SC has executed 43 convicted murderers since 1985. Right here’s who they’re and who they killed
South Carolina’s first execution after the U.S. Supreme Court docket reinstated the loss of life penalty in 1976 was Joseph Carl Shaw, a former altar boy from Kentucky who enlisted within the Military and was stationed at Fort Jackson.
He raped and murdered two girls, Betty Swank and Carlotta Hartness in Richland County, and ordered an confederate, James Terry Roach to kill Hartness’ boyfriend in 1977.
The execution was carried out at Central Correctional Establishment by electrical chair in 1985. Roach was the second to be executed in 1986.
Since then, 41 males have been executed, 36 by deadly injection. Seven within the electrical chair. In all, 25 have been white, 25 black and one Native American. Roach, at 25, was the youngest.
Donald Henry “PeeWee” Gaskins was the oldest at 58 when he was executed in 1991. Gaskins, generally known as the meanest man in America, was one of many South’s most prolific serial killers, together with the homicide of his niece, a cannibal and sadist who escaped the loss of life penalty as soon as however was sentenced to die later after killing a fellow Dying Row inmate.
Here’s a checklist of the opposite murderers who’ve been executed. The checklist was compiled utilizing data from murderpedia.org and information tales from the time of every execution.
Ronald Rusty Woomer, 35, executed on April 27, 1990, murdered Della Louis Sellers after kidnapping her from a Pawleys Island comfort retailer in 1979. He was convicted of killing and raping Sellers but in addition accused of killing John Turner, 67; Arnie Richardson, 27; and Earldean Wright, 35; and maimed the lady working with Sellers.
Sylvester Lewis Adams, 39, executed on Aug. 18, 1995, strangled his 16-year outdated neighbor in 1979 after making an attempt to rob him. Adams was the primary to die by deadly injection in South Carolina.
Robert South, 51, executed on Might 31, 1996, killed West Columbia police Officer Daniel Cogburn in a drive by capturing in 1983. Cogburn had been on the job for 4 days.
Fred H. Kornahrens III, 47, executed on July 19, 1996, killed his ex-wife, Patti Jo Kornahrens; her stepson Jason Avant, and her father Harry Wilkerson in 1985 in Charleston County.
Michael Rian Torrence, 35, executed on Sept. 6, 1996, murdered Dennis Lollis, Charles Bush, and Cynthia Williams in 1987 in Lexington County. He used varied types of strangulation, together with a canine chain, stabbed and shot his victims.
Larry Gene Bell, 46, executed on Oct. 4, 1996, killed 17-year-old Sharon “Shari” Faye Smith and taunted her mother and father in telephone calls and 9-year-old Debra Might Helmick in Lexington County. Bell referred to as Helmick’s mother and father to say the place her physique was. Each have been believed to have been suffocated with duct tape.
Doyle Cecil Lucas, 41, executed Nov. 15, 1996, robbed and killed Invoice Rayfield 65, and Mr. Rayfield’s 64-year-old spouse, Evelyn, at their Rock Hill house in 1983.
Frank Middleton Jr., 33, executed Nov. 22, 1996, escaped from jail work crew and raped and murdered Shirley Mae Mack, a 49-year-old night-shift prepare dinner in 1984 and killed one other girl, Janell Garner, in Charleston County.
Michael Eugene Elkins, 41, executed June 13, 1997, convicted of robbing and killing Patricia Whitt, 59, of Largo, Florida, on July 9, 1990, after she stopped to assist him alongside Interstate 95 close to the Georgia border.
Earl Matthews Jr., 32, executed Nov. 7, 1997, murdered 16-year-old Lucia Aimar throughout a botched theft try in 1984 in Charleston County.
John David Arnold Jr., 43, executed March 6, 1998, strangled Betty Gardner with a backyard hose in Beaufort County in 1978. Arnold, who was white, carved KKK into the physique of Gardner who was black.
John Herman Plath, 43, executed July 10, 1998, an confederate to John David Arnold within the strangulation of Betty Gardner.
Sammy Roberts, 40, executed Sept. 25, 1998, robbed and murdered Invoice Spain, Kenneth Krause, and Louis Cakley in Berkeley County in 1980.
Larry Gilbert, 43, and co-conspirator J.D. Gleaton, 53, have been each executed on Dec. 4, 1998, murdering fuel station proprietor Ralph Stoudemire in Lexington County.
Louis Joe Truesdale Jr., 40, executed Dec. 11, 1980, killed 18-year-old Rebecca Ann Eudy after abducting her from a grocery retailer car parking zone in Lancaster County.
Andrew Lavern Smith, 38, executed Dec. 18, 1998, repeatedly stabbed husband and spouse Christy Johnson, 86, and Corrie Johnson, 82, in Anderson County, the place he rented a home from them. They have been Smith’s cousins.
