"Baseline Killer" Suspect Gets 438 Years

Phoenix Man Sentenced For Raping 2 Sisters; Still Faces Trial For Killing 8 Women, 1 Man

(CBS/AP)  A man accused of being the Phoenix Baseline Killer was sentenced to 438 years in prison Friday for the sexual assaults of two sisters.

Mark Goudeau still faces trial for the slayings of eight women and a man in 2005-2006, and faces a possible death sentence if he is convicted. He has pleaded not guilty.

The 43-year-old former construction worker was sentenced for his September conviction on charges of raping one woman and sexually attacking another as they walked home from a park.

During the two-month trial, both sisters identified Goudeau as their attacker. DNA evidence also linked him to the rape.

Goudeau has maintained his innocence, and told Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Andrew Klein that what happened to the two young women was horrible, "but I had nothing to do with it."

Klein said before handing down the sentence that Goudeau must have two "diametrically opposed" personalities, one calm and respectful in court and the other sociopathic and brutal.

One of the victims told the judge Friday through an interpreter that she still wakes up crying at times: "I will hope for him to never get out."

During the two-month trial, the sisters testified that Goudeau rushed toward them with a pistol in hand as they left the park. They said he forced them into some bushes, told them to strip, then had sex with the younger sister while pointing the gun at the other sister's pregnant belly, reports CBS News affiliate KPHO-TV.

"I wanted to get up but I thought if I got up he would hurt my sister," the younger of the two sisters testified through a Spanish interpreter.

It took a year to track Goudeau down, prosecutors said, because he took extra steps to conceal his identity, reports KPHO-TV.

The Associated Press has not identified the woman because she is the victim of sexual assault.

Jurors compared Goudeau's face to a sketch the two sisters made after the attack and debated whether the sisters truly recognized him in court.

But when it came to the biological evidence that forensics experts said placed Goudeau at the crime scene, there was little doubt.

"The DNA was really a lynchpin to the case. It was pretty much irrefutable," jury foreman Michael Voda told KPHO-TV.

Goudeau's wife, Wendy Carr, said she felt the judge has been biased and she blamed prosecutors and jurors for convicting Goudeau based on "junk science."

"This is just another freak show of a hearing where they convicted an innocent man," Carr told KPHO-TV after the sentencing.

Prosecutors had said earlier that Goudeau faced a maximum of 285 years in prison. But Deputy County Attorney Suzanne Cohen proved a prior violent record in court Friday that made him eligible for the higher sentences.

Goudeau is suspected of being a serial predator known as the "Baseline Killer," named for the south Phoenix street where many of the early attacks took place.

He is the first of three suspected serial killers to go on trial for a rash of random attacks that terrorized the Phoenix area for more than a year. All three were arrested last year.

Dale Hausner and Samuel Dieteman were arrested in the so-called "Serial Shooter" case in August 2006 and are expected to go on trial next year. Hausner faces seven murder counts and Dieteman is charged with two. Their trial is expect to begin next year.

[denn034]

It''s good to see that his victims and their families and friends are getting the justice they want. 438 years seems about right to me.

[j-whitman]

438 years ???? Dammmmm --- Scooter Libby didn''t even see the inside of a jail.

[jeanner6]

WHAT?!? Only 438 yrs? What about DEATH? No fair, now the taxpayers have to house and feed this jerk.

[extremophil]

He was sentenced to 438 years? I bet he won''t do half that.

[shamrocker6]

The Death Penalty would save us the expense of feeding and housing the scum that prey on society.

[parent47]

I bet he doesn''t even make 1/4 of his term:(:(
HA!! HA!!!
LOL

[Krazcarl]

What is the point of giving out muliiply 100 year sentances if a man hit''s 80 he''s lucky string them up it would be easier I''d rather hang than spend the rest of my days in jail. might be cwhy suside and murder are big hits in prison you think??

[ne_patriot7]

The Death Penalty would save us the expense of feeding and housing the scum that prey on society.

Posted by tennesseean1 at 03:24 PM : Dec 14, 2007


Unfortunately, that''s not true... When sentenced to the death penalty, automatic appeals kick in and they run several years and several million dollars (of which the taxpayer pays for both the prosecution and the defense).

