Already Serving 16 Life Sentences, Arizona Inmate Now Faces Death Penalty in Triple Killing But Many Call Him A Hero
An Arizona inmate who claimed credit for killing three convicted child sex offenders — and said he wished he'd killed more — now faces the death penalty, while some call him a hero.
"The taxpayers no longer have to pay for them. I'm paying my debt to society."
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Ricky Wassenaar was already serving 16 life sentences when three men were killed at an Arizona prison on the morning of April 4, 2025. He later told a reporter he wished he had killed more. The dead were Saul Alvarez, Thorne Harnage and Donald Lashley, all convicted of sex offenses involving children. Alvarez was Wassenaar’s cellmate. According to accounts Wassenaar gave after the killings, he attacked Alvarez in their cell, then carried a heavy rock concealed in a laundry bag into the prison yard and used it against Harnage and Lashley. Those details come largely from Wassenaar and a prison advocate; the Arizona Department of Corrections had not confirmed the full sequence when the Arizona…
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Already serving 16 life sentences, Wassenaar attacked his cellmate, then carried a heavy rock in a laundry bag into the prison yard and used it on two more men — all three convicted of sex offenses against children.
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Ricky Wassenaar was already serving 16 life sentences when three men were killed at an Arizona prison on the morning of April 4, 2025. He later told a reporter he wished he had killed more. The dead were Saul Alvarez, Thorne Harnage and Donald Lashley, all convicted of sex offenses involving children. Alvarez was Wassenaar’s cellmate. According to accounts Wassenaar gave after the killings, he attacked Alvarez in their cell, then carried a heavy rock concealed in a laundry bag into the prison yard and used it against Harnage and Lashley. Those details come largely from Wassenaar and a prison advocate; the Arizona Department of Corrections had not confirmed the full sequence when the Arizona…
convicted of sex offenses involving children. Alvarez was Wassenaar’s cellmate. According to accounts Already serving 16 life sentences, Wassenaar gave after the killings, he attacked Alvarez in their cell, his cellmate, then carried a heavy rock concealed in a laundry bag into the prison yard and used it on two more men — all three convicted of sex offenses against children.
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Wassenaar had previously claimed responsibility for a cellmate's November 2024 death and warned he would kill anyone else placed in his cell — but the autopsy was inconclusive and his claim remains unproven.
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Ricky Wassenaar was already serving 16 life sentences when three men were killed at an Arizona prison on the morning of April 4, 2025. He later told a reporter he wished he had killed more. The dead were Saul Alvarez, Thorne Harnage and Donald Lashley, all convicted of sex offenses involving children. Alvarez was Wassenaar’s cellmate. According to accounts Wassenaar gave after the killings, he attacked Alvarez in their cell, then carried a heavy rock concealed in a laundry bag into the prison yard and used it against Harnage and Lashley. Those details come largely from Wassenaar and a prison advocate; the Arizona Department of Corrections had not confirmed the full sequence when the Arizona…
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Despite publicly claiming the killings, Wassenaar pleaded not guilty to three counts of first-degree murder; prosecutors have filed notice to seek the death penalty.
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Ricky Wassenaar was already serving 16 life sentences when three men were killed at an Arizona prison on the morning of April 4, 2025. He later told a reporter he wished he had killed more. The dead were Saul Alvarez, Thorne Harnage and Donald Lashley, all convicted of sex offenses involving children. Alvarez was Wassenaar’s cellmate. According to accounts Wassenaar gave after the killings, he attacked Alvarez in their cell, then carried a heavy rock concealed in a laundry bag into the prison yard and used it against Harnage and Lashley. Those details come largely from Wassenaar and a prison advocate; the Arizona Department of Corrections had not confirmed the full sequence when the Arizona…
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He also said he had wanted to kill more prisoners.
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Ricky Wassenaar was already serving 16 life sentences when three men were killed at an Arizona prison on the morning of April 4, 2025. He later told a reporter he wished he had killed more. The dead were Saul Alvarez, Thorne Harnage and Donald Lashley, all convicted of sex offenses involving children. Alvarez was Wassenaar’s cellmate. According to accounts Wassenaar gave after the killings, he attacked Alvarez in their cell, then carried a heavy rock concealed in a laundry bag into the prison yard and used it against Harnage and Lashley. Those details come largely from Wassenaar and a prison advocate; the Arizona Department of Corrections had not confirmed the full sequence when the Arizona…
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