Where Is Eric Wick Murderer Now? Renee King Murder Convict – Is He Dead Or Alive?

Where is Erick Wick now? This article covers everything we know about the convict of the Renee King Murder incident. 

Eric Wick is a former marine who killed two people during a coin robbery in 1989.

The Real Murders of Orange County on Oxygen covered the details about the incident in December 2021. 

Where Is Eric Wick Now? Renee King Murder Convict – Coin Robbery Gone Wrong

Erick Wick is currently in jail, serving his 36-year imprisonment sentence.

On 14 March 1989, a coun robbery went wrong at a rare coin store in Newport Beach, California, resulting in the death of two people and one injured.

Newport Beach Police Department’s Retired Detective Sergeant Richard Long stated that the officers and paramedics saw a man shot in the head walk out of the shop. They found a woman behind a counter and a man on the floor – both dead.

The wounded man was 36-year-old entrepreneur Bill King. His wife, 38-year-old Reene, and 45-year-old Clyde Oatts were the victims.

When the officials asked King about the shooter, he said Tom shot him. As per the witnesses, two assailants had fled the crime scene. 

The investigators found that the robbers took $45 thousand in rare coins. A sales receipt under Eric Watts was prime evidence in the case. The address in the invoice was nearby Tustin Marine Corps Air Station. The INvestigation came to a dead end after the officials didn’t find anyone with the name. 

However, a military man led to the eventual capture of the culprit, marine Eric Wick, as he revealed that the offender had been at the shop and knew about the shooting incident. Further, the on-file palm print of the suspect was a perfect match to that of the crime scene.

After regaining consciousness from a medically induced coma, King confirmed the perpetrator’s identity. He said that the same man had paid a visit to the store to buy 33 gold Canadian Maple Leafs worth $45 thousand, six days before the incident. Then on 14 March, the same guy returned and shot him four times.

After that, Newport Beach police apprehended the son of an FBI agent from his home in Reno, Nevada. A search of the offender’s car led to the discovery of stolen gold coins and a .9mm pistol. 

In Orange County, Wick confessed that he was the lone shooter. The court convicted him of two counts of homicide, attempted homicide, felony robbery, and burglary on 14 June 1989.

Eric Wick Age And Release Date

Eric Wick’s age is about 53 years.

At his arrest in 1989, his reported age was 20 years. Hence, the conclusion.

Four months after Eric’s arrest, police also detained his martial arts teacher, 26-year-old sharpshooter Thomas Merrill, under the suspicion of the person’s involvement. Then in July 1991, the court found both of them guilty.

As for the punishment, Merrill received a life sentence without parole while Wick received 36 years to life. However, Merrill faced three trials, in 1993, on 14 March 1995, and 13 October 1995. The judge finally acquitted him on the third one.

Eric’s release date is in 2025, or he remains in prison for life. 

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