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,

Christopher Sepulvado passed away at approximately 8:45 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 22, at the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola.

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.

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 reports.

Louisiana’s first inmate scheduled for execution in the past 15 years has died of illness and natural causes, less than a month ahead of his scheduled death, his attorney and state officials said Sunday (Feb.