Alec Devon Kreider Death
Alec passed away on January 20, 2017 at the age of 25 in Lower Allen Township, Pennsylvania. Alec's cause of death was suicide.
When did Alec Devon Kreider die?
January 20, 2017How did Alec Devon Kreider die? What was the cause of death?
SuicideHow old was Alec Devon Kreider when died?
25Where did Alec Devon Kreider die? What was the location of death?
Lower Allen Township, Pennsylvania
Alec Devon Kreider Birthday and Date of Death
Alec Devon Kreider was born on February 4, 1991 and died on January 20, 2017. Alec was 25 years old at the time of death.
Birthday: February 4, 1991
Date of Death: January 20, 2017
Age at Death: 25
Alec Devon Kreider - Biography
Alec Devon Kreider (February 4, 1991 – January 20, 2017) was an American murderer, convicted for the killing of three members of the Haines family in Manheim Township, Pennsylvania, on May 12, 2007.Kreider, a 16-year-old high school student at the time, murdered classmate and friend Kevin Haines, his father Thomas Haines, and mother Lisa Haines in their home at night before fleeing. Kreider was arrested a month later on June 16, 2007, charged with three counts of first degree murder, pleaded guilty to all charges, and was subsequently convicted on all three counts and sentenced to three consecutive life sentences without the possibility of parole. Kreider later became eligible for a re-sentencing hearing following the United States Supreme Court's 2012 decision in Miller v. Alabama, which held that mandatory sentences of life without the possibility of parole are unconstitutional for juvenile offenders.On January 20, 2017, Kreider committed suicide by hanging himself in his prison cell, before the resentencing hearing was scheduled.
After a month of intense national and regional media coverage and speculation, including tracking by bloodhounds and an intensive search by Pennsylvania State Police cadets, Kreider was arrested on June 16, 2007. Kreider's father, Timothy Scot Kreider, informed authorities that his son had confessed to the killings two days earlier. Kreider pled guilty to three counts of first degree murder and was sentenced to three consecutive life sentences without parole on June 17, 2008. His age at the time of the crime prevented him from being sentenced to death due to a U.S. Supreme Court ruling, Roper v. Simmons (2005). Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas Judge David Ashworth denied Kreider's post-sentence challenge to his consecutive sentences, and the Pennsylvania Superior Court affirmed Ashworth's denial. On December 8, 2009, Kreider filed a petition under Pennsylvania's Post-Conviction Collateral Relief Act, which Judge Ashworth denied on June 15, 2010. An appeal to Pennsylvania Superior Court was later discontinued by Kreider.
Kreider's motive for the killings was unclear, although according to an entry investigators found in his journal, he claims to have "despised happy people". A financial reward offered on behalf of the Haines family remained unclaimed.
On January 20, 2017 (15 days shy of his 26th birthday), Kreider committed suicide by passive hanging in his prison cell at SCI Camp Hill in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania.
At the time of his death, Kreider was among a group of Lancaster County juvenile offenders eligible for a resentencing hearing in view of the United States Supreme Court's 2012 decision in Miller v. Alabama that mandatory sentences of life in prison without the possibility of parole are unconstitutional for juvenile offenders. The county had delayed scheduling these hearings, pending a Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruling in Commonwealth v. Batts.
