Execution Alert: Carl Wayne Buntion set for execution this week for killing Houston PD Officer James Irby

Officer James Bruce Irby Jr.

Officer Down Memorial Page: Police Officer James Bryce Irby
Find-A-Grave: James Bruce Irby Jr.
The life of James Irby, HPD officer shot, killed during 1960 traffic stop
Interview with a death row inmate | Awaiting execution, Carl Wayne Buntion talks to KHOU 11 News
Justice Breyer Calls for Court to Review Death Penalty Jurisprudence as Oldest Man on Texas Death Row Fails to Have His Case Heard
Who Is Carl Buntion? Oldest Texas Death Row Inmate Faces Execution
“I hope we can close the book.” Family remembers HPD cop 24 hours before killer is set to die
Texas’ Oldest Death Row Inmate, Cop Killer Carl Wayne Buntion, Set To Die In April
Convicted Houston cop killer scheduled for execution Thursday
Wikipedia: Carl Wayne Buntion
Texas Executes Its Oldest Death Row Inmate For 1990 Cop Killing
Convicted killer Carl Wayne Buntion executed for 1990 slaying of HPD officer James Irby
Texas executes Carl Buntion, the state’s oldest death row prisoner, for Houston police officer’s murder
‘I do have remorse’: Convicted Houston cop killer executed in Huntsville

Books
Fallen Heroes of the Bayou City : Houston Police Department 1860-2006

INMATE INFORMATION

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Execution Alert: Ernest Lee Johnson executed for the murder of 3 people during a robbery of Casey’s General Store

Mary Bratcher

Victims
Mary Bratcher, 46
Mable Scruggs, 57
Fred Jones, 58

Find-A-Grave: Mary Catherine Elder Bratcher
Find-A-Grave: Mable Anna Good Scruggs
Robbers Kill 3 in Missouri Convenience Store
A timeline of events in the Ernest Lee Johnson case
Advocates say intellectually disabled Missouri murderer should not be executed next week
Missouri man to be executed next week, supporters push for clemency
Missouri Supreme Court declines to halt Johnson execution
Missouri governor denies clemency to death row inmate Ernest Johnson
Convicted Columbia murderer Ernest Lee Johnson set to be executed Tuesday
Missouri preparing for execution of Ernest Johnson
Victim’s family prepares for execution of their mother’s killer, Ernest Lee Johnson
Murderpedia: Ernest Lee Johnson
Missouri execution to go on as scheduled, despite pope’s plea
State to carry out sentence of Mr. Ernest Lee Johnson
Convicted killer Ernest Johnson executed despite questions over his intellectual capacity
Missouri man executed for killing 3 workers in ’94 robbery
Missouri executes Ernest Johnson, who killed three Columbia Casey’s employees in 1994

INMATE INFORMATION

Offender Name: JOHNSON, ERNEST L
Custody Status: In Custody
Age: 61
Location: Eastern Reception Diagnostic & Correctional Center
Race:African American
Contact Facility:
Offender ID: 00990118
Gender: Male
Date of Birth: 08/20/1960
Additional Information:

Execution Alert: Quintin Phillippe Jones executed for robbing and killing his 83-year-old great aunt, Berthena Bryant

Berthena Bryant

Berthena Bryant (1916-1999)
Fort Worth man on death row since 2001 thinks DA’s Office should be removed from case
As Texas prepares to execute Quintin Jones for murdering his great aunt, supporters question if race played factor in clemency rejection
Texas set to execute Quintin Jones, first prisoner in 10 months
Fort Worth Man Faces Execution for Killing His Great Aunt for $30
Texas Inmate Quintin Jones Facing Execution For Killing His 83-Year-Old Great Aunt
Texas inmate Quintin Jones may be first state execution in 10 months
Texas inmate faces execution for killing his great aunt
Texas inmate faces execution for killing his great aunt
Quintin Jones is on death row for killing his great-aunt. The victim’s sister is pleading for clemency.
Wikipedia: Quintin Jones (prisoner)
LIVE UPDATES: TDCJ prepares to execute Quintin Jones
Texas executes Quintin Jones, ending 10-month break in executions
Absent media, Texas executes inmate who killed great aunt
Quintin Jones’ Last Words Before Execution in Texas

INMATE INFORMATION

Monsters Among Us: Eric Randall Nance killed Julie Heath with a boxcutter when she fought back; Executed 11/28/2005

