ga('create', 'UA-47017116-2', 'auto'); Taylor remembers the day he found out that, even if he didnt use drugs, he had a knack for selling them. Taylor's attorney, Kent Gipson, last month asked for a hearing on Taylor's innocence claim. Burch told jurors that the temperature in the house had been in the 50s, which led to the estimated time of death changing. Crime: Convicted of killing his wife, Verla Scott, by shooting her with a rifle on March 29th, 1948 in Mountain Grove, Missouri. Boliek, William4/15/5612/12/84Camden The warden repeated himself. Missouri carried out a total of 285 executions from 1810 to 1965. Washington CNN Missouri executed death row inmate Ernest Johnson on Tuesday after the US Supreme Court rejected a petition earlier in the day that had sought to delay it, citing an. A witness testified that they saw Taylor discard the possible murder weapon at the scene, which matched the caliber of the bullets used in the killings. Both of my eldest children had called him dad and he was the only real father figure theyve had, Perry said in a court declaration. Baumruk, Kenneth4/13/396/18/01St. The Supreme Court of Missouri last week finalized the execution date for a 45-year-old man sentenced to death for sexually assaulting and murdering a 6-year-old girl in 2002 by bashing her head in with a brick.. Darrell J. Mease - Death sentence commuted in 1999 at request of Pope John Paul II. I was so happy to connect with my father and his new family that I cried quite a bit that day.. 2729 Plaza Drive CNN Kevin Johnson - a death row inmate who was convicted in the 2005 murder of a Kirkwood, Missouri, police officer but claimed racial bias in his prosecution - was executed Tuesday night. Louis Police .
. And it is fair to say that the past three weeks in the states history of capital punishment have been marked by an unusual degree of chaos, especially for those Missouri officials who acted so hastily in the days leading up to Smulls death. Ferguson and Ousley were charged with first degree murder but Ousley pleaded guilty and received a life sentence. She had two daughters and they settled in Tacoma, Washington. Crime: Richetti, Charles Arthur (Pretty Boy) Floyd, and Verne Miller, a South Dakota Sheriff turned gangster, were named by federal officials as the Kansas City, Missouri Union Station murderers. From Allah we come and to Allah we all shall return. Throughout that time, Rowe visited him. Missouri executed two men this year. Death sentences have steadily decreased in recent decades. This is what we learned. For several years, Taylor had been trying to track down an ex-girlfriend. Execution rescheduled for August 19, 2026. The kids often played with a neighbor a couple houses down. She later suffered more abuse and trauma, including being tased by her adoptive father, the petition said, and battled depression that led to multiple suicide attempts.. He has yet to meet a death row inmate he's deemed worthy of mercy. Parson says, Leonard Taylor, set to be executed Tuesday, helped innocent man win freedom from MO prison, Attorneys ask Missouri Supreme Court to halt Feb. 7 execution, AGs office opposes delay, A grave injustice: U.S. Rep. Cori Bush calls for Missouri execution to be halted. In a first for modern executions in Missouri, Kevin Johnson was not alone when he died. The murders could have taken place two to three weeks before the bodies were discovered when Taylor would still have been in town. Louis County McFadden, Vincent3/25/803/15/05St. I wanted to prove my innocence, he said. Phone: 573-751-2389 Unless Missouri Gov. Last Meal: Declined a special meal stating, the regular food here is good enough for me.. As he had said he would, Ferguson made funny faces at them, and mouthed that he loved them. He then went to Bella Vista apartments on East Capitol Avenue in Jefferson City, Missouri, and brutally beat and raped 70-year old Mrs. Belle Agee. He expanded his network, making connections in Chicago and the south and bringing in large sums of money, enough to support his children and buy several houses across the country. Though Taylor seems mostly upbeat, at times he cant put the feelings he has about his situation into words. P.O. Robert Rousan pleaded guilty to second-degree murder, promised to testify against his brother, and was sentenced to fifteen years in prison. Sometimes things were difficult for his mother who now found herself a single mom, but her faith as a Jehovahs Witness helped them get through. Jim Hall was joined by his former wife and Kellis mother, Susan King, two brothers, Stephen (and Melissa) Hall and Michael Venegoni, Jr., and a cousin, Chris Parmeter, in saying that today was a special day for Kellis family., Its been a very long 25 years waiting for this execution, way too long, Jim said. Rousan, William7/17/5612/20/96St. AUDIO: Bernard interview 7:40 Taylor said he considered the girls his daughters and not stepchildren because steps are something you walk on.. This website is maintained by Learfield Communications and is not affiliated with the Missouri Department of Corrections. Noted Details: Williamson was first sentenced to hang for his crime. The bill was changed to lethal gas instead of the electric chair, and passed. Last Meal: Fried chicken, cream gravy, french fries, peas, hot biscuits, jelly, peach pie, milk, and coffee. Johnson would get part of his answer through a fellow Missouri death row inmate's case. Louis County ga('send', 'pageview');
