23 Facts About Anthony Sully

Anthony John Sully was an American serial killer and police officer responsible for the murders of six people between February and August 1983 at his warehouse in Burlingame, California.

Anthony Sully was found guilty of the killings in July 1986, and was sentenced to death.

Anthony John Sully was born on January 2,1944, in San Francisco, California.

Anthony Sully spent his childhood and adolescence in the city of Millbrae, where he graduated from a local high school.

Anthony Sully mentioned an incident that occurred following their separation, in which Sully twisted the heads of her daughter's ducklings and threatened to do the same to her child.

Anthony Sully began working as an electrical and construction contractor, for which he rented a hangar in Burlingame, which he used as a warehouse.

Subsequently, Anthony Sully invested several thousand dollars in the creation of one of the escort agencies, and began using drugs.

In 1982, Anthony Sully met 32-year-old Tina Livingston, the owner of a local escort agency.

Anthony Sully then proceeded to beat the girl and took her to the back of the warehouse, where he handcuffed her and hung her from the ceiling.

Livingston and Burns unsuccessfully tried to replace the gag and silence her, after which Anthony Sully came in and strangled her with a rope.

Anthony Sully then hit Fravel several times on the head with an axe, killing her.

Anthony Sully is said to have kept a newspaper article reporting the discovery of her body as a trophy, and had thought it was "hilarious" that she had been found by a butcher.

In early 1983, Thomas and Anthony Sully had an argument, and so, in April of that year, Anthony Sully invited the pair to his hangar, where he shot both in the back of the head shortly after their arrival.

Anthony Sully was arrested on August 25,1983, after investigators positively matched his fingerprints to those found on the barrels containing the bodies of Thomas, Oakden and Melendez.

In October 1983, Anthony Sully was charged with the six murders, but pleaded not guilty on all counts.

On June 3,1986, Anthony Sully was found guilty on all counts by jury verdict, on the basis of which, just twelve days later, he was sentenced to death.

Anthony Sully was housed in San Quentin State Prison's death row.

Anthony Sully requested a commutation of his sentence twice, in 1991 and 2013, as well as for a new trial, but all of his appeals were dismissed.

Anthony Sully became eligible for parole in 2004 and has been denied several times due to repeated rule infractions and violations while incarcerated, including a 1997 conviction for assaulting a fellow inmate.

Anthony Sully waived his right to a parole hearing in 2020 and was automatically denied parole for five years as a result.

Anthony Sully's other imprisoned accomplice, Keli Burns, was granted parole and released at the end of 2016, after spending more than 33 years in prison.

Anthony Sully died of natural causes at a medical facility on the morning of September 8,2023, at the age of 79.

Anthony Sully was a 25-year-old Millbrae police officer at the time and the two became friends, but drifted apart after Anthony Sully left the police department in 1974.