Death Īfter his conviction, Jennings was transferred to the death row in San Quentin State Prison, where he spent the subsequent years of his life. However, despite his efforts, on November 20, Jennings was found guilty on all charges, and was promptly sentenced to death. Wilbur himself maintained his innocence throughout the whole process, accusing the prosecutor of putting pressure on witnesses and forcing them to give false testimony. Aside from that, there were numerous testimonies by Jennings' relatives, friends and acquaintances, in addition to that from the murdered girls' friends as well. The main evidentiary basis for the prosecution's case were the numerous objects identified by victims' family members, chiefly the baseball bat and pipe with blood stains on them, which, according to investigators, were the likely murder weapons. Jennings's trial for four of the then believed only five victims began in 1986. On November 20, 1986, he was sentenced to death, but died in custody before he could be executed. Wilbur Lee Jennings (1940 – February 11, 2014), known as The Ditchbank Murderer, was an American serial killer who killed at least six girls and women in Fresno and Sacramento, California between 19.

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