List of people executed in Missouri

This is a list of people executed by lethal injection in Missouri, comprising 99 convicted murderers since 1976, when the US Supreme Court reaffirmed the death penalty with its decision in Gregg v. Georgia.

## List of people executed in Missouri since 1976[edit]

No. | Name  | Race  | Date of execution  | County  | Victim(s)  | Age at
offense  | Age at
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1  | George C. Mercer | White  | January 6, 1989[a] | Cass[b] | Karen Keeton  | 34  | 44  | John Ashcroft
2  | Gerald Smith  | White  | January 18, 1990[c] | St. Louis City | Karen Roberts  | 23  | 32
3  | Winford L. Stokes Jr. | Black  | May 11, 1990  | St. Louis | 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  | 4 murder victims[d] | 26  | 37
7  | Ricky Lee Grubbs  | White  | October 21, 1992  | St. Francois | Jerry Thornton  | 26  | 34
8  | Martsay Bolder  | Black  | January 27, 1993  | Randolph | Theron King  | 22  | 36  | Mel Carnahan
9  | Walter Junior Blair | Black  | July 21, 1993  | Jackson | Katherine Jo Allen  | 19  | 33
10  | Frederick Lashley  | Black  | July 28, 1993  | St. Louis City | Janie Tracy  | 17  | 29
11  | Frank Joseph Guinan  | White  | October 6, 1993  | Franklin | John McBroom  | 36  | 48
12  | Emmitt Foster  | Black  | May 3, 1995  | St. Louis | Travis Walker  | 32  | 44
13  | Larry Griffin | Black  | June 21, 1995  | St. Louis City | 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  | Jackson | May Sidebottom  | 23  | 33
16  | Anthony Joe Larette Jr. | White  | November 29, 1995  | St. Charles[e] | Mary Fleming  | 29  | 44
17  | Robert Earl O'Neal Jr. | White  | December 6, 1995  | Butler | Arthur Dade  | 23  | 34
18  | Jeffrey Paul Sloan  | White  | February 21, 1996  | Clay | 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  | St. Charles | Geneva Roling  | 43  | 56
21  | Thomas Henry Battle  | Black  | August 7, 1996  | St. Louis City | Birdie Johnson  | 18  | 34
22  | Richard Oxford  | White  | August 21, 1996  | Platte | Harold Wampler and Melba Wampler  | 30  | 40
23  | Richard Steven Zeitvogel  | White  | December 11, 1996  | Cole | Gary Wayne Dew  | 25  | 40
24  | Eric Adam Schneider  | White  | January 29, 1997  | Jefferson | 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  | 4 murder victims[f] | 43  | 54
27  | Andrew Wessel Six  | White  | August 20, 1997  | Schuyler | Kathy Allen  | 22  | 32
28  | Samuel Lee McDonald Jr.  | Black  | September 24, 1997  | St. Louis City | Robert Jordan  | 33  | 49
29  | Alan Jeffrey Bannister  | White  | October 24, 1997  | McDonald | Darrell Ruestman  | 24  | 39
30  | Reginald Love Powell  | Black  | February 25, 1998  | St. Louis City | 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  | Clay | Missouri State Trooper Russell Harper  | 32  | 43
33  | Kelvin Shelby Malone | Black  | January 13, 1999  | St. Louis | William Parr[g] | 20  | 38
34  | James Edward Rodden Jr.  | White  | February 24, 1999  | Clay | Terry Trunnel and Joseph Arnold  | 23  | 39
35  | Roy Michael Roberts | White  | March 10, 1999  | Marion | Correctional officer Tom Jackson  | 31  | 45
36  | Roy Ramsey Jr.  | Black  | April 14, 1999  | Jackson | Garnett Ledford and Betty Ledford  | 35  | 46
37  | Ralph E. Davis  | Black  | April 28, 1999  | Boone | Susan Davis  | 48  | 61
38  | Jessie Lee Wise  | Black  | May 26, 1999  | St. Louis | Geraldine McDonald  | 35  | 46
39  | Bruce Kilgore  | Black  | June 16, 1999  | St. Louis City | Marilyn Wilkins  | 26  | 39
40  | Robert Allen Walls  | White  | June 30, 1999  | St. Louis | Fred Harmon  | 20  | 34
41  | David R. Leisure  | White  | September 1, 1999  | St. Louis City | James A. Michaels Sr.  | 30  | 49
42  | James Henry Hampton  | White  | March 22, 2000  | Callaway | Frances Keaton  | 54  | 62
43  | Bert Leroy Hunter | White  | June 28, 2000  | Cole | Mildred Hodges and Richard Hodges  | 41  | 53
44  | Gary Lee Roll  | White  | August 30, 2000  | Boone | Sherry Scheper, Randy Scheper and Curtis Scheper  | 40  | 48
45  | George Bernard Harris  | Black  | September 13, 2000  | Jackson | Stanley Willoughby  | 29  | 41
46  | James Wilson Chambers  | White  | November 15, 2000  | Jefferson | Jerry Lee Oestricker  | 30  | 48  | Roger B. Wilson
47  | Stanley Dewaine Lingar | White  | February 7, 2001  | Ripley[h] | Thomas Scott Allen  | 21  | 37  | Bob Holden
48  | Tomas Grant Ervin | White  | March 28, 2001  | Cole | Mildred Hodges and Richard Hodges  | 37  | 50
49  | Mose Young Jr.  | Black  | April 25, 2001  | St. Louis City | Kent Bicknese, James Schneider and Sol Marks  | 27  | 45
50  | Samuel D. Smith  | Black  | May 23, 2001  | Callaway | Marlin May  | 26  | 40
