Death row inmate suffered “excruciating” death after last meal “mistake”

A death row inmate suffered an agonizing execution in 2020, hours after making a “mistake” relating to his last meal request.

Wesley Ira Purkey, 68, was put on death row for the kidnap, rape, and murder of 16-year-old schoolgirl Jennifer Long back in 1998.

Harrowing reports detailed how Purkey lured his victim into his pickup truck outside of a supermarket, with the girl having last been seen taking skipping lessons on January 22.

Purkey then proceeded to drive Long to his home, before raping and then stabbing her to death. He dismembered her body with a chainsaw, burning her remains and smashing and scattering her bones in a septic pond to avoid detection.