Cal Coburn Brown is on death row in Washington State for the May, 1991 murder of 22-year-old Holly Washa.Seattle-Post Intelligencer: Brown Sentenced to Death - First Such Penalty in County Since Rice Case in 1986 (December 28, 1993) On May 23, 1991, Brown abducted Washa at knife point in a parking lot near the Seattle airport, and over the next 36 hours raped and tortured her, using a hair dryer and electrical wire to burn and shock her before eventually slashing and choking her to death.Seattle Times: Murder Suspect Tricked His Victim, Prosecutors Say (June 12, 1991) Brown was sentenced to die in 1993 and is scheduled for execution by lethal injection on March 13, 2009, making him the first state execution since 2001.The Seattle Times: Supreme Court denies execution stay for Cal Brown (March 8, 2009)
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Brown's lawyers said there will probably be more appeals coming before Friday's scheduled execution dateThe Seattle Times: Supreme Court denies execution stay for Cal Brown (March 8, 2009)
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Told Palm Springs police he had murdered Holly Washa and told them where to find the bodyThe Seattle Times: Supreme Court denies execution stay for Cal Brown (March 8, 2009)