Julie Diane Heath

Find-A-Grave: Julie Diane Heath
Remember Julie Heath
Execution: Eric Randall Nance
Arkansas man executed for murder of teen
Arkansas man executed
Eric Randall Nance v. Larry Norris, Warden 2004 (habeas corpus denied)
Murderpedia: Eric Nance
Wikipedia: Eric Nance
Podcast: Paint the Town Dead – Julie Heath

Movies/Documentaries
Murder Comes to Town: Something’s Not Right

No last statement

Execution Alert: Justen Grant Hall for the 2002 murder of Melanie Billhartz

Melanie Billhartz

Justen Hall was executed 11/06/2019 for the murder of Melanie Billhartz. He had also been charged with the murder of Hector/Arlene Diaz, a hate crime that he was accused of committing right before he murdered Melanie Billhartz.

2005: Justen Hall gets death for ’02 killing
Texas Death Row Inmate Justen Hall Scheduled to be Executed for 2002 Murder
Justen Grant Hall v State of Texas 2019
Texas Death Row Inmate Justen Hall Set To Be Executed For 2002 Strangling Death
Texas inmate set to be executed for 2002 strangling death
Texas set to execute Justen Hall for murder of woman in El Paso
Murderpedia: Justen Grant Hall
Texas executes inmate for strangling El Paso woman in 2002
El Paso death row inmate Justen Grant Hall executed for woman’s strangulation in 2002
Former White Supremacist Gang Member Justen Hall Executed For 2002 Strangulation
Victim of hate crime led 2 lives, friends say

Hector/Arlene Diaz

INMATE INFORMATION

SID Number: 05824535
TDCJ Number: 00999497
Name: HALL,JUSTEN GRANT
Race: W
Gender: M
DOB: 1981-06-16
Maximum Sentence Date: DEATH ROW
Current Facility: POLUNSKY
Projected Release Date: DEATH ROW
Parole Eligibility Date: DEATH ROW
Offender Visitation Eligible: NO

Execution Alert: Jose Antonio Jimenez for the murder of 63-year-old Phyllis Minas

Phyllis Minas

Victims
Marie Debas, [10/19/1990 Miami Beach, FL] (mp [picture 😦 )
Phyllis Minas, 63 [10/02/1992 Dade County, FL]

Find-a-Grave: Marie Debas
Find-a-Grave: Phyliss Manas
Governor signs death warrant in ’92 murder
More than 25 years after she was killed, her killer will be executed
Florida man awaits execution in stabbing of elderly woman
Florida man scheduled to be executed for 1992 murder of North Miami woman
Florida man schedule to be executed for 1992 murder
Florida man executed for 1992 murder of 63-year-old court clerk
South Florida Man Convicted Of Stabbing Elderly Woman 26 Years Ago Executed
Crime and Punishment: Jose Antonio Jimenez – Florida Execution – August 14, 2018 (has a lot of information including a timelime)
Murderpedia: Jose Antonio Jimenez

INMATE INFORMATION

DC Number: 406677
Name: JIMENEZ, JOSE A
Race: WHITE
Sex: MALE
Hair Color: BROWN
Eye Color: BROWN
Height: 5’09”
Weight: 302 lbs.
Birth Date: 10/12/1963
Initial Receipt Date: 07/01/1998
Current Facility: FLORIDA STATE PRISON
Current Custody: MAXIMUM
Current Release Date: DEATH SENTENCE

Execution Alert: Keith Leroy Tharpe for the murder of his sister-in-law, Jaquelyn Freeman

From Tharpe’s appeal: Tharpe’s wife left him on August 28, 1990 and moved in with her mother. Following various threats of violence made by the defendant to and about his wife and her family, a peace warrant was taken out against him, and the defendant was ordered not to have any contact with his wife or her family. Notwithstanding this order, Tharpe called his wife on September 24, 1990 and argued with her, saying if she wanted to “play dirty,” he would show her “what dirty was.”

On the morning of the 25th, his wife and her sister-in-law met Tharpe as they drove to work. He used his vehicle to block theirs and force them to stop. He got out of his vehicle, armed with a shotgun and apparently under the influence of drugs, and ordered them out of their vehicle. After telling the sister-in-law he was going to “f––– you up,” he took her to the rear of his vehicle, where he shot her. He rolled her into a ditch, reloaded, and shot her again, killing her.

9/27/2017 – He was granted a temporary stay of execution.

Tharpe then drove away with his wife. After unsuccessfully trying to rent a motel room, Tharpe parked by the side of the road and raped his wife. Afterward, he drove to Macon, where his wife was to obtain money from her credit union. Instead she called the police.

