List of people executed in Missouri

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This is a list of people executed in Missouri. This list includes only those executed since 1976, the year in which the US Supreme Court re-instituted the death penalty through its decision in Gregg v. Georgia. Since then, a total of 91 people have been executed by the state of Missouri. All were convicted of murder; all were executed by lethal injection.

List of people executed in Missouri[]

# Name Race Date of Execution Victim(s) Age
at offense 		Age
at execution 		Governor
1 George C. Mercer White January 6, 1989[1] Karen Keeton 34 44 John Ashcroft
2 Gerald Smith White January 18, 1990[2] Karen Roberts 23 32
3 Winford L. Stokes, Jr. Black May 11, 1990 Pamela Benda 27 39
4 Leonard Marvin Laws White May 17, 1990 Clarence Williams and Lottie Williams 31 41
5 George Clifton Gilmore White August 21, 1990 Mary Luella Watters, Clarence Williams, Lottie Williams 34 44
6 Maurice Oscar Byrd Black August 23, 1991 Judy Cazaco, James Wood, Edna Ince, and Carolyn Turner 26 37
7 Ricky Lee Grubbs White October 21, 1992 Jerry Thornton 26 34
8 Martsay Bolder Black January 27, 1993 Theron King 22 36 Mel Carnahan
9 Walter Junior Blair Black July 21, 1993 Kathy Jo Allen 19 33
10 Frederick Lashley Black July 28, 1993 Janie Tracy 17 29
11 Frank Joseph Guinan White October 6, 1993 John McBroom 36 48
12 Emmitt Foster Black May 3, 1995 Travis Walker 32 44
13 Larry Griffin Black June 21, 1995 Quintin Moss 26 41
14 Robert Anthony Murray Black July 26, 1995 Jeffrey Jackson and Craig Stewart 22 32
15 Robert T. Sidebottom White November 15, 1995 May Sidebottom 23 33
16 Anthony Joe Larette, Jr. White November 29, 1995 Mary Fleming 29 44
17 Robert Earl O'Neal White December 6, 1995 Arthur Dale 23 34
18 Jeffrey Paul Sloan White February 21, 1996 Jason Sloan 19 29
19 Doyle James Williams White April 10, 1996 A. H. Domann and Kerry Bummett 33 49
20 Emmett Clifton Nave Native American July 31, 1996 Geneva Roling 43 56
21 Thomas Henry Battle Black August 7, 1996 Birdie Johnson 18 34
22 Richard Oxford White August 21, 1996 Harold Wampler and Melba Wampler 30 40
23 Richard Steven Zeitvogel White December 11, 1996 Gary Wayne Dew 25 40
24 Eric Adam Schneider White January 29, 1997 Richard Schwendeman and Ronald Thompson 24 36
25 Ralph Cecil Feltrop White August 6, 1997 Barbara Ann Roam 32 42
26 Donald Edward Reese White August 13, 1997 James Watson, Christopher Griffith, John Buford, and Don Vanderlinden 43 54
27 Andrew Wessel Six White August 20, 1997 Kathy Allen 22 32
28 Samuel Lee McDonald, Jr. Black September 24, 1997 Robert Jordan 33 49
29 Alan Jeffrey Bannister White October 24, 1997 Darrell Ruestman 24 39
30 Reginald Love Powell Black February 25, 1998 Freddie Miller and Arthur Miller 18 29
31 Milton Vincent Griffin-El Black March 25, 1998 Jerome Redden 25 37
32 Glennon Paul Sweet White April 22, 1998 Missouri State Trooper Russell Harper 32 43
33 Kelvin Shelby Malone Black January 13, 1999 William Parr (he was also sentenced to death by the state of California) 20 38
34 James Edward Rodden, Jr. White February 24, 1999 Terry Trunnel and Joseph Arnold 23 39
35 Roy Michael Roberts White March 10, 1999 Correctional officer Tom Jackson 31 47
36 Roy Ramsey, Jr. Black April 14, 1999 Garnett Ledford and Betty Ledford 35 46
37 Ralph E. Davis Black April 28, 1999 Susan Davis 48 61
38 Jessie Lee Wise Black May 26, 1999 Geraldine McDonald 35 46
39 Bruce Kilgore Black June 16, 1999 Marilyn Wilkins 26 39
40 Robert Allen Walls White June 30, 1999 Fred Harmon 20 34
41 David R. Leisure White September 1, 1999 James A. Michaels, Sr 30 49
42 James Henry Hampton White March 22, 2000 Frances Keaton 54 62
43 Bert Leroy Hunter White June 28, 2000 Mildred Hodges and Richard Hodges 41 53
44 Gary Lee Roll White August 30, 2000 Sherry Scheper, Randy Scheper and Curtis Scheper 40 48
45 George Bernard Harris Black September 13, 2000 Stanley Willoughby 29 41
46 James Wilson Chambers White November 15, 2000 Jerry Lee Oestricker 30 48 Roger B. Wilson
