Jonathan Preston Haynes | |
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| Born | March 10, 1958 |
| Other names | Aryan Beauty Killer |
| Occupation | Chemist |
| Motive | Neo-Nazism |
| Convictions | First degree murder Burglary |
| Criminal penalty | Death; commuted to life imprisonment |
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Span of crimes | 27 May, 1987 –7 August, 1993 |
Jonathan Preston Haynes (born 10 March 1958) is an American murderer known for racially motivated murders. [1] [2] [3]
His parents, banker Edward Haynes and Custis Haynes, considered themselves to be liberal and open to people of any religion or race. The family closely followed the civil rights movement of the 1960s and 1970s. [4]
As a child, Haynes was never popular, preferring books over people. He secretly read Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf in high school, when what his father described as "his troubles" began. [4]
On 27 May 1987 Haynes entered a beauty salon in San Francisco, California and asked for a consultation shortly before opening fire, Frank T. Ringi Jr. (42) and Tom Trulli were both shot multiple times, Ringi who was a well known hair stylist died from his wounds while Trulli survived. Frank T. Ringi Jr. was born on 5 February, 1942 in Connecticut to Italian-American parents. [5] [6]
On August 6, 1993 Haynes entered a North Shore, Chicago office and shot a plastic surgeon Dr. Martin R. Sullivan (68) several times killing him. Sullivan was one of Chicago's most prominent plastic surgeons at the time. Haynes allegedly planned the shooting for around a week. Dr. Martin Russell Sullivan was born in 12 October 1924 in Chicago but would live most of his life in Wilmette, Illinois. [7] [8]
Haynes was also accused of planning to kill Skokie plastic surgeon Dr. Robert Reich. [9] [10]
In 1994, Haynes was found guilty of the murders of Dr. Martin R. Sullivan and Frank Ringi. [11] He represented himself in his trial and said he had to kill the doctor to protect the integrity of Aryan beauty. [12] [3]
Haynes was also accused of planning to kill Skokie plastic surgeon Dr. Robert Reich. [9] [10]
Haynes was sentenced to death for his crimes; however his sentence was commuted to life in prison after Illinois governor George Ryan commuted all death sentences to life without parole in 2003. [13]
