List of people executed in Missouri

This is a list of people executed by lethal injection in Missouri, comprising 98 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

No.	Name	Race	Date of execution	County	Victim(s)	Age at offense	Age at execution	Governor
1	George C. Mercer	White	January 6, 1989 [lower-alpha 1]	Cass [lower-alpha 2]	Karen Keeton	34	44	John Ashcroft
2	Gerald Smith	White	January 18, 1990 [lower-alpha 3]	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 [lower-alpha 4]	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 [lower-alpha 5]	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 [lower-alpha 6]	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 [lower-alpha 7]	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 [lower-alpha 8]	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 [lower-alpha 9]	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 [lower-alpha 10]	St. Louis	Barbara Jo Wood	26	37	Matt Blunt
63	Donald Jones	Black	April 27, 2005 [lower-alpha 11]	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 [lower-alpha 12]	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 [lower-alpha 13]	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 [lower-alpha 14]	40	58
96	Michael Andrew Tisius	White	June 6, 2023	Randolph [lower-alpha 15]	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 [lower-alpha 16]	Benjamin Wade Bonnie and Sarah Ann Bonnie	34	52

Demographics

Race
White	60	61%
Black	37	38%
Native American	1	1%
Age
20–29	4	4%
30–39	28	29%
40–49	40	41%
50–59	19	19%
60–69	6	6%
70–79	1	1%
Date of execution
1976–1979	0	0%
1980–1989	1	1%
1990–1999	40	41%
2000–2009	26	27%
2010–2019	22	23%
2020–2029	9	9%
Method
Lethal injection	98	100%
Governor (Party)
Kit Bond (R)	0	0%
Joseph P. Teasdale (D)	0	0%
John Ashcroft (R)	7	7%
Mel Carnahan (D)	38	39%
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)	10	10%
Total	98	100%

See also

• Missouri portal
• Law portal

• Capital punishment in Missouri
• Capital punishment in the United States

Notes

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

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.

External links

• Capital Punishment in Missouri (Missourinet)