Our system is not perfect. "We certainly believe based on the evidence that Mr. Taylor is innocent," group Executive Director Tricia Rojo Bushnell told Riverfront Times last week. Deck, Carman8/9/654/27/98Jefferson County He gave it to his cousins fiance to sell and made $280. He and Mia Perry had dated a few years starting in the late 1980s. Perry Taylor was detained three times, twice at gunpoint, in the days after the bodies were found. The Missouri Supreme Court held the trial court is prohibited from taking any further action than to sentence Mayes to life in prison. The state of Missouri has 20 inmates currently sitting on death row, according to the quarterly report data. When she met her father for the first time in 2004, she said, he called Rowe. Fax: 573-751-4099, (function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){ According to Death Row U.S.A. Spring 2022, a report by the Legal Defense Fund, 20 people were on death row in Missouri as of April 1st, 2022 - the 18th most among states. There are no tours during December, January or February. Last Meal: Cochran ordered T-bone steak, french fries, scalloped corn, cream gravy, bread, butter, cake, and coffee and then decided not to eat his meal. Tisius Michael A.2/16/8110/1/01Boone (Randolph) On the night of July 25, 1997, Terrance Anderson went to the Poplar Bluff home of his girlfriend, Abbey Rainwater, with a gun. Crime: Shot and killed a Kansas City, Missouri police officer at an apartment during a gun battle on September 20th, 1948. Last Meal: Ate the same meal as MSP staff consisting of soup, crackers, fried beef steak, french fries, buttered noodles, spinach, biscuits, coffee, milk, and cookies. McLaughlin, 49, is a transgender woman who has been held at a men's prison in protective custody at Potosi Correctional Center in Mineral Point, Missouri. And I just thought, wow, what a beautiful day it is.. Experts say as many as 20 of Missouri's 41 death row inmates have exhausted appeals and could also face execution dates soon, perhaps making 2014 the most prolific year ever for executions in the . All Rights Reserved. Mike Parson (R) intervenes, Missouri will begin the new year by conducting the first-ever execution of an openly transgender person in the United States when it puts Amber McLaughlin to death on Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2023. Noted Details: Jackson died in the gas chamber with Robert West. Butler and Clayton received life sentences. Crime: Jackson fatally shot Daisy Edmond, his paramour, on August 3rd, 1938, at her home in Joplin, Missouri. Crime: Left MSP as a trustee on August 9th, 1952, and became intoxicated. I used to think it should (be used) until I was falsely accused and wrongfully convicted, he said. Table [ edit] See also [ edit] Missouri portal Law portal Capital punishment in Missouri Capital punishment in the United States Notes [ edit] Missouri . Louis City I wanted to vindicate myself. I treated the children like they were my own. Several agencies responded to the scene, including the Major Case Squad. He also hooked up with some cats that were on some corporate stuff, doing corporate check fraud.. Unknown to the family, Heady & Hall had already killed and buried Bobby soon after the abduction. A judge sentenced McLaughlin to death after a jury was unable to decide on death or life in prison without parole. McLaughlin repeatedly stabbed and raped Guenther, prosecutors argued at trial, pointing in part to blood spatters in the parking lot and in Guenthers truck. Discovery Company. Kevin Johnson, a 37 year old who was convicted of ambushing and killing a St. Louis area police officer he blamed in the death of his younger brother, was put to death last month. Taylor argues he was halfway across the country when they were killed in their home in Jennings, near St. Louis. There were 2,570 people on death row in the U.S. at the end of 2019, down 29% from a peak of 3,601 at the end of 2000, according to the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS). The Midwest Innocence Project, a nonprofit law firm, sent a request to Parson, asking him to convene an independent board of inquiry. U.S. Leonard "Raheem" Taylor, a 58-year-old man convicted in 2008 for the slayings of his girlfriend and her three young children, was put to death by lethal injection Tuesday night in. McLaughlin's lawyers cited her traumatic childhood and mental