1st Telugu Tejam to get death sentence in US

[Naaperushiva]

1 minute ago, Captain_nd_Coke said:

He do have a elder brother

yes 

[Naaperushiva]

2 minutes ago, Shameless said:

I read somewhere that she aborted the baby, changed her name, and moved on with her life in India..

avuna but 6 months annaru appatlo too late anukunta ga baa..

any how edaithe nem papam aame kooda effected ee penta gaadu chesina pani valla

[The_Mentalist]

33 minutes ago, sarfaroshi said:

 

I thought he was executed 

[Shameless]

1 minute ago, Naaperushiva said:

avuna but 6 months annaru appatlo too late anukunta ga baa..

any how edaithe nem papam aame kooda effected ee penta gaadu chesina pani valla

I used to follow his news regularly back then bro...there was an audio call between his mom and him too...I think someone was trying to get him life sentence...

[sintu]

death sentence is too harsh for him, he didn't murder intentionally.. 

[sarfaroshi]

19 minutes ago, Shameless said:

I read somewhere that she aborted the baby, changed her name, and moved on with her life in India..

Good for her...

[Scurvy]

8 minutes ago, sarfaroshi said:

Good for her...

Who his wife ah?

[Beerboob123]

1 minute ago, Scurvy said:

Who his wife ah?

yes

[veerigadu]

areyyy eeee story background entiiiii......yevaduuu eeeduuu....What happened asalu???? post a link for details pleaseeee

[Naaperushiva]

24 minutes ago, Shameless said:

I used to follow his news regularly back then bro...there was an audio call between his mom and him too...I think someone was trying to get him life sentence...

ok baa maa frnd ki athanu personal thelusu but valla family theliyadhu.

ms appudu chaala silent and amayakudi la vundevaadanta.may be paiki natinchaademo

ledha aa gambling addiction valla ilaanti gaathakaaniki vodikattademo edaithem intha mandhi jeevithalani nasanam chesaadu 

[Naaperushiva]

1 minute ago, veerigadu said:

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veedu PA(king of prussia) area lo valla neighbor koothurni kidnap cheyyataaniki try chesi dhorikipothaademo ani valla pilla valla nayanamma ni and aa kid ni champesaadu ba.

raghunandan yandamuri anukunta peru google it

[JackSeal]

5 minutes ago, veerigadu said:

areyyy eeee story background entiiiii......yevaduuu eeeduuu....What happened asalu???? post a link for details pleaseeee

anna 10yrs back emanna coma poi recent ga bayatki vachava… such a sensational case of Telugu bidda in vomerica…

[Vaampire]

48 minutes ago, Shameless said:

I read somewhere that she aborted the baby, changed her name, and moved on with her life in India..

I hope its true. She definitely deserves better

[tennisluvrredux]

48 minutes ago, veerigadu said:

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Anna, neeku ee story gurinchi teliyadu ante surprising ga unnadi appatlo baaga sensational case idi

Convicted of killing a baby and her grandma in US, date set for Andhra techie's execution

Raghunandan, a native of Andhra Pradesh, killed 10-month-old Saanvi Venna and her grandmother Satyavathi Venna in a botched ransom kidnapping.

 

 

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The execution of an Indian techie, convicted of murdering a 10-month-old child and the child’s grandmother in 2012 in Pennsylvania, has been scheduled for February 23, the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections has said in a statement.

 

 

Raghunandan Yandamuri, a native of Andhra Pradesh, was found guilty of two counts of first degree murder. In 2015, he was sentenced to death and in 2017, Pennsylvania’s high court affirmed the sentence.

However, Raghunandan reportedly is likely to get a reprieve because the Governor of Pennsylvania Tom Wolf had put a moratorium on the death penalty in 2015.

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"Wolf imposed a moratorium on the death penalty in 2015 and state officials are awaiting the results of a study conducted by the Pennsylvania Task Force and Advisory Committee on Capital Punishment, a legislative commission, before moving forward with any executions," The Times Herald reported.

 

 

No person on death row has been executed in the state since 1999.

According to IndiaWest, Yandamuri will be the first Indian American to receive the death penalty. And if his execution is carried out, it will be done by administering him a lethal injection. He is currently held at the Greene State Correctional Institution in Pennsylvania.

The crime

 

Raghunandan (32) worked as a software engineer in the US.

On October 22, 2012, he murdered 10-month-old Saanvi and her 61-year-old grandmother Satyavathi Venna at an apartment complex in Upper Merion, a township in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.

Raghunandan was a family friend of the Vennas and lived in the same apartment complex. Saanvi’s body was found by investigators in the men’s bathroom of the gymnasium in the complex.

The motive for the murder was money; Raghunandan had a lot of gambling debts that he was unable to repay. He hatched a plan to kidnap Saanvi and demand money from her parents, Venkata Venna and Chenchu Latha Punuru, as he believed that the duo was wealthy since they both were working.

Raghunandan told the police that he killed Satyavathi when she resisted Saanvi’s kidnapping. When the baby began to cry, he stuffed her mouth with a handkerchief and also wrapped a towel around her face to hold the handkerchief.

"He then put her inside a blue suitcase he found in the bedroom, took jewellery he found in the apartment and placed that in the suitcase with Saanvi, then left the apartment and abandoned Saanvi’s body hidden in the steam room of the men’s bathroom of the gymnasium located inside the Marquis apartment building," the police affidavit read.

Soon after Satyavathi's murder came to light and Saanvi was found missing, a search for the baby began. Raghunandan went to console the ailing parents and even distributed flyers seeking information about the missing baby.

How he was caught

Raghunandan had left behind 10 copies of a ransom note demanding $50,000 in the apartment before leaving. The nicknames that he had used in his note helped the police trace the crime back to him.

In the note, he asked ‘Lata’, Saanvi’s mother, to send the money to a location he had mentioned. But only a few close people addressed her by that name.

 

 

The note also mentioned the name Siva. “The first word in the ransom note is ‘Siva’. During the interview, Venkata Venna told the investigators that his full name is Venkata Konda Siva Prasad Venna, and some of his close friends and family members call him ‘Siva’,” the affidavit stated.

The investigators then asked the couple to list names of people who were aware of the names ‘Lata’ and ‘Siva’. Raghunandan’s name featured in the list too. On being interrogated, he admitted to have committed the horrific crimes.

Raghunandan also told investigators that he panicked and the deaths were accidental. During the trial he alleged that he had been pressured into confessing the crime.

[tennisluvrredux]

48 minutes ago, veerigadu said:

areyyy eeee story background entiiiii......yevaduuu eeeduuu....What happened asalu???? post a link for details pleaseeee

Basic ga okka mukkalo cheppalante gambling ki baaga alavatu padi aa appulu teerchukotaniki ilanti aghayityaniki odigattadu. 

Modern day DBians lo thupuk thupuk nibba @DesiPokirigaadu kooda same to same ilantode, anduke client work time lo uber chesukunta pakkalesukunta DB lo ochi pateeth naatakalu mingutunnadu. Don't be surprised if that MC @DesiPokiri ends up doing something similar in the future.