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Published 4 years ago

Former Soldier Who Said Witchcraft Made Him Kill a Georgia Nurse Has Been Executed

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A former soldier who said an fixation with witchcraft led him to kill a Georgia nurse who he believed had put a spell on him has been executed by the federal government. William Emmett LeCroy, 50, died by lethal injection Tuesday night at an Indiana prison, according to the Associated Press. His last words were: “Sister Battista [his spiritual adviser] is about to receive in the postal service my last statement.” LeCroy broke

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William Emmett LeCroy, Former Soldier Who Said Witchcraft Drove Him To Kill Nurse, To Be Executed Tuesday

CHICAGO (AP) — A former U.S. soldier who said an obsession with witchcraft led him to slay a Georgia nurse in a bid to lift a spell he believed she put on him is the first of two more inmates the federal government is preparing to put to death this week.William Emmett LeCroy, 50, on Tuesday would be the sixth federal inmate executed by lethal injection this year at the U.S. prison in Terre Haute, Indiana. Another is scheduled for Thursday of Chr…

4 years ago·United States
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Federal government executes former U.S. soldier who said witchcraft drove him to kill nurse

William Emmett LeCroy, 50, was pronounced dead at 9:06 p.m. ET after receiving a lethal injection at the same prison where five others have been executed this year.

4 years ago
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Al ArabiyaAl Arabiya

US execution planned of killer and rapist who said witchcraft drove him

A former US soldier who said an obsession with witchcraft led him to slay a Georgia nurse in a bid

4 years ago·Saudi Arabia
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US execution planned of killer who said witchcraft drove him

CHICAGO (AP) — A former U.S. soldier who said an obsession with witchcraft led him to slay a Georgia nurse in a bid to lift a spell he believed she put on him is the first of two more inmates the federal government is preparing to put to death this week.

4 years ago·Atlanta, United States
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Former Soldier Who Said Witchcraft Made Him Kill a Georgia Nurse Has Been Executed

Court documents said he had become obsessed with the idea that assaulting her would reverse a spell she put on him.

4 years ago·United States
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William LeCroy Who Murdered to Break a Spell Is Set To Be Executed on 9/22

William LeCroy said he killed Joanne Tiesler to break a spell he believed she had cast on him. He is sentenced to die by lethal injection at 4 pm Tuesday.

4 years ago·New York, United States
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