In this video we will explore everyone who was executed in the month of February we will look into their crimes their last words and the last meals they requested before facing their fate Marian Bowman State South Carolina on February 16th 2001 20-year-old Bowman had an argument with 21-year-old candy Louise Martin over a debt which escalated into a fight during which he shot her multiple times in a wooded area he then dragged her body placed it in the trunk of a car and set it on fire in a remote location hours earlier he had threatened
Her saying you’ll be dead before nightfall his cousin James Taiwan Gadson testified against him stating that he witnessed the crime and that Bowman had planned it the evidence was ConEd inclusive the weapon was recovered from a river and linked to the case through ballistic and DNA tests in 2002 Bowman was sentenced to death over the years he has maintained his innocence claiming evidence was concealed and that racism played a role in his defense the day before his execution Bowman was offered a last meal he
Requested fried seafood wings and chicken strips onion rings banana pudding German chocolate cake and cranberry pineapple juice on January 31st 2025 he was executed by lethal injection in South Carolina as the execution chamber curtain opened he briefly looked at his attorney then at the ceiling before closing his eyes when asked for his last words he said death row inmates may be labeled as the worst but we’ve all changed since that moment that cost us everything I know candi’s family suffers and rightfully so they’re
Angry if my death brings them some relief then I guess it will have served some purpose I hope they find Steven lne Nelson State Texas on March 3rd 2011 at 24 years old Nelson entered the North Point Baptist Church in Arlington Texas intending to rob it only Reverend Clint Dobson 28 and secretary Judy Elliott 69 were present Nelson already on parole for a prior assault brutally attacked the victims he beat and strangled Dobson with a computer cable before suffocating him with a plastic bag Elliott sustained severe injuries including facial
Fractures and a brain hemorrhage but survived after a long long recovery after the crime Nelson stole Dobson’s laptop Elliot’s credit cards and her car he used the cards to buy clothes and jewelry and sold the laptop for money the police quickly identified him through fingerprints and blood stains on his shoes he was arrested and convicted of capital murder a crime in Texas punishable by death although another man was initially detained the charges against him were dropped on February 5th 2025 Steven Le Nelson was executed by
lethal injection at the Huntsville State Penitentiary since he was executed in Texas he was not granted a last meal he was declared dead at 6:50 p.m. Central Standard Time just before the injection Nelson repeatedly told his wife Helen Noah Dubois that he loved her and was grateful Dubois who was watching from the witness room raised a white service dog that she was allowed to bring in it is what it is Nelson said he then added enjoy life before the lethal dose began he said I’m not afraid I’m at peace let’s ride Warden when the Pento barbal
started to take effect he told his wife let me sleep his last word was love before gasping twice and trying to catch his breath his body trembled for a few seconds before becoming still he was declared dead 24 minutes later Demetrius Terren Frasier state Alabama on November 27th 1991 Frasier broke into the apartment of 40-year-old Pauline Starks Brown in Birmingham Alabama after forcibly waking her up he demanded money and sexually assaulted her at gunpoint point he then shot her and despite Brown pleading for her life
Frasier murdered her before stealing the money months later on March 8th 1992 in Detroit Michigan Frasier attempted to assault 14-year-old Crystal Kendrick he held her captive in an abandoned house and when she tried to escape he shot her ending her life Frasier was arrested shortly after in Michigan where he confessed to both crimes in 1996 he was convicted of the murder of Pauline Brown in Alabama and sentenced to death in 2018 he chose to be executed by nitrogen hypoxia a method adopted in Alabama as an alternative to lethal
injection the day before his execution he was offered a last meal Frasier requested Taco Bell food including burritos and a Mountain Dew soda the state of Alabama executed Demetrius Terren Frasier on Thursday night using this method he was declared dead at 6:36 p.m. according to Governor K Ivy’s office he became the fourth person to be executed in the state using this procedure when asked for his last words Frasier said first of all I want to apologize to the friends and family of Pauline Brown what happened to her should never
have happened I want to apologize James Dennis Ford state Florida in 1997 James Ford invited Greg and Kimberly mallerie on a fishing trip but he brutally attacked them Greg was shot in the head with a point 22 rifle and then struck with an axe while Kimberly was hit in the head and sexually assaulted before being murdered Additionally the couple’s 22-month-old daughter was left in the truck for over 18 hours exposed and covered in her mother’s blood Ford was found guilty of murder sexual assault and child abuse
the brutality of the case and the vulnerability of the child further aggravated his crime despite multiple appeals his death sentence was upheld in 1999 and he has remained on death row at Florida State prison since then in recent years the application of the death penalty in Florida has been inconsistent in 20124 only one execution took place in contrast to the six carried out in 2023 however Governor Ronda santis signed Ford’s execution order marking the end of a period of inactivity in the state the day before his execution he
was offered a last meal Ford requested steak macaroni and cheese fried okra sweet potato pumpkin pie and sweet tea when asked for his last words James Dennis Ford had nothing to say on Thursday night while lying strapped to a gurnie before the 25 Witnesses present however the department of Prisons reported that Ford wrote a message on paper which read hugs prayers love God bless you all Richard Lee tobl State Texas in November 2004 Richard Lee Tabler murdered Muhammad ramuni a nightclub manager and his friend Zed in
Ken Texas tobler along with his accomplice Timothy Don Payne lured ramuni under the pretense of selling him sound equipment upon arriving at the location they ambushed him shooting Zed first then ramuni who was shot again as he was was dragged from the car after committing the double murder Tabler stole runi’s wallet and other items from the vehicle while Payne filmed the crime with a video camera Tabler later called the police to take responsibility and threaten more murders two days later on November 28th Tabler murdered Amanda Benefield and
Tiffany Lorraine two teenagers who worked at the same nightclub he selected them from a list of employees he believed had implicated him in the previous murders Tabler kept calling the police mocking them and making new threats Tabler was arrested and sentenced to death for the four murders found guilty for his brutality and the constant threats he made after the crimes on February 13th 2025 Richard Lee Tabler was executed at the age of 46 at 6:38 p.m.
he was declared dead after receiving a lethal dose of Pento Barbo tobler was the second man executed in Texas in 2025 in his final statement tobler apologized to the families of his victims some of whom were present during the execution he also thanked his family legal team and death row staff for their support not a day goes by that I don’t regret my actions I had no right to take their loved ones and I ask and pray I hope and pray that one day you find it in your hearts to forgive me for those actions none of my apologies will bring
them back
