Andrew wamsley

Andrew Wamsley (born July 7, 1984) is an American man from Texas who was convicted for the murder of his parents, Rick and Susana Wamsley on December 11, 2003. He was sentenced to life in prison.
Andrew Wamsley was abetted by his girlfriend, Chelsea Lea Richardson and her roommate, Susana Toledano in the killings of his parents on December 11, 2003. Andrew Wamsley was motivated by a $1 million dollar insurance policy and the $1.65 million estate in Mansfield, Texas he was a beneficiary to with his sister, Sarah. Sarah Wamsley claims Andrew Wamsley wanted to murder her also, so that he would not have to split the estate. Andrew Wamsley and Chelsea Richardson encouraged Susana Toledano to shoot the Ramsley couple. The murder was clearly premeditated as the threesome were plottiing to kill the couple months before the murder and considered and attempted alternative methods to do the killings. The threesome befriended a manager of IHOP, Hilario Cardenas of whom conspired with them to carry out the murder. He ended up only providing a gun for the murders which he sold to Andrew Wamsley, and later he allegedly refused to help with the shootings. The youths had tried to murder the couple previously to December 11, 2003 by trying to destroy the brakes of their car and by shooting at them one night while they were driving their vehicle. After these plans did not work out, they decided to shoot them in the couple's estate while they were sleeping. Because the shooting did not go as intended, knives were used to stab the couple multiple times.

Andrew Wamsley was sentenced to life in prison for capital murder on March 9, 2006 and was incarcerated in a Tarrant County prison. He was 21 years old at the time of his sentence. Chelsea of Fort Worth was indicted for capital murder of which she refused to a plea bargain for a lighter sentence. Chelsea was the first woman to be sentenced to death in ((Tarrant County, Texas]] where she was initially incarcerated. She was only 21 years old at the time of her sentence. Chelsea's attorney is trying to get a new punishment hearing which would commute her sentence to life in prison. Susana Toledano pleaded guilty and received a life sentence for her role in the shootings. She testified against Chelsea Richardson in exchange for a life sentence. Otherwise she could have received the death penalty. Hilario Cardenas was charged with conspiracy to commit capital murder of which he entered an open plea of guilty and received a 50 year sentence of which he is appealing.

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