List of people executed in Ohio
This is a list of individuals executed in Ohio since 1999.[1]
All of the following individuals have been executed for murder since the Furman decision. All 56 were executed by lethal injection. Notable persons executed in Ohio before the Furman decision include Anna Marie Hahn.
| Name | Date of Execution | Victim(s) | Governor | Crime | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wilford Berry, Jr. | February 19, 1999 | Charles Mitroff | Bob Taft | Berry murdered his new boss Mitroff when he returned from his delivery run in his bakery. He was shot three times and dumped in a shallow grave. |
| 2 | Jay D. Scott | June 14, 2001 | Vinnie M. Price | Scott shot Price to death while she was serving him in the delicatessen she owned. Scott intended to rob the shop and did not want any witnesses to identify him. He also murdered a security guard but was only sentenced to death for Price's murder. | |
| 3 | John William Byrd, Jr. | February 19, 2002 | Monte Tewksbury | Byrd murdered Tewksbury while robbing his shop. Byrd stabbed Tewksbury to death while he was working alone and stole $133 from the shop. | |
| 4 | Alton Coleman | April 26, 2002 | Tonnie Storey Marlene Walters (sentenced to death in Indiana and Illinois) |
Coleman strangled Storey to death while he was raping her. She was on her route to computer class when she was murdered. This murder sparked a killing spree that resulted in the loss of 8 lives and three death sentences | |
| 5 | Robert Anthony Buell | September 24, 2002 | Krista Harrison | Buell abducted Harrison while she was collecting cans with a boy. He then took her back to his home where he raped her and strangled her to death. | |
| 6 | Richard Edwin Fox | February 12, 2003 | Leslie Renae Keckler | Fox lured Keckler into his car under the pretext that he was showing her his sales. After she rejected his sexual advances he stabbed her six times and then drove to a secluded area and strangled her. | |
| 7 | David M. Brewer | April 29, 2003 | Sherry Byrne | Brewer lured Bryne, the wife of his fraternity brother, into a motel under the pretense of selling radio parts. He then raped her and dragged her to the trunk of his car where he stabbed her 15 times. | |
| 8 | Ernest Martin | June 18, 2003 | Robert Robinson | Martin was planning to rob Robinson. The plan was that his girlfriend would ask for medicine and he would let her in. However, Robinson closed the door before Martin could gain entry. Angered by this he fired two shots into the door and one of them killed Robinson. | |
| 9 | Lewis Williams, Jr. | January 14, 2004 | Leoma Chmielewski | Williams broke into the home of Chmielewski and ransacked it. He beat her and stomped on her chest during the robbery and then killed her by shooting her close range. | |
| 10 | John Glenn Roe | February 3, 2004 | Donette Crawford | Roe kidnapped Crawford at gunpoint and instructed her to give him money and her car. Nervous that she might testify, he shot her to death. | |
| 11 | William Dean Wickline | March 30, 2004 | Peggy Lerch Christopher Lerch |
Wickline was drinking when he got into an argument with Christopher Lerch over $6000 owed to Wickline. Wickline strangled Chris and his wife Peggy and cut up their bodies. The bodies were never found. | |
| 12 | William G. Zuern, Jr. | June 8, 2004 | Hamilton County Deputy Sheriff Phillip Pence | Zuern was awaiting trial for another murder when carved a knife out of a piece of metal and stabbed Officer Pence. | |
| 13 | Stephen Allan Vrabel | July 14, 2004 | Susan Clemente Lisa Clemente |
Vrabel brought a new gun and murdered his live-in girlfriend and then shot Clemente, his 3-year-old daughter. | |
| 14 | Scott Andrew Mink | July 20, 2004 | William Mink Sheila Mink |
Mink intended to buy drugs but his parents hid his car keys. Angered he went into their bedroom and beat them with a hammer until it broke then stabbed them with a knife eight times each. | |
| 15 | Adremy Dennis | October 13, 2004 | Kurt Kyle | Dennis was intending to rob Kyle. He pointed his gun at Kyle and ordered him to give him his money. Kyle had no money, so Dennis shot him in the head. | |
| 16 | William Smith | March 8, 2005 | Mary Bradford | Smith was taking cocaine and having a one-night stand with Bradford. When he noticed cocaine missing he thought Bradford took it. She denied this but Smith stabbed her eight times and had sex with her dead body. | |
| 17 | Herman Dale Ashworth | September 27, 2005 | Daniel L. Baker | Ashworth was having a drink with Baker outside of a bar. Ashworth intended to rob Baker and kill him to avoid witnesses. He robbed $40 off of him and then beat him with a board so badly that his injuries were consistent with a high speed traffic accident. | |
