Raghunandan Yandamuri
Raghunandan Yandamuri | |
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Mugshot of Yandamuri on May 12, 2023 | |
| Born | Raghunandan Yandamuri 21 February 1986 Andhra Pradesh, India |
| Other names | Raghu Yandamuri Raghunadan Yandamuri |
| Citizenship | Indian |
| Criminal status | Incarcerated on death row |
| Motive | Ransom Robbery |
| Convictions | First degree murder (two counts) Kidnapping |
| Criminal penalty | Death (November 20, 2014) |
| Details | |
| Victims | Satyavathi Venna, 61 Saanvi Venna, 10-months-old |
| Date | October 22, 2012 |
| Country | United States |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| Weapons | |
Date apprehended | October 26, 2012 |
| Imprisoned at | SCI Somerset (2024) |
Raghunandan Yandamuri (born February 21, 1986) is an Indian citizen, murderer, and kidnapper, who is currently awaiting execution on death row in the U.S. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, at SCI Somerset, as of 2024. On November 20, 2014, he was sentenced to death for the October 22, 2012, murder of 61-year-old Satyavathi Venna and the kidnapping-murder of her 10-month-old granddaughter, Saanvi Venna, at an Upper Merion Township apartment in Montgomery County. He was previously scheduled for execution by lethal injection on February 23, 2018, at age 32, but it was halted due to the 2015 moratorium of the death penalty in Pennsylvania.