Black Disciples, chicago 1994
Robert Sandifer aged 11 shooting and murder


Robert "Yummy" Sandifer (March 12, 1983 — September 1, 1994) was an American gang member whose murder by fellow gang members in Chicago, Illinois garnered national attention. He appeared on the cover of TIME magazine in September 1994.
Nicknamed Yummy because of his love of junk food, Sandifer was a young member of the street gang the Black Disciples. After committing murder, arson and armed robbery, he was executed by fellow gang members who feared he could become an informant. Coverage of Sandifer's death and retrospectives on his short, violent life were widely published in the American media. Sandifer became a symbol of the gang problem in American inner cities, the failure of social safety netting, and the shortcomings of the juvenile justice system.

On August 28, 1994, Sandifer began harassing locals from his neighborhood. He opened fire several times with a 9 millimeter semiautomatic pistol, striking several youths. Sandifer quickly fled the scene. Shavon Dean, age 14, later died from her gunshot wounds. The crime spree made national headlines. The nation was shocked by the brutality of the crime and the fact that the alleged perpetrator was only 11 years old. The Chicago Police began a manhunt for Sandifer. According to Sgt. Ronald Palmer, of the Chicago Police, Sandifer's actions were a gang initiation gone awry. On, Wednesday, August 31, while still in hiding, Sandifer was met by brothers Cragg and Derrick Hardaway, ages 16 and 14, members of the Black Disciples street gang. Sandifer was told he was being taken some place safe and ordered into a waiting car. Instead, he was brought to an viaduct underpass and told to get on his knees. While on his knees, he was shot twice in the back of his head by Cragg and Derrick Hardaway. Sandifer's body was discovered by the Chicago Police Department in the early morning of September 1. Both Cragg and Derrick Hardaway were later convicted of Sandifer's murder. Sandifer's funeral was held at the Youth Center Church of God in Christ in Chicago's Northwest Side.

Warlocks MC
Robert "Mudman" Simon, 48


Girlfriend
Simon had served 12/2 years of a 20-year sentence in the death of his girlfriend, Beth Smith Dusenberg, 19, a stenographer found in an abandoned Luzerne County strip mine in 1981 - seven years after disappearing.
He had ordered her to have sex with other Warlocks, and when she refused, he shot her between the eyes.

Officer slaying
Sergeant Gonzalez, 40, of Buena, N.J., was killed moments after pulling over Mr. Simon and Charles Staples, Mr. Simon's co-defendant and also a member of the Warlock motorcycle gang. Mr. Staples was convicted of felony murder and sentenced to life in prison.

The gang members had broken into a business just before Sergeant Gonzalez stopped them. Mr. Simon has said he shot Sergeant Gonzalez because he did not want to return to prison. The shooting occurred near the Franklin Township police station. Officers heard the shots, rushed to the scene and arrested Mr. Simon and Mr. Staples after a brief chase.

Killed on Death Row
Simons was killed in a prison fight by another notorious murderer, officials said. Robert (Mudman) Simon, who had a reputation for taunting fellow inmates at New Jersey State Prison in Trenton, apparently singled out Ambrose (Squirt Boy) Harris as his next target. As Simon was let out of his cell so it could be fumigated, he tried to tackle Harris in a recreation cage, sources said. But Harris, a convicted murderer and rapist, sent Simon flying headfirst into a fixed metal table. Then he stomped the unconscious Simon to death, the sources said. Prison officials confirmed that Simon died during a "fatal altercation" with Harris but gave only sketchy details about his death. Nor did they explain why the burly biker attacked Harris. But Simon was known to bully other prisoners, including Megan Kanka's killer Jesse Timmendequas, the most detested man on Death Row. Steve Sand, one of the Gloucester County prosecutors who sent Simon to the slammer for gunning down Franklin Township Police Officer Ippolito Gonzalez in May 1995, said Simon got what he deserved. "We've just had our first execution of someone on Death Row, though not necessarily in the manner allowed under the law," said Sand. Gonzalez's brother, Louis, said he felt relieved. "I'd rather let the system work the way it should," he said. "But I always believed an eye for an eye. I hope he suffered just like my brother did.