# List of people executed in Missouri

This is a list of people executed in Missouri following the 1976 Supreme Court decision in Gregg v. Georgia that allowed for the reinstitution of the death penalty in the United States.

## List of people executed in Missouri since 1976

Since 1989, a total of 101 people were executed by the State of Missouri. All were convicted of first-degree murder and all were executed by lethal injection, although lethal gas remains a legal method of execution. Before April 1989, all executions were carried out at the Missouri State Penitentiary in Jefferson City. Between April 1989 and March 2005, executions were carried out at the Potosi Correctional Center in Mineral Point. Since April 2005, all subsequent executions have been carried out at the Eastern Reception, Diagnostic and Correctional Center in Bonne Terre. A condemned inmate and convicted double killer from Missouri, Lewis Eugene Gilbert, was executed in Oklahoma.
| No. | Name | Race | Age | Sex | Date of execution | Method | County or Independent City | Victim(s) | Governor |
| 1 | George C. Mercer | White | 44 | M | January 6, 1989 | Lethal injection | Cass | Karen Keeton | John Ashcroft |
| 2 | Gerald Smith | White | 32 | M | January 18, 1990 | Lethal injection | St. Louis City | Karen Roberts | John Ashcroft |
| 3 | Winford L. Stokes Jr. | Black | 39 | M | May 11, 1990 | Lethal injection | St. Louis | Pamela Benda | John Ashcroft |
| 4 | Leonard Marvin Laws | White | 41 | M | May 17, 1990 | Lethal injection | St. Louis | Clarence Williams and Lottie Williams | John Ashcroft |
| 5 | George Clifton Gilmore | White | 44 | M | August 21, 1990 | Lethal injection | St. Louis | Mary Luella Watters, Clarence Williams, Lottie Williams | John Ashcroft |
| 6 | Maurice Oscar Byrd | Black | 37 | M | August 23, 1991 | Lethal injection | St. Louis | 4 murder victims | John Ashcroft |
| 7 | Ricky Lee Grubbs | White | 34 | M | October 21, 1992 | Lethal injection | St. Francois | Jerry Thornton | John Ashcroft |
| 8 | Martsay Bolder | Black | 36 | M | January 27, 1993 | Lethal injection | Randolph | Theron King | Mel Carnahan |
| 9 | Walter Junior Blair | Black | 33 | M | July 21, 1993 | Lethal injection | Jackson | Katherine Jo Allen | Mel Carnahan |
| 10 | Frederick Lashley | Black | 29 | M | July 28, 1993 | Lethal injection | St. Louis City | Janie Tracy | Mel Carnahan |
| 11 | Frank Joseph Guinan | White | 48 | M | October 6, 1993 | Lethal injection | Franklin | John McBroom | Mel Carnahan |
| 12 | Emmitt Foster | Black | 44 | M | May 3, 1995 | Lethal injection | St. Louis | Travis Walker | Mel Carnahan |
| 13 | Larry Griffin | Black | 41 | M | June 21, 1995 | Lethal injection | St. Louis City | Quintin Moss | Mel Carnahan |
| 14 | Robert Anthony Murray | Black | 32 | M | July 26, 1995 | Lethal injection | St. Louis City | Jeffrey Jackson and Craig Stewart | Mel Carnahan |
| 15 | Robert T. Sidebottom | White | 33 | M | November 15, 1995 | Lethal injection | Jackson | May Sidebottom | Mel Carnahan |
