Ronald Gray

Ronald Adrin Gray (born August 14, 1965) is an American serial killer and rapist whose convictions include four counts of murder, one count of attempted murder and eight counts of rape. His crimes were committed when he was in the United States Army, stationed at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. However, on November 26, 2008, a federal judge issued a stay of execution stopping his planned December 10 execution.

Early life Gray was born in Cochran, Georgia, but grew up in Liberty City, a public housing project in Miami.

During his court-martial, his mother Lizzie Hurd

Crimes On April 27, 1986, Gray murdered civilian Linda Jean Coats, age , a student at nearby Campbell University. On December 11, 1986, Gray abducted, raped, and murdered a second civilian, Tammy Cofer Wilson, age 18.

On December 15, 1986, Gray abducted, raped, sodomized, and murdered Private Laura Lee Vickery-Clay, age 18. She disappeared from Fort Bragg. Two witnesses saw her at a local K-mart with a man later identified as Gray. Vickery-Clay's car was found the next morning, a block from her home. It appeared to have been driven through the woods. The driver's seat was set farther back than necessary for Vickery-Clay to drive. Three of Gray's fingerprints were found on the hood of the car.

A military court also tried Gray. The general court-martial lasted from December 1987 until April 1988 and was composed of commissioned and enlisted soldiers at Fort Bragg. Gray was convicted of 12 charges, including the premeditated murders of Ruggles and Vickery-Clay, the attempted premeditated murder of Lang Nameth, three rapes, two robberies, and two counts of forcible sodomy. On April 12, 1988, he was unanimously sentenced to death. In addition, he was dishonorably discharged, ordered to forfeit all of his pay and allowances, and reduced in rank to Private E-1. On July 29, 1988, the Commanding General of the 82nd Airborne Division approved the sentence.

Appeals Immediately following Gray's court-martial, the trial records were forwarded to Defense Appellate Division and received by them on August 8, 1988. Counsel filed initial pleadings with the Court of Military Review on September 15, 1989. On February 13, 1990, that court ordered a sanity board, which, on June 30, 1990, found that Gray was responsible at the time of the offenses and that he was competent to understand his trial and the present appellate proceedings. On July 20, 1990, the Government Appellate Division answered Gray's assignment of errors. On January 26, 2012, the U.S. Army Court of Criminal Appeals denied relief.

On September 29, 2015, a judge ruled against Gray's arguments of his appeal thus ending the long-running appeal set into motion by Bush's approval of Gray's sentence in 2008.

On November 13, 2017, the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces issued a Per Curiam Opinion denying Gray's Writ of Error Coram Nobis with prejudice for lack of jurisdiction.

On June 28, 2018, the United States Supreme Court declined to hear Gray's case, without giving a reason.