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Man convicted of killing a 15-year-old girl in her home in 2001 is executed by injection in Indiana
Ward was Indiana’s third person executed since the state resumed capital punishment after a 15-year pause, following his conviction for a 2001 rape and murder.
- At the Indiana State Prison in Michigan City, Roy Lee Ward, 53, was executed by injection Friday for the 2001 rape and murder of 15-year-old Stacy Payne.
- Last year, state officials of Indiana ended a 15-year pause on executions after obtaining pentobarbital, allowing the state to resume capital punishment.
- Authorities described the attack as involving a knife and dumbbell in the victim's family home near Dale, Indiana, about 30 miles east of Evansville, shaking a community of roughly 1,500 people.
- After more than 20 years in the courts, Ward exhausted his legal options and the Indiana Department of Correction said the process started shortly after midnight and he was pronounced dead at 12:33 a.m.; Indiana is one of two states barring media witnesses.
- Ward's attorneys raised concerns about pentobarbital storage, noted his recent autism spectrum disorder diagnosis, his skipped parole board interview, and last month the Indiana Supreme Court and Gov. Mike Braun denied relief.
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A 53-year-old man convicted of rape and murder of a teenage girl in 2001 was executed on Friday with lethal injection in the U.S. state of Indiana, the prison authorities announced. The man, Roy Lee Ward, was sentenced to death in 2002 for the murder of 15-year-old Stacy Payne at his home in the U.S. town of Dale. Payne was stabbed several times and died hours after the attack. Ward was arrested at the crime scene, a knife in hand. The execution…
Ward had exhausted his legal options after more than two decades. His lawyer stated that he was "very sorry" for the crime.
Man who knocked on teen's door 'looking for dog' then raped and killed her is executed - The Mirror
Roy Lee Ward gained entry to the home of Stacy Payne under the pretence of searching for his lost pet - before tying her up and attacking her while her sister called for help
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