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MISSOURI EXECUTIONS SINCE 1976

There have been 97 executions in the state of Missouri Since 1976. Executions are listed in chronological order. Data is consistent with Death Penalty Information Center.

Information is listed in this order: Name, County of death sentence, Date of execution, Age, Race, and Victim Information.

George Mercer

Cass, 1/6/1989, 44, White, 1 White Female(s)

Gerald Smith

Washington, 1/18/1990, 31, White, 1 White Female(s)

Winford Stokes

St. Louis County, 5/11/1990, 39, Black, 1 White Female(s)

Leonard Laws

Schuyler, 5/17/1990, 40, White, 1 White Male(s) 1 White Female(s)

George Gilmore

St. Louis, 8/31/1990, 44, White, 1 White Male(s) 1 White Female(s)

Maurice Byrd

St. Louis County, 8/23/1991, 36, Black, 1 White Male(s)3 White Female(s)

Ricky Lee Grubbs

St. Francois, 10/21/1992, 33, White, 1 White Male(s)

Martsay Bolder

Randolph, 1/27/1993, 35, Black, 1 Black Male(s)

Walter Blair

Jackson, 7/21/1993, 32, Black, 1 White Female(s)

Frederick Lashley

St. Louis City, 7/28/1993, 29, Black, 1 Black Female(s)

Frank Guinan

Franklin, 10/6/1993, 47, White, 1 White Male(s)

Emmitt Foster

St. Louis City, 5/3/1995, 42, Black, 1 Black Male(s)

Larry Griffin

St. Louis City, 6/21/1995, 40, Black, 1 Black Male(s)

Robert Murray

St. Louis City, 7/26/1995, 32, Black, 2 Black Male(s)

Robert Sidebottom

Jackson, 11/15/1995, 33, White, 1 White Female(s)

Anthony LaRette

Warren, 11/29/1995, 44, White, 1 White Female(s)

Robert O'Neal

Butler, 12/6/1995, 44, White, 1 Black Male(s)

Jeffery Sloan

Clay, 2/21/1996, 29, White, 1 White Male(s)

Doyle Williams

Clay, 4/10/1996, 48, White, 1 White Male(s)

Emmet Nave

St. Charles, 7/31/1996, 55, 

Native American, 1 White Female(s)


Thomas Battle

St. Louis City, 8/7/1996, 34, Black, 1 Black Female(s)

Richard Oxford

Platte, 8/21/1996, 39, White, 1 White Male(s)1 White Female(s)

Richard Zeitvogel

Cole, 12/11/1996, 40, White, 1 White Male(s) 


​Eric Schneider

Jefferson, 1/29/1997, 35, White, 2 White Male(s)

​Ralph Feltrop

Jefferson, 8/6/1997, 42, White, 1 White Female(s)

Donald Reese 

Jefferson, 8/13/1997, 54, White, 1 White Male(s)

​Andrew Six

Schuyler, 8/20/1997, 32, White, 1 White Female(s) 

Samuel McDonald

St. Louis City, 9/24/1997, 48, Black, 1 Black Male(s) 

Alan Bannister

McDonald, 10/22/1997, 39, White, 1 White Male(s) 

Reginald Powell

St. Louis City, 2/25/1998, 29, Black, 2 Black Male(s) 

Milton Griffin-El

St. Louis City, 3/25/1998, 37, Black, 1 Black Male(s) 

Glennon Sweet

Clay, 4/22/1998, 42, White, 1 White Male(s)

Kelvin Malone

St. Louis County, 1/13/1999, 37, Black, 1 White Male(s)

James Rodden

Clay, 2/24/1999, 38, White, 1 White Female(s)

Roy Roberts

Marion, 3/10/1999, 46, White, 1 White Male(s)

Roy Ramsey

Jackson, 4/14/1999, 45, Black, 1 White Male(s)1 White Female(s)

Ralph Davis

Butler, 4/28/1999, 61, Black, 1 White Female(s)

Jessie Wise

St. Louis City, 5/26/1999, 46, Black 1 Black Female(s)

Bruce Kilgore

St. Louis City, 6/16/1999, 38, Black, 1 White Female(s)

Robert Walls

St. Louis County, 6/30/1999, 33, White 1 White Male(s)

David Leisure

Jefferson, 9/1/1999, 49, White, 1 White Male(s)

James Hampton

Callaway, 3/22/2000, 62, White, 1 White Female(s)

Bert Hunter

St. Louis, 6/28/2000, 53, White, 1 White Male(s)1 White Female(s)

Gary Roll

Boone, 8/30/2000, 47, White, 2 White Male(s)1 White Female(s)

George Harris

Jackson, 9/13/2000, 41, Black, 1 Black Male(s)

James Chambers

St. Louis City, 11/15/2000, 48, White, 1 White Male(s)

Stanley Lingar

St. Francois, 2/7/2001, 37, White 1 White Male(s)

