List of people executed in Missouri
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 |
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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[]
- ^ This was the last execution held at the Missouri State Penitentiary in Jefferson City.
- ^ This was the first execution held at the Potosi Correctional Center in Mineral Point.
- ^ This was the last execution held at the Potosi Correctional Center in Mineral Point.
- ^ This was the first execution held at the Eastern Reception, Diagnostic and Correctional Center in Bonne Terre.
- ^ Suhr, Jim (August 6, 2014). "Missouri puts to death first inmate since botched execution". USA Today. AP.
External links[]
- Capital Punishment in Missouri (Missourinet)
Categories:
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- People executed by Missouri