Tharpe v Head 2000 (habeas corpus remanded for a decision)
Keith Tharpe v Warden 2016 (habeas corpus denied)
Execution Date Set for Keith Leroy Tharpe, Convicted of Murder
Execution date set for man convicted in decades-old grisly murder
Tharpe Execution Media Advisory – Last Meal
With his execution date set, Jones County killer requests final meal
Georgia plans to execute man who killed sister-in-law
Lawyers: Death sentence tainted by juror’s racial bias
The Latest: Board Denies Clemency for Condemned Prisoner
Parole board declines to spare life of inmate set to die
Condemned Georgia man loses clemency bid after lawyers cite juror’s racial bias
Georgia plans to execute man who killed sister-in-law
GA Supreme Court rejects stay of execution; killer set to die tonight
Keith Leroy Tharpe – Georgia Execution – September 26, 2017
Murderpedia: Keith Leroy Tharpe
The Latest: Supreme Court grants temporary stay of execution
U.S. Supreme Court grants stay of execution to Georgia killer

INMATE INFORMATION

NAME: THARPE, KEITH LEROY
GDC ID: 0000173325

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION

YOB: 1958
RACE: BLACK
GENDER: MALE
HEIGHT: 5’09”
WEIGHT: 195
EYE COLOR: BROWN
HAIR COLOR: BLACK
SCARS, MARKS, TATTOOS

INCARCERATION DETAILS

MAJOR OFFENSE: MURDER
MOST RECENT INSTITUTION: GA DIAG CLASS PRISON
MAX POSSIBLE RELEASE DATE: DEATH

ACTUAL RELEASE DATE: CURRENTLY SERVING
CURRENT STATUS: ACTIVE

KNOWN ALIASES
A.K.A. THARPE,KEITH L
A.K.A. THARPE,KEITH LEROY
A.K.A. THORPE,KEITH L

STATE OF GEORGIA – CURRENT SENTENCES

CASE NO: 271622
OFFENSE: MURDER
CONVICTION COUNTY: JONES COUNTY
CRIME COMMIT DATE: 09/25/1990
SENTENCE LENGTH: NOT AVAILABLE

CASE NO: 271622
OFFENSE: KIDNAPPING
CONVICTION COUNTY: JONES COUNTY
CRIME COMMIT DATE: 09/25/1990
SENTENCE LENGTH: NOT AVAILABLE

CASE NO: 271622
OFFENSE: KIDNAPPING
CONVICTION COUNTY: JONES COUNTY
CRIME COMMIT DATE: 09/25/1990
SENTENCE LENGTH: NOT AVAILABLE
STATE OF GEORGIA – PRIOR SENTENCES

STATE OF GEORGIA – INCARCERATION HISTORY

INCARCERATION BEGIN: 01/18/1991
INCARCERATION END: ACTIVE
INCARCERATION BEGIN: 04/04/1988
INCARCERATION END: 06/23/1988

Execution Alert: Thomas Douglas Arthur executed for the murder of Troy Wicker Jr. on 2/1/1982 in Muscle Shoals, AL

Troy Wicker Jr

Find-A-Grave: Eloise Bray West
Find-A-Grave: Troy L Wicker Jr
Niece of victim: Tommy Arthur execution delays have put family through ‘living hell’
Judy Wicker breaks silence after 27 years
Murderpedia: Tommy Arthur
Thomas D. Arthur v State of Alabama 1984 (conviction and sentence affirmed)
Ex Parte Arthur 1985 (denied)
Thomas D. Arthur v State of Alabama 2001 (conviction and sentence affirmed)
Thomas D. Arthur v Kim Tobias Thomas 2014 (conviction and sentence affirmed)
Thomas Arthur to be executed Thursday evening
Alabama Inmate Tommy Arthur Faces Eighth Execution Date
Alabama Death Row inmate Tommy Arthur asks US Supreme Court to stop execution for 8th time
Clock ticks down for Tommy Arthur execution
Alabama executes Tommy Arthur: Inmate dies for 1982 murder-for-hire
Alabama executes man for 1982 murder

Defendants
Judy Wicker – convicted, sentenced to life in prison; released in 1992
Thomas Douglas Arthur – convicted 3 times, sentenced to death

INMATE INFORMATION

Execution Alert: Mark Christeson executed for the murders of Susan Brouk and her 2 children