Thomas Ervin

Callaway, 3/28/2001, 50, White 1 White Male(s)1 White Female(s)

Mose Young

St. Louis City, 4/25/2001, 46, Black, 3 White Male(s)

Samuel Smith

Callaway, 5/23/2001, 40, Black, 1 Black Male(s)

Jerome Mallet

Perry, 7/11/2001, 42, Black, 1 White Male(s)

Michael Roberts

St. Louis, 10/3/2001, 27, White, 1 White Female(s)

Stephen Johns

St. Louis City, 10/24/2001, 55, White, 1 White Male(s)

James Johnson

Moniteau, 1/9/2002, 52, White, 2 White Male(s)2 White Female(s)

Michael Owsley

Jackson, 2/6/2002, 40, Black, 1 Black Male(s)

Jeffery Tokar

Warren, 3/6/2002, 37, White, 1 White Male(s)

Paul Kreutzer

Callaway, 4/10/2002, 30, White, 1 White Female(s)

Daniel Basile

St. Charles, 8/14/2002, 35, White 1 White Female(s)

William Jones

Jackson, 11/20/2002, 37, White, 1 White Male(s)

Kenneth Kenley

Butler, 2/5/2003, 42, White, 1 White Male(s)

John Smith

Audrain, 10/29/2003, 42, White, 1 White Male(s)1 White Female(s)

Stanley Hall

St. Louis, 3/16/2005, 37, Black 1 White Female(s)

Donald Jones

St. Louis City, 4/27/2005, 38, Black, 1 Black Female(s)

Vernon Brown

St. Louis City, 5/18/2005, 51, Black, 1 Black Female(s)

Timothy Johnston

St. Louis City, 8/31/2005, 44, White, 1 White Female(s)

Marlin Gray

St. Louis City, 10/26/2005, 38, Black 1 White Female(s)

Dennis Skillicorn

Lafayette, 5/20/2009, 49, White, 1 White Male(s)

Martin Link

St. Louis City, 2/9/2011, 47, White, 1 White Female(s)

Joseph Franklin

St. Louis City, 11/20/2013, 63, White, 1 White Male(s)

Allen Nicklasson

Lafayette, 12/11/2013, 41, White, 1 White Male(s)

Herbert Smulls

St. Louis, 1/29/2014, 56, Black, 1 White Male(s)

Michael Taylor

Jackson, 2/26/2014, 47, Black, 1 White Female(s)

Jeffrey Ferguson

List Body

William Rousan

Washington, 4/23/2014, 57, White, 1 White Female(s)

John Winfield

St. Louis, 6/18/2014, 46, Black, 2 Black Female(s)

John Middleton

Callaway, 7/16/2014, 54, White, 2 White Male(s)1 White Female(s)

Michael Worthington

St. Charles, 8/6/2014, 43, White, 1 White Female(s)

Earl Ringo

Boone, 9/10/2014, 40, Black, 1 White Female(s)1 White Male(s)

Leon Taylor

Jackson, 11/19/2014, 56, Black, 1 White Male(s)

Paul Goodwin

St. Louis, 12/10/2014, 48, White, 1 White Female(s)

Walter Storey

St. Charles, 2/11/2015, 47, White, 1 White Female(s)

Cecil Clayton

Barry, 3/17/2015, 74, White, 1 White Male(s)

Andre Cole

St. Louis, 4/14/2015, 52, Black, 1 Black Male(s)

Richard Strong

St. Louis, 6/9/2015, 47, Black, 2 Black Female(s)

David Zink

St. Clair, 7/14/2015, 55, White, 1 White Female(s)

Roderick Nunley

Jackson, 9/1/2015, 50, Black, 1 White Female(s)

Earl Forrest

Platte, 5/11/2016, 66, White, 2 White Female(s)1 White Male(s)

Mark Christeson

Maries, 1/31/2017, 37, White, 2 White Female(s)1 White Male(s)

Russell Bucklew

Boone, 10/1/2019, 51, White, 1 White Male

Walter Barton

Cass, 5/19/2020, 64, White, 1 White Female

Ernest Johnson

Boone, 10/05/2021, 61, Black, 2 White Female(s), 1 Black Male

Carman Deck

Jefferson, 05/03/22, 56, White, 1 White Female, 1 White Male

Kevin Johnson

St. Louis County, 11/29/22, 37, Black, 1 White Male

Amber McLaughlin

St. Louis County, 49, White, 1 White Female

Leonard "Raheem" Taylor

St. Louis County, 02/07/2023, 58 , Black, 1 Black Female, 3 Black Female Children

Michael Tisius

Boone County,  06/06/2023, 42 , white, 2 white males

Johnny Johnson

St. Louis County,  08/01/2023, 42 , white, 1 white female child

Brian Dorsey

Boone County,  04/09/2024, 52 , white, white female and white male

David Hosier

Cole County, 06/11/2024, 69, white, white female and white male

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