Ronnie Howard, 40, executed Jan. 8, 1999, suffocated Chinh Thi Nguyen Le, a 34-year-old Vietnamese refugee and mom of three, and stole her automobile in Greenville County. He was on parole for financial institution theft when the homicide befell.
Joseph Ernest Atkins, 51, executed Jan. 22, 1999, murdered his father Benjamin Atkins, 75, and a 13-year-old neighbor woman, Karen Patterson, 5 years after being paroled for murdering his brother in North Charleston.
Leroy Joseph Drayton, 44, executed Nov. 12, 1999, murdered 19-year-old Charleston County fuel station clerk Rhonda Darlene Smith.
David Rocheville, 31, executed Dec. 3, 1999, murdered movie show staff Alex Hopps and James Todd Inexperienced in Spartanburg County in 1991.
Kevin Dean Younger, 32, executed Nov. 3, 2000, robbed and shot 35-year-old Dennis Ray Hepler, an elementary college principal in Anderson County on Aug. 31, 1988.
Richard Charles Johnson, 39, executed Might 3, 2002, shot state Freeway Patrol Trooper Bruce Smalls throughout a 1985 visitors cease on I-95 in Jasper County and Daniel Swanson, who picked him up hitchhiking.
Anthony Inexperienced, 37, executed Aug. 23, 2002, shot Susan Babich as she returned to her automobile after she shopped at Charles Towne Sq. Buying Mall in Charleston in 1987. He then stole her pocketbook.
Michael Joseph Passaro, 40, executed Sept. 13, 2002, doused the within of his automobile with gasoline and set it on fireplace with 2-year-old daughter, Maggie, strapped in her automobile seat exterior his spouse’s rental in Horry County.
David Clayton Hill, 39, executed March 19, 2004, shot Georgetown Police Officer Spencer Guerry throughout a visitors cease.
Jerry Bridwell McWee, 51, executed April 16, 2004, shot John Perry, an Aiken County comfort retailer worker, throughout a theft. McWee bought $350. Jason Scott Byram, 38, executed April 23, 2004, broke in and stabbed particular schooling instructor Julie Johnson in her Columbia house as her husband and kids slept upstairs.
James Neil Tucker, 47, executed Might 28, 2004, killed Rosa Lee Dolly Oakley and Shannon Mellon in search of cash.
Richard Longworth, 36, co-conspirator to David Rocheville, executed April 15, 2005 within the deaths of movie show workers Alex Hopps and James Todd Inexperienced.
Hastings Arthur Sensible, 51, executed Nov. 4, 2005, killed former coworkers David Moore, 30; Esther Sheryl Wooden, 27; Charles Griffith, 50; and Ernest L. Filyaw, 31 at Aiken Garden Mower Ignition Plant in 1997.
Shawn Paul Humphries, 33, executed Dec. 2, 2005, shot Dickie Smith at Max-Saver comfort retailer in Greenville County.
William Ernest Downs Jr., 39, executed July 14, 2006, strangled 6-year-old Keenan O’Mailia, who was using his bicycle close to Downs’ Aiken house. Calvin Alphonso Shuler, 40, executed June 22, 2007, shot armored automobile driver James Brooks in 1997 in Dorchester County.
David Mark Hill, 48, executed June 6, 2008, shot his household’s case employee and two different workers after dropping custody of his kids on the Aiken County Division of Social Providers workplace in North Augusta. Killed have been James Riddle, Josie Curry, and Michael Gregory.
James Earl Reed, 49, executed June 20, 2008, shot his ex-girlfriend’s mother and father, Barbara Lafayette and Joseph Lafayette in Charleston County.
Joseph Martin Luther Gardner, 38, executed Dec. 5, 2008, tortured and shot 25-year-old Melissa McLauchlin, a stranger picked up as she walked on a Dorchester County street.
Luke A. Williams, 56, executed Feb. 20, 2009, beat, strangled and set on fireplace his spouse Linda Williams and 12-year-old son Shaun Williams in 1991 in Edgefield County to gather insurance coverage cash.
Thomas Treshawn Ivey, 34, executed Might 8, 2009, after escaping an Alabama jail, Ivey stole a truck and drove to Columbia the place he and an confederate kidnapped businessman Robert Montgomery. Ivey shot Montgomery within the head and chest, leaving his physique to be found by hunters. Then two days later, in Orangeburg, Ivey shot Orangeburg Police Sergeant Tommy Harrison 5 occasions.
Jeffrey Brian Motts, 36, executed Might 6, 2011, strangled his Perry Correctional Establishment cellmate Charles “Chuck” Martin in 2005. Motts was serving a life sentence for a 1995 double homicide of 79-year-old Clyde Camby and his 73-year-old great-aunt Etta Osteen.
