| Date of birth: | Jan 30, 1959 |
| Ethnicity: | CAUCASIAN |
| Hair: | Blond |
| Eyes: | Green |
| Unit: | ASPC Eyman SMU II |
| Status: | ACTIVE |
| Release type: | RECEIVED AT |
| Most recent loc: | ASPC Eyman |
| Last movement: | Nov 29, 2005 |
| Inmate number: | 042891 |
| Inmate detainee: | INMATE |
| Custody class: | 5/3 |
| Cur absconded: | N |
| Crime description: | INMATE 042891 - MCCRAY, FRANK D. On May 21, 1987, the victim, Chestene Cummins, was at home preparing to leave on a trip to California with her boyfriend. She had taken the day off work to run errands and pack. McCray somehow gained access to her apartment, most likely while in the neighborhood committing burglaries. When the victim’s boyfriend arrived home from work, he found her body laying in the bedroom. She had been sexually assaulted, beaten and strangled to death. The physical evidence demonstrated that the victim had put up a significant struggle during the assault. Law enforcement officers were unable to solve the crime at the time, but they preserved in evidence a sexual assault swab test kit and the cord used to strangle the victim. In 2000, a Phoenix Police Department cold case detective submitted the evidence for DNA analysis at the Arizona Department of Public Safety Crime Lab. The DPS lab technicians were able to identify McCray from semen through a CODIS hit. McCray’s DNA profile had been entered into the CODIS database from a previous conviction for sexual assault on another young woman subsequent to the murder. McCray’s DNA was also confirmed on the cord used to strangle the victim. PROCEEDINGS Presiding Judge: Hon. Douglas L. Rayes Prosecutor: Vince Imbordino Defense Counsel: Bruce Peterson & Timothy Agan Start of Trial: October 17, 2005 Verdict: November 14, 2005 Sentencing: November 29, 2005 Aggravating Circumstances Especially heinous, cruel or depraved Prior conviction for a serious offense PUBLISHED OPINIONS [Direct Appeal pending before the Arizona Supreme Court] |
| Community supervision parole: | N |
| Commitment status: | COMPLETE AND VERIFIED |
| Admission date: | Apr 5, 1993 |
| Booking location: | Maricopa County, AZ |
| Sentence expiration: | Apr 23, 1995 |
| Discharge date: | 2000 |
| Release date: | Dec 21, 1993 |
| Flat maximum: | Dec 21, 1995 |
| Commit number: | F02 |
| Admit date: | Mar 19, 1993 |
| Sentence expiration: | Apr 4, 2007 |
| Discharge date: | 2000 |
| Release date: | Oct 20, 2004 |
| Flat maximum: | May 23, 2010 |
| Consec concur: | Concurrent:F02 |
| Commit number: | G03 |
| Admit date: | Mar 19, 1993 |
| Consec concur: | Concurrent:G03 |
| Commit number: | H01 |
| Admit date: | Nov 29, 2005 |
