Louisiana man on death row dies weeks before March execution date
A terminally ill man who spent over 30 years on death row in Louisiana for the killing of his stepson has died.
Death row inmate dies one month before he’s set to be executed for brutal killing of young stepson
An 81-year-old death row inmate who was convicted of the brutal murder of his young stepson died one month before he was scheduled to be executed by the state of Louisiana, according to local
Elderly Louisiana death row prisoner dies ahead of scheduled execution date, attorney says
Sepulvado was Louisiana's oldest prisoner on death row at 81. "The idea that the State was planning to strap this tiny, frail, dying old man to a chair and force him to breathe toxic gas into his failing lungs is simply barbaric,
Death row inmate Christopher Sepulvado dies before scheduled March 17 execution
Sepulvado was sentenced to die for the 1992 murder of his 6-year-old stepson, Wesley Allen Mercer, whom authorities said was beaten and scalded to death. The boy’s mother Yvonne Jones was convicted of manslaughter in the death and served more than seven years in prison.
Louisiana death row inmate dies of illness weeks before scheduled execution
A death row inmate who has spent more than 30 years on death row at the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola has died of an illness. Christopher Sepulvado, 81, was the DeSoto Parish man sentenced to death for the beating and scalding death of his 6-year-old stepson in 1992.
Christopher Sepulvado, Louisiana’s oldest death row inmate, dies before execution
Sepulvado, convicted in the 1992 killing of his six-year-old stepson Wesley Allen Mercer, had been on death row at Angola for over 30 years.
Louisiana's oldest death row inmate dies ahead of scheduled execution
Christopher Sepulvado was scheduled for execution in the next few weeks on March 17. He died from terminal illness at a Louisiana Penitentiary at the age of
Louisiana man with execution date next month dies at Angola
Christopher Sepulvado, the 81-year-old man who was facing execution next month for the 1992 murder of his stepson, died overnight at Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola, according to his attorney.
Louisiana inmate dies of natural causes before March execution date
An 81-year-old death row inmate died in the Louisiana State Penitentiary after spending over 30 years on death row.
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