| Location | Maricopa County Arizona |
| Age | 2 years |
| Cause of Death | Murder |
| Date of Birth | 07/07/1997 |
| Date of Death | 02/12/1999 |
| Visitors | 1,939 since 16/09/2009 |
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I WAS NOT RELATED TO THIS CHILD I JUST RECENTLY LEARNED HER KILLER MAY NOT DIE FOR HIS CRIME BUT IT
IS NOT GOOD ENOUGH FOR HIM LETHAL INJECTION IS FAR TO GOOD FOR THIS MONSTER RIP I CRIED SO MUCH I
CANNOT BELEIVE SOME ONE COULD DO THIS TO AN INOCCENT BABY .THIS IS ONE OF THE NEWS REPORTS ABOUT THE
STORY-------this is the kind of evil that takes you breath away. It’s the kind of evil that, after
you absorb the horror of it all, changes you forever.
Meet thirty-five-year-old Shawn Ryan Grell. Shawn was one of those kids who grew up hard and mean.
He killed his family’s cat, set fire to their dog, and even burned down the house they lived in.
In 1988, when he was thirteen, police arrested Grell after he fondled a young girls breasts.
Grell was sent to a juvenile facility after the incident, where he continued to get in trouble.
Incidents like assaulting staff and other inmates earned him a reputation for being an unstable kid
whose “assaultiveness” needed to be controlled. He was tested and was diagnosed as borderline
retarded with an IQ somewhere between 70 and 80.
Grell had a pretty lousy home life, and he spent the rest of his youth bouncing in and out of that
juvenile facility, committing offenses like disorderly conduct, shoplifting and assault.
Things did not improve for Shawn Grell with the passing of his eighteenth birthday. By 1992 he had
been convicted of assault and sent to prison. In 1995 he was back in Shawn Grell 2jail for robbing a
convenience store. Grell was granted parole, but his Parole Officer violated him when he was caught
possessing drug paraphernalia in 1998.
During the three years or so that Grell was out on parole, he had managed to find himself a steady
girlfriend, Amber Salem, and when he ask her to marry him in 1998, she accepted. He also became a
father. Kristen Salem was born in 1997, and by all accounts was a happy, well adjusted little
toddler by the winter of 1999. All three had moved in to Amber’s parents home by the time Shawn
violated his parole and was sent back to prison.
After Grell was released in 1999, he tried to walk the straight and narrow, but his criminal record
made it difficult for him. Because of his felony convictions, companies would either not hire him,
or, if he lied and didn’t tell them about his record, fire him in a couple of months after his
background check was completed.
His inability to remain employed caused a great deal of conflict in the home, especially between
Grell and Amber Salem’s parents.
Grell was at home December 2nd, 1999, when his girlfriend’s mother found out he’d lost his job
once again. Amber Salem then called to meet Grell for lunch. Grell cashed his last paycheck, put in
some job applications at Desert Sky Mall and met Amber outside the food court. She told him how
upset her parents were, and that they were threatening to throw Grell out of the family home.
When Amber returned to work, Grell bought some 32-ounce bottles of beer and drank in her car. He
went to a bar in Phoenix, then met Amber for her break about 2:45 p.m. After that, Grell said, he
decided to pick up two-year-old Kristen and drive out to visit his sister.
Grell picked up little Kristen Salem at the daycare she attended, then took her to McDonald’s for
a hamburger. They ate in an apartment complex parking lot, then cruised around for a while, looking
at Christmas displays.
Kristen started whining.
”I just got tired of it and slapped her in the mouth. After she stopped crying a few minutes
later, she said, ‘Sorry, Daddy,’ and then she started being good, and then she just went nuts
again because she wanted to see her mom again.”
Grell snapped.
He took Kristen to the Target store and purchased a red plastic 3-gallon gasoline jug for $4. He
filled it at a gas station, then he drove around the desert for about 45 minutes until he found a
ditch on the side of the road that appeared to be just what he was looking for.
“Kristen was already asleep, so I got out of the car, then I picked her up out of the car. I
said, ‘Kristen, Mommy’s here. Let’s lay down,’ so I laid her in the dirt next to the car.
“I took the gasoline and poured it on her.”
Even Kristen’s screams and pleas of ”No, Daddy, no!” weren’t enough to stop him.