| 16 | Anthony Joe Larette Jr. | White | 44 | M | November 29, 1995 | Lethal injection | St. Charles | Mary Fleming | Mel Carnahan |
| 17 | Robert Earl O'Neal Jr. | White | 34 | M | December 6, 1995 | Lethal injection | Butler | Arthur Dade | Mel Carnahan |
| 18 | Jeffrey Paul Sloan | White | 29 | M | February 21, 1996 | Lethal injection | Clay | 4 murder victims | Mel Carnahan |
| 19 | Doyle James Williams | White | 49 | M | April 10, 1996 | Lethal injection | Clay | A. H. Domann and Kerry Bummett | Mel Carnahan |
| 20 | Emmett Clifton Nave | Native American | 56 | M | July 31, 1996 | Lethal injection | St. Charles | Geneva Roling | Mel Carnahan |
| 21 | Thomas Henry Battle | Black | 34 | M | August 7, 1996 | Lethal injection | St. Louis City | Birdie Johnson | Mel Carnahan |
| 22 | Richard Oxford | White | 40 | M | August 21, 1996 | Lethal injection | Platte | Harold Wampler and Melba Wampler | Mel Carnahan |
| 23 | Richard Steven Zeitvogel | White | 40 | M | December 11, 1996 | Lethal injection | Cole | Gary Wayne Dew | Mel Carnahan |
| 24 | Eric Adam Schneider | White | 36 | M | January 29, 1997 | Lethal injection | Jefferson | Richard Schwendeman and Ronald Thompson | Mel Carnahan |
| 25 | Ralph Cecil Feltrop | White | 42 | M | August 6, 1997 | Lethal injection | Jefferson | Barbara Ann Roam | Mel Carnahan |
| 26 | Donald Edward Reese | White | 54 | M | August 13, 1997 | Lethal injection | Jefferson | 4 murder victims | Mel Carnahan |
| 27 | Andrew Wessel Six | White | 32 | M | August 20, 1997 | Lethal injection | Schuyler | Kathy Allen | Mel Carnahan |
| 28 | Samuel Lee McDonald Jr. | Black | 49 | M | September 24, 1997 | Lethal injection | St. Louis City | Robert Jordan | Mel Carnahan |
| 29 | Alan Jeffrey Bannister | White | 39 | M | October 24, 1997 | Lethal injection | McDonald | Darrell Ruestman | Mel Carnahan |
| 30 | Reginald Love Powell | Black | 29 | M | February 25, 1998 | Lethal injection | St. Louis City | Freddie Miller and Arthur Miller | Mel Carnahan |
| 31 | Milton Vincent Griffin-El | Black | 37 | M | March 25, 1998 | Lethal injection | St. Louis City | Jerome Redden | Mel Carnahan |
| 32 | Glennon Paul Sweet | White | 43 | M | April 22, 1998 | Lethal injection | Clay | Missouri State Trooper Russell Harper | Mel Carnahan |
| 33 | Kelvin Shelby Malone | Black | 38 | M | January 13, 1999 | Lethal injection | St. Louis | William Parr | Mel Carnahan |
| 34 | James Edward Rodden Jr. | White | 39 | M | February 24, 1999 | Lethal injection | Clay | Terry Trunnel and Joseph Arnold | Mel Carnahan |
| 35 | Roy Michael Roberts | White | 45 | M | March 10, 1999 | Lethal injection | Marion | Correctional officer Tom Jackson | Mel Carnahan |
| 36 | Roy Ramsey Jr. | Black | 46 | M | April 14, 1999 | Lethal injection | Jackson | Garnett Ledford and Betty Ledford | Mel Carnahan |
| 37 | Ralph E. Davis | Black | 61 | M | April 28, 1999 | Lethal injection | Boone | Susan Davis | Mel Carnahan |
| 38 | Jessie Lee Wise | Black | 46 | M | May 26, 1999 | Lethal injection | St. Louis | Geraldine McDonald | Mel Carnahan |
