Paul Hill was executed by the State of Florida for a double murder According to court documents Paul Hill was an active anti-abortionist when he would shoot and kill Dr. John Bayard Britton and his bodyguard, retired Lt. Col. James Herman Barrett as they entered a Florida abortion clinic Paul Hill would be arrested, convicted […]
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William Jones was executed by the State of North Carolina for the murder of Edward Peebles According to court documents William Jones, 18, would enter a store and immediately open fire striking and injuring a customer. Jones would then fatally shoot Edward Peebles before demanding the clerk to hand over the money and fleeing William
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Tommy Fortenberry was executed by the State of Alabama for a quadruple murder According to court documents Tommy Fortenberry would rob a gas station and in the process would shoot and kill four people: 21-year-old Mike Guest, 51-year-old store clerk Wilbur Nelson and 43-year-old customers Bobby Payne and his 29-year-old wife Nancy Tommy Fortenberry would
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Harold McElmurry was executed by the State of Oklahoma for a double murder According to court documents Harold McElmurry would rob and beat to death Robert and Vivian Pendley. Harold had previously worked for the elderly couple Harold McElmurry would be arrested, convicted and sentenced to death Harold McElmurry would be executed by lethal injection
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Allen Janecka was executed by the State of Texas for a triple murder According to court documents Allen Janecka would murder John and Diana Wanstrath in their home, along with their 14-month-old son Kevin. Initially police thought that the deaths were a murder suicide however they would focus on Diana’s brother Markham Duff-Smith who would
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Jackie Willingham was executed by the State of Oklahoma for the murder of Jayne Van Wey According to court documents Jackie Willingham was selling perfume door to door and was upset that Jayne Van Wey would not buy anything. Later Willingham would see Jayne Van Wey walking through the apartment complex and would drag the
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Cedric Ransom was executed by the State of Texas for the murder of Herbert Primm According to court documents Herbert Primm was an optometrist by trade but also a licensed gun dealer. Cedric Ransom and accomplices would go to the Primm residence and when Herbert was showing the guns to one of the accomplices the
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Bobby Swisher was executed by the State of Virginia for the murder of Dawn Snyder According to court documents Bobby Swisher would kidnap Dawn Snyder from her flower shop at knife point. The woman would be sexually assaulted and murdered Bobby Swisher would be arrested, convicted and sentenced to death Bobby Swisher would be executed
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Bryan Toles was executed by the State of Oklahoma for a double murder According to court documents Bryan Toles and accomplices decided to steal a vehicle. They would force their way into a home in order to steal the vehicles keys. In the process of the robbery they would shoot and kill Juan Franceschi, 39,
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Riley Noel was executed by the State of Arkansas for a triple murder According to court documents Riley Noel and three accomplices would go to a home where Noel thought that the daughter had something to do with a drive by shooting that killed his brother. Once inside of the home Riley Noel would shoot
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Christopher Black was executed by the State of Texas for a triple murder According to court documents Christopher Black was upset that his marriage ended. He would go to the home of his estranged wife and murder her, their daughter and her granddaughter: 36-year-old Gwendolyn Black, 5-month-old daughter, Christina Marie Black, 17-month-old step granddaughter, Katrese
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Robert Duckett was executed by the State of Oklahoma for the murder of John Howard According to court documents Robert Duckett would escape from prison and soon after would be picked up hitchhiking by John Howard. Howard attempted to help Duckett giving him a place to live and lining up work. However Duckett would beat
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Hilton Crawford was executed by the State of Texas for the murder of Samuel McKay Everett According to court documents Hilton Crawford would kidnap twelve year old Samuel McKay Everett. Crawford would demand $500,000 for the return of the child. Samuel McKay Everett would be murdered and his body would be found days later Hilton
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Lewis Gilbert was executed by the State of Oklahoma for the murder of Roxanne Ruddell According to court documents Lewis Gilbert and a teenage accomplice came across Roxanne Ruddell who was fishing alone. The woman was forced into the woods where she would be robbed and fatally shot During the same crime spree Lewis Gilbert
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Ernest Martin was executed by the State of Ohio for the murder of Robert Robinson According to court documents Ernest Martin would enter a pharmacy and in the process of robbing it would shoot and kill the owner Robert Robinson Ernest Martin would be arrested, convicted and sentenced to death Ernest Martin would be executed
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Joseph Trueblood was executed by the State of Indiana for a triple murder According to court documents Joseph Trueblood was mad that his girlfriend was thinking of leaving him. Trueblood would take her and her two young children for a ride in his car and would fatally shoot all three: Susan Bowsher, 22, and her
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Kia Johnson was executed by the State of Texas for the murder of William Rains According to court documents Kia Johnson would enter a Stop ‘N Go convenience store where he would shoot the clerk William Rains before taking $23 from the register and fleeing. Rains would die from his injuries Kia Johnson would be
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Kenneth Charm was executed by the State of Oklahoma for the murder of Brandy Hill According to court documents Kenneth Charm and an accomplice would pick up fourteen year old Brandy Hill who would be sexually assaulted and murdered Kenneth Charm would be arrested, convicted and sentenced to death Kenneth Charm would be executed by
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Robert Knighton was executed by the State of Oklahoma for a double murder According to court documents Robert Knighton would escape from a halfway house. Along with his two accomplices Robert would force his way into a home where he would murder Richard Denney, 62, and his wife Virginia, 64. Robert would also be charged
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Newton Slawson was executed by the State of Florida for four murders According to court documents Newton Slawson would go to the Wood household for a drug deal that would quickly go bad. Before he was done four members of the Wood household would be dead: Gerald and Peggy Wood; their 4-year-old daughter, Jennifer; 3-year-old
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Bruce Jacobs was executed by the State of Texas for the murder of Conrad Harris According to court documents Bruce Jacobs would break into the Harris household and would stab to death sixteen year old Conrad Harris. A day earlier Bruce Jacobs had attempted to force his way into the Harris residence Bruce Jacobs was
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