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He then discarded her body in the Ouachita National Forest. The defense had Holly’s mother testify that Holly’s childhood was filled with drugs and abuse. While camping near the Ouachita River with his second wife, Janice Cochran, his father, Glen Gay, came to visit. Witnesses reported the incident, and Randy claimed he acted in self-defense because Kelly had threatened him.
Holly’s mother frequently abused drugs, his mother gave Holly drugs at the age of 10, Holly was beaten by his mother’s boyfriend, and had to witness his mother’s prostitution acts.
Source: Arkansas Democrat-Gazette 5/27/15 (2015 WLNR 15708985), Arkansas Democrat-Gazette 5/28/15 (2015 WLNR 15866707)
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He kidnapped 6-year-old, Jersey, from her home then raped and strangled her with her pajama pants.The first attempt to try the case resulted in a mistrial because of juror misconduct. Randy Gay was convicted and sentenced to death. Randy was convicted of second-degree murder and sentenced to 20 years in prison, being paroled in 2000.
Randy faced legal troubles again in 2008 when he threatened store owner John Ward. He retrieved a shotgun from his car and fired, hitting Kelly in the chest.
She heard a gunshot and later found Glen injured from a headshot. The prosecution sought the death penalty, citing Randy's history of previous murders. Holly confessed to the kidnapping, rape, and murder and the recording was shown to the jurors. Gay retrieved a gun from the back of his pickup and shot Snow once before loading her body into the back of his truck and driving off.
Sources: Arkansas Democrat Gazette (Little Rock, Arkansas) 3/14/2015; 2015 WLNR 7664451; Huffington Post 4/9/2013.
Zachary Holly – white, age 27
Sentenced to death in Benton County, Arkansas
By: jury
Date of crime: 11/20/12
Prosecution’s case/defense response: Holly was found guilty of capital murder, kidnapping, rape, and residential burglary.
Randy agreed to a plea deal for second-degree murder and received a 10-year sentence, but he was paroled after only nine months. The prosecution sought the death penalty, but the defense tried to persuade the jurors for life imprisonment without parole.
Witnesses, who were working on logging equipment in the area, knew Gay because they previously had paid him to guard their equipment. When questioned by police, the couple denied knowledge of Glen's whereabouts but later confessed. He served 2-years for the murder of his father-in-law and 8-years for the murder of his father. Due to violations of his parole, he returned to prison but ultimately served less than two years.
Randy's next crime occurred on May 4, 1991.
According to court documents Randy Gay, who had already been convicted twice of murder, would fatally shoot the victim, Connie Snow, and dumped her body in a forest. Randy Gay had previously murdered his father and his father in law
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Name: Gay, Randy W
Race CAUCASIAN Sex MALE Hair Color BROWN Eye Color BROWN
Height 72 inches Weight 178 lbs.
Birth Date 09/01/1958
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According to a Garland County Circuit Clerk, Randy Gay has been sentenced to death.
The sentencing phase started on Wednesday after the jury convicted him Tuesday of capital murder for the death of Connie Snow.
Prosecutors say Gay shot and killed Snow in 2011, and left her body in the Ouachita National Forest.
After loading his shotgun, Randy locked Janice inside their camping bus. Gay was previously convicted for killing his father-in-law in 1978 and his father in the early 90’s.
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