Wayne DuMond

Who was Wayne DuMond?

Wayne Eugene DuMond was an American criminal convicted of murder and rape. He was born in De Witt, Arkansas, and is buried in the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery of Ethel, Arkansas.

DuMond had six children and three wives. His second wife, Dusty, staunchly supported him throughout his imprisonment in Arkansas, but died in a car crash January 8, 1999, after the approval of his parole but prior to the approval of his release plan.

His final wife, Terry Sue, met him while he was in prison in Arkansas, visiting him as part of a church group which supported his release from prison. During his parole, after he was widowed, they married and lived together in Missouri, where he committed his final crimes.

DuMond's case received intense nationwide attention in late 2007, when his parole became an issue for presidential candidate Mike Huckabee during the 2008 presidential campaign. Lois Davidson, mother of DuMond rape/murder victim Carol Sue Shields, appeared in a one-minute video entitled “Lois Davidson tells her story” which was posted on YouTube. The commercial attacked Huckabee's efforts to get DuMond released from prison early. This recalled a 1988 television commercial that attacked Michael Dukakis for his approval as Massachusetts governor of a furlough program that allowed convicted murderer Willie Horton to escape and commit more crimes. Dukakis, who was running for president at the time the commercial aired, suffered a steep drop in poll numbers, a fate Davidson hoped would befall Huckabee.