Some people think that going to prison for the crimes they commit is the worst punishment they can face but as it turns out, it can get much worse. 59-year-old Anthony Palma was sentenced to serve life in an Oklahoma prison after kidnapping an 8-year-old, raping her & killing her to cover up the evidence.

He thought spending the rest of his life behind bars was as bad as it gets but, as it turns out, he was sorely mistaken. When he got to prison, he was forced to share a cell with 35-year-old Raymond Pillado who was doing a few life sentences for killing people & firing off a gun recklessly.

For a while, it was smooth sailing but that all changed once Pillado learned about Palma’s crimes, he took justice into his own hands. Serving several life sentences on murder convictions, felons of possession of a firearm, and using a vehicle while discharging a weapon, Pillado had little to lose by taking the life of a man he considered to be in a category with the worst scum on the earth.

In October 2015, authorities arrested Palma after they found DNA evidence and blood on the window of Shannon Hazen’s home, off Jet Drive in Midwest City, Oklahoma. Hazen’s daughter, 8-year-old Kirsten Hatfield, who also lived in the home, disappeared in May 1997. Although Kristen has never been located, authorities found a pair of her underwear, bloodied, in the backyard of her home.

Prosecutors alleged that Palma sexually assaulted Kirsten before killing her and hiding her body.

According to the Charley Project, Kristen was in her bedroom with her 3-year-old sister on the night she disappeared. When Hazen checked on her children around 6:30 a.m., Kirsten was gone. It took decades before Palma, who has always claimed innocence, was connected to the crime.

“First of all, I was shocked, second I was thrilled, and third I was heartbroken,” Chief Brandon Clabes with the Midwest City Police Department said when he learned of Palma’s death.

“From a human standpoint, a parent’s standpoint and I probably speak for 99.9 percent of the population, he probably met his justice,” Clabes continued. “With his death, it leaves us heartbroken by the fact that we may never find Kirsten’s body and that was our hope that eventually he would someday tell us exactly what he did with her.”

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Source: AWM

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