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    On Death Row as of April 1, 2008 (14)
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    Executed (19/2)

    As of April 1, 2008, there are 14 convicted murderers on Indiana's Death Row. (Includes Debra Denise Brown, held in Ohio serving an Ohio life sentence for Aggravated Murder)

    From 1977 through April 1, 2008 there have been 94 persons convicted of murder and sentenced to death in the State of Indiana. Ten (Moore, Averhart, Roark, Kennedy, Burris, Minnick, J. Lowery, J.K. Thompson, Kubsch, and Ward) have been sentenced to death twice, following reversal on appeal. As such, there have been a total of 104 death sentences handed down in Indiana since 1977.

    19 convicted murderers have been executed in Indiana since 1977: 3 by electrocution (Judy, Vandiver, Resnover) and 16 by lethal injection (T. Smith, R. Smith, Burris, Fleenor, Bivins, J. Lowery, Hough, Trueblood, Wallace, Benefiel, Johnson, Conner, Matheney, Bieghler, Woods, and Lambert). Michael Lockhart was executed by the State of Texas in 1997 while appealing his Indiana death sentence. Alton Coleman was executed by the State of Ohio in 2002 while appealing his Indiana death sentence. One convicted murderer, David Hollis, committed suicide in 1984 while on death row. One convicted murderer, Charles Roche, committed suicide in 2006 while awaiting a new sentencing retrial. One convicted murderer, Jerry K. Thompson, was killed in 2002 by other prisoners while on death row. Two convicted murderers died of natural causes while on death row: Richard Moore in 2006 and Norman Timberlake in 2007.

    Updates for actions on cases after April 1, 2008 can be found here.

