John Albert Boltz, 74, was given a lethal injection at 6 p.m. at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester.

John Albert Boltz, 74, was given a lethal injection at 6 p.m. at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester.
Boltz becomes the oldest person ever executed in the state.
Boltz was convicted of killing Doug Kirby on April 18, 1984. Kirby, 22, was killed after he drove to Boltz's home to discuss threats Boltz had made to his mother, Pat Kirby, Boltz's estranged wife. She had told Boltz earlier that day she wanted a divorce.
Boltz becomes the 2nd condemned inmate to be put to death this year in Oklahoma, the 21st condemned inmate to be put to death this year in the USA, and the 1025th overall since the nation resumed executions on January 17, 1977.