MASON David Edwin

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David Mason
Status
Identification Status	Identified
Criminal Status	Executed
Personal Information
Full Name	David Edwin Mason
Born	December 2, 1956 Georgia, United States
Died	August 24, 1993 (aged 36) San Quentin, California, United States
Cause of Death	Executed by gas chamber
Gender	Male
Race/Ethnicity	White
Criminal Information
Offender Type	Serial Killer
Convictions	First degree murder with special circumstances (x5) Assault with a deadly weapon Robbery
Criminal penalty	Death (January 27, 1984)
Victims	5-6
Span of crimes	March 6, 1980 - May 8, 1982
Country	United States
State	California
Date apprehended	February 4, 1981
Imprisonment	San Quentin State Prison — San Quentin, California

Victims

Confirmed victims

Name	Age	Date of Death	Cause of Death
Joan Picard	73	March 6, 1980
Arthur Jennings	83	August 18, 1980
Antoinette Brown	75	November 16, 1980
Dorothy Lang	75	December 6, 1980
Boyd Wayne Johnson	24	May 8, 1982

Suspected victims

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Name	Age	Disappeared	Body Found	Cause of Death

Links

• David Mason at Wikipedia
• David Edwin Mason at Find a Grave
• Executed Inmate Summary – David Edwin Mason. California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
• Birth Index (archived)
• The People v. David Mason (1991)