List of people executed in Missouri

This is a list of people executed in Missouri following the 1976 Supreme Court decision in Gregg v. Georgia that allowed for the reinstitution of the death penalty in the United States.

List of people executed in Missouri since 1976

Since 1989, a total of 101 people were executed by the State of Missouri. All were convicted of first-degree murder and all were executed by lethal injection, although lethal gas remains a legal method of execution. Before April 1989, all executions were carried out at the Missouri State Penitentiary in Jefferson City. Between April 1989 and March 2005, executions were carried out at the Potosi Correctional Center in Mineral Point. Since April 2005, all subsequent executions have been carried out at the Eastern Reception, Diagnostic and Correctional Center in Bonne Terre. A condemned inmate and convicted double killer from Missouri, Lewis Eugene Gilbert, was executed in Oklahoma.^[1]

No.	Name	Race	Age	Sex	Date of execution	County or Independent City	Method	Victim(s)	Governor
1	George C. Mercer	White	44	M	January 6, 1989[a]	Cass[b]	Lethal injection	Karen Keeton	John Ashcroft
2	Gerald Smith	White	32	M	January 18, 1990[c]	St. Louis City		Karen Roberts[d]
3	Winford LaVern Stokes Jr.	Black	39	M	May 11, 1990	St. Louis		Pamela Benda
4	Leonard Marvin Laws	White	41	M	May 17, 1990			Clarence Williams and Lottie Williams
5	George Clifton Gilmore	White	44	M	August 21, 1990			Mary Luella Watters, Clarence Williams, Lottie Williams
6	Maurice Oscar Byrd	Black	37	M	August 23, 1991			4 murder victims[e]
7	Ricky Lee Grubbs	White	34	M	October 21, 1992	St. Francois		Jerry Thornton
8	Martsay Bolder	Black	36	M	January 27, 1993	Randolph		Theron King	Mel Carnahan
9	Walter Junior Blair	Black	32	M	July 21, 1993	Jackson		Katherine Jo Allen
10	Frederick Lashley	Black	29	M	July 28, 1993	St. Louis City		Janie Tracy
11	Frank Joseph Guinan	White	48	M	October 6, 1993	Franklin		John McBroom[f]
12	Emmitt Foster	Black	44	M	May 3, 1995	St. Louis		Travis Walker
13	Larry Griffin	Black	41	M	June 21, 1995	St. Louis City		Quintin Moss
14	Robert Anthony Murray	Black	32	M	July 26, 1995			Jeffrey Jackson and Craig Stewart
15	Robert T. Sidebottom	White	33	M	November 15, 1995	Jackson		May Sidebottom
16	Anthony Joe Larette Jr.	White	44	M	November 29, 1995	St. Charles[g]		Mary Fleming
17	Robert Earl O'Neal Jr.	White	34	M	December 6, 1995	Butler		Arthur Dade
18	Jeffrey Paul Sloan	White	29	M	February 21, 1996	Clay		4 murder victims[4][h]
19	Doyle James Williams	White	49	M	April 10, 1996			A. H. Domann and Kerry Bummett
20	Emmett Clifton Nave	Native American	56	M	July 31, 1996	St. Charles		Geneva Roling
21	Thomas Henry Battle	Black	34	M	August 7, 1996	St. Louis City		Birdie Johnson
22	Richard Oxford	White	40	M	August 21, 1996	Platte		Harold Wampler and Melba Wampler
23	Richard Steven Zeitvogel	White	40	M	December 11, 1996	Cole		Gary Wayne Dew
24	Eric Adam Schneider	White	36	M	January 29, 1997	Jefferson		Richard Schwendeman and Ronald Thompson
25	Ralph Cecil Feltrop	White	42	M	August 6, 1997			Barbara Ann Roam
26	Donald Edward Reese	White	54	M	August 13, 1997			4 murder victims[i]
27	Andrew Wessel Six	White	32	M	August 20, 1997	Schuyler		Kathy Allen
28	Samuel Lee McDonald Jr.	Black	49	M	September 24, 1997	St. Louis City		St. Louis County Police Officer Robert Jordan[5]
29	Alan Jeffrey Bannister	White	39	M	October 24, 1997	McDonald		Darrell Ruestman
30	Reginald Love Powell	Black	29	M	February 25, 1998	St. Louis City		Freddie Miller and Arthur Miller
31	Milton Vincent Griffin-El	Black	37	M	March 25, 1998			Jerome Redden
32	Glennon Paul Sweet	White	43	M	April 22, 1998	Clay		Missouri State Trooper Russell Harper
33	Kelvin Shelby Malone	Black	38	M	January 13, 1999	St. Louis		William Parr[j]
34	James Edward Rodden Jr.	White	39	M	February 24, 1999	Clay		Terry Trunnel and Joseph Arnold
35	Roy Michael Roberts	White	45	M	March 10, 1999	Marion		Correctional officer Tom Jackson
36	Roy Ramsey Jr.	Black	46	M	April 14, 1999	Jackson		Garnett Ledford and Betty Ledford
37	Ralph E. Davis	Black	61	M	April 28, 1999	Boone		Susan Davis
38	Jessie Lee Wise	Black	46	M	May 26, 1999	St. Louis		Geraldine McDonald
39	Bruce Kilgore	Black	39	M	June 16, 1999	St. Louis City		Marilyn Wilkins
40	Robert Allen Walls	White	34	M	June 30, 1999	St. Louis		Fred Harmon
41	David R. Leisure	White	49	M	September 1, 1999	St. Louis City		James A. Michaels Sr.
42	James Henry Hampton	White	62	M	March 22, 2000	Callaway		Frances Keaton
43	Bert Leroy Hunter	White	53	M	June 28, 2000	Cole		Mildred Hodges and Richard Hodges
44	Gary Lee Roll	White	48	M	August 30, 2000	Boone		Sherry Scheper, Randy Scheper and Curtis Scheper
45	George Bernard Harris	Black	41	M	September 13, 2000	Jackson		Stanley Willoughby
