Condemned Inmates Who Have Died Since 1978
Name | Date | Cause |
1. David Moore | 11/29/1980 | Suicide |
2. Richard Chase | 12/26/1980 | Suicide |
3. Ronald Hawkins | 01/17/1983 | Suicide |
4. George Carpenter | 01/30/1984 | Suicide |
5. Mose Willis | 06/26/1988 | Suicide |
6. Joselito Cinco | 12/26/1988 | Suicide |
7. Ronald Fuller | 03/24/1989 | Suicide |
8. Lewis Crain | 11/03/1989 | Natural Causes |
9. Joseph Poggi | 03/22/1990 | Natural Causes |
10. Martin Gonzalez | 03/30/1990 | Other |
11. Gary Guzman | 02/07/1991 | Natural Causes |
12. Donrell Thomas | 03/31/1992 | Suicide |
13. Robert Alton Harris | 04/21/1992 | *Executed* |
14. Jay Kaurish | 11/06/1992 | Natural Causes |
15. David Mason | 08/24/1993 | *Executed* |
16. Corvin Emdy | 09/18/1993 | Suicide |
17. Robert McDonald | 12/31/1993 | Natural Causes |
18. Christopher Day | 01/29/1994 | Suicide |
19. Roland Comtois | 05/06/1994 | Natural Causes |
20. Timothy Pride | 09/30/1994 | Shot on Exercise Yard |
21. Robert Danielson | 09/07/1995 | Suicide |
22. William Bonin | 02/23/1996 | *Executed* |
23. Keith Williams | 05/03/1996 | *Executed* |
24. Jeffrey Kolmetz | 08/16/1996 | Natural Causes |
25. Jeffrey Wash | 09/12/1996 | Suicide |
26. Michael Wader | 05/11/1997 | Natural Causes |
27. Sammy Marshall | 06/15/1997 | Heart attack after pepper spray exposure |
28. Jimmy Palma | 10/13/1997 | Homicide |
29. Thomas Walker | 11/18/1997 | Suicide |
30. Jessie Ray Moffat | 05/02/1998 | Natural Causes |
31. Thomas Thompson | 07/14/1998 | *Executed* |
32. Andrew Robertson | 08/22/1998 | Natural Causes |
33. William Poynor | 10/19/1998 | Natural Causes |
34. Jerry Bailey | 12/25/1998 | Natural Causes |
35. Kelvin Malone | 01/13/1999 | *Executed in MO* |
36. Jaturun Siripongs | 02/09/1999 | *Executed* |
37. Manuel Babbitt | 05/04/1999 | *Executed* |
38. Bronte Wright | 02/05/2000 | Natural Causes |
39. Darrell Rich | 03/15/2000 | *Executed* |
40. Robert Lee Massie | 03/27/2001 | *Executed* |
41. Frank Dean Carter | 08/21/2001 | Natural Causes |
42. James Warren Bland | 08/30/2001 | Natural Causes |
43. Theodore F. Frank | 09/05/2001 | Natural Causes |
44. George Marshall | 10/14/2001 | Natural Causes |
45. Stephen Anderson | 01/29/2002 | *Executed* |
46. Stephen DeSantis | 03/02/2002 | Natural Causes |
47. Gerald Gallego | 07/18/2002 | Natural Causes (Died in Nevada) |
48. Robert Nicolaus | 04/12/2003 | Natural Causes |
49. Robert E. Stansbury | 12/12/2003 | Natural Causes |
50. Raymond Johns | 03/28/2004 | Natural Causes |
51. Paul Brown | 04/10/2004 | Natural Causes |
52. Charles Whitt | 11/07/2004 | Natural Causes |
53. Robert F. Garceau | 12/29/2004 | Natural Causes |
54. Donald J. Beardslee | 01/19/2005 | *Executed* |
55. Nicholas Rodriguez | 07/10/2005 | Drug Overdose |
56. Larry Davis Jr. | 09/02/2005 | Acute drug toxicity |
57. Caroline Young | 09/16/2005 | Natural Causes |
58. Drax Quartermain | 09/22/2005 | Natural Causes |
59. Michael Ihde | 10/09/2005 | Natural Causes |
60. Donald Miller | 10/14/2005 | Natural Causes |
61. Stanley Williams | 12/13/2005 | *Executed* |
62. Stuart Alexander | 12/27/2005 | Natural Causes |
