02-11-2015, 07:10 PM
The Storey's Over -- Missouri
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It's been a long one...
Walter Storey was 22 years old, going through a divorce, already drunk, and looking to rob his neighbor for beer money when he killed her back in 1990.
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He entered the home of his neighbor, ^ Jill Frey - 36, and beat her severely. Then, he slashed her throat.
The next day, he returned to her home where she lay dead, cleaned up the scene and removed evidence from under her fingernails.
The following day, when she failed to show up for work as a Special Ed teacher at the school, Jill Frey was discovered dead in her home. Fortunately, Storey had failed to notice a very clear palm print he'd left in blood on her dresser and he was quickly identified as her killer.
Storey went to trial, was convicted, and was sentenced to death. BUT, the conviction was overturned due to attorney misconduct and errors, and Storey was tried a second time. He was again convicted and sentenced to death. BUT, the conviction was overturned due to errors made by the judge. So, he was tried a third time, convicted again, and sentenced to death yet again.
Early this morning, 25 years after the murder, his final appeal (which claimed secrecy in Missouri's death drug process could result in Storey feeling pain after the lethal injection) was denied and he received the lethal injection of pentobarbital. He sang briefly after the injection and died 9 minutes later.
Jill Frey's brother was present for the execution; he expressed sadness that his parents died before they could see their daughter's murderer put to death.
It's been a long one...
Walter Storey was 22 years old, going through a divorce, already drunk, and looking to rob his neighbor for beer money when he killed her back in 1990.
He entered the home of his neighbor, ^ Jill Frey - 36, and beat her severely. Then, he slashed her throat.
The next day, he returned to her home where she lay dead, cleaned up the scene and removed evidence from under her fingernails.
The following day, when she failed to show up for work as a Special Ed teacher at the school, Jill Frey was discovered dead in her home. Fortunately, Storey had failed to notice a very clear palm print he'd left in blood on her dresser and he was quickly identified as her killer.
Storey went to trial, was convicted, and was sentenced to death. BUT, the conviction was overturned due to attorney misconduct and errors, and Storey was tried a second time. He was again convicted and sentenced to death. BUT, the conviction was overturned due to errors made by the judge. So, he was tried a third time, convicted again, and sentenced to death yet again.
Early this morning, 25 years after the murder, his final appeal (which claimed secrecy in Missouri's death drug process could result in Storey feeling pain after the lethal injection) was denied and he received the lethal injection of pentobarbital. He sang briefly after the injection and died 9 minutes later.
Jill Frey's brother was present for the execution; he expressed sadness that his parents died before they could see their daughter's murderer put to death.