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On September 28, 2016, a San Patricio County jury found David Strickland guilty of capital murder and aggravated sexual assault. The prosecution did not seek the death penalty and Strickland was sentenced to life imprisonment.
Dec 17, 2021 · December 17, 2021. In June 2012, a young teenage couple was found shot in a park in Portland, Texas. While Mollie Olgin died, her girlfriend, Mary Kristene Chapa, miraculously survived. The investigators worked the case, eventually arresting the culprit, David Strickland.
Dec 28, 2021 · A new Dateline NBC episode looks at the conviction of David Strickland after two South Texas women were shot and sexually assaulted at a park in 2012.
Jun 23, 2022 · While Kristene healed physically, police arrested and charged David Strickland with capital murder and aggravated sexual assault.
Jan 23, 2020 · David Strickland was denied his appeal in the murder of a teenager in Portland in 2012. Strickland was found guilty of capital murder in San Patricio County for the shooting death of Mollie...
Feb 18, 2022 · A pre-trial hearing was held Monday in a Portland, Texas, attack survivor's multimillion-dollar lawsuit against her convicted assailant, David Strickland, according to San Patricio County court...
Dec 17, 2021 · While David Strickland was eventually convicted of the murder, evidence at the crime scene initially implicated Dylan Spellman. The biological evidence then became a point of contention, seemingly highlighting his potential involvement in the crime.
Dec 17, 2021 · Strickland is now incarcerated at the William G. McConnell Unit in Beeville, Tex., but is attempting to appeal his case. Officially found guilty in 2016, Strickland was sentenced to life behind bars. However, in 2018, new DNA evidence surfaced that incriminated someone else.
Feb 2, 2017 · According to Dateline’s description, 19-year-old Mollie Olgin and 18-year-old Mary Kristene Chapa were tragically gunned down five years ago. What looked like a double homicide turned...
Dec 17, 2021 · Hence, the note anonymously sent to Kris’ father in 2014, including a lot of unreleased information about the murder, turned into the critical piece of evidence that ultimately led officials to David Strickland. The letter accused another man in Utah, yet he had an alibi, and he had allegedly even been robbed that year by David, a former friend.