| 39 | Bruce Kilgore | Black | 39 | M | June 16, 1999 | Lethal injection | St. Louis City | Marilyn Wilkins | Mel Carnahan |
| 40 | Robert Allen Walls | White | 34 | M | June 30, 1999 | Lethal injection | St. Louis | Fred Harmon | Mel Carnahan |
| 41 | David R. Leisure | White | 49 | M | September 1, 1999 | Lethal injection | St. Louis City | James A. Michaels Sr. | Mel Carnahan |
| 42 | James Henry Hampton | White | 62 | M | March 22, 2000 | Lethal injection | Callaway | Frances Keaton | Mel Carnahan |
| 43 | Bert Leroy Hunter | White | 53 | M | June 28, 2000 | Lethal injection | Cole | Mildred Hodges and Richard Hodges | Mel Carnahan |
| 44 | Gary Lee Roll | White | 48 | M | August 30, 2000 | Lethal injection | Boone | Sherry Scheper, Randy Scheper and Curtis Scheper | Mel Carnahan |
| 45 | George Bernard Harris | Black | 41 | M | September 13, 2000 | Lethal injection | Jackson | Stanley Willoughby | Mel Carnahan |
| 46 | James Wilson Chambers | White | 48 | M | November 15, 2000 | Lethal injection | Jefferson | Jerry Lee Oestricker | Roger B. Wilson |
| 47 | Stanley Dewaine Lingar | White | 37 | M | February 7, 2001 | Lethal injection | Ripley | Thomas Scott Allen | Bob Holden |
| 48 | Tomas Grant Ervin | White | 50 | M | March 28, 2001 | Lethal injection | Cole | Mildred Hodges and Richard Hodges | Bob Holden |
| 49 | Mose Young Jr. | Black | 45 | M | April 25, 2001 | Lethal injection | St. Louis City | Kent Bicknese, James Schneider and Sol Marks | Bob Holden |
| 50 | Samuel D. Smith | Black | 40 | M | May 23, 2001 | Lethal injection | Callaway | Marlin May | Bob Holden |
| 51 | Jerome Mallett | Black | 42 | M | July 11, 2001 | Lethal injection | Perry | Missouri State Trooper James F. Froemsdorf | Bob Holden |
| 52 | Michael S. Roberts | White | 27 | M | October 3, 2001 | Lethal injection | St. Louis | Mary L. Taylor | Bob Holden |
| 53 | Stephen K. Johns | White | 55 | M | October 24, 2001 | Lethal injection | St. Louis City | Donald Voepel | Bob Holden |
| 54 | James R. Johnson | White | 52 | M | January 9, 2002 | Lethal injection | Moniteau | 4 murder victims | Bob Holden |
| 55 | Michael I. Owsley | Black | 40 | M | February 6, 2002 | Lethal injection | Jackson | Elvin Iverson | Bob Holden |
| 56 | Jeffrey Lane Tokar | White | 37 | M | March 6, 2002 | Lethal injection | Warren | Johnny Douglass | Bob Holden |
| 57 | Paul W. Kreutzer | White | 30 | M | April 10, 2002 | Lethal injection | Callaway | Louise Hemphill | Bob Holden |
| 58 | Daniel Anthony Basile | White | 35 | M | August 14, 2002 | Lethal injection | St. Charles | Elizabeth DeCaro | Bob Holden |
| 59 | William Robert Jones Jr. | White | 38 | M | November 20, 2002 | Lethal injection | Jackson | Stanley Albert | Bob Holden |
| 60 | Kenneth Kenley | White | 42 | M | February 5, 2003 | Lethal injection | Butler | Ronald Felts | Bob Holden |
| 61 | John Clayton Smith | White | 41 | M | October 29, 2003 | Lethal injection | Audrain | Brandie Kearnes and Wayne Hoewing | Bob Holden |
| 62 | Stanley L. Hall | Black | 37 | M | March 16, 2005 | Lethal injection | St. Louis | Barbara Jo Wood | Matt Blunt |
