Lance Shockley execution has been scheduled by the State of Missouri for October 14 2025 for the murder of Sergeant Carl Dewayne Graham Jr.
According to court documents Lance Shockley and his sister’s fiancé Jeffrey Bayless went for a drive when the two men were involved in an accident where Bayless was killed. Lance Shockley would flee the scene. An investigation into the accident would reveal empty alcohol containers inside of the vehicel
Sergeant Carl Dewayne Graham Jr was in charge of the accident. A few months later he would be shot and killed by a high powered rifle that was later proven to be fired by Lance Shockley who wanted to stop the fatal hit and run investigation
Lance Shockley would be arrested and convicted of the murder. The jury however was deadlocked when it came to sentencing him to death and in the end the Judge would use his power and sentenced Shockley to death
Lance Shockley is scheduled to be executed by lethal injection on October 14 2025
Lance Shockley Execution
The Missouri Supreme Court has decided on an execution date for Lance Shockley, 48, from Van Buren, Missouri, who was convicted of murdering a Missouri State Highway Patrol (MSHP) Trooper in 2005.
In a per curiam order issued on June 18, the Missouri Supreme Court set Shockley’s execution date for Oct. 14, 2025, at 6 p.m.
Shockley had sought to appeal to the federal courts, but the U.S. Supreme Court declined to review his case on March 31, 2025. That same day, the Missouri Supreme Court filed a motion to schedule Shockley’s execution date.
According to MSHP, Shockley was convicted for the murder of Sgt. Carl Dewayne Graham, who was found dead after being ambushed and shot near Van Buren on March 20, 2005.
Just before his death, Sgt. Graham was investigating a fatal crash involving Shockley, where the driver fled the scene. Shockley was later charged with felony leaving the scene of an accident that resulted in a passenger’s death.
In 2009, a Carter County judge sentenced Shockley to the death penalty after a jury found him guilty of first-degree murder and armed criminal action.
Shockley tried to appeal his sentence, but the Missouri Supreme Court upheld the conviction on Aug. 13, 2013. He also sought post-conviction relief, but that motion was denied by a judge in 2017 and the Missouri Supreme Court in 2019.
Shockley is currently incarcerated in the Potosi Correctional Center.
Execution date set for man convicted of murdering Missouri trooper in 2005
