Kevin Ray Underwood was executed in Oklahoma on his 45th birthday. He was sentenced to death for the 2006 murder of Jamie Rose Bolin.
Kevin Ray Underwood was pronounced dead at 10.14am Thursday local time (3.14am Friday AEDT) at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester. It was Oklahoma 's fourth execution of the year, and it took place on Underwood's 45th birthday. Oklahoma uses a three-drug lethal injection process that begins with the sedative midazolam followed by a second drug that paralyzes the inmate and a third that stops their heart.
Strapped to a gurney inside the death chamber, Underwood apologised to the victim's family and to his own family 'for all the terrible things I did.' 'The decision to execute me on my birthday and six days before Christmas was a needlessly cruel thing to do to my family, but I'm very sorry for what I did and I wish I could take it back,' Underwood said. Underwood looked over to members of his legal team and his family, including his mother, as the execution began at 10.04am. His breathing hitched slightly and his eyes closed a few minutes later. A doctor entered the execution chamber at 10.09am, shook him a few times and declared him unconscious. He was pronounced dead five minutes later. Underwood, a former grocery store worker, was sentenced to die for killing Jamie Rose Bolin in 2006. Underwood admitted to luring Jamie into his apartment and beating her over the head with a cutting board before suffocating and sexually assaulting her. He told investigators that he nearly beheaded Jamie in his bathtub before abandoning his plans to eat her. Jamie's sister, Lori Pate, who was among several relatives who witnessed the execution, thanked prosecutors for helping guide her family through the nearly 18-year process from Jamie's death to Underwood's execution. 'This doesn't bring our Jamie back but it does allow the space in our hearts to focus on her and allow the healing process to begin,' Pate said. During a hearing last week, three members of the state's Pardon and Parole Board unanimously voted against recommending clemenc
EXECUTION DEATH PENALTY OKLAHOMA KEVIN RAY UNDERWOOD JAMIE ROSE BOLIN MURDER
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