W.A. Drew Edmondson, Oklahoma Attorney General: Execution Date Set for Slaughter
By admin - Posted on January 20th, 2005
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W.A. Drew Edmondson, Attorney General: Execution Date Set for Slaughter
January 19, 2005 -- The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals today set March 15 as the execution date for Oklahoma County death row inmate Jimmy Ray Slaughter.Slaughter was convicted of the July 2, 1991, murders of his ex-girlfriend Melody Sue Wuertz, 29, and their one-year-old daughter Jessica Rae Wuertz. The murders were committed in Wuertz’s Edmond home. Melody Wuertz was shot in the head and neck and her body was stabbed and slashed multiple times. Jessica Wuertz was shot in the head.
The attorney general’s office Jan. 12 requested an execution date for Pittsburg County death row inmate John David Duty. The court has not set an execution date for Duty at this time.
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