Interviews with the Condemned

Interview no.18 (2006-07-03)

Interview nr. 18 is being held with Charick Evan Fulks. Chadrick is fairly new on the federal death row unit at Terre Haute, and I don’t know too much about him either. Please read this interview below to learn a little more about him. We like to thank Chadrick for his time and effort to answer our questions and to participate with this interviews series.

Personality:

Name: Chadrick Evan Fulks
Prison Register: 16617-074  
Address: USP Terre Haute , PO Box 12015 , Terre Haute , IN. 47801
Age: 28
Race: White
Sex: Male
How long on Death Row: 2 years

1:

Question: Where were you born and raised?

Answer: I was born in a little town called Lincoln County West Virginia and I moved to Huntington West Virginia around the age of 2 and was raised there until the age of 13.

2:

Question: Will you share with us what it was like for you growing up? (Did you have a pet, a favorite game, hiding place, or favorite toy? Were you raised by both parents, a single parent or relative?)

Answer:

Well, growing up was hard for me, but I’ll do my best to explain it to you. First of all I loved animals. I would always take in all of the stray dogs and cats I found and I would hide them in the basement of our house and feed them whatever I could. But one dog I remember best was our Poodle “Prissy”, we had her for 15 years and she was so protective of all of the family. I can remember when things were bad at home and we kids would hide behind the couch or outside, Prissy would be right there with us to protect us and she didn’t weigh 10 pounds .

3:

Question: Do you have a favorite childhood memory? If so, what is it?

Answer: Yes I do; it was when my mom gave her life to God and quit drinking, smoking and fighting.

4:

Question: Did you like school? If so, share with us your favorite memory from your school years.

Answer: School was very hard for me because I had a speech problem and I never had nice clothes so the kids always made fun of me. But I so have a favorite memory. It was when my youngest brother and I joined the football team together. Although it didn’t last long, it was special to me because it was me and my little brother together.

5:

Question: What person or event impacted you most as a child?

Answer: I would have to say my parents divorce, and also seeing my mom give her life to God.

6:

Question: What hobbies or activities did you participate in while growing up, e.g. scouting, sports, etc.

Answer: The only thing was playing football for three weeks. I also learned how to build cars and motors by watching my dad. I also got certified as a welder.

7:

Question: What was your first job? Please describe your duties/responsibilities and whether or not you liked the job.

Answer: My first real job was at McGinnis Barge Company in South Point Ohio. I was a welder and I did Barge repair on River Barges. I loved it, welding was like a sport to me.

8:

Question: As a child or teenager, what did you want to do when you grew up? Why?

Answer: As a child I wanted to be a doctor but as I got into my late teens I wanted to be a counselor for kids who was going through what I did as a child. Why? Because I wanted to make sure no one, no kid, ever had to feel what I felt and never had to get through what I did.

9:

Question: Do you have a favorite movie or book? Please elaborate.

Answer: My favorite movie is Saving Private Ryan and Full Metal Jacket because it gave me some idea what my dad went through in Vietnam and why he done the things he did, it helped me understand that it mentally changed him and it wasn’t by choice.

10:

Question: Where was the most beautiful or special place that you can remember having visited? Please describe it.

Answer: It is the Blue Ridge Mountains in West Virginia. I’ll never forget it!! There is a site seeing place that looks over the mountains and a river ran through it and as it was getting late I looked over and saw why it’s called the Blue Ridge Mountains. The mountain was blue and the sparkles were coming from the river, it stole my breath. I have a picture of me there, I‘ll send it to you (see picture on top).

11:

Question: What is the funniest thing that ever happened to you?

Answer: Me and my brother Ronnie were walking to my uncle’s house and decided to take a short cut across a cow pasture. My brother starts waving a shirt at what we thought was a cow and we were chased and I got stuck in a tree. It turned out that cow was really a bull and he wasn’t going to let me out of the tree so I was stuck in that tree for a while.

12:

Question: What job or occupation did you have prior to your incarceration? Were you employed at the time of your arrest?

Answer: I was a welder for Coachman RV’s in Middle Berry Indiana building aluminum frames for the inside structure of the walls in the RV’s. And I lost this job 4 months before I was arrested on this charge.

13:

Question: Were you involved with drugs or alcohol prior to your incarceration? If so, please share the effects this had on your life.

