Mikal Mahdi | |
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 2009 mugshot of Mikal Mahdi | |
| Born | Mikal Deen Mahdi March 20, 1983 Virginia, U.S. |
| Criminal status | Incarcerated on death row |
| Conviction(s) | South Carolina Murder Second-degree burglary Grand larceny North Carolina First-degree murder |
| Criminal penalty | South Carolina Death (murder) 15 years' imprisonment (second-degree burglary) Ten years' imprisonment (grand larceny) North Carolina Life imprisonment without the possibility of parole (first-degree murder) |
| Details | |
| Victims | Murdered Christopher Jason Boggs, 29 James Myers, 56 Alive Nathen Sasser Several other robbery and carjacking victims |
| Date | July 14–17, 2004 |
| Country | United States |
| State(s) | Winston-Salem, North Carolina (2004) Columbia, South Carolina (2004) Calhoun County, South Carolina (2004) |
| Imprisoned at | Broad River Correctional Institution, South Carolina |
Mikal Deen Mahdi[a] (born March 20, 1983) is an American convicted killer on death row for the murder of a police officer in South Carolina. In July 2004, Mahdi, then a resident of Virginia, went on a three-day crime spree that would span four American states, which included carjacking, firearm robbery and two murders. Mahdi had first robbed and killed a 29-year-old convenience store clerk Christopher Jason Boggs in Winston-Salem, North Carolina on July 15, 2004. Two days after the murder of Boggs, Mahdi carjacked a man and stole his car in Columbia, South Carolina, before he fled to a local farm in Calhoun County and murdered 56-year-old off-duty police officer James Myers, whose body was later doused in diesel and burnt by Mahdi.[1]
After murdering Myers, Mahdi went on the run for about four days before he was arrested in Florida on July 21, 2004, and extradited back to South Carolina to be charged with the fatal shooting of Myers. Mahdi was convicted of the murder and other charges in South Carolina and sentenced to death in 2006, and also sentenced to life in prison for the murder of Boggs in 2011 after his extradition to North Carolina for trial.[2][3]
Mahdi, who had since lost his appeals against the death penalty, is currently on death row awaiting his execution at Broad River Correctional Institution, with his execution date yet to be scheduled.
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- ^ "Years awaiting execution: Four men with ties to T&D Region on death row". The Times and Democrat. September 17, 2017.
- ^ "A 'malignant heart' — Mahdi sentenced to death in slaying of officer". The Times and Democrat. December 8, 2006.
- ^ "Virginia man gets life for killing NC clerk". The Times and Democrat. December 14, 2011.