White Victims of Black Crime - 0067 - Ines Sailer

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January 1, 1981

Victim(s): Ines Sailer 23

Attacker(s): Melvin Forte

Description: Ines’ battered body was found shoeless, with her pants pulled down, her shirt pulled up, and riddled with 5 bullet wounds, including 2 shots to the head. She had been raped and sodomized.

DNA linked Forte to her death in 2005.

Forte is already serving a life sentence for a 1982 San Francisco murder, though jurors weren’t told about the conviction because it could have prejudiced their decision. In the Feb. 20, 1982, killing, Forte approached a young couple who were strangers to him. As the man was parking his car in a garage and the woman stood awaiting her fiancé, Forte came up and shot her once in the back and again in her face. She survived. Forte then shot the man in the head as he exited the car. He died instantly. Forte was convicted about seven months later, in September 1982, and he has been behind bars since.

Though Wallace died instantly, O'Malley survived, and relived the ordeal as she told the jury during the penalty phase of the Sailer trial on why Forte deserved to die.

O'Malley was one of several victims who testified about Forte's violent past, including a prison librarian he tried to strangle.


Archive.is Link(s):
https://archive.is/SVe91 Jury takes less than a day to convict.
https://archive.is/lcnVG Judge imposes death penalty.
https://archive.is/aH1h0 Forte’s CNC Punishment thread. As of 2015, he is still fighting his death sentence.

https://archive.is/C0zYU Ines’ find a grave memorial.
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