IN LOVING MEMORY OF LISA YVONNE ALEXANDER CRIDER (DIED: MAY 10, 1997)

            On this date, May 10, 1997, Lisa Yvonne Alexander Crider, an African American woman was murdered by a White-American, Brandon Hedrick. We, The Victims’ Families for the Death Penalty, care for all murdered victims and their families regardless of race and country.

We will not forget Lisa and her family; we hope they can move on with their lives. 

Lisa Yvonne Alexander Crider

Summary: While walking down the street at 1 a.m. in an area where prostitutes gathered, 23 year old Lisa Crider was abducted by Hedrick and Trevor Jones. Reportedly, the two were drinking bourbon and ingesting marijuana and crack cocaine. Crider was robbed, put in Jones' truck and driven around before she was raped and then shot to death at short range with a shotgun near the James River in Appomattox County. Her face no longer recognizable, her head wrapped in duct tape and her hands shackled, Crider was later found in the river. Upon arrest, Hedrick confessed to pulling the trigger. Accomplice Jones was sentenced to life in prison.

QUOTE: Crider's mother, Dale Alexander of Altavista, said Wednesday that her daughter "is still with us. . . . I know very well what's happened, I accept that. But I see all kinds of signs, all kinds of message from her." "It gives me a lot of peace of mind," she said.

AUTHOR: Dale Alexander is the mother of Lisa Yvonne Alexander Crider who was murdered by Brandon Hedrick on May 10, 1997. He was executed by the electric chair in Virginia on July 20, 2006.