Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: WEDNESDAY, March 2, 1994 TAG: 9403020028
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: C-5 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: Associated Press
DATELINE: RICHMOND LENGTH: Short
The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals turned away Spencer's appeals in the November 1987 murder of Susan Tucker, 44, of Arlington because he had not exhausted his remedies in state court.
On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected his appeals in the slaying of Debbie Dudley Davis, 35, in her Richmond apartment in September 1987.
Spencer, known as the "Southside Strangler," was sentenced to die in the electric chair for each conviction.
The four slayings occurred during a three-month period while Spencer was living in a south Richmond halfway house after being released from prison.
His other victims were Susan Elizabeth Hellams, 32, of Richmond and Diane Cho, 15, of Chesterfield County.
The 4th Circuit upheld Spencer's conviction and sentence in the Hellams murder last month.
The Cho case has not reached the federal courts.
by CNB