| 63 | Donald Jones | Black | 38 | M | April 27, 2005 | Lethal injection | St. Louis City | Dorothy Knuckles | Matt Blunt |
| 64 | Vernon Brown | Black | 51 | M | May 18, 2005 | Lethal injection | St. Louis City | Janet Perkins and Synetta Ford | Matt Blunt |
| 65 | Timothy L. Johnston | White | 44 | M | August 31, 2005 | Lethal injection | St. Louis City | Nancy Johnston | Matt Blunt |
| 66 | Marlin Andrew Gray | Black | 38 | M | October 26, 2005 | Lethal injection | St. Louis City | Julie Kerry and Robin Kerry | Matt Blunt |
| 67 | Dennis James Skillicorn | White | 49 | M | May 20, 2009 | Lethal injection | Lafayette | Richard Drummond | Jay Nixon |
| 68 | Martin C. Link | White | 47 | M | February 9, 2011 | Lethal injection | St. Louis City | Elissa Self | Jay Nixon |
| 69 | Joseph Paul Franklin | White | 63 | M | November 20, 2013 | Lethal injection | St. Louis | Gerald Gordon | Jay Nixon |
| 70 | Allen L. Nicklasson | White | 41 | M | December 11, 2013 | Lethal injection | Lafayette | Richard Drummond | Jay Nixon |
| 71 | Herbert L. Smulls | Black | 56 | M | January 29, 2014 | Lethal injection | St. Louis | Stephen Honickman | Jay Nixon |
| 72 | Michael Anthony Taylor | Black | 47 | M | February 26, 2014 | Lethal injection | Jackson | Ann Marie Harrison | Jay Nixon |
| 73 | Jeffrey R. Ferguson | White | 59 | M | March 26, 2014 | Lethal injection | St. Louis | Kelli Hall | Jay Nixon |
| 74 | William Lewis Rousan | White | 57 | M | April 23, 2014 | Lethal injection | St. Francois | Charles Lewis and Grace Lewis | Jay Nixon |
| 75 | John E. Winfield | Black | 43 | M | June 18, 2014 | Lethal injection | St. Louis | Arthea Sanders and Shawnee Murphy | Jay Nixon |
| 76 | John C. Middleton | White | 54 | M | July 16, 2014 | Lethal injection | Harrison | Alfred Pinegar, Stacy Hodge and Randy Hamilton | Jay Nixon |
| 77 | Michael Shane Worthington | White | 43 | M | August 6, 2014 | Lethal injection | St. Charles | Melinda Griffin | Jay Nixon |
| 78 | Earl Ringo Jr. | Black | 40 | M | September 10, 2014 | Lethal injection | Boone | Dennis Poyser and Joanna Baysinger | Jay Nixon |
| 79 | Leon Vincent Taylor | Black | 56 | M | November 19, 2014 | Lethal injection | Jackson | Robert Newton | Jay Nixon |
| 80 | Paul Terrence Goodwin | White | 48 | M | December 10, 2014 | Lethal injection | St. Louis | Joan Crotts | Jay Nixon |
| 81 | Walter Timothy Storey | White | 47 | M | February 11, 2015 | Lethal injection | St. Charles | Jill Frey | Jay Nixon |
| 82 | Cecil Lee Clayton | White | 74 | M | March 17, 2015 | Lethal injection | Barry | Barry County Deputy Christopher Castetter | Jay Nixon |
| 83 | Andre Vincent Cole | Black | 52 | M | April 14, 2015 | Lethal injection | St. Louis | Anthony Curtis | Jay Nixon |
| 84 | Richard Lamont Strong | Black | 48 | M | June 9, 2015 | Lethal injection | St. Louis | Eva Washington and Zandrea Thomas | Jay Nixon |
| 85 | David Stanley Zink | White | 55 | M | July 14, 2015 | Lethal injection | St. Clair | Amanda Morton | Jay Nixon |
