A death row convict underwent a horrific execution after making a major final meal error.Wesley Ira Purkey,
Who had been on death row since 2004, was found guilty of raping and murdering 16-year-old Jennifer Long back in 1998.
The killer also cruelly murdered Mary Bales, 80, after bashing her with a claw hammer but he faced justice after neighbours witnessed him attempting to burn her body.
He was arrested before being found guilty of the double murder and sent on death row in January 2024.
But when he was executed in July 2020, Purkey, 68, was suffering from dementia.Due to the condition,
It is not obvious whether he knew what was going to happen to him judged by how he treated his last meal.
