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Rainey Bethea (c. 1909 [b] – August 14, 1936), was the last person publicly executed in the United States. [1] Bethea, who confessed to the rape and killing of a 70-year-old woman named Lischia Edwards, was convicted of her rape and publicly hanged in Owensboro, Kentucky.
Another execution of note in Kentucky was that of Rainey Bethea. Bethea was executed by hanging on 14 August 1936 for the rape of 70-year-old Lischia Edwards. He had also confessed to her murder by strangling but the Commonwealth indicted him only on the rape charge since that was the only capital crime for which the penalty was public hanging.
HENDERSON, Ky. (WEHT) — The Catholic Diocese of Owensboro announced Fr. Joseph Edward Bradley, a retired priest, died on Saturday. According to a post on social media, Bradley died at Owensboro ...
James Ray Cable (1948 – December 3, 2013) was an American serial killer.Originally convicted in 1990 for kidnapping and torturing a teenage girl, he was later linked via DNA to the murders of three women in across Kentucky between 1982 and 1989.
Kentucky State Police said Pulaski County 911 operators contacted them at 7 p.m. and asked for help finding a Ford F-150 driven by Angela Gosser, 56, of Russell Springs.
Pope John Paul II accepted Soenneker's resignation as bishop of the Diocese of Owensboro on June 30, 1982. [ 2 ] [ 4 ] Henry Soenneker died in Owensboro on September 24, 1987, at age 80. [ 2 ] The Bishop Soenneker Home, an assisted living facility in Knottsville, Kentucky , was named after him.