47 Stanley Dewaine Lingar White February 7, 2001 Thomas Scott Allen 21 37 Bob Holden
48 Tomas Grant Ervin White March 28, 2001 Mildred Hodges and Richard Hodges 37 50
49 Mose Young, Jr. Black April 25, 2001 Kent Bicknese, James Schneider and Sol Marks 27 45
50 Samuel D. Smith Black May 23, 2001 Marlin May 26 40
51 Jerome Mallett Black July 11, 2001 Missouri State Trooper James F. Froemsdorf 26 42
52 Michael S. Roberts White October 3, 2001 Mary L. Taylor 19 27
53 Stephen K. Johns White October 24, 2001 Donald Voepel 35 55
54 James R. Johnson White January 9, 2002 Deputy Sheriff Leslie B. Roark, Pam Jones, Sheriff Charles Smith, and Deputy Sheriff Sandra Wilson 42 52
55 Michael I. Owsley Black February 6, 2002 Elvin Iverson 31 40
56 Jeffrey Lane Tokar White March 6, 2002 Johnny Douglass 27 37
57 Paul W. Kreutzer White April 10, 2002 Louise Hemphill 20 30
58 Daniel Anthony Basile White August 14, 2002 Elizabeth DeCaro 25 35
59 William Robert Jones, Jr. White November 20, 2002 Stanley Albert 21 38
60 Kenneth Kenley White February 5, 2003 Ronald Felts 23 42
61 John Clayton Smith White October 29, 2003 Brandie Kearnes and Wayne Hoewing 35 41
62 Stanley L. Hall Black March 16, 2005[3] Barbara Jo Wood 26 37 Matt Blunt
63 Donald Jones Black April 27, 2005[4] Dorothy Knuckles 26 38
64 Vernon Brown Black May 18, 2005 Janet Perkins and Synetta Ford 33 51
65 Timothy L. Johnston White August 31, 2005 Nancy Johnston 28 44
66 Marlin Andrew Gray Black October 26, 2005 Julie Kerry and Robin Kerry 23 38
67 Dennis James Skillicorn White May 20, 2009 Richard Drummond 34 49 Jay Nixon
68 Martin C. Link White February 9, 2011 Elissa Self 27 47
69 Joseph Paul Franklin White November 20, 2013 Gerald Gordon 27 63
70 Allen L. Nicklasson White December 11, 2013 Richard Drummond 22 41
71 Herbert L. Smulls Black January 29, 2014 Stephen Honickman 33 56
72 Michael Anthony Taylor Black February 26, 2014 Ann Harrison 22 47
73 Jeffrey R. Ferguson White March 26, 2014 Kelli Hall 34 59
74 William Lewis Rousan White April 23, 2014 Charles Lewis and Grace Lewis 37 57
75 John E. Winfield Black June 18, 2014 Arthea Sanders and Shawnee Murphy 26 43
76 John C. Middleton White July 16, 2014 Alfred Pinegar, Stacy Hodge and Randy Hamilton 35 54
77 Michael Shane Worthington[5] White August 6, 2014 Melinda Griffin 24 43
78 Earl Ringo, Jr. Black September 10, 2014 Dennis Poyser and Joanna Baysinger 24 40
79 Leon Vincent Taylor Black November 19, 2014 Robert Newton 36 56
80 Paul Terrence Goodwin White December 10, 2014 Joan Crotts 31 48
81 Walter Timothy Storey White February 11, 2015 Jill Frey 22 47
82 Cecil Lee Clayton White March 17, 2015 Barry County Deputy Christopher Castetter 56 74
83 Andre Vincent Cole Black April 14, 2015 Anthony Curtis 35 52
84 Richard Lamont Strong Black June 9, 2015 Eva Washington and Zandrea Thomas 33 48
85 David Stanley Zink White July 14, 2015 Amanda Morton 41 55
86 Roderick Nunley Black September 1, 2015 Ann Harrison 24 50
87 Earl Mitchell Forrest II White May 11, 2016 Dent County Sheriff's Deputy Sharon Joann Barnes, Harriet Smith, and Michael Wells 53 66
88 Mark Anthony Christeson White January 31, 2017 Susan Brouk, Adrian Brouk and Kyle Brouk 18 37 Eric Greitens
89 Russell Earl Bucklew White October 1, 2019 Michael Sanders 27 51 Mike Parson
90 Walter E. Barton White May 19, 2020 Gladys Kuehler 35 64
91 Ernest Lee Johnson Black October 5, 2021 Mary Bratcher, Mabel Scruggs, and Fred Jones 33 61

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ This was the last execution held at the Missouri State Penitentiary in Jefferson City.
  2. ^ This was the first execution held at the Potosi Correctional Center in Mineral Point.
  3. ^ This was the last execution held at the Potosi Correctional Center in Mineral Point.
  4. ^ This was the first execution held at the Eastern Reception, Diagnostic and Correctional Center in Bonne Terre.
  5. ^ Suhr, Jim (August 6, 2014). "Missouri puts to death first inmate since botched execution". USA Today. AP.

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