51  | Jerome Mallett  | Black  | July 11, 2001  | Perry | Missouri State Trooper James F. Froemsdorf  | 26  | 42
52  | Michael S. Roberts  | White  | October 3, 2001  | St. Louis | Mary L. Taylor  | 19  | 27
53  | Stephen K. Johns  | White  | October 24, 2001  | St. Louis City | Donald Voepel  | 35  | 55
54  | James R. Johnson  | White  | January 9, 2002  | Moniteau | 4 murder victims[i] | 42  | 52
55  | Michael I. Owsley  | Black  | February 6, 2002  | Jackson | Elvin Iverson  | 31  | 40
56  | Jeffrey Lane Tokar  | White  | March 6, 2002  | Warren | Johnny Douglass  | 27  | 37
57  | Paul W. Kreutzer  | White  | April 10, 2002  | Callaway | Louise Hemphill  | 20  | 30
58  | Daniel Anthony Basile  | White  | August 14, 2002  | St. Charles | Elizabeth DeCaro  | 25  | 35
59  | William Robert Jones Jr.  | White  | November 20, 2002  | Jackson | Stanley Albert  | 21  | 38
60  | Kenneth Kenley  | White  | February 5, 2003  | Butler | Ronald Felts  | 23  | 42
61  | John Clayton Smith  | White  | October 29, 2003  | Audrain | Brandie Kearnes and Wayne Hoewing  | 35  | 41
62  | Stanley L. Hall  | Black  | March 16, 2005[j] | St. Louis | Barbara Jo Wood  | 26  | 37  | Matt Blunt
63  | Donald Jones  | Black  | April 27, 2005[k] | St. Louis City | 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  | Lafayette | Richard Drummond  | 34  | 49  | Jay Nixon
68  | Martin C. Link  | White  | February 9, 2011  | St. Louis City | Elissa Self  | 27  | 47
69  | Joseph Paul Franklin | White  | November 20, 2013  | St. Louis | Gerald Gordon  | 27  | 63
70  | Allen L. Nicklasson | White  | December 11, 2013  | Lafayette | Richard Drummond  | 22  | 41
71  | Herbert L. Smulls  | Black  | January 29, 2014  | St. Louis | Stephen Honickman  | 33  | 56
72  | Michael Anthony Taylor | Black  | February 26, 2014  | Jackson | Ann Harrison | 22  | 47
73  | Jeffrey R. Ferguson  | White  | March 26, 2014  | St. Louis | Kelli Hall  | 34  | 59
74  | William Lewis Rousan  | White  | April 23, 2014  | St. Francois | Charles Lewis and Grace Lewis  | 37  | 57
75  | John E. Winfield  | Black  | June 18, 2014  | St. Louis | Arthea Sanders and Shawnee Murphy  | 26  | 43
76  | John C. Middleton  | White  | July 16, 2014  | Harrison | Alfred Pinegar, Stacy Hodge and Randy Hamilton  | 35  | 54
77  | Michael Shane Worthington[1] | White  | August 6, 2014  | St. Charles | Melinda Griffin  | 24  | 43
78  | Earl Ringo Jr.  | Black  | September 10, 2014  | Boone | Dennis Poyser and Joanna Baysinger  | 24  | 40
79  | Leon Vincent Taylor  | Black  | November 19, 2014  | Jackson | Robert Newton  | 36  | 56
80  | Paul Terrence Goodwin  | White  | December 10, 2014  | St. Louis | Joan Crotts  | 31  | 48
81  | Walter Timothy Storey  | White  | February 11, 2015  | St. Charles | Jill Frey  | 22  | 47
82  | Cecil Lee Clayton  | White  | March 17, 2015  | Barry | Barry County Deputy Christopher Castetter  | 56  | 74
83  | Andre Vincent Cole  | Black  | April 14, 2015  | St. Louis | 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  | St. Clair | Amanda Morton  | 41  | 55
86  | Roderick Nunley | Black  | September 1, 2015  | Jackson | Ann Harrison | 24  | 50
87  | Earl Mitchell Forrest II  | White  | May 11, 2016  | Dent[l] | Dent County Sheriff's Deputy Sharon Joann Barnes, Harriet Smith, and Michael Wells  | 53  | 66
88  | Mark Anthony Christeson  | White  | January 31, 2017  | Maries | Susan Brouk, Adrian Brouk, and Kyle Brouk  | 18  | 37  | Eric Greitens
89  | Russell Earl Bucklew | White  | October 1, 2019  | Cape Girardeau[m] | Michael Sanders  | 27  | 51  | Mike Parson
90  | Walter E. Barton  | White  | May 19, 2020  | Christian | Gladys Kuehler[2] | 35  | 64
91  | Ernest Lee Johnson | Black  | October 5, 2021  | Boone | Mary Bratcher, Mabel Scruggs, and Fred Jones  | 33  | 61
92  | Carman L. Deck | White  | May 3, 2022  | Jefferson | James Long and Zelma Long  | 30  | 56
93  | Kevin Johnson Jr. | Black  | November 29, 2022  | St. Louis | Kirkwood police Sergeant William Leo McEntee  | 19  | 37
94  | Amber McLaughlin | White  | January 3, 2023  | Beverly Guenther  | 30  | 49
95  | Leonard Sheldon Taylor  | Black  | February 7, 2023  | 4 murder victims[n] | 40  | 58
96  | Michael Andrew Tisius  | White  | June 6, 2023  | Randolph[o] | Randolph County Jail Guards Jason Lee Acton and Leon Earl Egley  | 19  | 42
97  | Johnny Allen Johnson  | White  | August 1, 2023  | St. Louis | Cassandra Lynn Williamson  | 24  | 45
98  | Brian Joseph Dorsey  | White  | April 9, 2024  | Callaway[p] | Benjamin Wade Bonnie and Sarah Ann Bonnie  | 34  | 52
99  | David Russell Hosier  | White  | June 11, 2024  | Cole | Angela Yvonne Gilpin and Rodney Dean Gilpin  | 54  | 69