It costs about 25 thou a year to house and feed an inmate... so, even if he lives 50 more years, that''s still only 1-1/4 mil. Now... if all the niceties could be eliminated from the prison system.. maybe that cost could come down to 15K...

I can see society being stuck with the bill to house and feed them... but I don''t agree with society having to pay for things to make that incarceration comfortable.

[excoachken]

To this criminal''s wife: the only "Junk" in this trial is your hubby. On second thought, he is not good enough to be called junk, he is excrement!

[hissteps4u]

This kind of crime deserves the Ultimate price and perhaps one day Live Video torture and public executions would be the way to go for such Vile people.

obviously such sentences are not deterrents to criminal elk of society. AS MUCH as some would decry public executions being public it would go along way towards showing how one might be treated if they were to do such crimes then they could wait in Horror of the end of their lives for committing such crimes.

I dont doubt the tree hugging Liberals here will kick scream and hoot and holler at my words. The Public is getting good and tired of Judges who hand out ridiculous short sentences. Not that this is a short sentence but that with the trauma and vile nature of such crimes they deserve to be taken away from Humanity and not allowed to Live for their crimes.

[Krazcarl]

YOU GUYS ARE IDIOTS DO YOU REALLY THINK LIFE IN THE BIG HOUSE IS SO GLAMOROUS LOUSY FOOD LOUSIER ACCOMADATIONDS YOU IDIOTS MAKE IT SOUND LIKE YOU EAT KENTUKEY FRIESD ALL DAY AQND WATCH TV AND SMOKE..THAT DOES NOT HAPPEN. YOUR PROBLEM IS YOU LIVE IN A FANTASY WORLD AND NEED OR WANT TO BELIEVE THESE THINGS.

[420greg]

I am pretty sure the wife is one of those psychos that marry guys in prison. I read that somewhere. Not crazy enough to take his last name though.

[vhurst1]

"438 years ???? Dammmmm --- Scooter Libby didn''''t even see the inside of a jail. "

Uh, Scooter Libby didn''t violently rape someone either.

[noaanhc]

I have always wondered about our justice system.
Why didn''t they just sentence him to life in prison without parole,instead of saying 438 years.We have to be the strangest nation in the world to do this.

[diallosma]

if all the niceties could be eliminated from the prison system.. maybe that cost could come down to 15K...

I can see society being stuck with the bill to house and feed them... but I don''''t agree with society having to pay for things to make that incarceration comfortable.
Posted by ne_patriot7 at 03:38 PM : Dec 14, 2007

Before you start talking about taking away comfortable things from inmates, go spend a month in jail. You would realize there are no "niceties" in jail for the inmates (speaking from 2 and a half yrs. of experience). If you want to blame somebody for the price of an inmates life in jail than blame the corporations that own them. Jails and prisons are one of the biggest grossing businesses in our modern day society. But as far as this guy goes, the worst punishment is to be locked away from everyone (once again speaking from experience). You only have your own demented self to talk to and it can make a person go a little more psycho than they may already be with no relief except those occasional moments when you''re asleep.

[poopusbuttus]

What is the point of giving out muliiply 100 year sentances if a man hit''''s 80 he''''s lucky string them up it would be easier I''''d rather hang than spend the rest of my days in jail. might be cwhy suside and murder are big hits in prison you think??


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Posted by crzmeat at 03:33


CRZMEAT -- You must be drunk. Your sentences are barely ledgible.....

[poopusbuttus]

This is retarded. Bring back the death penalty. Now this clown gets to sit in prison for the rest of his life kicking back with 3 meals and a cot on my friggin dime.

Better yet, now he doesnt have to worry about retirement. He kills people and graduates to a free retirement on my tax money.

Thanks liberals. You''ve outdone yourselves again. Hey, I got a great idea....let''s vote for a Democrat so they can raise taxes and take even more of mine and your money.

Friggin'' idiotic dumbA$$ Democratic B@stards!!!!

[rohink-2009]

438 years ???? Dammmmm --- Scooter Libby didn''''t even see the inside of a jail.