    # Murderer Date of
    Birth
    Race/Sex Date of
    Murder
    Date of
    Sentence
    Judge County
    1.
    James Brewer
    06/10/56
    B/M
    12/04/77
    03/01/78
    Clement
    Lake
    2.
    Larry Hicks
    02/12/58
    B/M
    02/05/78
    09/01/78
    Kimbrough
    Lake
    3.
    Michael W. Daniels
    03/08/58
    B/M
    01/16/78
    09/14/79
    Gifford
    Marion
    4.
    Steven T. Judy
    05/24/56
    W/M
    04/28/79
    02/25/80
    Boles
    Morgan
    5.
    17.
    James Lowery
    03/16/47
    W/M
    09/30/79
    07/11/80
    01/07/83
    Johnson
    Boles
    Boone
    Hendricks
    from Tippecanoe
    6.
    Larry C. Williams
    03/28/58
    W/M
    04/12/79
    09/11/80
    Gettinger
    LaPorte
    from Marshall
    7.
    92.
    Richard D. Moore
    06/05/31
    B/M
    11/06/79
    10/24/80
    01/13/00
    Barr
    Detamore
    Hamilton
    Boone
    from Marion
    8.
    69.
    Gary Burris
    12/17/56
    B/M
    01/29/80
    02/20/81
    11/22/91
    Tranberg
    Marion
    9.
    Gregory Resnover
    08/12/51
    B/M
    12/11/80
    07/23/81
    Boles
    Marion
    10.
    Tommie J. Smith
    02/06/54
    B/M
    12/11/80
    07/23/81
    Boles
    Marion
    11.
    Richard Dillon
    12/12/62
    W/M
    03/08/81
    08/21/81
    Theobold
    Knox
    from Pike
    12.
    Thomas N. Schiro
    12/22/60
    W/M
    02/05/81
    10/02/81
    Rosen
    Brown from
    Vanderburgh
    13.
    40.
    William A. Minnick
    08/21/63
    W/M
    10/26/81
    06/10/82
    10/16/85
    Yelton
    Chezem
    Clay
    Lawrence
    from Putnam
    14.
    David Hollis
    08/14/60
    W/M
    02/27/82
    11/12/82
    Clement
    Lake
    from Ripley
    15.
    84.
    Rufus Lee Averhart
    (Zolo Agona Azania)
    12/12/54
    B/M
    08/11/81
    05/25/82
    03/18/96
    Moellering
    Scheibenberger
    Allen
    from Lake
    16.
    Donald Ray Wallace, Jr.
    09/03/57
    W/M
    01/14/80
    10/21/82
    McQuillan
    Vigo from
    Vanderburgh
    18.
    Jay R. Thompson
    10/28/63
    W/M
    03/08/81
    03/18/83
    Miller
    Harrison
    from Pike
    19.
    Marvin Bieghler
    12/15/47
    W/M
    12/10/81
    03/25/83
    Parry
    Howard
    20.
    Gregory Van Cleave
    06/01/62
    B/M
    10/19/82
    05/27/83
    Gifford
    Marion
    21.
    Mark Allen Wisehart
    11/21/62
    W/M
    10/09/82
    09/26/83
    Newman
    Madison
    22.
    Russell Ernest Boyd
    02/13/58
    W/M
    08/27/82
    10/04/83
    Maschmeyer
    Clark
    23.
    Charles Smith
    10/10/53
    B/M
    12/10/82
    10/18/83
    Moellering
    Allen
    24.
    William J. Spranger
    09/26/64
    W/M
    05/28/83
    12/08/83
    Puckett
    Wayne
    from Noble
    25.
    D. H. Fleenor
    10/29/51
    W/M
    12/12/82
    01/04/84
    McKinney
    Johnson from
    Jefferson
    26.
    William C. Vandiver
    08/26/48
    W/M
    03/20/83
    01/20/84
    Letsinger
    Lake
    27.
    Frank R. Davis
    01/29/53
    W/M
    06/16/83
    01/25/84
    Cook
    Marshall
    from LaPorte
    28.
    James Allen Harris
    10/27/54
    B/M
    03/28/83
    02/10/84
    Tranberg
    Marion
    29.
    James Games
    07/22/64
    W/M
    07/14/83
    04/05/84
    Tranberg
    Marion
    30.
    Keith L. Patton
    07/24/66
    B/M
    10/21/83
    07/20/84
    Alsip
    Marion
    31.
    Greagree C. Davis
    01/06/62
    B/M
    04/02/84
    10/26/84
    Jones
    Marion
    32.
    Johnny Townsend, Jr.
    12/27/63
    B/M
    11/28/83
    03/08/85
    Maroc
    Lake
    33.
    Phillip McCollum
    06/19/65
    B/M
    11/28/83
    03/08/85
    Maroc
    Lake
    34.
    David Leon Woods
    08/07/64
    W/M
    04/07/84
    03/28/85
    Peyton
    Boone
    from DeKalb
    35.
    Reynaldo Goria Rondon
    01/06/49
    H/M
    10/11/84
    05/10/85
    Letsinger
    Lake
    36.
    Eladio Martinez-Chavez
    08/04/51
    H/M
    10/11/84
    05/15/85
    Letsinger
    Lake
    37.
    Lois Ann Thacker
    01/27/58
    W/F
    11/02/84
    06/27/85
    Songer
    Dubois
    from Orange
    38.
    Herbert A. Underwood
    07/11/60
    W/M
    06/05/84
    08/23/85
    Alsip
    Marion
    39.
    Richard D. Huffman, Jr.
    12/31/60
    W/M
    06/05/84
    08/23/85
    Alsip
    Marion
    41.
    Terry Lee Lowery
    07/04/61
    W/M
    05/19/85
    12/09/85
    Moellering
    Allen
    42.
    Larry Bellmore
    12/03/46
    W/M
    06/30/85
    04/04/86
    Harris
    Morgan
    43.
    Alton Coleman
    11/06/55
    B/M
    06/18/84
    05/07/86
    Maroc
    Lake
    44.
    Gregory Scott Johnson
    02/18/65
    W/M
    06/23/85
    06/19/86
    Newman
    Madison
    45.
    Debra Denise Brown
    11/11/62
    B/F
    06/18/84
    06/23/86
    Maroc
    Lake
    46.
    Paula R. Cooper
    08/25/69
    B/F
    05/14/85
    07/11/86
    Kimbrough
    Lake
    47.
    Charles G. Evans
    04/14/59
    B/M
    10/03/85
    09/19/86
    Barney
    Marion
    48.
    Keith B. Canaan
    11/02/58
    W/M
    12/28/85
    11/26/86
    Miller
    Vanderburgh
    49.
    Arthur Paul Baird, II
    02/06/46