46	James Wilson Chambers	White	48	M	November 15, 2000	Jefferson		Jerry Lee Oestricker	Roger B. Wilson
47	Stanley Dewaine Lingar	White	37	M	February 7, 2001	Ripley[k]		Thomas Scott Allen	Bob Holden
48	Tomas Grant Ervin	White	50	M	March 28, 2001	Cole		Mildred Hodges and Richard Hodges
49	Mose Young Jr.	Black	45	M	April 25, 2001	St. Louis City		Kent Bicknese, James Schneider and Sol Marks
50	Samuel D. Smith	Black	40	M	May 23, 2001	Callaway		Marlin May
51	Jerome Mallett	Black	42	M	July 11, 2001	Perry		Missouri State Trooper James F. Froemsdorf
52	Michael S. Roberts	White	27	M	October 3, 2001	St. Louis		Mary L. Taylor
53	Stephen K. Johns	White	55	M	October 24, 2001	St. Louis City		Donald Voepel
54	James R. Johnson	White	52	M	January 9, 2002	Moniteau		4 murder victims[l]
55	Michael I. Owsley	Black	40	M	February 6, 2002	Jackson		Elvin Iverson
56	Jeffrey Lane Tokar	White	37	M	March 6, 2002	Warren		Johnny Douglass
57	Paul W. Kreutzer	White	30	M	April 10, 2002	Callaway		Louise Hemphill
58	Daniel Anthony Basile	White	35	M	August 14, 2002	St. Charles		Elizabeth DeCaro
59	William Robert Jones Jr.	White	38	M	November 20, 2002	Jackson		Stanley Albert
60	Kenneth Kenley	White	42	M	February 5, 2003	Butler		Ronald Felts
61	John Clayton Smith	White	41	M	October 29, 2003	Audrain		Brandie Kearnes and Wayne Hoewing
62	Stanley L. Hall	Black	37	M	March 16, 2005[m]	St. Louis		Barbara Jo Wood	Matt Blunt
63	Donald Jones	Black	38	M	April 27, 2005[n]	St. Louis City		Dorothy Knuckles
64	Vernon Brown	Black	51	M	May 18, 2005			Janet Perkins and Synetta Ford
65	Timothy L. Johnston	White	44	M	August 31, 2005		Nancy Johnston
66	Marlin Andrew Gray	Black	38	M	October 26, 2005		Julie Kerry and Robin Kerry
67	Dennis James Skillicorn	White	49	M	May 20, 2009	Lafayette	Richard Drummond	Jay Nixon
68	Martin C. Link	White	47	M	February 9, 2011	St. Louis City	Elissa Self
69	Joseph Paul Franklin	White	63	M	November 20, 2013	St. Louis	Gerald Gordon
70	Allen L. Nicklasson	White	41	M	December 11, 2013	Lafayette	Richard Drummond
71	Herbert L. Smulls	Black	56	M	January 29, 2014	St. Louis	Stephen Honickman
72	Michael Anthony Taylor	Black	47	M	February 26, 2014	Jackson	Ann Marie Harrison
73	Jeffrey R. Ferguson	White	59	M	March 26, 2014	St. Louis	Kelli Hall
74	William Lewis Rousan	White	57	M	April 23, 2014	St. Francois	Charles Lewis and Grace Lewis
75	John E. Winfield	Black	43	M	June 18, 2014	St. Louis	Arthea Sanders and Shawnee Murphy
76	John C. Middleton	White	54	M	July 16, 2014	Harrison	Alfred Pinegar, Stacy Hodge and Randy Hamilton
77	Michael Shane Worthington[6]	White	43	M	August 6, 2014	St. Charles	Melinda Griffin
78	Earl Ringo Jr.	Black	40	M	September 10, 2014	Boone	Dennis Poyser and Joanna Baysinger
79	Leon Vincent Taylor	Black	56	M	November 19, 2014	Jackson	Robert Newton
80	Paul Terrence Goodwin	White	48	M	December 10, 2014	St. Louis	Joan Crotts
81	Walter Timothy Storey	White	47	M	February 11, 2015	St. Charles	Jill Frey
82	Cecil Lee Clayton	White	74	M	March 17, 2015	Barry	Barry County Deputy Christopher Castetter
83	Andre Vincent Cole	Black	52	M	April 14, 2015	St. Louis	Anthony Curtis
84	Richard Lamont Strong	Black	48	M	June 9, 2015		Eva Washington and Zandrea Thomas
85	David Stanley Zink	White	55	M	July 14, 2015	St. Clair	Amanda Morton
86	Roderick Nunley	Black	50	M	September 1, 2015	Jackson	Ann Marie Harrison
87	Earl Mitchell Forrest II	White	66	M	May 11, 2016	Dent[o]	Sharon Joann Barnes, Harriet Smith, and Michael Wells[p]
88	Mark Anthony Christeson	White	37	M	January 31, 2017	Maries	Susan Brouk, Adrian Brouk, and Kyle Brouk	Eric Greitens
89	Russell Earl Bucklew	White	51	M	October 1, 2019	Cape Girardeau[q]	Michael Sanders	Mike Parson
90	Walter E. Barton	White	64	M	May 19, 2020	Christian	Gladys Kuehler
91	Ernest Lee Johnson	Black	61	M	October 5, 2021	Boone	Mary Bratcher, Mabel Scruggs, and Fred Jones
92	Carman Lee Deck Jr.	White	56	M	May 3, 2022	Jefferson	James Long and Zelma Long
93	Kevin Johnson Jr.	Black	37	M	November 29, 2022	St. Louis	Kirkwood police Sergeant William Leo McEntee
94	Scott A. McLaughlin[r]	White	49	M	January 3, 2023		Beverly Guenther
95	Leonard Sheldon Taylor	Black	58	M	February 7, 2023		4 murder victims[s]
96	Michael Andrew Tisius	White	42	M	June 6, 2023	Randolph[t]	Jason Lee Acton and Leon Earl Egley[u]
97	Johnny Allen Johnson	White	45	M	August 1, 2023	St. Louis	Cassandra Lynn Williamson
98	Brian Joseph Dorsey	White	52	M	April 9, 2024	Callaway[v]	Benjamin Wade Bonnie and Sarah Ann Bonnie
99	David Russell Hosier	White	69	M	June 11, 2024	Cole	Angela Yvonne Gilpin and Rodney Dean Gilpin
100	Marcellus Scott Williams	Black	55	M	September 24, 2024	St. Louis	Felicia Anne Gayle
101	Christopher Leroy Collings	White	49	M	December 3, 2024	Barry[w]	Rowan Damia Ford