health issues, which the jury never heard, in the clemency petition. Their names, and the names of their victims and brief details about the crimes, are listed here. "But those determinations should be made by a fact-finder.". Taylor said she would tell him, Hey, you know what thats going to bring thats going to bring either death or the penitentiary.. Missouri executed two men this year. Nunley, Roderick3/10/655/14/91Jackson "Muslims don't die, we live eternally in the hearts of our family and friends. Noted Details: Tiny Mercer became the first person to be executed in Missouri since 1965. All questions regarding inmates or issues relating to capital punishment may be directed to the Missouri Department of Corrections. He was the third inmate executed in the last four months in Missouri. Carmen Deck died by injection in May for killing James and Zelma Long during a robbery at their home in De Soto, Missouri, in 1996. The April execution will be for William Rousan, on the 23rd. Crime: Perkins was convicted in Jackson County, Missouri of the brutal rape of 13-year-old Gladys Jeffries as she was going home from a movie on June 2nd, 1945. All that could go wrong did go wrong for her.. Louis County She was mad at him for telling her what to do, namely to stop hanging out with a young dope dealer and improve her grades, he said. TTD: 573-751-5984 She tried to kill herself multiple times, both as a child and as an adult. Holy Qur'an Surah 2:153-154. All questions regarding inmates or issues relating to capital punishment may be directed to the Missouri Department of Corrections. In August 2004, they moved into a three-bedroom brick home with a big yard on Park Lane in Jennings, a city on the north end of the St. Louis metro. It would continue the systemic failures that existed throughout Ambers life where no interventions occurred to stop and intercede to protect her as a child and teen, Komp said. Noted Details: The Lyles execution was the first in Missouri where a female was allowed to be a witness. At age 24, he was buying three or four ounces at a time. McLaughlin was sentenced to death for Guenthers November 2003 murder, according to court records. His faith as a Muslim has given him strength. For nearly four hours, he talked about life and his possible upcoming death. There are no tours during December, January or February. The execution came shortly after a denial for further investigation or any stay. Box 236 2023 Cable News Network. Pronounced dead by Dr. W.W.Rambo between 6:24 and 6:25 a.m. Crime: Killed Dr. J.T. William Tolbert was executed for the same crime on November 16th, 1945. Governor Parson carefully reviews the specific facts and circumstances of each case to determine if clemency is appropriate, said Kelli Jones, a spokeswoman for his office. Mathenia, Charles9/14/581/9/85Jefferson DNA evidence found on Halls coat was matched to Ferguson. His execution was carried out in the former gas chamber which was converted to use lethal injection. Police believed Perry Taylor knew something about his brothers involvement in the murders. The first openly transgender woman set to be executed in the U.S. is asking Missouris governor for mercy. Louis City In a "per curiam" order from all seven justices, the court declared that Johnny A. Johnson will be put to death on Aug.1, 2023 for the horrific death of young Cassandra "Casey . His family was devastated by this. DIED ON DEATH ROW on February 16, 2023 of complications following surgery to remove a brain tumor. They demanded $600,000 in ransom, at the time the largest ransom in the history of the nation, which was paid. Tours run from March - November each year. I made sure they had the things that they needed as far as clothing and food and shelter.. Thompson was apprehended after killing a bystander and wounding a MO State Patrol Officer. In his final statement, convicted rapist and killer Jeffrey Ferguson wrote that he prays for the victims family to have peace in their hearts one day and lose the anger, hate and need for revenge that has driven them and that they find forgiveness, compassion and love in their hearts instead.. Amber McLaughlin was executed on Tuesday in Missouri for a 2003 murder. He finally got a lead in 2004. Taylor was incredulous at first. That turned into a kilo, then kilos. Crime: Convicted of killing George Williams, a farmer, near St. Genevieve, Missouri on August 11th, 1935. Fax: 573-751-4099, (function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){ He was shipped off to state prison and paroled in April 2002. The only thing Ive ever used as far as a substance goes, of course when I was in the military, wed drink.. Gipson filed this request under a Missouri law that allows a prosecutor to ask for a hearing before a judge if new evidence could prove a wrongful conviction. Lawyers for Lashawn Thompson's relatives are . Box 236 Jefferson City, MO 65102 Phone: 573-751-2389 TTD: 573-751-5984 Last