Michael Dale St. Clair: Murders, Escape, and a Multistate Crime Spree
Background
Michael Dale St. Clair was an American murderer whose crimes crossed several states and included murder-for-hire, robbery, kidnapping, prison escape, vehicle theft, arson, and attacks on law-enforcement officers. Born on January 15, 1957, St. Clair became associated with at least six killings committed between 1990 and 1991. His victims included a relative, a man he allegedly hired to carry out a murder, two people killed in Oklahoma, and two motorists abducted during his flight from custody.
St. Clair's criminal history is unusually complicated because his murder convictions were obtained in separate Oklahoma and Kentucky proceedings. Some of his Kentucky convictions and death sentences were reversed or returned for new trials and sentencing hearings because of legal errors. These reversals did not amount to findings that he was innocent. His conviction for the murder of Kentucky victim Francis "Frank" Brady ultimately remained intact, while St. Clair also received multiple life-without-parole sentences for murders committed in Oklahoma.
The Murder of Ronnie Lee St. Clair
The first known chapter of the case centered on St. Clair's uncle, Ronnie Lee St. Clair. Prosecutors maintained that Michael St. Clair arranged for William Henry Kelsey Jr. to kill Ronnie in Murray County, Oklahoma. The killing was described as a murder-for-hire plot connected to tensions within the family and St. Clair's criminal activities.
Ronnie Lee St. Clair was killed in 1990. Michael St. Clair was prosecuted even though he was accused of arranging the murder rather than personally carrying out the shooting. Under Oklahoma law, a person who plans or solicits a murder can be held responsible for the resulting death. A Murray County jury found St. Clair guilty of Ronnie's first-degree murder in September 1991.
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