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Death penalty protested while Grissom is executed
Several protesters gathered outside the Oklahoma State Penitentiary praying for peace while convicted killer Wendell Arden ...
Oklahoma man 'deeply ashamed' before being executed for killing woman in home invasion, robbery
"It took him a total of 13 minutes to die, and it took him a total of two minutes to kill my best friend," a woman who survived the home invasion and robbery said.
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Mom and Daughters Speak Out After Home Invader’s Execution
Dreu Kopf was home with her two baby daughters and her best friend Amber Matthews during a home invasion 20 years ago.
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‘She was selfless’: Families remember Amber Matthews, who died protecting best friend’s baby
By Alyse Jones Click here for updates on this story MCALESTER, Oklahoma (KOCO) — Nearly 20 years ago, a random home invasion killed a 23-year-old woman and changed two families forever. The man ...
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Thousands of acres burned as wildfires tear through the Carolinas
Related Trump to spend weekend in New Jersey instead of Florida Florida executes man who killed 8-year-old girl, her grandmother in 1993 Wendell Grissom put to death by Oklahoma in state's first ...
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Death row inmate leaves a chilling message for his surviving victims in his final words
Wendell Arden Grissom was executed at Oklahoma State Penitentiary for a 2005 home invasion and murder. He killed Amber Dawn Matthews and injured Dreu Kopf, who survived. During his execution, Grissom ...
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Oklahoma executes the man who killed a woman 20 years ago in a home invasion and robbery
Wendell Grissom, 56, was declared dead by lethal injection at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester at 10:13 a.m. It was Oklahoma’s first execution of 2025. “It took him a total of 13 ...