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One of my good childhood friends is up for Parole after 23 years
April 28, 2023, 10:04 AM
Black92LXOne of my good childhood friends is up for Parole after 23 years
It can be wild sometimes how folks that were once very close can go in such different directions in life. Dave was one of my best friends through elementary school and middle school. Played baseball together, rode bikes, hung out, sleep overs. I moved away for High School and lost touch. Guess, he started hanging with the wrong folks.
Not in a million years would I ever have imagined Dave doing something like this. I don’t really think he pulled the trigger but he was there and a part of it no doubt and deserves the consequences. When the case pops up in the news my heart breaks for the victim and his family but I am also sad for Dave and his family. I know folks change for the good and the bad just can’t say I really ever saw Dave going down that path but many times those High School years really root who one is to become.
https://www.wcpo.com/news/crim...ow-hes-up-for-parole quote:
He killed a St. Xavier graduate execution-style at age 17. Now he's up for parole.
CINCINNATI — The family of a 19-year-old St. Xavier graduate murdered in 2000 fears one of his killers will be set free. A parole hearing is scheduled for David McGee, who was convicted of the aggravated robbery, kidnapping and murder of David Peet.
On Aug. 14, 2000, Peet was out with friends when he decided to go home to be with his mother. On his way home, he stopped at a Taco Bell at the corner of Galbraith and Winton roads in Finneytown. At that time, McGee and Michael Price approached him and asked for a ride. Peet eventually agreed.
"He didn't realize he was being targeted to be robbed," Hamilton County Prosecutor Melissa Powers said. "He didn't realize he was being targeted to be murdered."
Once inside Peet's car, the two pulled out a gun and forced him into the trunk. Greg Ventre, lead detective on the case in 2000, said they "drove to a secluded area off of Spring Grove Avenue and executed him."
Powers said the entire time they drove him to the secluded area, Peet offered them anything he had in order to spare his life.
He was begging for his life when they forced him to kneel and they executed him," she said. "(They) shot him four times in the head and left him."
It's a case Ventre said will never leave him.
"This is cold-blooded murder," Ventre said.
According to the admission of the killers, once they killed Peet, they took his car, stripped it of stereo equipment and torched it.
McGee was 17 at the time of the murder, striking a deal with the then-prosecutor and admitting guilt. He was tried as an adult, but because he was under 18, he was never given a life sentence. Instead, he received 18 years to life.
Now, he's up for parole. Peet's family fears the board may let him out.
While they wouldn't do any television interviews because they are fearful of retribution, Peet's family told WCPO they are afraid someone who was willing to kill a person trying to help them would hurt another person if released.
Powers echoed their thoughts.
"No one like that should be out in our community. Ever," Powers said. "They will repeat. They will re-offend. I don't believe someone like that, who is that callous to commit such a heinous crime, could ever be rehabilitated."
McGee would be 40 years old. He is slated to meet with the parole board in the coming days. WCPO tried to reach McGee and his attorneys for comment but did not hear back.
Anyone who wants to write a letter to the parole board asking that McGee remains in prison can by visiting the prosecutor's office's webpage for pending hearings.
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April 28, 2023, 10:13 AM
bcereussPeople do change, and hopefully David is rehabilitated...but the manner of the execution makes me think he should spend the rest of his days in prison. Maybe he can help others in prison. God will forgive, but I don't blame the family if they choose not to forgive.
April 28, 2023, 10:22 AM
pedropcolaReading the prosecutor's report, I am with the family, he should never get out. They robbed him, put him in the trunk, drove to a secluded spot, and executed him.
People don't surprise me much anymore. You don't mention it but that case screams out drugs and thugs. Was he into any of that when you knew him?
April 28, 2023, 10:45 AM
darthfusterLook at your children. Imagine them being executed like David Peet was. Do that and you’ll know what should happen to McGee. If anyone believes McGee has suffered enough, ask yourself how long Peet’s family will suffer.
You’re a lying dog-faced pony soldier April 28, 2023, 10:53 AM
David LeeI don't know how anyone could kill like that and live with such a load to carry. Unless they've got no soul. It doesn't read like he will be one to get freedom. That is perhaps correct. I don't see how 23 years among other very bad people, one could change. Either way he has destroyed his own life.
