List of people executed in Indiana
The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of Indiana since its statehood.
A total of 21 people convicted of murder have been executed by the state of Indiana in the United States since the reinstatement of the death penalty in 1977. Before 1995, electrocution was the sole method of execution. This was replaced with lethal injection in 1995. The executions on this list are of those executed by the state government of Indiana; this list does not include persons executed within Indiana by the Federal Government.[ 1] Two other people, Alton Coleman and Michael Lee Lockhart , were sentenced to death in Indiana, but executed in other states.
List of people executed in Indiana since 1976
No.
Name
Race
Age
Sex
Date of execution
County
Method
Victim(s)
Governor
1
Steven Timothy Judy
White
24
M
March 9, 1981
Morgan
Electrocution
4 murder victims[ a]
Robert D. Orr
2
William Earl Vandiver
White
37
M
October 16, 1985
Lake
Paul Komyatti
3
Gregory D. Resnover
Black
43
M
December 8, 1994
Marion
Indianapolis police Sergeant Jack R. Ohrberg
Evan Bayh
4
Tommie J. Smith
Black
42
M
July 18, 1996
Lethal injection
5
Gary Burris
Black
40
M
November 20, 1997
Kenneth Chambers
Frank O'Bannon
6
Robert Allan Smith
White
47
M
January 29, 1998
Sullivan
Michael Wedmore
7
D. H. Fleenor
White
48
M
December 9, 1999
Johnson
Bill Harlow and Nyla Harlow
8
Gerald Wayne Bivins
White
41
M
March 14, 2001
Boone
William H. Radcliffe
9
James Lowery
White
54
M
June 27, 2001
Hendricks
Mark and Gertrude Thompson
10
Kevin Lee Hough
White
43
M
May 2, 2003
Allen
Ted Bosler and Gene Rubrake
11
Joseph L. Trueblood
White
46
M
June 13, 2003
Tippecanoe
Susan Bowsher, Ashlyn Bowsher, and William Bowsher
12
Donald Ray Wallace Jr.
White
47
M
March 10, 2005
Vigo
4 murder victims[ b]
Mitch Daniels
13
William J. Benefiel Jr.
White
48
M
April 21, 2005
Delores Wells
14
Gregory Scott Johnson
White
40
M
May 25, 2005
Madison
Ruby Hutslar
15
Kevin Aaron Conner
White
40
M
July 27, 2005
Marion
Steven Wentland, Anthony Moore, and Bruce Voge
16
Alan Lehman Matheney
White
54
M
September 28, 2005
St. Joseph
Lisa Bianco
17
Marvin Bieghler
White
58
M
January 27, 2006
Howard
Tommy Miller and Kimberly Jane Miller
18
David Leon Woods
White
42
M
May 4, 2007
DeKalb
Juan Placencia
19
Michael Allen Lambert
White
36
M
June 15, 2007
Delaware
Muncie police officer Gregg William Winters
20
Matthew Eric Wrinkles
White
49
M
December 11, 2009
Vanderburgh
Debra Jean Wrinkles, Tony Fulkerson, and Natalie Fulkerson
21
Joseph Edward Corcoran
White
49
M
December 18, 2024
Allen
4 murder victims[ c]
Eric Holcomb
Demographics
See also
Notes
^ The 4 victims were: Terry Chasteen, Misty Zollers, Stephen Chasteen, and Mark Chasteen.
^ The 4 victims were: Patrick Gilligan, Teresa Gilligan, Lisa Gilligan, and Gregory Gilligan.
^ The 4 victims were: James Corcoran, Douglas A. Stillwell, Robert Scott Turner, and Timothy G. Bricker.
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