an hour when he retrieved appellant and James from the river approximately 600 feet from the bridge. Michaels death eventually provided Judy with the proceeds of three life insurance policies. Appellant would have Lang, who was acting as a live-in baby sitter, take Michael from the house when visitors arrived. We affirm both the conviction and sentence. As Buenoano's execution date approaches, death penalty opponents are expected to focus attention on the fact that Buenoano would be the 1st woman executed in Florida since 1848. That led to a temporary halt in executions. ``Seeing the face of Jesus, that's what I think about. On January 11th 1984 she was arrested again and charged with first degree murder in respect of Michael's death. Two days later, he collap pushed out of a canoe into a river by his mother. DC Number: 160663 She clenched her fists, shut her eyes and lowered her head as prison officials securely strapped her into the wooden chair. The guy was paralyzed," Edgar said. Crimes On June 6 she was sentenced to life imprisonment without parole for the first twenty-five years. Appellant had stated that she was spending nearly $40,000.00 in home alterations for Michael's return. Hicks *389 drove appellant's car to a nearby phone where he called the county rescue squad. Gentry testified last week that Buenoano tried to poison him after taking out a $500,000 life insurance policy. James Goodyear. Goodyear suffered fluid overload and pulmonary congestion and died as a consequence of cardiovascular collapse and renal failure. She also was convicted of drowning her paraplegic son and with blowing up her fiance's car. She is scheduled for execution March 30 for the 1971 murder of husband James Goodyear in Orlando. Her last meal was steamed broccoli and asparagus, strawberries and hot tea. Many inconsistencies between what John thought was the case and what the police found to be reality emerged. When he started his car a bomb exploded and he was seriously injured as a result. She received a twelve-year sentence for the Gentry case, a life sentence for the Michael Goodyear case, and a death sentence for the James Goodyear case. Gentry said she had given him pills that made him sick but told him they were vitamins. Supreme Court upheld use of the electric chair last fall, but a federal Judi's was the third of a series of four executions carried out in Florida over the period 23/03/98 to 31/03/98. She previously had declined to be interviewed by The Associated Press. knitting blankets and baby clothes that she gives to her daughter to Judi made bail on the attempted murder charge, but there was worse in store. Finally, we reject Buenoanos assertion that the arsenic poisoning of James Goodyear was not heinous, atrocious or cruel. James Goodyear, Sr. had done a tour of duty in Vietnam and three months after his return home was admitted to the U.S. months after Karla Faye Tucker of Texas become the 2nd woman to die in Still another witness testified that Buenoano advised her not to divorce her husband but to take out a life insurance policy on him and then poison him with arsenic. 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