63. Clarence Ray Allen | 01/17/2006 | *Executed* |
64. Earl Preston Jones | 02/03/2006 | Natural Causes |
65. Robert Thompson | 10/01/2006 | Natural Causes |
66. James Tulk | 11/30/2006 | Suicide |
67. Alejandro G. Ruiz | 01/04/2007 | Natural Causes |
68. Marcelino Ramos | 01/22/2007 | Natural Causes |
69. Raymond Gurule | 02/03/2007 | Natural Causes |
70. Herb Koontz | 05/05/2007 | Natural Causes |
71. Tony Lee Reynolds | 06/10/2007 | Suicide |
72. Billy Ray Hamilton | 10/22/2007 | Natural Causes |
73. Bill Bradford | 03/10/2008 | Natural Causes |
74. Alfredo Padilla | 07/25/2008 | Natural Causes |
75. Edward Bridges | 10/09/2008 | Suicide |
76. Terrance C. Page | 12/05/2008 | Suicide |
77. Isaac Gutierrez, Jr. | 12/07/2008 | Natural Causes |
78. Thomas Edwards | 02/14/2009 | Natural Causes |
79. Larry Graham | 06/16/2009 | Suicide |
80. Lawrence Bergman | 06/26/2009 | Natural Causes |
81. Michael Mattison | 07/17/2009 | Natural Causes |
82. Fred Freeman | 07/25/2009 | Natural Causes |
83. Miguel Martinez | 07/26/2009 | Natural Causes |
84. Albert Howard | 08/13/2009 | Natural Causes |
85. David Arisman | 09/05/2009 | Natural Causes |
86. Cedric Harrison | 11/19/2009 | Natural Causes |
87. Joseph Musselwhite | 02/02/2010 | Natural Causes |
88. Robert Rubane Diaz | 08/11/2010 | Natural Causes |
89. George Hatton Smithey | 08/28/2010 | Suicide |
90. John Levae Post | 12/20/2010 | Other |
91. Richard Parson | 02/28/2011 | Natural Causes |
92. James Glenn VanPelt | 03/06/2011 | Natural Causes |
93. Brandon Wilson | 11/17/2011 | Suicide |
94. David Murtishaw | 11/22/2011 | Natural Causes |
95. Dennis H. Lawley | 03/11/2012 | Natural Causes |
96. Frank Abilez | 04/03/2012 | Natural Causes |
97. James Lee Crummel | 05/27/2012 | Suicide |
98. Kenneth Friedman | 08/26/2012 | Suicide |
99. James Karis | 01/31/2013 | Natural Causes |
100. Justin Helzer | 04/14/2013 | Suicide |
101. Mario Gray | 05/04/2013 | Natural Causes |
102. Timothy Rodriguez | 06/02/2013 | Natural Causes |
103. Richard Ramirez | 06/07/2013 | Natural Causes |
104. Timothy Russell | 10/05/2013 | Suicide |
105. Albert Ruiz | 12/29/2013 | Natural Causes |
106. Wilbur Lee Jennings | 02/11/2014 | Natural Causes |
107. Ralph Michael Yeoman | 03/04/2014 | Natural Causes |
108. Steven Homick | 11/05/2014 | Natural Causes |
109. Charles Richardson | 12/02/2014 | Natural Causes |
110. Michael Lee Elliot | 12/08/2014 | Natural Causes |
111. Leon Chauncey Cooper | 03/18/2015 | Natural Causes |
112. Teofilo Medina Jr. | 03/22/2015 | Natural Causes |
113. Raymond Edward Steele | 04/22/2015 | Other |
114. Richard James Poynton | 04/30/2015 | Natural Causes |
115. Michael Lamont Jones | 05/25/2015 | Suicide |
116. Ronald Harold Seaton | 08/28/2015 | Natural Causes |
117. Alfredo Rolando Prieto | 10/01/2015 | *Executed in VA* |
118. Bernard Lee Hamilton | 03/26/2016 | Natural Causes |
119. Gilbert Raul Rubio | 06/16/2016 | Natural Causes |
120. Dennis Duane Webb | 12/13/2016 | Natural Causes |
121. James David Majors | 01/26/2017 | Natural Causes |
122. Fernando Eros Caro | 01/28/2017 | Natural Causes |
123. Stevie Lamar Fields | 02/28/2017 | Natural Causes |
