{"id":27874,"date":"2024-06-12T10:27:49","date_gmt":"2024-06-12T14:27:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=27874"},"modified":"2024-06-12T10:27:49","modified_gmt":"2024-06-12T14:27:49","slug":"missouri-death-row-inmate-david-hosier-executed-for-killing-former-lover-and-husband","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2024\/06\/12\/missouri-death-row-inmate-david-hosier-executed-for-killing-former-lover-and-husband\/","title":{"rendered":"Missouri death row inmate David Hosier executed for killing former lover and husband"},"content":{"rendered":"

A death row prisoner convicted of killing his former lover and her husband has been executed in Missouri – the state’s second execution and the nation’s seventh this year.<\/p>\n

The 69-year-old, who had always maintained his innocence, said in his final statement: “I leave you all with love. Now I get to go to heaven. Don’t cry for me. Just join me when your time comes.”<\/p>\n

He was pronounced dead at 6.11pm on Tuesday following a single-dose injection of the sedative pentobarbital at the state prison in Bonne Terre.<\/p>\n

His final meal, served that morning, was a New York strip steak, a baked potato with butter and sour cream, Texas toast, Dutch apple pie and orange juice and milk, Sky’s US partner NBC News reported – citing\u00a0Missouri<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0Department of Corrections.<\/p>\n

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Police found a submachine gun in Hosier’s car that investigators said was used in the shootings, but he claimed he should not have been convicted on circumstantial evidence. (Image: Missouri Department of Corrections via AP)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

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Hosier was convicted of the 2009 killings of Angela and Rodney Gilpin in the state capital of Jefferson City.<\/p>\n

The pair were fatally shot near the doorway to their apartment.<\/p>\n

Investigators said Hosier had been in a romantic relationship with Angela Gilpin and was angry when she ended it and reconciled with her husband.<\/p>\n

They said Hosier had threatened to harm her in the days before the killings.<\/p>\n

After the shootings, police found an application for a protective order in Angela Gilpin’s purse, and another document in which she expressed her fears that Hosier might shoot her and her husband.<\/p>\n

Hosier was an immediate suspect and officers tracked him down in Oklahoma after a police car chase and found 15 guns, a bulletproof vest, 400 rounds of ammunition and other weapons in his car, according to court documents.<\/p>\n

The weapons included a submachine gun made from a kit that investigators said was used in the shootings, though tests on it were inconclusive.<\/p>\n

Hosier insisted he was innocent and should not have been convicted on circumstantial evidence.<\/p>\n

Governor Mike Parson – a Republican and former county sheriff who has overseen 10 executions since taking office in 2018 – turned down Hosier’s request for clemency on Monday, citing his “lack of remorse”.<\/p>\n

Source: \u00a0\"Sky<\/a> news.sky.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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