Arizona executes inmate who set a man on fire, killing him, in 2002 attack
Prosecutors said McGill used a gasoline and Styrofoam mixture in the attack, leaving Nova Banta with burns over 75% of her body.
- Arizona executed 63-year-old Leroy McGill by lethal injection for the 2002 killing of Charles Perez, who died after being set on fire during an attack in Phoenix.
- McGill was convicted in 2004 of murder, attempted murder, arson, and endangerment after prosecutors said he attacked Perez and Nova Banta with gasoline and a lit match.
- The execution marked Arizona’s first execution of 2026 and was carried out at the state prison complex in Florence using pentobarbital.
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Final words and meal revealed for Arizona death row prisoner who set couple on fire
Leroy Dean McGill received a lethal injection at the Arizona State Prison Complex and was pronounced dead at 10:26 a.m. local time after being sentenced to death for immolating Charles Perez during a grisly attack beside his girlfriend in a north Phoenix apartment in July 2002.
Arizona executes inmate who set a man on fire in deadly 2002 attack
An Arizona prisoner convicted of killing another man by throwing gasoline at him and lighting a match was put to death Wednesday, the first of three executions planned this week around the U.S.
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