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Sep 13, 2021 · Here are the 46 men on federal death row whose trip to the execution chamber were paused. IndyStar included prisoners whose death sentences have been reversed, but are not final. Federal ...
- Joseph Edward Corcoran
- William Gibson
- Eric D. Holmes
- Kevin Isom
- Michael Dean Overstreet
- Benjamin Ritchie
- Roy Lee Ward
- Jeffrey A. Weisheit
County of conviction:Allen County Date of murders:July 26, 1997 Victims:Four Summary:Corcoran was living with his brother, James Corcoran; his sister, Kelly Nieto; and her fiance, Robert Turner. He became enraged when he heard his brother, Turner and two of his brother's friends, Timothy Bricker and Doug Stillwell, talking about him. After putting ...
County of conviction: Floyd County (jury brought in from Dearborn County) Date of murder:April 19, 2012 Victim:One Summary: Gibson was convicted in October 2013 of bludgeoning and sexually assaulting Christine Whitis, a family friend who had come to his New Albany home to console Gibson after his mother's death. Gibson strangled Whitis and broke he...
County of conviction: Marion County Date of murders:Nov. 16, 1989 Victims:Two Summary: Holmes, then 21, was fired from his job at Shoney's Restaurant after getting into an argument with co-worker Amy Foshee. At closing on the day of his firing, Holmes waited in the parking lot with Michael Vance. Foshee left work with managers Theresa Blosl and Cha...
County of conviction: Lake County Date of murders:Aug. 7, 2007 Victims:Three Summary:After learning his wife was planning to leave him, Isom used his 12-gauge shotgun with a pistol grip, .357 Magnum revolver and .40-caliber semi-automatic handgun to kill his wife, Cassindra, 40, and her children, Michael Moore, 16, and Ci'Andria Cole, 13. He then b...
County of conviction: Johnson County Date of murder:Sept. 27, 1997 Victim:One Summary:Kelly Eckart was an 18-year-old freshman at Franklin College working her way through school with a part-time job at Walmart. On Sept. 27, 1997, she left work, met briefly with her boyfriend and then drove toward her home in Shelby County. That was the last time sh...
County of conviction: Marion County Date of murder:Sept. 29, 2000 Victim:One Summary:While on routine patrol, Beech Grove police officer Matthew Hickey noticed a white van matching the description of a van stolen earlier in the evening. Hickey gave chase and was joined by officer William Toney and Sgt. Robert Mercuri, each driving separate police c...
County of conviction: Spencer County Date of murder:July 11, 2001 Victim:One Summary:Stacy Payne, 15, and her 14-year-old sister, Melissa, were home alone in their rural Dale, Indiana, home when Ward entered and attacked Stacy with a knife. Melissa, who was napping upstairs, was awakened by Stacy's screams. From the top of the stairs Melissa saw Wa...
County of conviction: Clark County (change of venue from Vanderburgh County) Date of murders:April 10, 2010 Victims:Two Summary:Weisheit was convicted for setting a fire that killed Alyssa Lynch, 8, and Caleb Lynch, 5. They were the children of his girlfriend. He fled the scene and was arrested in Kentucky after OnStar located his vehicle. When pol...
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Aug 31, 2022 · Four of the men on Indiana’s death row have exhausted all their appeals and have no other recourse, according to the Indiana Public Defender Council‘s website.
Register number. Status. Details. Robert Gregory Bowers. 52. 39188-068. Sentenced to death on August 3, 2023. White supremacist convicted and sentenced to death for the antisemitic mass-shooting of the Tree of Life – Or L'Simcha Congregation synagogue on October 27, 2018, which killed 11 people and injured 6 others.
Nov 17, 2017 · This page will be updated at 12 noon (Eastern Time) each day. to reflect executions that occurred in the previous 24 hours. Please scroll over each state on the above map to see the number of active and inactive death warrants, as well as the number of executions.
The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of Indiana since its statehood. A total of 20 people convicted of murder have been executed by the state of Indiana in the United States since the reinstatement of the death penalty in 1977.
Cooper stabbed Pelke 33 times with a butcher knife before stealing ten dollars and her car. A year later, Cooper was sentenced to death on July 11, 1986. Cooper's age and sentence attracted an international uproar, especially in Europe, including a condemnation from Pope John Paul II.
