Frank Duane Welch, 46, was put to death at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester.
Frank Duane Welch, 46, was put to death at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester.
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Frank Duane Welch, 46, was put to death at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester.
Welch was convicted of raping and killing, on Feb. 25, 1987, Jo Talley Cooper, 28, whose murder went unsolved for nearly a decade.
Welch was serving life in prison for attacking another woman when, in 1997 he was linked by DNA to the killings of Cooper and Debra Stevens, whose nude body was discovered less than 3 months after Cooper's death.
Welch becomes the 3rd condemned inmate to be put to death this year in Oklahoma, the 34th in the USA and the 1091st overall since the nation resumed executions on Januar 17, 1977.
Welch was convicted of raping and killing, on Feb. 25, 1987, Jo Talley Cooper, 28, whose murder went unsolved for nearly a decade.
Welch was serving life in prison for attacking another woman when, in 1997 he was linked by DNA to the killings of Cooper and Debra Stevens, whose nude body was discovered less than 3 months after Cooper's death.
Welch becomes the 3rd condemned inmate to be put to death this year in Oklahoma, the 34th in the USA and the 1091st overall since the nation resumed executions on Januar 17, 1977.
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- (Sources: Associated Press & Rick Halperin; 21/08/2007)
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