1st Telugu Tejam to get death sentence in US

[veerigadu]

41 minutes ago, tennisluvrredux said:

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.

2012 ante manam baccha gallam leee. Viniii untaaa but I have no memory of this issue. Thanks for the info 

[hydusguy]

2 hours ago, Vaampire said:

I think ee incident jariginappudu ithani wife pregnant anukunta… papam aa wife & kid.

ee vp gaadi valla 2 families effected.

gambling prabavam..  seen super talented people too addicted to gambling and doing stupid things

[TriStateBabu]

2 minutes ago, hydusguy said:

gambling prabavam..  seen super talented people too addicted to gambling and doing stupid things

This so called super talented is dumb enough to easily get caught by police. Talent edhi? Crime sangathi pakkana pedithey 

[pakeer_saab]

1 hour ago, veerigadu said:

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

ee DB lo apara gnaani vaina neeku ee story erkelade

[veerigadu]

1 minute ago, pakeer_saab said:

ee DB lo apara gnaani vaina neeku ee story erkelade

Ledhu kaka. Naaa Gnanam ki kuda parimithuluuu untayiii ani ivvaleee thelusukunna. Its shocking 

[hydusguy]

29 minutes ago, TriStateBabu said:

This so called super talented is dumb enough to easily get caught by police. Talent edhi? Crime sangathi pakkana pedithey 

i am not talking abt him..  generally saying gambling addiction can screw anyone

[mettastar]

Kshanikavesham lo chese thappulu .. ila moddaguduputhayi jeevithaanni

[tennisluvrredux]

1 minute ago, mettastar said:

Kshanikavesham lo chese thappulu .. ila moddaguduputhayi jeevithaanni

Vadidi kshanikavesham ekkada baa, vaadu pakatbandi ga plan chesadu cold blooded murderer veedu. 

 

[Simple123]

Mari $27k ke intha daring step aa.  Loan tesukoni salary tho katteyavachu kada . 
pichi vadu , damak pani cheyyale anukunta. 
 

papam aa kid parents , Veedi wife  life nasanam chesindu

[Simple123]

2 minutes ago, mettastar said:

Kshanikavesham lo chese thappulu .. ila moddaguduputhayi jeevithaanni

Vadu  kidnap cheyyali ani velladu.  Adi planning kada bro . 

[Simple123]

1 minute ago, tennisluvrredux said:

Vadidi kshanikavesham ekkada baa, vaadu pakatbandi ga plan chesadu cold blooded murderer veedu. 

 

Yup . Champatam anedi accident kavachu . Ransom kidnap anedi solid plan 

[tennisluvrredux]

Just now, Simple123 said:

Yup . Champatam anedi accident kavachu . Ransom kidnap anedi solid plan 

Yeah LK gaadu baby ni gym bag lo petti aa bag ni gym lo weights daggarlo petti baby mukku moosi tight ga towel chutti odili vellipoyadu. 

Papam last few minutes of her life that baby would have struggled to breathe, ee LK gaadiki lethal injection chaala chinna siksha baa. I hope that MF got his a** fc**d repeatedly in jail everyday

[tennisluvrredux]

Ee baby father naa friend ki colleague appatlo. He said veellu chaala chaala wait chesi try chesthey ee baby puttindi. 

Valla baadha varnateetham when they got to know the details of how the baby was suffocated to death. 

[tennisluvrredux]

5 minutes ago, Simple123 said:

Mari $27k ke intha daring step aa.  Loan tesukoni salary tho katteyavachu kada . 
pichi vadu , damak pani cheyyale anukunta. 
 

papam aa kid parents , Veedi wife  life nasanam chesindu

Antha la problem unte bankruptcy file chesukuni India mingesi undalsindi yedava. $27k ki 2 lives lost, and parents ki eternal sadness migilchi poyadu

[Simple123]

1 minute ago, tennisluvrredux said:

Yeah LK gaadu baby ni gym bag lo petti aa bag ni gym lo weights daggarlo petti baby mukku moosi tight ga towel chutti odili vellipoyadu. 

Papam last few minutes of her life that baby would have struggled to breathe, ee LK gaadiki lethal injection chaala chinna siksha baa. I hope that MF got his a** fc**d repeatedly in jail everyday

Varini intha detailed ga telvad.  Unthinkable scenario bro . Veedini inka etla execute cheyyaledo ee US lo .