![]() Robert Alton Harris was born at Fort Bragg in North Carolina, the fifth of nine children of Kenneth and Evelyn Harris. After a series of appeals and stays of execution, he was executed in San Quentin's gas chamber on April 21, 1992.Įarly life and criminal record/history Harris was convicted and sentenced to death on March 6, 1979. One of the arresting officers, Steve Baker, was the father of one of the murdered boys, but did not realize the victim was his son until later. He was arrested less than an hour after the robbery and charged with murder, auto theft, kidnapping, burglary, and bank robbery. The brothers then used the car as their getaway car when they robbed a bank in San Diego. On July 5, 1978, Harris and his younger brother commandeered a car occupied by two 16-year-old boys, John Mayeski and Michael Baker, ordered them to drive to a remote area, then killed them. In 1975 he was imprisoned for manslaughter and paroled in January 1978. ![]() Following his release he found work, married, and had a son. His mother abandoned him at age 14 and he was soon after placed into juvenile detention after stealing another car. He had run-ins with police as early as age 10, and was first placed into juvenile detention at age 13 for stealing a car. Harris was born in Fort Bragg, North Carolina, and was abused as a child. His execution was the first in the state of California since 1967. Robert Alton Harris (Janu– April 21, 1992) was an American car thief, burglar, kidnapper and murderer who was executed at San Quentin State Prison in 1992 for the 1978 murders of two teenage boys in San Diego. Kidnapping (2 counts), Robbery (2 counts) San Quentin State Prison, San Quentin, California, U.S.įirst degree murder with special circumstances (2 counts)
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