Attorney General statement on execution of Michael Taylor

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....

Agency reports Michael Taylor has been executed

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...

State Supreme Court sets execution date for Jeffrey Ferguson

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...