On
this date, January 7, 2016, a serial killer, Oscar Ray Bolin Jr., was executed
by lethal injection in Florida.
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| Oscar Ray Bolin |
Oscar Ray Bolin Jr. ( January 22, 1962 - January 7, 2016 ) was an American serial killer
who was sentenced to death
for the murder and rape of three young
girls in Florida . He was executed
on January 7, 2016, becoming the first
defendant executed that year in the United States.
Crimes
On January 25, 1986 , 25-year-old Natalie "Blanche" Holley was
discovered dead in an orange field, her body showing sharp wounds.
On November 5, 1986 , 17-year-old Stephanie Anne Collins disappeared after
being last seen in a pharmacy parking lot. Their remains were finally
discovered near a rural road a month later (coincidentally, the same day that
Teri Lynn Matthews's body was found in the neighboring Pasco County ).
On the morning of December 5, 1986 , the body dressed as Teri Lynn Matthews, 26, was
discovered near railroad tracks in a rural area of Pasco County . She had been stabbed in the neck
and chest, and repeatedly beaten in the head. Although
it had not rained for several days, the victim and his clothes were reportedly
wet. The autopsy revealed the presence of semen in her vaginal area,
although there was no concrete evidence that Matthews had been sexually abused.
Bolin was indicted in 1990 for the three
murders and underwent three trials, one for each victim. In each case,
he was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to death . Although
each of these verdicts was revoked on appeal at least twice due to procedural
errors, jurors systematically returned a guilty verdict (ten in all), although
in the case of Natalie Holley for second degree murder, So that by this he did
not finally receive a death sentence, but to life imprisonment.
Execution
Oscar Bolin was executed with a lethal injection on Thursday , January 7, 2016 at Florida State Prison in Starke , becoming the first defendant executed in
the year in the United States.
His last meal consisted of meat , baked potatoes , salad , garlic bread , lemon cake with meringue and a soda .
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