Mark Bailey was executed by the State of Virginia for a double murder
According to court documents Mark Bailey would fatally shoot his wife and their two year old son, Katherine Bailey and Nathan Bailey. Bailey would then stage the home to look like someone broke in. However his story would quickly fall apart after he failed a polygraph and confessed to the murders
Mark Bailey would be arrested, convicted and sentenced to death
Mark Bailey would be executed by lethal injection on July 22 2004
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Mark Bailey was executed on July 22 2004
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Condemned killer Mark W. Bailey was put to death Thursday night for the slayings of his wife and 2-year-old son. Bailey received a lethal injection at the Greensville Correctional Center and was pronounced dead at 9:07 p.m. Asked by warden George Hinkle if he had any final words, Bailey said in a clear, strong voice, “No, thank you.”
Gov. Mark R. Warner on Thursday evening had denied Bailey’s request for clemency, noting that his case had been reviewed by several courts. The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously denied Bailey’s appeal on Wednesday.
Bailey used a .22-caliber pistol to shoot his wife, Katherine, three times in the head as she slept early on Sept. 10, 1998, in their Hampton home. He gunned down his son, Nathan, moments later as the child climbed out of bed. Bailey, 34, claimed he suffered from manic depression and was severely depressed at the time of the slayings because his marriage was on the rocks. A clinical psychologist testified that Bailey also suffered from borderline personality disorder and that impulsive acts are a symptom of the illness.
Bailey said in a videotaped confession that after killing his wife he washed blood off his face. He said he cut the bathroom window screen and outside telephone line to make it look like his family had been killed by an intruder.
The Gulf War veteran and submariner in the Navy was convicted of capital murder in July 1999. Veterans group and Bailey’s parents had appealed to Warner to commute the sentence to life in prison without parole. “What he has done was a horrible thing but it can do no good for anyone if he should be executed,” Myron and Bonnie Bailey wrote.
Bailey’s execution would be the third in Virginia this year and the 92nd since the state resumed executions in 1982 following a 20-year hiatus. Only Texas has executed more.
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