Thomas Edwin Loden Jr had been on death row since 2001 after he pleaded guilty to capital murder, rape and four counts of sexual battery against Leesa Marie Gray.
A man has been executed by lethal injection in the US for the rape and murder of a 16-year-old girl more than two decades ago.
Loden had been on death row since 2001 after he pleaded guilty to murder, rape and four counts of sexual battery against Leesa Marie Gray.The Marine Corps recruiter spent four hours sexually assaulting her before strangling and suffocating her, according to an interview he gave to investigators. Loden told investigators he became angry after Gray allegedly said she would never want to be a Marine, and that he ordered her into his van.
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