124. Christopher A. Geier | 08/30/2017 | Natural Causes |
125. Fernando Belmontes Jr. | 09/29/2017 | Natural Causes |
126. Emilio M. Avalos | 11/01/2017 | Acute drug toxicity |
127. Joe Henry Abbott | 01/31/2018 | Acute drug toxicity |
128. Royal K. Hayes | 05/22/2018 | Natural Causes |
129. Jonathan Fajardo | 10/05/2018 | Homicide |
130. Robert J. Acremant | 10/26/2018 | Natural Causes |
131. Andrew Urdiales | 11/03/2018 | Suicide |
132. Virendra Govin | 11/04/2018 | Suicide |
133. Herminio Serna | 12/03/2018 | Acute drug toxicity |
134. Joseph A. Perez Jr. | 12/04/2018 | Acute drug toxicity |
135. Ronald L. Bell | 03/08/2019 | Natural Causes |
136. Miguel Magallon | 04/20/2019 | Acute drug toxicity |
137. Brett Patrick Pensinger | 05/02/2019 | Natural Causes |
138. John G. Brown | 07/07/2019 | Natural Causes |
139. Aswad Pops | 08/29/2019 | Suicide |
140. Anthony McKnight | 10/17/2019 | Natural Causes |
141. Spencer Rawlins Brasure | 11/14/2019 | Acute Drug Toxicity |
142. Lawrence Bittaker | 12/13/2019 | Natural Causes |
143. Phillip C. Jablonski | 12/27/2019 | Natural Causes |
144. Thomas Potts | 02/05/2020 | Natural Causes |
145. John Abel | 02/15/2020 | Natural Causes |
146. Lonnie D. Franklin Jr. | 03/28/2020 | Natural Causes |
147. Richard Eugene Stitely | 06/24/2020 | Natural Causes |
148. Joseph S. Cordova | 07/01/2020 | Natural Causes |
149. Scott Thomas Erskine | 07/03/2020 | Natural Causes |
150. Manuel Machado Alvarez | 07/03/2020 | Pending |
151. Dewayne Micheal Carey | 07/04/2020 | Natural Causes |
152. David John Reed | 07/07/2020 | Natural Causes |
153. Jeffrey J. Hawkins | 07/15/2020 | Natural Causes |
154. Troy A. Ashmus | 07/20/2020 | Natural Causes |
155. John M. Beames | 07/21/2020 | Natural Causes |
156. Johnny Avila Jr. | 07/26/2020 | Natural Causes |
157. Orlando G. Romero | 08/02/2020 | Natural Causes |
158. Pedro Arias | 08/09/2020 | Natural Causes |
159. Dean E. Dunlap | 07/29/2020 | Natural Causes |
160. Noel Jesse Plata | 12/14/2020 | Suicide |
161. James R. Odle | 12/18/2020 | Natural Causes |
162. Royce L. Scott | 12/20/2020 | Natural Causes |
163. Jose Francisco Guerra | 01/04/2021 | Natural Causes |
164. Louis Peoples | 01/24/2021 | Suicide |
165. Johnny Mungia | 03/16/2021 | Natural Causes |
166. Lumord Johnson | 03/25/2021 | Pending |
167. Charles Edward Crawford II | 04/28/2021 | Pending |
168. Richard Allen Benson | 05/31/2021 | Natural Causes |
169. Rodney James Alcala | 07/24/2021 | Natural Causes |
170. Donald R. Millwee | 07/27/2021 | Natural Causes |
171. Curtis Price | 08/17/2021 | Natural Causes |
172. Joshua M. Miracle | 02/27/2022 | Pending |
173. Michael Allen | 02/06/2022 | Pending |
174. Harvey L. Heishman III | 07/05/2022 | Pending |
175. Thomas Lenart | 09/23/2022 | Pending |
176. Richard Gonzales Samayoa | 12/07/2022 | Pending |
177. Malcom Robbins | 01/27/2023 | Pending |
178. Micky Ray Cage | 05/03/2023 | Pending |
Summary of Condemned Inmates Who Have Died Since 1978
Executed in California: 13
Executed in Missouri: 1
Executed in Virginia: 1
Total Executions: 15
Natural Causes: 108
Suicide: 30
Other: 15
Pending: 10
Total Non-Execution Deaths: 163
Total Deaths: 178