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TUCSON, Ariz. (13 News) - An infamous prisoner serving 16 life sentences is accused of killing at least three inmates at the Arizona State Prison Cimmaron Unit in Tucson on Friday, April 4.
The Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation & Reentry confirmed that Ricky Wassenaar killed Saul Alvarez, Thorne Harnage, and Donald Lashley.
Alvarez was serving a sentence for a Maricopa County murder, Harnage was convicted in Pima County of sexual conduct with a minor, and Lashley was serving a sentence for a Pima County child molestation case.
Wassenaar is serving 16 life sentences for his role in a prison standoff in Arizona years ago.
Wassenaar and Steven Coy were convicted of taking two guards, one man and one woman, hostage for 15 days at the Arizona State Prison Lewis Complex in Buckeye in 2004. Lois Fraley, one of those guards, said she was raped several times.
Wassenaar allegedly used a kitchen guard’s uniform to trick another guard into letting him into a prison watchtower. He got the uniform by overpowering an officer with a handmade weapon.
The ensuing stand-off was one of the longest prison hostage situations in U.S. history.
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