“I took the match and threw it on her.”
Detective Donald Walsh of the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office testified in court that Kristen was
lying on the ground when the blaze began on the front of her body. She got up and ran about 12 feet,
walking in circles at one point as the flames spread upwards to her face, he said.
The heat was so intense, Walsh said, that a barrette on the left side of her head melted, the
plastic running down her face. She finally collapsed face-first in a ditch and died.
In my mind’s eye I see a little child, running with that stumbling gate that two-year-olds have,
screaming in abject agony, her face blistering, then melting away.
God help me.
Grell drove back and forth until he couldn’t see the flames anymore. Then he went back, got out
and walked over to Kristen.
‘I just looked at her.”
Six hours after he burned his daughter to death, Shawn Grell was pulled over in downtown Phoenix for
suspicion of drunk driving. He was arrested and, during a 30 minute interview Kristen Salemwith
police officers, laughed, joked, and even suggested a lingerie bar he thought the cops might enjoy.
Not once did he mention his two-year-old daughter.
Two days later, his conscience tearing him apart, Shawn Ryan Grell turned himself in and confessed
to the murder of his daughter, Kristen Salem. He plead guilty to first degree murder and threw
himself on the mercy of the court.
Judge Barbara Jarrett had sat on the bench for 12 years. During her long and illustrious career, she
presided over many cases where capital punishment was an option, but never found cause to use it.
Not once.
On July 9th, 2001, in one of her last acts before she retired from the bench, The Honorable Judge
Barbara Jarrett sentenced Shawn Ryan Grell to Death.
Sadly, Judge Jarrett’s sentence was not the end of this story.
On June 6th, 2006, the Arizona Supreme Court unanimously decided that Shawn Grell did not give up
his right to a jury sentencing when he waived his right to a jury trial in 2000 (View The Court’s
Opinion). His death sentence was vacated, and it was ordered that a new sentencing hearing be held.
That hearing is going on right now.
At the center of the issue is whether the trial court erred by failing to find that Grell is
mentally retarded and appropriately weighing that factor in mitigation of his sentence, and whether
the execution of a mentally retarded person violates the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition against
cruel and unusual punishment.
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Sometimes it's hard to understand,
To see the reason why,
Sometimes it's hard to find the words,
To say that last goodbye.
Sometimes it's hard to look ahead,
With eyes still filled with tears,
But all our cherished memories,
Will live on through the years.
And though there are no answers,
The questions still remain,
Sometimes we just can't comprehend,
Or understand the pain.
Sometimes it's hard to look beyond,
The rainclouds in the sky,
Though all our cherished memories,
Will stay as time goes by.
Sometimes when we close our eyes,
The only thing we see,
Are moments that are long gone by,
Of how things used to be.
Sometimes we need to just let go,
Let tears fall as they may,
Reliving cherished memories,
That never fade away.
THANKYOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO TO KEEP MY DAUGHTERS MEMORY ALIVE
LOTS OF LOVE ALWAYS SHARON & ANGEL STACEY XXX
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Three Little Words,xx
♥Three Little Words
Forget Me Not,
They Don't Say Much
But They Mean A lot,
Forget You Not
I Never Will,
For In My Heart
I Keep You Still.....♥
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The pain we feel inside today
Is the pain we try to hide,
For no one will ever know
The tears i cry inside.
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It seems like only yesterday
The wound is still so sore.
For every hour of every day
We miss you more and more
For you are someone special
And think the world of you.
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You gave us love
And lots more,
We have so much
To thank you for,
Silent thoughts,
Memories deep,
Locked in our hearts
For ever to keep.
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♥ May the winds of love ♥
♥ blow softly and whisper ♥
♥ in your ear how much ♥
♥ we love and miss you ♥
♥ and wish that you were here♥
♥xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx♥
Love To You And Your Angel
Always Sharon & Angel Stacey xxx
To My Special Angels
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Do you think?.............
Do you think that I am over it
Better than before
Maybe I've forgotten
Doesn't hurt me anymore?
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Do you think that I am doing fine
No tears are shed each day
Get up and just get going
Pain has all but gone away?
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Do you think that I am coping
Living life just as you do
If that's what you imagine...
You don't have a single clue.