Meal: Fried chicken, gravy, biscuits, lemon soda, and a cigar. Innocent people are wrongfully convicted and innocent people are executed, Smith said. Hanging was the primary method of execution until 1936, when lethal gas came into use from 1937 until 1987. A Jennings police officer was dispatched at 5:32 p.m. on Dec. 3, 2004, to check on a family who lived on Park Lane. Preston, Elroy12/30/547/2/82St. Noted Details: Before his execution, McGee was asked why he didnt eat his last meal. I loved Angela and those children. Prior to McLaughlins execution, just 17 had been put to death since 1976, when the US Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty after a brief suspension, according to the Death Penalty Information Center. Middleton, John11/2/594/24/07Adair (Harrison) Johnson, Ernest Lee8/20/606/20/95Boone P.O. Its been so long, it tested our ability to move forward., They took her someplace, they undressed her and Kenneth Ousley raped her while Ferguson stood by and waited his turn, Jim said, fighting to keep his composure. The gurney used for lethal injections sits behind glass windows in a small cinder block building at the Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison in Jackson, Friday, Sept. 7, 2007. He was then administered a lethal dose of pentobarbital, waggled his feet rapidly, took a few breaths, then closed his eyes. 2729 Plaza Drive P.O. He was 19 years old at the time of his crime. He asked old associates and even checked the social media site Myspace. 0. "Leonard Taylor brutally murdered a mother and her three children. Davis of Springs, Missouri on January 26th, 1937. Four people have been exonerated from Missouris death row since 1999, according to the Death Penalty Information Center. By J. J. Maloney, Crime Magazine. Noted Details: Pellets released at 6:21 a.m. Taylor and Angela Rowe began dating. Taylor died at the state penitentiary in Bonne Terre, Missouri, at 6:16 p.m. local time on Tuesday. James Trainum, a policing expert who served with the Washington, D.C., Police Department for 27 years, also reviewed the investigation at the request of Taylors attorneys. A transgender woman who is scheduled to be executed in Missouri next month for murdering a woman in 2003 has filed a clemency application with the governor, citing struggles with brain damage and . Crime: Shot & killed Fred Matchett and Mr. & Mrs. Delbert Matchett in St. Joseph, Missouri on October 25th, 1945. A jury convicted McLaughlin of first-degree murder, forcible rape and armed criminal action, court records show. Davis, Richard7/9/648/31/07Jackson County From 1976, the year the U.S. Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty after a short-lived prohibition, to April 1st, 2022, a total of 91 state prisoners in Missouri were executed. Though the death penalty is in decline across most of the country, Missouri is one of five states that have executions scheduled this year. Brent Rousan, who was 16 at the time of the killings, pleaded guilty to two murder charges and was sentenced to two consecutive life sentences without parole. Pronounced dead after four minutes. Box 236 Jefferson City, MO 65102 Phone: 573-751-2389 TTD: 573-751-5984 Eventually Taylor was extradited back to Missouri where he faced a separate rape case in the city of St. Louis. An inmate in the US state of Georgia who was found dead covered in insects had been placed in "a death chamber" not a jail cell, say family members. Missouri: Profile: 4 July 20, 2023 Jemaine Monteil Cannon: 51 23 28 Black Oklahoma Profile: 5 August 1, 2023 Johnny A. Johnson: 45 24 21 White Missouri Profile: 6 . The evidence shows Taylor committed these atrocities and a jury found him guilty. At one point, he handed the phone to her to talk to Rowe. Well find out starting tomorrow, he said. But it checked out. Zink, David8/7/599/9/04St. Mike Parson to spare her, on Monday, Dec. 12, 2022. 2729 Plaza Drive The victims "suffered execution-style wounds to the head and multiple other gunshot wounds," according to Missouri Governor Mike Parson, who on Monday said the state would carry out Taylor's sentence. Back in Missouri, he worked security and managed the Popeyes on Natural Bridge Avenue in St. Louis. })(window,document,'script','//www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga'); Jefferson City, MO 65101. They were executed side by side. Crime: Killed Louvenia Julia Webb in Kansas City, Missouri in 1951. He is scheduled to die from lethal injections on Feb. 7. Taylor was arrested several days later in Kentucky. "O you who believe! TTD: 573-751-5984 It was a quiet spot, he said he would visit to get away from drug dealing. He bought $140 worth of crack from a drug dealer in the four-plex where she lived and cut it up. The upcoming date has been difficult for Deja Taylor, Perry said. Bobby was the son of Robert C. and Virginia Greenlease. The St. Louis County medical examiner was called at 6:15 p.m. Rowes sister