Women On Death Row – Women on death row currently and those who have been executed in the USA
Judy Buenoano was a serial killer who was convicted of two murders but believed to be responsible for several more. Judy Buenoano would be executed by the State of Florida on March 30, 1998 Not a lot is known about Judy Buenoano early life however she would marry James Goodyear who would die in 1971…
Karla Faye Tucker was executed by the State of Texas for the murders of two men. On February 3, 1998 she was executed by way of lethal injection. Karla Faye Tucker was born in Houston Texas on November 18, 1959 to parents in a volatile relationship. When Karla was ten years old she would learn…
Velma Barfield was the first woman to be executed in the United States after the resumption of capital punishment. Velma Barfield who was classified as a serial killer would be convicted of one murder but would confess to six murders. Velma Barfield was executed on November 2, 1984 by lethal injection. Velma Barfield was born…
Kelly Gissendaner was executed by the State of Georgia for the murder of her husband Douglas Gissendaner on September 30, 2015. Kelly Gissendaner whose maiden name was Brookshire was born to a poor family in Georgia. According to family members Kelly was molested by several men and family mothers. During high school Kelly claimed she…
Lisa Montgomery would be executed for the murder of Bobbi Jo Stinnett on January 13, 2021 by lethal injection. According to court documents Lisa Montgomery had struck up a friendship with Bobbi Jo Stinnett over dog shows and on a website regarding rat terriers. Soon the two women were emailing each other and Lisa Montgomery…
Lisa Carpenter Graham was sentenced to death for arranging the murder of her adult daughter. According to court documents Lisa Carpenter Graham would convince a friend to murder her daughter. The friend, Kenneth Walton, would taker her daughter, Stephanie Shea Graham, out for a drive that ended on an empty country road. Once Stephanie Shea…
Christie Michelle Scott is on Alabama Death Row for the murder of her child. According to court documents Scott set fire to her home that would kill her six year old autistic son. Fire investigators believed that the fatal fire was actually set in her children bedroom. It is believed that Scott was trying to collect on…
Heather Leavell Keaton is on Alabama Death Row for the murders of two young children. According to court documents Leavell Keaton and her common law husband John DeBlase murdered the first child in March 2010, the ten year old child strangled to death after she was duct taped and placed in a closet. The second child was…
Patricia Blackmon is on death row in Alabama for the murder of a child. According to court documents Patricia called 911 to report that a child was not breathing. When emergency personal arrived on the scene they were shocked by what they scene. The child who was not breathing was covered in vomit and was wearing blood…