Timothy Joseph McGhee
| Timothy Joseph McGhee | |
|---|---|
| Born |
April 27, 1973 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Other names | Huero, Eskimo, Monster, The Monster of Atwater, Joe McGhee |
| Criminal penalty | Death penalty + 75 years to life |
| Conviction(s) | Murder, Attempted Murder, Assault, Conspiracy to Commit an Assault, Conspiracy to Commit Vandalism, Resisting Executive Officers in the Performance of Their Duties |
| Killings | |
| Victims | 3-12 |
| Country | United States |
| State(s) | California |
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Date apprehended
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February 11, 2003 |
Timothy Joseph McGhee (born April 27, 1973) is a convicted killer and Toonerville Rifa 13 gang member of Scottish and Mexican descent from the Atwater Village neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. He is alleged to have been responsible for at least 12 homicides between 1997 and 2001, three of which led to convictions. McGhee is also suspected of at least 10 attempted murders, four of which led to convictions.
After assaulting a law enforcement officer, McGhee was either incarcerated or on parole from 1994 to 2000. During his stints as a parolee, he allegedly shot seven individuals, killing three, and attempted to murder two LAPD officers. He was eventually arrested in 2003 on homicide charges and sentenced to death in 2009. In a separate trial in 2007, McGhee was sentenced to 75 years to life for leading a 2005 prison riot. He is awaiting his execution at San Quentin State Prison in California.
McGhee was born on April 27, 1973 in Los Angeles, California. His father abandoned him as a young boy, leaving the family and moving to Alaska for work. Locals recall McGhee as a typical kid who often skated in the neighborhood. As an adult, McGhee had three biological children and raised five of his girlfriend's children as well, by many accounts a good father.
The back of McGhee's typically shaven head bears a tattoo of an eagle eating a snake which appears on the flag of Mexico. McGhee also has "Atwater Village" tattooed across his chest, his gang "Toonerville RIfa" on his back, and the initials of his gang "TVR" on his stomach. He also had the initials NELA tattooed behind his left ear which likely stands for Northeast Los Angeles. McGhee stands 5’ 11" with a muscular build and frequently wears a goatee. He was given the street name Huero, slang for the Spanish word Guero translated as a light-skinned Mexican. His relatively fair complexion also earned him the nickname Eskimo. As his notorious reputation grew, McGhee would aptly earn the nickname Monster, or "the Monster of Atwater." When the U.S. Department of Justice placed him on their most wanted list, they denoted his primary alias as Joe McGhee.
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