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On November 4, 2019, Rhines was executed via lethal injection at South Dakota State Penitentiary in Sioux Falls. [11] He was pronounced dead at 7:39 p.m. In his final statement, he addressed Donnivan Schaeffer's parents and said, "Edwin and Peggy Schaeffer, I forgive you for your anger and your hatred towards me, and I pray to God that he ...
The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of Oklahoma since 1976. The total amounts to 127 people, and all were executed by lethal injection . [ 1 ] Of the 127 people, 124 were males and 3 were females who all had been convicted of first-degree murder.
Elliott Earl Williams (born 1974) was a US Army veteran who died in the Tulsa County, Oklahoma jail on October 27, 2011. The medical examiner determined in a 2014 report that he died from "complications of vertebrospinal injuries due to blunt force trauma", starvation, and dehydration. [1]
The Village of Sioux Falls, consisting of 1,200 acres (4.9 km 2), was incorporated in 1876 by the 12th legislative assembly of the Dakota Territory, which convened in the territorial capital of Yankton. The village charter proved to be too restrictive, however, and Sioux Falls petitioned to become a city.
The search for remains of victims of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre has turned up 21 additional coffins in unmarked graves in the city’s Oaklawn Cemetery, officials said. Seventeen adult-size ...
A large F4 also caused major damage in southeastern Oklahoma City with additional damage in nearby areas. 2003 South Dakota tornado outbreak: June 21–24, 2003: South Dakota: 125: 2: Tied U.S. record for most tornadoes in one state during a 24-hour period, with 67 tornadoes in South Dakota on the 24th.
Four of the seven people found dead at the home of a convicted rapist in Henryetta, Oklahoma, have now been identified by a relative. Janette Mayo, 59, said the Okmulgee County Sheriff’s Office ...
On June 8, 1974, a significant tornado outbreak affected portions of the southern Great Plains and the Upper Midwest.The outbreak produced 36 tornadoes, at least 19 of them significant or intense, and is the second-deadliest June tornado event in Oklahoma history, with 16 deaths reported in the state, second only to the 35 people killed by an F4 tornado on June 12, 1942, in Oklahoma City. [1]