Gerjuan Rowe identified the victims at the MEs office at 10:30 that night. He was pronounced dead ten minutes later. Ferguson was more violent than Ousley, because he killed her while he was raping her., He says the Hall family was elated when an execution date had been set last month. Her body was found three weeks later on a nearby farm. Mike Parsons office. Crime: Raymond Batson was convicted of murder but no further information is available about his crime or his execution throughout the Missouri history & news archives. Crime: Shot his wife on May 5th, 1953, while she was in bed. Prosecutors could file a motion for a hearing on his innocence claims, though there are just seven days the courts are open before the scheduled execution. This basically tore two families apart. Parson would be able to look at my case and look at the evidence, and lack of evidence, and you yourself would see that you have an innocent man sitting here on death row, scheduled to be executed.. A jury returned a guilty verdict and Taylor was condemned to death. Trump's latest attack addresses DeSantis' overseas trips to the U.K., Israel, Florida's Covid-19 record, and polling support for the 2024 Presidential race. After prosecutors learned of his airtight alibi, he alleges they prodded witnesses to change their testimony about the timing of the homicides, putting him in town. Rank. A federal judge in St. Louis ordered a new sentencing hearing in 2016, citing concerns about the effectiveness of McLaughlins trial lawyers and faulty jury instructions. At least one of those 20 inmates, 56-year-old Carman Deck, died by lethal. Louis City Both had asked Parson to halt their executions. Box 236 St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Wesley Bell last week said he wouldn't file that motion, stating a lack of credibility. This is a list of people executed by lethal injection in Missouri, comprising 95 convicted murderers since 1976, when the US Supreme Court reaffirmed the death penalty with its decision in Gregg v. Georgia . However, he does not believe the death penalty should be allowed. Since 2000, Missouri has executed 54 people. While Taylor remains optimistic, Smith said the situation was very dire., We understand where we are we are in Missouri.. Airport surveillance footage confirmed Taylor's whereabouts. Its like Mom, how do you bring someone in my life just for someone to take them away? In an affidavit signed Wednesday, less than two weeks before the execution date, forensic pathologist Jane Turner cast doubt on the medical examiners determination on the time of death. In September of 1937, Governor Lloyd Crow Stark signed a bill calling for execution by lethal gas. The Missouri Supreme Court had issued a warrant of execution for Feb. 7. Taylor, Leon3/2/585/11/95Jackson When he went home, he tossed about $3,000 on the bed. This is a complete list of all inmates executed in Missouri since the reinstatement of the Death Penalty in 1976. . McLaughlin listed in court documents as Scott McLaughlin had not initiated a legal name change or transition and as a death-sentenced person, was kept at Potosi Correctional Center near St. Louis, which housed male inmates, McLaughlins federal public defender Larry Komp and the governors office have said. Leonard Taylor said he believes in America and the judicial system. Photo: Courtesy of Missourians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty. Guenther was raped and stabbed to death in St. Louis County. Katie Moore started with The Star in 2019 and is a breaking news/enterprise reporter. Its been 301 months since we buried Kelli. Ann Harrison might have celebrated her fortieth birthday last weekend if Taylor and Nunley had not snatched her while she was waiting for a bus just a few yards from her home that day in 1989. He speaks openly about his years as a drug dealer who made lucrative sums of money trafficking cocaine throughout several states. We had a good relationship. Rousans attorneys claim jury instructions at his trial were confusing, an issue the state says the Court and federal courts have already dealt with. But she believes he is guilty. This website is maintained by Learfield Communications and is not affiliated with the Missouri Department of Corrections. McLaughlin has been consistently diagnosed with borderline intellectual disability, and universally diagnosed with brain damage as well as fetal alcohol syndrome, the petition said. Crime: Tucker was involved in a crime spree across the country in which Herbert Goss, a police officer, was killed. CNNs Rebekah Riess and Emma Tucker contributed to this report. Rowe was discovered in a bedroom, shot in the left side of her chest and left wrist. Missouri is one of four states with executions scheduled thus far in 2023, according to the Death Penalty Information Center. Worthington, Michael1/30/711/4/99St. Taylor, Leonard6/15/644/17/08St. Seek assistance through patience and