## Demographics[edit]

Race

White  | 61  | 62%
Black  | 37  | 37%
Native American  | 1  | 1%
Age
20–29  | 4  | 4%
30–39  | 28  | 28%
40–49  | 40  | 40%
50–59  | 19  | 19%
60–69  | 7  | 7%
70–79  | 1  | 1%
Date of execution
1976–1979  | 0  | 0%
1980–1989  | 1  | 1%
1990–1999  | 40  | 40%
2000–2009  | 26  | 26%
2010–2019  | 22  | 22%
2020–2029  | 10  | 10%
Method
Lethal injection | 99  | 100%
Governor (Party)
Kit Bond (R) | 0  | 0%
Joseph P. Teasdale (D) | 0  | 0%
John Ashcroft (R) | 7  | 7%
Mel Carnahan (D) | 38  | 38%
Roger B. Wilson (D) | 1  | 1%
Bob Holden (D) | 15  | 15%
Matt Blunt (R) | 5  | 5%
Jay Nixon (D) | 21  | 21%
Eric Greitens (R) | 1  | 1%
Mike Parson (R) | 11  | 11%
Total  | 99  | 100%

## See also[edit]

* Missouri portal
* Law portal

* Capital punishment in Missouri
* Capital punishment in the United States

## Notes[edit]

1. ^ This was the last execution held at the Missouri State Penitentiary in Jefferson City.
2. ^ Was tried and convicted in Greene County.
3. ^ This was the first execution held at the Potosi Correctional Center in Mineral Point.
4. ^ The 4 victims were: Judy Cazaco, James Wood, Edna Ince, and Carolyn Turner.
5. ^ Was tried and convicted in Warren County.
6. ^ The 4 victims were: James Watson, Christopher Griffith, John Buford, and Don Vanderlinden.
7. ^ He was also sentenced to death by the state of California for the murder of Myrtle Benham.
8. ^ Was tried and convicted in St. Francois County.
9. ^ The 4 victims were: Deputy Sheriff Leslie B. Roark, Pam Jones, Sheriff Charles Smith, and Deputy Sheriff Sandra Wilson.
10. ^ This was the last execution held at the Potosi Correctional Center in Mineral Point.
11. ^ This was the first execution held at the Eastern Reception, Diagnostic and Correctional Center in Bonne Terre.
12. ^ Was tried and convicted in Platte County.
13. ^ Was tried and convicted in Boone County.
14. ^ The 4 murder victims were: Angela Rowe, Alexus Conley, AcQreya Conley, and Tyrese Conley.
15. ^ Was tried in Boone County. The jury that convicted him and issued their sentencing recommendation were from St. Charles County at his initial trial and from Greene County at his second retrial.
16. ^ Was tried and convicted in Boone County.

## References[edit]

1. ^ Suhr, Jim (August 6, 2014). "Missouri puts to death first inmate since botched execution". USA Today. AP.
2. ^ Smith, Liliana Segura, Jordan (2020-05-14). "Reopening Missouri Amid the Pandemic Means Executing a Possibly Innocent Man". The Intercept. Retrieved 2024-03-30.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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