Posted by j-whitman

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Hardly think there''s a comparrison between a rapist and a murderer to someone that at best perjured himself. Do you people ever think of anything else? Seriously, either you have major issues or you are payed to spout this stuff to keep the public focused on the "real issues".

[bareemperor]

Guess he should have joined the Marines...

''A Marine reservist who killed an Iraqi soldier was sentenced Friday to a bad-conduct discharge but will serve no more time behind bars, a spokeswoman said.
Lance Cpl. Delano Holmes, 22, of Indianapolis, also was reduced in rank to private, said 1st Lt. Lisa Lawrence.
Holmes, who spent 10 months in the brig, could have faced up to eight more years of confinement.''

[bareemperor]

''Friggin'' idiotic dumbA$$ Democratic B@stards!!!!
Posted by poopusbuttus''

Yet another paid RNC poster on CBS...

[rushman71]

poopusbuttus: I agree with you 100%!!!

[poopusbuttus]

''''Friggin'''' idiotic dumbA$$ Democratic B@stards!!!!
Posted by poopusbuttus''''

Yet another paid RNC poster on CBS...


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Posted by BareEmperor

No, not paid by the RNC. By the way, you''re the idiotic b@stards that vote this kind of *** in....

[aggiekat2004]

If suicides are rampant in prisons, then why don''t we give prisoners the option of doing themselves in before they actually go to prison. Or even while they''re in prison. Hand them a gun, a bullet, or give them the option of lethal injection if they CHOOSE not to spend the rest of their life in jail. Do the rest of us a favor.

[aggiekat2004]

Hey, let''s vote for Democrats who pass laws like that Medicaid recipients get Viagra...that''s right! Your tax dollars, thanks to Mr. Clinton, pay for Medicaid recipients to have up to 6 "erectile sessions" a month on your tax dollars, at about $10 a pop.

[aggiekat2004]

Oops! My bad. They reversed that coverage a little while back...after they found it was being given to s*x offenders on Medicaid.

Just Google Viagra and Medicaid. Interesting stuff.

[poopusbuttus]

438 years ???? Dammmmm --- Scooter Libby didn''''''''t even see the inside of a jail.

Posted by j-whitman


JWHIT - Scooter Libby didnt kill anyone....

[poopusbuttus]

Stupid lawless Lberals !!!

They will never learn !!


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Posted by john97068


NO THEY WILL NOT!!!! That''s what drives me crazy about these numbnuts.

What makes it worse is that they have the gall to biitch about the economy and gripe about how bad it is and the job losses, etc....but then, they will vote for the Dems who are gonna take even more of their money....

Just sound like an oxymoron to me.

[rushlimpdrug]

The only reason the guy gets a free ride to jail is cause he''s a repub.

Oh well, go figure.

I''m sure he doesn''t believe in global warming.
As a repub he''ll get free health care.

[wheezel3]

Blacks again. This one looks like he''s from Louisiana.

[beehive21-2009]

Let see he''s got over 400 yeare,he''ll never get out ,yet the court system desires to try him more,whose paying ? If it''s the taxpayers the lawyers and judges should go to jail also.He needs to be terminated immediately.

[j-whitman]

poopusbuttus ---- More oxymorons for you -- Pro Liffe & Death penalty,,,,, Bush & Accomplishemt ,,,, Neo-con & Intelligence,,,, Republican & Democracy,,,, Conservatives & Country

[fitedafuture]

Jah man if you were in Texas we would execute you....

[fitedafuture]

Hey Wheeze if youre looking to point fingers based on race, look in the mirror.

[poopusbuttus]

poopusbuttus ---- More oxymorons for you -- Pro Liffe & Death penalty,,,,, Bush & Accomplishemt ,,,, Neo-con & Intelligence,,,, Republican & Democracy,,,, Conservatives & Country


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Posted by j-whitman


JWHIT -- You''re reachin'' there, dude.....try again.

[fitedafuture]

death penalty should not be a possibility, cmon he killed more than five people,execute.

[j-whitman]

438 years ??? --- Must be a Christian thing, they think he will be resurected after the 1st life sentence.