prayer. I ask that Missourians remember Kelli Hall at this time and join us in keeping her family in their thoughts and prayers.. -- The first openly transgender woman set to be executed in the U.S. is asking Missouri's governor for mercy, citing mental health issues. Johnson was. McLaughlin, 49, was convicted of raping and killing her ex-girlfriend . McLaughlins execution would highlight all the flaws of the justice system and would be a great injustice on a number of levels, Komp, her attorney, told CNN previously. By University of Kansas Health System. Gill, Mark Anthony *11/15/704/20/04New Madrid He was convicted and sentenced to die by lethal injection. Leonard Taylor, 58, is scheduled to die by lethal injection on February 7. A close friend of the Harrison family, retired Kansas City homicide Sergeant David Bernard, told the Missourinet after the execution he and his wife believe the execution provides no justice for Ann Harrison. He stayed with Rowe when he was in St. Louis and started trafficking drugs again. Missouri Supreme Court last week denied a motion to stay Taylor's execution and his attorneys filed another petition, which was also denied. He had only seen a couple baby pictures of his daughter. Click here to Tours run from March - November each year. That should have never been. But at trial he recanted, and Taylors attorneys contended his earlier statement was coerced from him by police. Should Taylors execution go forward, he will be the third person the state has put to death in just over two months. Beverly Conley, an aunt of the children, maintains that she too spoke to Rowe a week before the bodies were found. McLaughlin's lawyers said she previously was rooming with another transgender woman but now is living in isolation leading up to her scheduled execution date. Crime: Three days after being released from the Federal Prison in Atlanta, Georgia, Wolfe lured an eight-year-old girl from a church picnic in Troy, Missouri, and brutally raped her. The restrictions on . I couldnt answer that.. In total, 40 inmates were put to death in the gas chamber between 1937 and 1989 when MSP death row ended and all capital punishment inmates were moved to the new prison at Potosi. McLaughlin was abandoned by her mother and placed into the foster care system, and in one placement, had feces thrust into her face, according to the petition. Noted Details: The judge who sentenced Heady & Carl called it the most cold-blooded, brutal murder he had ever tried. It turns into a pretty hostile situation, he said. He was pronounced dead shortly after. Noted Details: The judge who sentenced Heady & Carl called it the most cold-blooded, brutal murder he had ever tried. Crime: Convicted of killing a friend, Earl Harrison, over an argument as to who was the best baseball pitcher. LOUIS -- Nearly 1,600 death row inmates have been put to death in the U.S. since 1977, but an execution scheduled for Tuesday in Missouri will be the first of an openly transgender woman. Jefferson City, MO 65102 Governor Jay Nixon issued a brief statement about the execution, saying that Jeffrey Ferguson was convicted of Kellis murder and sentenced to the ultimate punishment provided by Missouri law. The non-profit organization confirmed McLaughlin is the first openly transgender person to be executed in the United States. It was the mid-1980s, at the height of the crack epidemic. They were just happy to see each other, Perry recalled in a phone interview last week. McCampbell & negro druggist in a robbery on March 15th, 1933, in Kansas City, Missouri. Francois (Washington) The batch was bad but they wanted to be paid for both the kilos, Taylor said. Louis County John Brown Age: 35 Crime: Killed Kansas City, Missouri motorcycle patrolman, William Cavanaugh, in a tavern holdup on April 7, 1936. The crime was committed in an attempt to obtain $5,000 so Kenyon could marry his sweetheart, Opel Welch. Kevin Johnson, a St. Louis area man convicted of killing a police officer, was executed Nov. 29. MISSOURI # Name: Date: Method: County; 78: Earl Ringo Jr. September 10, 2014: Lethal Injection: Boone: 77: Michael Shane Worthington: August 6, 2014: Lethal Injection: St. Charles: 76: That sentence has now been carried out, Nixon said. He had three burglary convictions, one arson, and one auto theft. But in a statement Tuesday, Parsons office announced the execution would move forward as planned. The family and loved ones of her victim, Beverly Guenther, deserve peace, the statement said. I had a taste of the good life, he said. Some days are better than other days.. It's wrong when anyone's executed regardless, but I hope that this is a first that doesn't occur," federal public defender Larry Komp said. The same caliber bullets were also later found in Taylor's car. We waited 25 years for that news, Jim said. Taylor has tried to stay busy throughout his years at Potosi Correctional Center to take my mind off of things..