The Killing Kind (39 page)

Gaston County Police Detective Matthew Hensley was determined to see Randi and Heather’s killer brought to justice.

Assistant District Attorney Stephanie A. Hamlin, a pivotal player in the prosecution of Danny Hembree, would become embroiled in the serial killer’s wicked, made-up tales as his case went before a jury.
(Courtesy of Debbie Gulledge)

Detective Matthew Hensley (left) and his partner, Michel Sumner (right), question main suspect Danny Robbie Hembree (top) about his role in the murders of Randi Saldana and Heather Catterton.
(Courtesy of State of North Carolina, 27A Prosecutorial District)

Forty-seven-year-old career criminal Danny Robbie Hembree was arrested on December 6, 2009, for the murders of Randi Saldana and Heather Catterton after he admitted killing both of them and three additional women.
(Courtesy of State of North Carolina, 27A Prosecutorial District)

Inside a closet in the basement of his mother’s house, among stuffed animals and children’s toys, Danny Hembree kept the bloody bodies of his victims hidden.
(Courtesy of State of North Carolina, 27A Prosecutorial District)

The blood-soaked couch in the den of his mother’s house where Hembree said he often watched porn—but also strangled Randi Saldana and beat her in the face.
(Courtesy of
State of North Carolina, 27A Prosecutorial District)

Large and small blood stains and smears were found on the carpet in the basement of Danny Hembree’s mother’s house.
(Courtesy of State of North Carolina, 27A Prosecutorial District)

The basement of his mother’s house was where Hembree stored his victims’ bodies for several days.
(Courtesy of State of North Carolina, 27A Prosecutorial District)

This laundry area in the basement of his mother’s house was where Hembree suffocated and strangled Heather Catterton as she searched for a cigarette lighter on a nearby shelf.
(Courtesy of State of North Carolina, 27A Prosecutorial District)

The severed lamp cord Hembree used to bind Randi Saldana’s legs together before dragging her out of the basement and into his vehicle.
(Courtesy of State of North Carolina, 27A Prosecutorial District)

Danny Hembree’s blood-stained boots—evidence he was proud to show off for law enforcement.
(Courtesy of State of North Carolina, 27A Prosecutorial District)

Danny Hembree, inside his mother’s house with detectives Matthew Hensley and Michel Sumner, explained where they could find his bloody boots.
(Courtesy of State of North Carolina, 27A Prosecutorial District)