Executed
William Emmett Lecroy, Jr.
William Emmett LeCroy, 50, was executed by lethal injection on September 22, 2020, at the U.S. Penitentiary in Terre Haute, Indiana, according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons. Oxygen reports that he joined the Army at 17 and was discharged for going AWOL shortly after. His lawyers pursued appeals arguing that his trial attorneys did not adequately present evidence about his upbringing and mental health. The article reports that those appeals were unsuccessful.
Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state
Reported by: Federal Bureau of Prisons (the agency that held him); U.S. Department of Justice (outside investigators).