Victims
Susan Brouk, 36
Adrian Brouk, 12
Kyle Brouk, 9

Find-A-Grave: Susan Jo Southard Brouk
Find-A-Grave: Adrian K. Brouk
Find-A-Grave: Kyle C. Brouk
BROUK MURDERS: From Bolin’s Hill to Bonne Terre
Missouri sets October execution date for triple murderer from Maries County
State of Missouri v Jessie R. Carter 2002 (conviction and sentence affirmed)
State of Missouri v Mark A. Christeson 2001 (conviction and sentence affirmed)
Mark A. Christeson v State of Missouri 2004 (conviction and sentence affirmed)
Mark A. Christeson v Don Roper, Warden 2015 (habeas corpus)
Missouri inmate faces execution today for killing family in 1998
Missouri Inmate Faces Execution for Killing Family in 1998
Inmate Faces Execution Tuesday for Killing Family in 1998
Missouri inmate faces execution for killing family in 1998
Murderpedia: Mark A. Christeson
Missouri executes death row inmate Mark Christeson for 1998 murders
Missouri man executed for 1998 murder of mother, 2 children

Defendants
Mark Christeson – convicted, sentenced to death
Jessie Carter – convicted, sentenced to LWOP

INMATE INFORMATION

DOC ID 1031687
Offender Name Mark A Christeson
Race White
Sex Male
Date of Birth 02/20/1979
Height/Weight 5’11” / 198
Hair/Eyes Brown / Brown
Assigned Location Eastern Reception Diagnostic Corr Center
Address 2727 Highway K, Bonne Terre, MO 63628
Assigned Officer Phone Number (573) 358-5516
Sentence Summary Death (Death, Death, Death CC)
Active Offenses MURDER 1ST DEGREE (3 CTS)
Completed Offenses Completed sentence not found
Aliases Mark Christeson; Mark A Christeson

INMATE INFORMATION

DOC ID 1050450
Offender Name Jessie Carter
Race White
Sex Male
Date of Birth 09/20/1980
Height/Weight 5’7″ / 138
Hair/Eyes Brown / Green
Assigned Location Eastern Reception Diagnostic Corr Center
Address 2727 Highway K, Bonne Terre, MO 63628
Assigned Officer Phone Number (573) 358-5516
Sentence Summary Life W/O (Life W/O, Life W/O, Life W/O CS)
Active Offenses MURDER 1ST DEGREE (3 CTS)
Completed Offenses Completed sentence not found
Aliases Jessie R Carter; Jessie Carter

Execution Alert: Ricky Jovan Gray for the murders of the Harvey Family

Victims
Treva Terrell Gray, 35 (Ricky’s wife) [11/5/2005] (no one has been charged with her murder)
Sheryl Ann Embrey Warner, 37 [12/18/2005]
Ryan Carey, 26 [12/18/2005] (survived) no picture
Bryan Harvey, 49 [1/1/2006]
Kathryn Harvey, 39 [1/1/2006]
Stella Harvey, 9 [1/1/2006]
Ruby Harvey, 4 [1/1/2006]
Mary Baskerville-Tucker, 46 [1/6/2006]
Percyell Tucker, 55 [1/6/2006]
Ashley Baskerville, 21 [1/6/2006]

Harvey Family murders 1/1/2006 Richmond, VA *Ricky Gray and Ray Dandridge arrested for the murders of Richmond family*
Ricky Gray Set to Be Executed for Virginia Family Murders
Ricky Gray’s execution day has arrived — 11 years after murder spree
Governor won’t stop Ricky Gray execution; lawyers file emergency request to Supreme Court
Ricky Gray set to be executed for 2006 murder wave that claimed two Richmond families
Ricky Gray to be executed Wednesday for 2006 murders
Gov. McAuliffe says he won’t stop Wednesday’s execution of Ricky Gray
Ricky Gray apologizes; more than 50 mental health experts urge clemency
Ricky Gray makes last-minute appeal to U.S. Supreme Court to stay execution
Ricky Gray executed by lethal injection for Harvey family killings
Virginia executes convicted family killer Ricky Gray
Virginia executes inmate convicted of murdering family of four

Movies/Documentaries
Wicked Attraction: Evil in the Blood

INMATE INFORMATION

OFFENDER ID NUMBER: 1100057
OFFENDER NAME: Ricky Jovan Gray
SEX: Male
RACE: Black
VADOC RELEASE DATE: Death Sentence
LOCATION: Greensville Correctional Center

INMATE INFORMATION

OFFENDER ID NUMBER: 1159354
OFFENDER NAME: Ray Joseph Dandridge
SEX: Male
RACE: Black
VADOC RELEASE DATE: Single Life Sentence
LOCATION: Keen Mountain Correctional Center