April 28, 2023, 10:56 AM
oddballMy best friends in elementary, middle and high schools are total strangers to me, haven't seen them since the late 70s and early 80s. If one of them did what McGee did, my attitude is hang 'em, hang 'em twice.
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April 28, 2023, 11:02 AM
AeteoclesYeah, no. Fuck that guy.
April 28, 2023, 11:22 AM
ensigmaticIMO that individual should've been hung by the neck until dead about twenty-two years ago.
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bdylanNot finding any reason this person should ever be released from prison.
April 28, 2023, 11:32 AM
xd45manDavid McGee should have died in 2000.
I say this as I have forgiven Eric Smallridge for killing two of my wife's sorority sisters while driving DUI. Eric has devoted his life to help prevent DUI accidents.
https://www.themeagannapierfou...n.com/story_eric.php
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April 28, 2023, 11:39 AM
mojojojoquote:
Originally posted by Aeteocles:
Yeah, no. Fuck that guy.
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divilquote:
Originally posted by mojojojo:
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Originally posted by Aeteocles:
Yeah, no. Fuck that guy.
+1
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April 28, 2023, 11:51 AM
gearhounds+1000
This wasn’t a teen driver that made a poor decision that cost someone their life in an accident. This was a premeditated crime that ended with a premeditated execution. To reiterate, fuck that guy. He should rot in prison.
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xd45man^I mentioned Eric to show that I can forgive even when a person has killed other people. I understand the two crimes are much different.
I'm not finding the words right now, so yeah, Fuck David McGee.
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April 28, 2023, 12:00 PM
smlsigSorry dude. I have zero sympathy. That’s not to say I didn’t do some stupid shit when I was a teenager but kidnapping and execution murder style is way the fuck over the line.
I hope you have better friends now..
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April 28, 2023, 12:00 PM
dave7378When someone is that broken to commit that type of murder, I don't think they can be fixed.
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April 28, 2023, 01:48 PM
Black92LXquote:
Originally posted by pedropcola:
Reading the prosecutor's report, I am with the family, he should never get out. They robbed him, put him in the trunk, drove to a secluded spot, and executed him.
People don't surprise me much anymore. You don't mention it but that case screams out drugs and thugs. Was he into any of that when you knew him?
I would presume you are correct. I left when we were still in middle school and that stuff had not really come into play.
Though as mentioned in my original High School can be a complete game changer for the paths folks choose to take.
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Originally posted by ensigmatic:
IMO that individual should've been hung by the neck until dead about twenty-two years ago.
To which we share the same sentiment.
That does not mean I am not saddened knowing that somewhere after 8th grade someone who I grew up with and was pretty close with became a monster.
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Originally posted by smlsig:
Sorry dude. I have zero sympathy. That’s not to say I didn’t do some stupid shit when I was a teenager but kidnapping and execution murder style is way the fuck over the line.
I hope you have better friends now..
No sympathy needed. He made his choices and deserves the consequences. When Dave and I were friends there wasn’t a lick of anything like that clearly something changed.
Drugs and thugs noted earlier are a likely culprit.
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The world's not perfect, but it's not that bad.
If we got each other, and that's all we have.
I will be your brother, and I'll hold your hand.
You should know I'll be there for you!
April 28, 2023, 01:52 PM
CooksterKeep his cell door locked and throw away the key.
In this day and age of ‘justice’ as it were, it will be interesting to see what the parole board decides.
Justice should blind.
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April 28, 2023, 02:12 PM
David LeeMy friend who is 82 and a Viet Nam Veteran, teaches a group of young folk, some are near 20 years of age, some have no parents, he feeds them on Wednesday nights, they play basket ball, throw a foot ball around, shoot pool, ping pong and darts, ride scooters and bikes, he feeds them and borrows 30 minutes of their time, to teach them a little about the Bible. Anthony Hawkins is a great human being. Some of the kids stray a little to smoke dope. Tony told me, he knows they do. He said, concerning the Bible, he can't just teach the good kids or it would do no good. You gotta teach the bad ones too. He loves those kids and they in turn love Tony. The one young man showed me his P365. I showed him a little on line Forum. There are near 30 young folk who are blessed to be in the company of Anthony Hawkins.
April 28, 2023, 03:46 PM
220-9erHopefully the parole board will do the right thing and keep him where he belongs.
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