Answer: Yes, I was on Meth, cocaine, weed and drunk daily. The effect it had on me is overwhelming, it tore my life apart. Meth is the devil’s drug; it will get a hold of you and rip you apart. I lost everything I had and it is a big reason I am here today. It takes your ability to think away and you don’t even realize the stuff that is going on around you and in my case I was so worried about smoking Math that I didn’t even take the time to stop and realize that I was tearing other peoples lives apart by stealing from them to be able to afford to get this drug. It tore the bond I did have with my family apart and I’ll never forgive myself for that.

14:

Question: What do you miss most about the outside world and why?

Answer: Freedom, the beauty of nature, and the freedom of being able to be with my family is what I miss most. I love to be around people and being able to help people when in need. I miss being a son, a brother, a father, a husband, and a friend. I miss having a life.

15:

Question: What is the one thing you regret most?

Answer: I regret a lot of things but the one that sticks out the most is putting my mom through all of this. And escaping from prison in 2002.

16:

Question: Do you have any strong spiritual or religious beliefs? If so do they influence how you view the future?

Answer: I am a Pentecostal and I believe that God is the one who knows I never took the lives of these victims I’m accused of killing and I believe the truth shall set you free. I know God will not let me die for something I didn’t do.

17:

Question: How important is it for you to have contact with your family, friends and/or the outside world? Please elaborate.

Answer: It is the most important thing; I know from experience that without family and friends on the outside that it will drive you crazy. I recently dropped my appeal because I couldn’t do this alone but God sent me an angel in disguise to help me through this and I picked it back up so I believe that having contact with the outside world is vital.

18:

Question: Do you remember your first thoughts when hearing the jury’s verdict of death as your sentence? Will you share this experience with us, e.g. your thoughts, feelings, reactions?

Answer: Well, I felt what they were going to say long before the verdict due to the fact that the government and the judge only gave me jurors who favored the death penalty, but I still wasn’t prepared to hear the verdict of death, I just couldn’t believe it was really happening. I was mad, sad, shocked, confused, and I can remember just asking God to be with my mom as she heard this. She was my biggest concern because I knew it was going to tear her apart. I couldn’t believe the Government would sentence someone to death that didn’t even commit the murder. And I kept thinking that this just wasn’t real.

19:

Question: What is a typical day like for you on death row?

Answer: It’s a struggle. I sit here in a 6X13 cell 162 hours a week. I look at pictures of my family a lot and I sit and write to my family even though my mom is the only one who writes back. I work out (push-ups and sit-ups). I write poems and I wait for mail call hoping for mail and that’s about it I can tell you. These are some long hard days.

20:

Question: Do you feel that capital punishment serves as a deterrent? Yes/No Please elaborate on your answer.

Answer: No, I believe capital punishment is murder any way you look at it. I don’t believe taking someone’s life for a crime they’re accused of admitting is the right way. No one has the right to take a human life whether it’s a citizen or the U.S. government.

21:

Question: If you could change one thing in the world today, what would it be and why?

Answer:  It would be how the legal system is conducted and ran because it’s just as guilty of breaking the law as anyone, but they get away with it. They can sentence innocent people to death and carry it out. And it’s called Justice or a mistake (executed innocent’s), but with anyone else it’s murder.

22:

Question: If you could go back in time, where and to what date would you travel and why?

Answer: I would go back to Huntington West Virginia to November 1995 because that’s when my 6 month old son died. I just believe I could have done something to save him because I know if he would have never died and I would be home with him and I’d never be here.

See, my ex-wife and I would take turns on getting up in the morning with him and the morning he died was my morning to sleep in. If I would have gotten of with Devon that morning he would be alive today.

23:

Question: What has been the most important and life-altering event you have experienced?

Answer: Losing my son in 1995 and being sentenced to death in 2003 for 2 murders I didn’t commit.

24:

Question: What is the most important thing that you want our visitors to know about you?

Answer: That I’m not a murderer and that I’m human, I do have a heart. I will not give up until the truth is out, I did not kill these people. I took 3 PolyGram tests by the FBI and passed all 3 but wasn’t able to let my jurors know I took and passed these lie detector tests. The government denied me the right to do that. And that I’m willing work with anyone who wants to help me prove the truth and to help locate the victims remains for some closure for their loved one.

25:

Question: If you have anything else that you would like included as a part of this interview, please share it with us now.

Answer: Please work to abolish the death penalty. I would like to ask for anyone willing to help in my case to please contact me. I also want to thank the Angel God sent into my life. Thank you for a chance to share this part of my life it wasn’t easy but it needs to come out.

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