'Casey was an innocent young girl who bravely fought Johnson until he took her life. 'Johnny Johnson's crime is one of the most horrific murders that has come across my desk,' Parson said in a statement Monday after confirming Johnson's execution.

Missouri inmate Johnny Johnson on Tuesday died by lethal injection for the 2002 killing of 6-year-old Casey Williamson. He later confessed to his crimes.Ī handcuffed prison inmate on death row is pictured.

Johnson then buried Williamson with rocks and leaves near the factory and washed himself clean of any evidence in the Meramec River, read court papers. When Williamson resisted his attempt and tried to escape, Johnson beat her several times in the head with a brick and a boulder, eventually killing the young girl. The next morning, Johnson lured Williamson to an abandon glass factory with the intention of sexually assaulting her, according to court documents. Louis Post-Dispatch that Johnson was her best friend's little brother. Williamson's mother, Angie Wideman, previously told the St. 'Sorry to the people and family I hurt.'Īccording to court documents, Johnson attended a barbecue the night before Williamson's death at her father's residence in Valley Park, Missouri, and spent the night afterward on the couch. In a written final statement, which was shared with Newsweek, Johnson issued an apology for those impacted by his crime committed over two decades ago. The Missouri Department of Corrections told Newsweek that Johnson's last meal consisted of a bacon cheeseburger, curly fries and a strawberry shake. Johnny Johnson sentenced to death penalty in Missouri.

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