| 86 | Roderick Nunley | Black | 50 | M | September 1, 2015 | Lethal injection | Jackson | Ann Marie Harrison | Jay Nixon |
| 87 | Earl Mitchell Forrest II | White | 66 | M | May 11, 2016 | Lethal injection | Dent | Sharon Joann Barnes, Harriet Smith, and Michael Wells | Jay Nixon |
| 88 | Mark Anthony Christeson | White | 37 | M | January 31, 2017 | Lethal injection | Maries | Susan Brouk, Adrian Brouk, and Kyle Brouk | Eric Greitens |
| 89 | Russell Earl Bucklew | White | 51 | M | October 1, 2019 | Lethal injection | Cape Girardeau | Michael Sanders | Mike Parson |
| 90 | Walter E. Barton | White | 64 | M | May 19, 2020 | Lethal injection | Christian | Gladys Kuehler | Mike Parson |
| 91 | Ernest Lee Johnson | Black | 61 | M | October 5, 2021 | Lethal injection | Boone | Mary Bratcher, Mabel Scruggs, and Fred Jones | Mike Parson |
| 92 | Carman L. Deck | White | 56 | M | May 3, 2022 | Lethal injection | Jefferson | James Long and Zelma Long | Mike Parson |
| 93 | Kevin Johnson Jr. | Black | 37 | M | November 29, 2022 | Lethal injection | St. Louis | Kirkwood police Sergeant William Leo McEntee | Mike Parson |
| 94 | Scott A. McLaughlin | White | 49 | M | January 3, 2023 | Lethal injection | St. Louis | Beverly Guenther | Mike Parson |
| 95 | Leonard Sheldon Taylor | Black | 58 | M | February 7, 2023 | Lethal injection | St. Louis | 4 murder victims | Mike Parson |
| 96 | Michael Andrew Tisius | White | 42 | M | June 6, 2023 | Lethal injection | Randolph | Jason Lee Acton and Leon Earl Egley | Mike Parson |
| 97 | Johnny Allen Johnson | White | 45 | M | August 1, 2023 | Lethal injection | St. Louis | Cassandra Lynn Williamson | Mike Parson |
| 98 | Brian Joseph Dorsey | White | 52 | M | April 9, 2024 | Lethal injection | Callaway | Benjamin Wade Bonnie and Sarah Ann Bonnie | Mike Parson |
| 99 | David Russell Hosier | White | 69 | M | June 11, 2024 | Lethal injection | Cole | Angela Yvonne Gilpin and Rodney Dean Gilpin | Mike Parson |
| 100 | Marcellus Scott Williams | Black | 55 | M | September 24, 2024 | Lethal injection | St. Louis | Felicia Anne Gayle | Mike Parson |
| 101 | Christopher Leroy Collings | White | 49 | M | December 3, 2024 | Lethal injection | Barry | Rowan Damia Ford | Mike Parson |

## Demographics

Race :
| White | 62 | 61% |
| Black | 38 | 38% |
| Native American | 1 | 1% |
| Age |||
| 20–29 | 4 | 4% |
| 30–39 | 28 | 28% |
| 40–49 | 41 | 40% |
| 50–59 | 20 | 20% |
| 60–69 | 7 | 7% |
| 70–79 | 1 | 1% |
| Date of execution |||
| 1976–1979 | 0 | 0% |
| 1980–1989 | 1 | 1% |
| 1990–1999 | 40 | 40% |
| 2000–2009 | 26 | 26% |
| 2010–2019 | 22 | 22% |
| 2020–2029 | 12 | 11% |
| Method |||
| Lethal injection | 101 | 100% |
| Governor (Party) |||
| Kit Bond (R) | 0 | 0% |
| Joseph P. Teasdale (D) | 0 | 0% |
| John Ashcroft (R) | 7 | 7% |
| Mel Carnahan (D) | 38 | 38% |
| Roger B. Wilson (D) | 1 | 1% |
| Bob Holden (D) | 15 | 15% |
| Matt Blunt (R) | 5 | 5% |
| Jay Nixon (D) | 21 | 21% |
| Eric Greitens (R) | 1 | 1% |
| Mike Parson (R) | 13 | 12% |
| Mike Kehoe (R) | 0 | 0% |
| Total | 101 | 100% |