1. Scott Thomas Erskine was an American serial killer on California's death row, convicted in 2003 for the 1993 murder of two California boys.
19 Facts About Scott Erskine
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In 2020, Erskine became one of a dozen California death row inmates to die in the span of less than two months as the result of a COVID-19 outbreak at San Quentin State Prison.
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Scott Erskine died on the same day as fellow death row inmate Manuel Machado Alvarez, who died from COVID-19.
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When he was five years old, Scott Erskine darted into traffic on the Pacific Coast Highway in Long Beach and was hit by a station wagon.
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Scott Erskine soon began raping his friends, threatening to kill them if they told anybody.
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Scott Erskine attended Southwest Junior High School in San Diego, California and was placed in "special classes" for the emotionally disturbed.
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Scott Erskine begged the San Diego judge at the time to spare him from adult prison.
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In 1993, Scott Erskine invited a woman, who was waiting for the bus, into his home and held her hostage for several days, repeatedly raping and sodomizing her before letting her go.
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In September 2003, Scott Erskine went on trial for the two murders.
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Scott Erskine was naked from the waist down, his legs and arms bound with rope, and his mouth gagged.
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Scott Erskine was naked from the waist down, legs and arms bound, his mouth gagged, and his genitals were bleeding from extensive bite marks.
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Scott Erskine's DNA was found on two cigarette butts found near the bodies.
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The public defender stated that Scott Erskine received serious brain injuries that diminished his capacity to differentiate between right and wrong.
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Scott Erskine was transported to San Quentin six days later.
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Scott Erskine was formally charged in 2003, and was sentenced in August 2004.
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Scott Erskine, who lived in Palm Beach County, Florida, at the time, admitted to raping and killing Baker and pleaded guilty to second degree murder.
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Baker drowned when Scott Erskine broke her neck and left her near the bank of the Intracoastal Waterway in Palm Beach.
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Scott Erskine died on July 3,2020, after contracting COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in California.
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Scott Erskine died on the same day as fellow death row inmate Manuel Machado Alvarez, who died from COVID-19.