by Mike Lear | Mar 10, 2014 | News
In the days after Michael Taylor was executed for his part in the murder of a 15-year-old girl in 1989, the state is working to lift barriers to the execution of his accomplice. Taylor and Roderick Nunley participated in the abduction of Ann Harrison and her...
by Mike Lear | Feb 26, 2014 | News
Upon the completion of the execution of Michael Taylor, Attorney General Chris Koster released this statement: “Over 9,100 days have passed since the morning Michael Taylor and Roderick Nunley kidnapped 15-year-old Ann Harrison as she waited for her school bus....
by Mike Lear | Feb 26, 2014 | News
The Department of Public Safety has issued a statement saying that the execution by lethal injection of 47-year-old Michael Taylor has been carried out. Taylor was pronounced dead at 12:10 a.m. at the Eastern Reception, Diagnostic and Correctional Center in Bonne...
by Mike Lear | Feb 21, 2014 | News
The state Supreme Court has issued an execution order for 59-year-old Jeffrey Ferguson for the 1989 abduction, rape and murder of 17-year-old Kelli Hall in St. Louis County. The Court has set March 26 as his execution date. Ferguson and another man, Kenneth...
by Jessica Machetta | Feb 20, 2014 | Crime / Courts, News
The Missouri Department of Corrections is prepared to carry out the execution of Michael Taylor on Feb. 26 pursuant to the warrant issued by the Missouri Supreme Court. That’s the statement from the Department itself, and backed by the Governor. A compounding...