LUCIOUS BOYD Death Row Case Summary

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DC Number:  699893 Name:  BOYD, LUCIOUS Race:  BLACK Sex:  MALE Hair Color:  BLACK Eye Color:  BROWN Height:  6'01'' Weight:  238 lbs. Birth Date:  03/22/1959 Initial Receipt Date:  06/25/2002 Current Facility:  UNION C.I. Current Custody:  MAXIMUM Current Release Date:  DEATH SENTENCE

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Aliases:
LUCILOUS BOYD	LUCIOUS BOYD

Current Prison Sentence History:
Offense Date	Offense	Sentence Date	County	Case No.	Prison Sentence Length
12/05/1998	1ST DG MUR/PREMED. OR ATT.	06/21/2002	BROWARD	9905809	DEATH SENTENCE
12/05/1998	SEX BAT/INJURY NOT LIKELY	06/21/2002	BROWARD	9905809	15Y 0M 0D
12/05/1998	KIDNAP;COMM.OR FAC.FELONY	06/21/2002	BROWARD	9905809	SENTENCED TO LIFE

Note: The offense descriptions are truncated and do not necessarily reflect the crime of conviction. Please refer to the court documents or the Florida Statutes for further information or definition.

Incarceration History:
Date In-Custody	Date Out-of-Custody
06/25/2002	Currently Incarcerated

Prior Community Supervision History: (Note: Data reflected covers periods of community supervision with the Florida Dept.of Corrections since January of 1983)
Offense Date	Offense	Sentence Date	County	Case No.	Community Supervision Length
07/08/1990	CONSTRUCTIVE POSSESSION	04/08/1991	BREVARD	9011890	1Y 6M 0D
07/08/1990	CONSTRUCTIVE POSSESSION	04/08/1991	BREVARD	9011890	1Y 0M 0D

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Circumstances of Offense:

In the early morning hours of 12/05/98, Dawnia Dacosta’s car ran out of gas while she was returning from a midnight church service. She walked to a nearby Texaco gas station and filled a gas can with a gallon of gas. People at the gas station saw Dacosta speaking with a black male in the parking lot. Dacosta was last seen getting into a teal church van with the man to whom she had been speaking, later identified as Lucious Boyd.

On 12/07/98, Dacosta’s body was discovered in an alley behind a warehouse. The body was wrapped in a shower curtain liner, a brown bed sheet, and a yellow bed sheet. A purple laundry bag and two large black trash bags covered her head. Forensic evidence showed that Dacosta died due to a penetrating head wound. Bruising on Dacosta’s head was consistent with the face plate of a reciprocating saw, and wounds to the chest, arms, and head were consistent with a torque screwdriver. Dacosta’s body also had vaginal bruising.

Lucious Boyd did routine maintenance for the Hope Outreach Ministry Church, which owned a teal van. Boyd was driving the van on the weekend of the Dacosta murder. Witnesses at the gas station where Dacosta was last seen alive recalled seeing the word “Hope” on the teal van that Dacosta was seen leaving the gas station in. The van contained various tools owned by the church, including a set of torque screwdrivers and a reciprocating saw.

DNA and hair evidence from Dacosta’s body matched Boyd’s DNA profile. Bite marks on Dacosta’s arm were consistent with Boyd’s teeth. Tire tracks on one of the sheets used to cover Dacosta were consistent with the tires on the church van.