2 September 1994 – Harold Lamont Otey
He admitted to stabbing, smothering and hammering her to death, although he later asserted he was coerced into a confession.
In a consequent appeal, his lawyer later asserted that Otey had used his time wisely in jail. Yet, despite this evidence that Otey was a reformed man, the plea fell on deaf ears.
In 1994, the 43-year-old was finally strapped to the electric chair in Nebraska to become the first person executed there since the penalty was reinstated in 1976.