Ohio, the United States of America on Wednesday executed a man who raped and murdered his girlfriend’s 3-year-old daughter. The 43-year-old Ronald Phillips was executed by lethal injection at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville about 24 years after he committed the crime. He is the first to be executed in the State of Ohio in three and a half years.
Phillips, whose death had been postponed six times, was sentenced to die for the rape and murder of Sheila Marie Evans, who was only 3 years old when her mother’s boyfriend attacked her in January 1993. She was rushed into surgery, where doctors found she suffered from severe injuries to her abdomen and her intestine. She died later that evening from severe blunt force trauma to the abdomen.
An autopsy the following day revealed more than 125 bruises that showed Sheila Marie had been beaten on the head, face, lower torso, arms, legs and genitalia. Phillips, who was 19 at the time, told police he beat the girl after she didn’t respond to his calls for breakfast, a parole board document obtained by The Associated Press said. He also admitted to raping her that day and two previous times, the document said.
“Sheila Marie did not deserve what I did to her, I know she is with the Lord and she suffers no more. I’m sorry to each and every one of you that you lived with this pain all those years”. said Phillips, in his final moments.
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