The former intelligence officer of army Elliot Bill was executed, who killed a couple to get the love and sympathies from his girlfriend and former stripper Rebecca Gragg. Rebecca was involved in a dispute with the man killed by Bill with his girl friend. Bill received 1800 volts of electricity to get terminated from this world. He was executed by using electric chair at Greenville Correctional Centre in Jarrat and he was confirmed as dead at 09:08 Pm on Tuesday. He was the first American executed by electric chair.
Elliot Bill who killed the women by shooting her in head and the man shooting him in head, face and chest only to make his girlfriend happy.
Bill was the man who was directly involved in the capital killing of a couple in Virgina. He killed Dana Thrall 25 and his companion Robert Finch 30 in early 2001. Both of them were found dead at Woodbridge townhouse.
It was 8:45 Pm, when Bill was sitting strapped on death chair, ready to get the final treatment. His execution was witnessed by the relatives of the victims, a selected media representatives, attorney general and concerned officers. At 09:00, the officer pushed the death button to execute bill. Electricity with 1800 volts entered the Bill’s body through the chair and it remained with the bill to kill for half a minute, then a full minute burst was given with 240 volts current.
After few minutes, the physicians entered the room and examine the pulse and heart beat of bill with stethoscope and simply said 09:08. It means he is dead.
The 60 years old army man, become the oldest executed man of America through electric chair and he preferred electric chair on lethal injection to get executed.
He also gave a statement which was read after his death and that is
“The very system that I spent a lifetime defending has failed me,”
Elliot Bill was executed
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