[fitedafuture]

only Yoda could survive a sentence that long, ha ha ...!!

[fiteit1]

He kills people and graduates to a free retirement on my tax money.Posted by john97068 at 05:08 PM : Dec 14, 2007

Where does it say in the article that he was convicted of murder? "A man accused of being the Phoenix Baseline Killer was sentenced to 438 years in prison Friday for the sexual assaults of two sisters."

"Mark Goudeau still faces trial for the slayings of eight women and a man in 2005-2006, and faces a possible death sentence if he is convicted."

You may still get your wish for him to die and not waist your money and for those that are exterminated with little more than a eye witness and no DNA proof what do you say about them?

It sounds like you%u2019re defiantly a Bushie. I remember having a T-shirt in the late 70%u2019s that fits Bushie well it was a picture of a vulture and it said %u201CI just want to kill something%u201D

I believe that when you have the death penalty you use it. It makes little sense to use it as a deterrent or punishment if it rarely gets used and even then years after the conviction. But I believe, before you exterminate someone you make sure there is no question they did it and even punish the prosecutor and witnesses with the same punishment if fraud, witness tampering and intimidation is found that influenced a conviction.

[fitedafuture]

fiteit did your t-shirt come with a pair of Belly Bongos?..or a Cheap Trick 8-track?..

[j-whitman]

fitedafuture --- Belly Bongos?

[marcodele]

On good behavior he could get out in 320 or 330 years.

[poopusbuttus]

You may still get your wish for him to die and not waist your money and for those that are exterminated with little more than a eye witness and no DNA proof what do you say about them? Posted by fiteit1


That''s the problem with you dummies......typical liberal mindset. Let''s abolish the death penalty because of one or two mistakes in an inperfect society whilst we let thousands who commit the same atrocities skate by on the peoples tax money. Doesnt make any sense.

There is an appeal process and if this guy uses it and is then found innocent of murdering the 8 women, then I say no death penalty.

What do you think the chances of that are? Pretty slim as I believe the state will have enough evidence to convict.

If you think about it, the few people that are getting out after spending decades in prison are the ones that committed crimes before DNA evidence was around.

Nowadays, very very unlikely to convict the wrong man as the DNA evidence will prove to his guilt (OJ excluded of course).

[formrusmcsgt]

"The DNA was really a lynchpin to the case. It was pretty much irrefutable," jury foreman Michael Voda told KPHO-TV.

Goudeau''s wife, Wendy Carr, said she felt the judge has been biased and she blamed prosecutors and jurors for convicting Goudeau based on "junk science."
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Is this broad in denial or what? UNBELIEVABLE.

[formrusmcsgt]

That''''s the problem with you dummies......typical liberal mindset. Let''''s abolish the death penalty because of one or two mistakes in an inperfect society....
Posted by poopusbuttus at 05:53 PM : Dec 14, 2007

As usual, you don''t bother to get a grip on the facts before spouting off.

The Innocence Project ALONE has exonerated over 200 wrongly convicted.

One or to mistakes, indeed.....

[formrusmcsgt]

Make that "One or two mistakes, indeed".....

[j-whitman]

poopusbuttus,,,, Maybe he''ll be sent to a Faith-Based Prison, he''ll be out as soon as he learns a few scriptures.

[rockwall567]

Everyone who leaves a comment has no life!

[libsluvsuvs]

438 years ??? --- Must be a Christian thing, they think he will be resurected after the 1st life sentence.


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Posted by j-whitman at 05:41 PM : Dec 14, 2007
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actually its the ''liberal thing''..its the liberals who thinks it is best to keep for 438 years instead of ridding society of thier piece of dung

[j-whitman]

libsluvsuvs,,,,, Still hating Americans I see ----- Actually if you haven''t noticed, it''s the Lib''s who want our laws enforced & your people only think they can be ignored & abused.... Look at the Faith Base Line Killer in the White House

[j-whitman]

Oh great,,, Bush just appointed another Secretary of Veteran''s Affairs ---- I wonder how long this guy''s going to last before he gets caught filling his pockets ???