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Craig Michael Titus Personal Info Born January 14, 1965
Wyandotte, Michigan, U.S.Height 5' 9" Weight (In Season) 242 lbs.
(Off-Season) 267 lbs.Professional Career Pro-debut 1988 NPC Houston Bodybuilding Championships -- 1st
Middleweight and Overall, 1988Best win NPC USA Championships -- 1st Heavyweight and Overall, 1996 Predecessor Philip Hernon, Jr. Successor Jason Arntz Active Retired 2005 Craig Michael Titus Born January 14, 1965
Wyandotte, Michigan, U.S.Conviction(s) Pled guilty to second-degree murder, first-degree arson, and first-degree battery Penalty 21-55 years in state prison Status Incarcerated Spouse Kelly Ann Ryan, 2003-2009 Craig Michael Titus (born January 14, 1965,[1] in Wyandotte, Michigan) is an American former IFBB professional bodybuilder and a convicted murderer.
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Early life
Titus is of French and Greek origin with a French mother and a Greek father and lived most of his early life near Detroit, Michigan, in a city called Riverview. He has a younger brother, Kevin, and a younger sister, Nicole. Titus played high school football but quit because he was too small. He also wrestled at 132 lbs. After graduation Titus decided to put on some muscle by weight training.
Career
When Titus graduated from high school, he was 5'6" and 140 lbs. By the age of 21, he was 5'9" and 185 lbs. Once he started seeing good results from weight training, he decided to become a bodybuilder. Titus's first bodybuilding show was the 1988 Houston Bodybuilding Championships in which he won the Men's Open middleweight class and the overall title.
Personal life
Titus wrote a monthly column for Muscular Development from July 2003 until November 2005. Previously married to bodybuilder Kelly Ann Ryan, Ryan filed for divorce while both were in prison in connection with the murder of Melissa James. The divorce became final in December 2009.
Criminal convictions
In April 1995 in Louisiana, Titus pled guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute Ecstasy, and was sentenced to 16 months house arrest via monitoring with an electronic anklet. In July 1997, Titus was sentenced to 21 months in prison for violating his probation by using anabolic steroids.
In December 2005, Titus and his wife Kelly Ryan were implicated in the death of Melissa James, their personal assistant, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Titus admitted to an affair with James.[2] After fleeing cross-country, the couple were arrested in Stoughton, Massachusetts. The FBI claimed intelligence that Titus and Ryan might have been trying to head to Greece; Titus is of Greek descent, and Greece has no extradition treaty with the United States. In February 2006, after being extradited to Nevada from Boston, Titus and Ryan were denied bail. On March 29, both pleaded not guilty to a felony charge for killing their live-in assistant. The charge carries the possibility of the death penalty, although prosecutors said they have not decided whether to seek it. Anthony Gross, also charged as an accomplice in the crime, pled guilty in February 2009 and received probation.
Despite previous statements asserting their innocence, both Titus and Ryan pled guilty to various charges on May 30, 2008, just days before their murder trial was set to begin in Las Vegas. On August 22, 2008, Titus was convicted of second degree murder, kidnapping and arson.[3] He was sentenced to 21 to 55 years in prison.[4] With time served from the date of capture, Craig Titus is eligible for parole release on December 23, 2026.
Competitions and titles
- 2005 IFBB Iron Man Pro—6th
- 2004 IFBB GNC Show Of Strength—6th
- 2004 IFBB Florida Xtreme Pro Challenge—7th
- 2004 IFBB Grand Prix Australia—6th
- 2004 IFBB Arnold Classic And Internationals—6th
- 2004 IFBB Iron Man Pro—5th
- 2003 IFBB Night Of Champions—3rd
- 2002 IFBB GNC Show Of Strength—7th
- 2002 Mr. Olympia -- 11th
- 2002 Night of Champions XIV—5th
- 2002 Southwest Pro—7th
- 2001 British Grand Prix—9th
- 2001 Mr. Olympia—12th
- 2001 Arnold Classic -- 6th
- 2001 San Francisco Grand Prix—2nd
- 2001 Ironman Pro Invitational—5th
- 2000 Toronto Pro—1st
- 2000 Arnold Classic—10th
- 2000 Night of Champions—11th
- 2000 Ironman Pro Invitational—8th
- 1996 NPC USA Championships—1st Heavyweight and Overall (earning pro card in the IFBB)
- 1995 NPC USA Championships—2nd Heavyweight
- 1994 NPC National Championships—2nd Heavyweight
- 1994 NPC USA Championships—2nd Heavyweight
- 1993 NPC USA Championships—4th Heavyweight
- 1991 NPC Ironman/Ironmaiden—Overall
- 1990 NPC Tournament of Champions—3rd Heavyweight
- 1990 NPC Western Cup—Overall
- 1989 NPC Houston Bodybuilding Championships—Overall
- 1988 NPC Houston Bodybuilding Championships—1st Middleweight and Overall
See also
- List of male professional bodybuilders
- List of female professional bodybuilders
References
- ^ http://www.bodybuilders.com/titus.htm
- ^ [1]
- ^ "Offender Detail Record". Nevada Offender Tracking Information System. http://www.doc.nv.gov/inmatesearch/form.php. Retrieved September 6, 2010.
- ^ [2]
Bibliography
- Fire in the Desert: The True Story of the Craig Titus-Kelly Ryan Murder Mystery by Glenn Puit (Stephens Press, published February 2007)
External links
- Biography
- Contest history Muscle Memory competition history
- Indictment Grand jury indictment of Craig Titus, Kelly Ryan, and Anthony Gross
Categories:- 1965 births
- Living people
- American arsonists
- American bodybuilders
- American kidnappers
- American people convicted of murder
- American people of French descent
- American people of Greek descent
- American prisoners and detainees
- People convicted of drug offenses
- People convicted of murder by Nevada
- People from Detroit, Michigan
- People from Wyandotte, Michigan
- Professional bodybuilders
- Prisoners and detainees of Nevada
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