Oba Chandler

Oba Chandler
Mug shot of Oba Chandler
Born	(1946-10-11)October 11, 1946 Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.
Died	November 15, 2011(2011-11-15) (aged 65) Raiford, Florida, U.S.
Other names	Dave Posner or Posno
Occupation	Aluminum building contractor
Criminal status	Executed
Children	8
Conviction(s)	First degree murder, armed robbery
Criminal penalty	Death sentence

Oba Chandler (October 11, 1946 in Cincinnati, Ohio - November 15, 2011 in Raiford, Florida) was an American convicted murderer who was executed in Florida for the murders of Joan Rogers and her two teenage daughters. The women's bodies were found floating in the Tampa Bay, Tampa in June 1989. They had been bound and gagged and then tossed into the bay with concrete blocks tied to their necks while still alive.^[1]

Billboards where at the later stages of the investigation used in trying to find however did the murders, the billboards that was spread all over Tampa had pictures of the Rogers women and a picture of the hand-writing of the suspected triple murderer.^[2] This method had never been used before, and became useful in searches for missing people later on.^[3]

Chandler was arrested in September 1992. He was put on trial where he was found guilty of the murders by a 12-member jury. On November 4, 1994 he was sentenced to death by a deadly injection by the judge in the case. Before his execution, Chandler was locked up at Union Correctional Institution in Florida. Author Thomas French in 1998 won the Pulitzer Prize for his article series Angels & Demons which told the story of the murders.^[4]

1. ↑ "Accused triple killer will testify". Boca Raton News. Retrieved August 14, 2009.
2. ↑ "Angels & Demons". SpTimes. Archived from the original on 18 May 2008. Retrieved 18 April 2008.
3. ↑ "Billboard Yields Serial-Killing Suspect". Seattle Times. Archived from the original on 21 September 2012. Retrieved 1 July 2009.
4. ↑ "Angels & Demons". SpTimes. Archived from the original on 2010-02-27. Retrieved November 20, 2007.