One Down, Still too Many to Go...

OHIO EXECUTES CONFESSED KILLER OF FIVE

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A former truck driver who went on a multistate killing spree has been executed in Ohio for the murder of a Cincinnati man who gave him a ride in 1991. John Fautenberry, 45, of Oregon was pronounced dead at 10:37 a.m. Tuesday at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville. Fautenberry was sentenced to death for the slaying of Joseph Daron Jr., who picked him up while he was hitchhiking on Feb. 17, 1991. (Yes, the murder was almost 20 years ago!!)

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The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals denied Fautenberry's request to delay his execution Monday. Attorney Dennis Sipe asked the U.S. Supreme Court to stop the execution but that request was also denied. On Monday afternoon, Fautenberry was subdued as he watched television and listened to the radio. His only visitors were his attorney and a Catholic priest with whom he spent several hours.

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Fautenberry pleaded no contest on July 23, 1992, to two counts each of aggravated murder and grand theft and one count of aggravated robbery. Fautenberry confessed to killing a total of five people in four states — Alaska, Oregon, Ohio and New Jersey — during a five-month period in late 1990 and early 1991.

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Like I said: One down, still too many to go.