b: 1977
Summary
Name:
Lolita BarthelYears Active:
1955Birth:
September 06, 1977Status:
ImprisonedClass:
MurdererVictims:
1Method:
ShootingNationality:
USAb: 1977
Summary: Murderer
Name:
Lolita BarthelStatus:
ImprisonedVictims:
1Method:
ShootingNationality:
USABirth:
September 06, 1977Years Active:
1955Lolita Barthel was born on September 6, 1977. She grew up in Tampa, Florida. Her mother's name was Loretha Barthel.
She attended Tampa Bay Technical High School and was a senior there. Each Christmas she would buy her mother a watch.
Lolita Barthel was born on September 6, 1977. She was 17 at the time of the killing on August 18, 1995.
The case is classified as homicide. Characteristics listed include juvenile (17) and robbery. There was one victim, Richard Menendez, age 64. The method listed is shooting. The location was Hillsborough County, Florida.
She was arrested on September 14, 1995. She was taken into custody on the second day of her senior year at Tampa Bay Tech in the principal's office.
She was convicted of robbery and murder. She was sentenced to life in prison on December 19, 1996. She was 19 when she entered prison.
In interviews she said she did not remember the judge telling her she would never get out. She said she coped by putting the issue in the back of her mind. Her mother, Loretha Barthel, visited in 1999 and they shared a Christmas in prison. She mailed clipped pictures of watches to her mother and gave her an empty wrapped box as a present.
