On
this date, December 8, 2009, Kenneth Biros A.K.A the Body Parts murderer of
Ohio, was executed in that state by lethal injection. He was convicted of
murdering Tami Engstrom on February 8, 1991. Please go to Unit 1012 Blog to
hear from the victim’s families.
Born
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June 24, 1958
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Died
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December 8, 2009 (aged 51)
Lucasville, Ohio |
Criminal penalty
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Death sentence
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Criminal status
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Executed by lethal injection
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Conviction(s)
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Aggravated murder
Attempted rape Aggravated robbery Felonious sexual penetration |
Kenneth Biros
(June 24, 1958 – December 8, 2009) was an American convicted murderer who was
sentenced to death and executed for the aggravated murder, attempted rape,
aggravated robbery and felonious sexual penetration of a young woman. Biros was
the first condemned person to be executed by lethal injection in the United
States with the use of a single drug.
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Tami Engstrom, with son Casey, was 22 on Feb.
7, 1991, when she was murdered and
beheaded by Kenneth Biros.
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Murder
Biros
admitted to killing 22 year old Tami Engstrom during February 1991 in a fit of
rage. Biros then cut up the body and spread various parts over a wide territory
encompassing portions of northeast Ohio and northwest Pennsylvania.
onviction
Biros
was convicted of aggravated murder, attempted rape, aggravated robbery and
felonious sexual penetration and sentenced to death. He was originally
sentenced to die by means of lethal injection at 10:00 A.M. on March 20, 2007.
This would have been the first execution during Governor Ted Strickland's
administration. Governor Strickland denied Biros clemency on March 16, 2007.
However, on that day the Supreme Court of the United States upheld the ruling
of the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that Biros' execution should be stayed
to allow him to continue to argue his case that Ohio's lethal injection is cruel
and unusual punishment. He was then transferred from Ohio's death row to the Southern
Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville, Ohio. On April 24, 2009, Trumbull
County Prosecutor Dennis Watkins requested the Ohio Supreme Court to set an
execution date after a federal judge decided on Tuesday, April 21, 2009, that
Ohio's execution method was flawed, but not unconstitutional. The Supreme Court
of Ohio later set a new execution date for Dec. 8, 2009.
Execution
Biros
was executed by lethal injection on December 8, 2009 at 11:00 AM at the Southern
Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville, Ohio. His execution was originally
scheduled for 10:00 AM, but was later delayed until 11:00 AM. He was pronounced
dead at 11:47 AM. Biros was the first condemned person to be executed with a
lethal single-drug dose of an anesthetic, sodium thiopental, in the United
States.
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