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The man who kidnapped and killed a lesbian couple in Medford in 1995 in one of Jackson County’s most infamous murder cases has died. Robert James Acremant, 50, died this morning on death row at the Oregon State Penitentiary, state prison officials said. The Oregon State Police has been notified and the medical examiner will determine Acremant’s cause of death, said Tonya Gushard, spokeswoman for the Oregon Department of Corrections. Acremant was found dead in his solitary cell during a routine morning check, Gushard said. "There was nothing suspicious that we know of," she said. Acremant was convicted of aggravated murder in 1997 and sentenced to life in prison for the execution-style slaying, kidnapping and robbery of Roxanne Ellis, 53, and Michelle Abdill, 42, on Dec. 4, 1995. He lured the couple to a northeast Medford duplex apartment, where he tied and gagged them with duct tape. He shot them each twice in the head after forcing them to lie in the back of a pickup truck, which was discovered with the bodies in a nearby parking lot three days later. Prosecutors at the time said Acremant killed the women in a desperate attempt to rob them of money he wanted to spend on a stripper whom he called his girlfriend. Alla Kosova said in court during Acremant's trial that he was nothing but "one of my best customers." Acremant, a Los Angeles accountant, spent thousands attempting to woo Kosova, paying her between $500 and $1,500 for lap dances and dates and buying her expensive gifts, Kosova testified in court. Acremant started a relationship in April 1995 with Kosova that she described as a "platonic friendship," according to court transcripts. But Acremant thought she was his girlfriend. By August of 1995, he'd emptied his savings, maxed his credit cards and needed money to keep up with Kosova, who was already becoming wealthy from her Las Vegas real estate investments. Acremant moved to Medford and was unable to find a job. Planning a robbery, he contacted Ellis in December 1995, saying he was interested in renting from Ellis' firm, according to court testimony. When Ellis showed up at the property, Acremant pulled a gun on her, demanding that she write him a check. When she refused, Acremant told her to call Abdill, who drove to the property without a checkbook, according to testimony. Acremant bound the women and shot them in the back of the head with a .25-caliber pistol. He was also convicted and sentenced to death in California for the October 1995 murder of Scott George, the son of his mother's boyfriend. Acremant made conflicting statements about why he killed Abdill and Ellis. Acremant made some claims that the murders of Abdill and Ellis were motivated by his hatred of lesbians, which drew worldwide attention, but he later admitted the killings were part of a botched robbery. The murders alarmed the gay community because Ellis and Abdill had worked on the campaign that defeated a statewide measure to limit the rights of homosexuals.