Demographics

Race
White	62	61%
Black	38	38%
Native American	1	1%
Age
20–29	4	4%
30–39	28	28%
40–49	41	40%
50–59	20	20%
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	12	11%
Method
Lethal injection	101	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)	13	12%
Mike Kehoe (R)	0	0%
Total	101	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. Smith was also sentenced to death for the murder of fellow death row inmate Robert Baker.^[2]
5. The 4 victims were: Judy Cazaco, James Wood, Edna Ince, and Carolyn Turner.
6. Smith was also sentenced to death for the murder of fellow death row inmate Robert Baker.^[3]
7. Was tried and convicted in Warren County.
8. The 4 victims were: Paul Sloan, Judith Sloan, Timothy Sloan, and Jason Sloan, Sloan was only convicted of killing Jason Sloan
9. The 4 victims were: James Watson, Christopher Griffith, John Buford, and Don Vanderlinden.
10. He was also sentenced to death by the state of California for the murder of Myrtle Benham.
11. Was tried and convicted in St. Francois County.
12. The 4 victims were: Deputy Sheriff Leslie B. Roark, Pam Jones, Sheriff Charles Smith, and Deputy Sheriff Sandra Wilson.
13. This was the last execution held at the Potosi Correctional Center in Mineral Point.
14. This was the first execution held at the Eastern Reception, Diagnostic and Correctional Center in Bonne Terre.
15. Was tried and convicted in Platte County.
16. Barnes was a Dent County Sheriff's Deputy.
17. Was tried and convicted in Boone County.
18. Though identified as Scott A. McLaughlin in the death warrant and prison records, McLaughlin transitioned while incarcerated and identified as Amber McLaughlin at the time of execution,^[7][8][9] becoming the first transgender woman executed in the United States.^[10]
19. The 4 murder victims were: Angela Rowe, Alexus Conley, AcQreya Conley, and Tyrese Conley.
20. 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.
21. Acton and Egley were Randolph County Jail Guards.
22. Was tried and convicted in Boone County.
23. Was tried and convicted in Phelps County.