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State (s) Texas. Date apprehended. August 20, 1987. Imprisoned at. Clements Unit. David Albert Dowler (born 1953) [1] is an American serial killer who poisoned three acquaintances in Odessa, Texas with chloroform and cyanide between 1983 and 1987. Convicted of a single murder, he was sentenced to life imprisonment in 1988.
A total of 28 people convicted of murder have been executed by the state of Louisiana since 1976. Of the 28 people executed, 20 were executed via electrocution and 8 via lethal injection. The most recent Louisiana inmate to be put to death, Gerald Bordelon, waived his appeals and asked the state to carry out his sentence.
United States. State (s) California, Texas, and Ohio (convicted) 16 others (accused) [3] Date apprehended. September 5, 2012. Samuel Little ( né McDowell; June 7, 1940 – December 30, 2020) was an African American serial killer who confessed to murdering 93 people, nearly all women, between 1970 and 2005. [5]
Jennifer Odessa Nettles (born September 12, 1974) is an American singer, songwriter, actress and record producer. Nettles is the lead vocalist of the duo Sugarland alongside Kristian Bush , and prior to this she fronted the Atlanta -based bands Soul Miner's Daughter and Jennifer Nettles Band.
Killing of Ronald Greene. On May 10, 2019, Ronald Hardin Greene, an unarmed 49-year-old Black man, was killed after being arrested by Louisiana State Police following a high-speed chase outside Monroe, Louisiana. During the arrest, he was stunned, punched, pepper sprayed and placed in a chokehold. [1]
Capital punishment is a legal penalty in the U.S. state of Louisiana . Despite remaining a legal penalty, there have been no executions in Louisiana since 2010, and no involuntary executions since 2002. Execution protocols are tied up in litigation due to a 2012 lawsuit challenging Louisiana's lethal injection procedures.
Death of Gloria Ramirez. Gloria Cecilia Ramirez (January 11, 1963 – February 19, 1994) [1] was an American woman from Riverside, California, who was dubbed the Toxic Lady or the Toxic Woman by the media when several hospital workers became ill after airborne exposure to her body and blood. Ramirez had been admitted to the emergency room ...
Odessa Lee Clay (née O'Grady; February 12, 1917 – August 20, 1994) was the mother of three-time world heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali and Rahaman Ali, and the paternal grandmother of Laila Ali. [1] [2] She married Cassius Marcellus Clay Sr. in the 1930s and worked for some time as a household domestic to help support her young children. [3]