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I cope, I cry, and I deny
I've learned how I must hide
Keep everything within me
Bottled up deep down inside.
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I can't be who I was before
I've changed I'm someone new
It happens when you have a loss
You would be different too.
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I'm so misunderstood each day
To tired to explain
Not over it, or better
Simply put... I'm not the same.
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And will never be because you left me.
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♥═══♥ LOVE SHARON. X ♥═══♥
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It doesn't take a special day
To bring you to my mind
Every day is special to me
You were one of a kind.
I think of you often
Mostly at the night
Where dreams help to soften
A love that felt so right.
I know you'l always be with me
Right till the very end
Until the day we meet again
My heart will never mend.
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To You And Your Angel All My Love Sharon & Angel Stacey xxx
TO A VERY SPECIAL ANGEL WITH LOVE XX
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DONT CRY FOR ME
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Dont cry for me
i am always hear,
I'm right beside you
i am very near.
~♥x♥~ ~♥x♥~ ~♥x♥~ ~♥x♥~ ~♥x♥~
Dont cry for me
for i am happy here,
There is no hate
no hurt and no fear.
~♥x♥~ ~♥x♥~ ~♥x♥~ ~♥x♥~ ~♥x♥~
Dont cry for me
for i would never leave,
Just think of me
and just believe.
~♥x♥~ ~♥x♥~ ~♥x♥~ ~♥x♥~ ~♥x♥~
Dont cry for me
just live your life,
I'll help you always
through troubles and strife.
~♥x♥~ ~♥x♥~ ~♥x♥~ ~♥x♥~ ~♥x♥~
Dont cry for me
just look back and say,
We loved and laughed
and then i went on my way
~♥x♥~ ~♥x♥~ ~♥x♥~ ~♥x♥~ ~♥x♥~
Dont cry for me
for i have'nt gone,
I'm right in your heart
and life will go on.
~♥x♥~ ~♥x♥~ ~♥x♥~ ~♥x♥~ ~♥x♥~
Written by Margaret Pilkington
~♥x♥~ ~♥x♥~ ~♥x♥~ ~♥x♥~ ~♥x♥~
Lots Of Love Sharon xxx
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♥ ☆ ♥ ☆ ♥ SWEET DREAMS ANGEL
LOVE ALWAYS TRACEY XXXXX
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See through the window,
Look at the light,
Smell the sweet flowers,
See the sky bright,
Shed not the tears,
As you feel I have gone,
Love never leaves,
And my spirit lives on.
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For A Very Special Angel
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Your presence I miss,
Your memory I treasure,
Loving you always,
Forgetting you never.
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No farewell words were spoken,
No time to say goodbye,
You were gone before we knew it,
And only God can tell us why.
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Lots Of Love Always Sharon & Angel Stacey xxx
SWEET DREAMS IN HEAVEN
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It's night time again...
Beautiful Angel above
So tonight I will send you lots of love
Cuddle up warm..
On this November night
We all love and miss you..
With all of our might
You sleep on the clouds..
All fluffy and white
I bet you look..
Such a beautiful sight
Just snuggle up..
All cosy with God above
And watch me light..
Your candle with love
copyright� Jackie Thomas 09/11/09.
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ღ♥ღ Our angel in the sky
ღ♥ღ Our thoughts are always with you
ღ♥ღ Our angel in the sky
ღ♥ღ We love you
ღ♥ღ And always miss you
ღ♥ღ And many a day we cry.
ღ♥ღ You are some one special
ღ♥ღ our angel in the sky
ღ♥ღ why did god have to take you
ღ♥ღ how many days we ask why.?
ღ♥ღ There maybe distance between us
ღ♥ღ The distance may be far
ღ♥ღ But distance can never take
ღ♥ღ The feelings we have inside.
ღ♥ღ Oh our sweet Angel
ღ♥ღ We look for you in the sky
ღ♥ღ Hoping we could just see you
ღ♥ღ And wishing that you are nearby.
ღ♥ღ We cherish all the memories
ღ♥ღ Of you our sweet angel
ღ♥ღ Now living in the sky.
copyright ~ Jo Dalton 2009
Lots of Love Sharon & Angel Stacey xxx
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Lighting your candle with Lots of Love. X X
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