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Wesley Ira Purkey (January 6, 1952 – July 16, 2020) was an American convicted murderer who was executed by the United States federal government for the January 1998 kidnapping, rape, and murder of 16-year-old Jennifer Long. Purkey confessed to the crime while serving a life sentence for another murder, that of 80-year-old polio sufferer Mary Ruth Bales, whom he beat to death with a claw hammer in October 1998. In 2020, Purkey was one of several condemned men on federal death row selected to be executed by the federal government of the United States. He was executed via lethal injection on the morning of July 16, 2020, following a delay due to concerns that he suffered from Alzheimer's disease and did not understand why he was being executed. (en) |
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Purkey shortly before his execution (en) |
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Wesley Ira Purkey (January 6, 1952 – July 16, 2020) was an American convicted murderer who was executed by the United States federal government for the January 1998 kidnapping, rape, and murder of 16-year-old Jennifer Long. Purkey confessed to the crime while serving a life sentence for another murder, that of 80-year-old polio sufferer Mary Ruth Bales, whom he beat to death with a claw hammer in October 1998. (en) |
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