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| Execution nears for condemned Missouri man |
| By kentucky.com- Jim Salter |
| Published: 06/09/2015 |
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ST. LOUIS — A Missouri man was set to be executed Tuesday for killing his girlfriend and her young daughter during a violent argument. Defense attorney Jennifer Herndon said Richard Strong "just snapped" during a heated exchange between two people with mental health issues. He used a butcher's knife to kill Eva Washington, then turned the weapon on Washington's 2-year-old daughter from a previous relationship, Zandrea Thomas. Strong, 47, was scheduled to die by lethal injection at 6 p.m. Tuesday. He would be the fourth man executed in Missouri this year and the 16th since November 2013. Only Texas has performed more executions over that span. Police in the St. Louis suburb of St. Ann received a 911 call on Oct. 23, 2000, and heard a scream. They went to Washington's apartment. Strong met them outside and told them at first that Washington was sleeping, and then later that she had gone to work. Officers saw blood stains on his hand, and Strong tried to run. When they caught him, he admitted to the crime. Read More. |
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