| 18 | William James "Flip" Williams, Jr. | October 25, 2005 | William Dent Alfonda R. Madison, Sr. Eric Howard Theodore Wynn, Jr. |
Williams returned to his home town after a jail sentence to discover that the victims controlled the drug market. He decided to recruit children to help kill the victims. He lured the victims to Madison's house and shot them once in the head. | |
| 19 | John R. Hicks | November 29, 2005 | Brandy Green & Maxine Armstrong | Hicks was on a cocaine binge when he decided to rob his mother-in-law Maxine Armstrong. He strangled her, then realized her daughter Brandy would be a witness so he returned to Armstrong's and smothered her with a pillow. | |
| 20 | Glenn Lee Benner II | February 7, 2006 | Trina Bowser Cynthia Sedgwick |
Benner abducted Cynthia Sedgwick from a concert and strangled her. Six months later, he abducted Bowser, raped her, then strangled her. | |
| 21 | Joseph Lewis Clark | May 2, 2006 | David A. Manning Donald B. Harris |
Clark was addicted to drugs and robbed stores to support his habit. During a robbery, Clark shot Harris. The next day he robbed a service station. Joseph barged in and demanded $60. Manning cooperated but was shot in the chest. Clark fled with the money. | |
| 22 | Rocky Barton | July 12, 2006 | Kimbirli Jo Barton | ||
| 23 | Darrell Wayne Ferguson | August 8, 2006 | Thomas King Arlie Fugate Mae Fugate | ||
| 24 | Jeffrey Lundgren | October 24, 2006 | Dennis Avery Cheryl Avery Trina Avery Rebecca Avery Karen Avery | ||
| 25 | James J. Filiaggi | April 24, 2007 | Lisa Huff Filiaggi | Ted Strickland | |
| 26 | Christopher Newton | May 24, 2007 | Jason Brewer | ||
| 27 | Richard Cooey | October 14, 2008 | Wendy Offredo Dawn McCreery | ||
| 28 | Gregory Bryant-Bey | November 19, 2008 | Dale Pinkelman Pete Mihas | ||
| 29 | Daniel E. Wilson | June 3, 2009 | Carol Lutz | ||
| 30 | John Joseph Fautenberry | July 14, 2009 | Joseph Daron Jr. Jefferson Difee Gary Farmer Christine Guthrie Donald Nutley | ||
| 31 | Marvallous Keene | July 21, 2009 | Sarah Abraham Wendy Cottrill Danita Gullette Marvin Washington Joseph Wilkerson | ||
| 32 | Jason Getsy | August 18, 2009 | Ann Serafino | ||
| 33 | Kenneth Biros | December 8, 2009 | Tami Engstrom | ||
| 34 | Vernon Lamont Smith | January 7, 2010 | Sohail Darwish | ||
| 35 | Mark Aaron Brown | February 4, 2010 | Hayder Al-Turk Isam Salman | ||
| 36 | Lawrence Raymond Reynolds | March 16, 2010 | Loretta Foster | ||
| 37 | Darryl M. Durr | April 20, 2010 | Angel Vincent | ||
| 38 | Michael Francis Beuke | May 13, 2010 | Robert Craig | ||
| 39 | William Garner | July 13, 2010 | Deondra Freeman Richard Gaines Markeca Mason Mykkila Mason Denitra Satterwhite | ||
| 40 | Roderick Davie | August 10, 2010 | John Ira Coleman Tracey Jeffreys | ||
| 41 | Michael W. Benge | October 6, 2010 | Judith Gabbard | ||
| 42 | Frank G. Spisak, Jr. | February 17, 2011 | Rev. Horace Rickerson Brian Warford Timothy Sheehan |
John Kasich | |
| 43 | Johnnie Ray Baston | March 10, 2011 | Chong-Hoon Mah | ||
| 44 | Clarence Carter | April 12, 2011 | Johnny Allen | ||
| 45 | Daniel Lee Bedford | May 17, 2011 | Gwen Toepfert John Smith | ||
| 46 | Reginald Brooks, Sr. | November 15, 2011 | Reginald Brooks, Jr. Vaughn Brooks Niarchos Brooks | ||
| 47 | Mark Wayne Wiles | April 18, 2012 | Mark Klima | ||
| 48 | Donald Palmer | September 20, 2012 | Charles Sponhaltz Steven Vargo | ||
| 49 | Brett Xavier Hartman | November 13, 2012 | Winda Snipes | ||
| 50 | Frederick Treesh | March 6, 2013 | Henry Dupree | ||
| 51 | Steven T. Smith | May 1, 2013 | Autumn Carter | ||
| 52 | Harry D. Mitts, Jr. | September 25, 2013 | John Bryant Sgt. Dennis Glivar Garfield Heights, Ohio police | ||
| 53 | Dennis B. McGuire | January 16, 2014 | Joy Stewart | ||
| 54 | Ronald Ray Phillips | July 26, 2017 | Sheila Marie Evans | Phillips raped and battered Evans to death. | |
| 55 | Gary Wayne Otte | September 13, 2017 | Robert Wasikowski Sharon Kostura | ||
| 56 | Robert J. Van Hook | July 18, 2018 | David Self | Van Hook stabbed to death Self, after meeting him in a bar ; he would later claim the crime was a result of panic due to homosexual advances made by the victim |
Demographics
The demographic information on the 34 inmates executed in Ohio between February 19, 1999, and January 7, 2010, is as follows:
- Mean Age at Time of Execution: 44 years, 2 months
- Mean Time from Death Sentence to Execution: 14 years, 6 months
- Median Time from Death Sentence to Execution: 15 years, 11 months
See also
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