    W/M
    09/06/85
    03/13/87
    Milligan
    Montgomery
    50.
    Gregory Rouster
    02/07/68
    B/M
    08/12/86
    03/23/87
    Letsinger
    Lake
    51.
    Darnell Williams
    07/31/66
    B/M
    08/12/86
    03/23/87
    Letsinger
    Lake
    52.
    Kevin Lee Hough
    08/17/59
    W/M
    11/06/85
    06/11/87
    Meyers
    Allen
    53.
    72.
    Stuart S. Kennedy
    12/20/60
    W/M
    10/09/86
    03/21/88
    Westhafer
    Decatur
    from Dearborn
    54.
    Donald Lee Jackson, Jr.
    08/03/56
    W/M
    10/09/86
    03/21/88
    Stewart
    Franklin
    from Dearborn
    55.
    Marvin D. Castor
    02/09/41
    W/M
    05/08/86
    07/29/88
    Reinke
    Wayne from
    Hancock
    56.
    Howard A. Allen
    02/10/49
    B/M
    07/14/87
    08/30/88
    Barney
    Marion
    57.
    William J. Benirschke
    10/02/62
    W/M
    02/12/88
    08/31/88
    Clement
    Lake
    58.
    Larry Dale Potts
    08/04/38
    W/M
    10/12/87
    10/06/88
    Conroy
    Lake
    59.
    Bill J. Benefiel
    06/03/56
    W/M
    02/07/87
    11/03/88
    Eldred
    Vigo
    60.
    Kevin A. Conner
    03/27/65
    W/M
    01/26/88
    11/03/88
    Tranberg
    Marion
    61.
    Cindy Lou Landress
    01/20/58
    W/F
    04/23/88
    06/26/89
    Conroy
    Lake
    62.
    Michael Lee Lockhart
    09/30/60
    W/M
    10/13/87
    07/19/89
    Letsinger
    Lake
    63.
    76.
    Dennis Ray Roark
    04/12/63
    W/M
    02/03/89
    10/17/89
    Clement
    Lake
    64.
    Joseph L. Trueblood
    12/26/56
    W/M
    08/15/88
    04/12/90
    Melichar
    Tippecanoe
    65.
    Alan Lehman Matheny
    11/06/50
    W/M
    03/04/89
    05/11/90
    Letsinger
    Lake from
    St. Joseph
    66.
    Charles E. Roche, Jr.
    08/20/63
    W/M
    05/10/90
    11/30/90
    Clement
    Lake
    67.
    Vincent James
    12/13/60
    B/M
    12/15/89
    02/28/91
    Webber
    Porter
    from LaPorte
    68.
    Perry S. Miller
    10/14/47
    W/M
    11/14/90
    05/20/91
    Bradford
    Porter
    70.
    James P. Harrison
    11/09/49
    W/M
    01/17/89
    12/14/91
    Redwine
    Posey
    71.
    Michael Allen Lambert
    10/21/70
    W/M
    12/28/90
    01/17/92
    Barnet
    Delaware
    73.
    Christopher D. Peterson
    (Obadayah Ben-Yisrayl)
    01/20/69
    B/M
    12/13/90
    05/12/92
    Webber
    Porter
    74.
    Christopher D. Peterson
    (Obadayah Ben-Yisrayl)
    01/20/69
    B/M
    12/18/90
    06/05/92
    Clement
    Lake
    75.
    Gerald W. Bivins
    12/07/59
    W/M
    01/16/91
    06/05/92
    Milligan
    Boone
    77.
    Edward Earl Williams
    12/09/67
    B/M
    06/19/92
    03/02/93
    Letsinger
    Lake
    78.
    Eric D. Holmes
    08/23/68
    B/M
    11/16/89
    03/26/93
    Emkes
    Marion
    79.
    Benny Lee Saylor
    11/14/67
    W/M
    06/18/92
    02/17/94
    Newman
    Madison
    80.
    Vincent Juan Prowell
    03/04/64
    B/M
    05/27/93
    05/05/94
    Young
    Vanderburgh
    81.
    Christopher M. Stevens
    09/02/72
    W/M
    07/15/93
    03/14/95
    Heid
    Tippecanoe
    from Putnam
    82.
    Matthew E. Wrinkles
    01/03/60
    W/M
    07/21/94
    06/14/95
    Young
    Vanderburgh
    83.
    Norman H. Timberlake
    08/14/47
    W/M
    02/05/93
    08/11/95
    Moellering
    Marion
    85.
    95.
    Jerry K. Thompson
    03/17/61
    W/M
    03/14/91
    05/25/96
    Barney
    Marion
    86.
    Robert A. Smith
    03/03/50
    W/M
    06/30/95
    07/12/96
    Pierson
    Sullivan
    87.
    Charles E. Barker
    01/19/58
    W/M
    08/03/93
    12/30/96
    Barney
    Marion
    88.
    John Matthew Stephenson
    07/31/63
    W/M
    03/28/96
    06/17/97
    Campbell
    Warrick
    89.
    Walter L. Dye
    10/02/64
    B/M
    07/22/96
    01/20/98
    Gifford
    Marion
    90.
    John E. Ingle
    10/29/49
    W/M
    07/27/96
    11/19/98
    Striegel
    Floyd
    91.
    Joseph E. Corcoran
    04/18/75
    W/M
    07/26/97
    08/26/99
    Gull
    Allen
    93.
    Michael D. Overstreet
    11/18/66
    W/M
    09/27/97
    07/31/00
    Emkes
    Johnson
    94.
    101.
    Wayne D. Kubsch
    10/31/67
    W/M
    09/18/98
    08/28/00
    04/18/05
    Frese
    Albright
    St. Joseph
    96.
    Paul Michael McManus
    07/14/72
    W/M
    02/26/01
    06/05/02
    Heldt
    Vanderburgh
    97.
    Phillip A. Stroud
    12/30/78
    B/M
    09/14/00
    09/04/02
    Means
    St. Joseph
    98.
    Benjamin D. Ritchie
    05/30/80
    W/M
    09/29/00
    10/15/02
    Gifford
    Marion
    99.
    103.
    Roy Lee Ward
    07/20/72
    W/M
    07/11/01
    12/18/02
    06/08/07
    Roell
    Pigman
    Spencer
    Clay
    100.
    Tommy Ray Pruitt
    03/04/62
    W/M
    06/14/01
    11/21/03
    Humphrey
    Dearborn
    from Morgan
    102.
    Frederick M. Baer
    10/19/71
    W/M
    02/25/04
    06/09/05
    Spencer
    Madison
    104.
    Daniel Ray Wilkes
    07/30/68
    W/M
    04/26/06
    01/25/08
    Heldt
    Clark from Vanderburgh



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