David Ward was executed by the State of North Carolina for the murder of Dorothy Smith
According to court documents David Ward would ambush Dorothy Smith at her home. The woman would be shot multiple times and a large sum of money was taken from her. Dorothy Smith was the owner of a store and was carrying the days take home when she was murdered
David Ward would be arrested, convicted and sentenced to death
David Ward would be executed by lethal injection on October 12 2001
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David Ward was executed on October 12 2001
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Execution Date Set For David Junior Ward – Correction Secretary Theodis Beck has set Oct.12 as the execution date for death row inmate David Junior Ward (#0423876). The execution is scheduled for 2 a.m. at Central Prison.
An execution date for Ward was originally set for June 25, 1999, but a stay of execution was granted by the North Carolina Supreme Court on June 9, 1999. That stay was lifted Aug. 16, 2001.
Ward, 40, was sentenced to death April 14, 1992 in Pitt County Superior Court for the April 3, 1991 murder of Dorothy Mae Smith.
A media tour at Central Prison is scheduled for Monday, October 8 at 10 a.m. This will be the only time the news media will be allowed to photograph the execution chamber and death watch area before the execution. Interested reporters and photographers should be at Central Prison’s visitor center promptly at 10 a.m. During the tour, Warden R.C. Lee will explain execution procedures. The session will last approximately one hour. Reporters who plan to attend the media tour should call the Department of Correction Public Information Office at number above.
http://www.doc.state.nc.us/NEWS/2001/releases/ward_dateset.htm