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The following crime summary contains a graphic description of one or more murders and may not be suitable for all ages.
Name: Beardslee, Donald
CDC# C-82702
Sex: M
Alias:
None
Date Received:
03/14/1984
DOB:
05/13/1943
Education:
Unknown
Location:
San Quentin State Prison
Married:
No
Sentence:
County of Trial:
San Mateo
Sentence Date:
03/12/1984
County of Residence:
Unknown
County of Offense:
San Mateo
Offense Date:
04/25/1981
Court Action:
Affirmed
Court Date:
03/25/1991
Case #:
C10632
Victims:
Patty Geddling, Stacie Benjamin
Co-Defendant:
None.
Summary:
Donald Beardslee was convicted of First Degree Murder in the deaths of two young women, Patty Geddling and Stacie Benjamin, on April 25, 1981, in an apparent drug-related murder. At the time of the murders, Beardslee was on parole for murder in Missouri.
Execution:Donald Beardslee was executed by lethal injection at San Quentin State Prison on Jan. 19, 2005. He was pronounced dead at 12:29 a.m. There were no last words.