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for directions. As the man approached her, he pulled her towards him and forced her into the front of the vehicle. The men then sped off with Harrison in the car. A girl waiting for a bus spotted the vehicle speeding past her moments later. Meanwhile, the school bus arrived at Harrison's home and sounded the horn, but no one came. The driver noticed Harrison's books, purse, and flute case had been left by the mailbox. As the bus driver waited and sounded the horn, Harrison's mother came outside to see what was happening. Figuring her daughter was still inside the house, she instructed the bus driver to move on, saying she would drive her to school. After searching the house, Harrison's mother grew concerned when there was no sign of her. She headed to a neighbor's house and then called her husband and the police.
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discussed what to do with her. Not wanting to let her go because she had seen their faces, the men told her to get into the trunk of the vehicle. As Harrison pleaded with them to let her live, both men stabbed her to death with kitchen knives as she lay in the trunk of the car. They then drove the car to a quiet street and left the area in another vehicle. Later on, local media began broadcasting the news of Harrison's disappearance.
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Harrison's murder, the reward for information leading to the capture of her killers had reached $ 9,000. A tipster then told police about Taylor and Nunley. When they were brought in, both confessed, but each blamed the other as the instigator of the crime. However, the semen and hair matched Taylor.
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On March 22, 1989, Harrison left her home to go to school and waited for the school bus outside her house. As she waited by the mailbox, a blue '84 Monte Carlo pulled up next to her. Inside the vehicle, which was stolen, were Taylor and Nunley. One of the two men exited the vehicle and asked Harrison
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issued orders denying him a stay of execution. He was 50 years old. The appeals pending before the Court questioned the constitutionality of the death penalty, the sentencing of Nunley before a jury rather than a judge, and the secrecy of the state of Missouri in acquiring the drug used to perform
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Harrison was driven to the home of Nunley's mother. Inside the vehicle, the men blindfolded her and threatened to kill her if she continued to scream. After parking in the garage, the two men led Harrison inside and took her to the basement. Both men then took turns raping her. Afterward, the men
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Thirty-six hours after Harrison's abduction, a neighbor reported the abandoned blue '84 Monte Carlo. When police checked the license, they learned the vehicle had been stolen. After calling the owner to collect it, he arrived and opened the trunk, discovering Harrison's body. Three months after
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On June 17, 1994, Taylor was also sentenced to death for the second time. The judge also sentenced Taylor to life in prison for rape, fifty years for armed criminal action, and fifteen years for kidnapping. The sentences were to run consecutively.
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On May 10, 1994, Nunley was sentenced to death for the second time. In addition, the judge sentenced him to life in prison for rape, life in prison for armed criminal action, and fifteen years for kidnapping.
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On February 26, 2014, Taylor was executed via lethal injection, after last minute appeals questioning the reliability of Missouri's new, unnamed supplier of the execution drug
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overturned the death sentences for Nunley and Taylor without commenting or providing a reason for doing so. Both men were then retried.
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Both men waived trials and pleaded guilty before a judge. On May 3, 1991, the judge sentenced both men to death.
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were turned down. He became the fourth person to be executed in Missouri in four months.
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On September 1, 2015, Nunley was executed, also via lethal injection, after three
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Taylor was first scheduled to be executed on February 1, 2006, but was granted a
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In 2006, Nunley was accused of attacking a manager at the
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Blakeman, Karen; Beauchamp, Lane (January 29, 1991).
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Ann Marie Harrison was born on February 22, 1974, in
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to vacate the stay, allowing the execution. Justice
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Roderick Nunley

Kansas City, Missouri
Raytown, Missouri
Murder
stabbing
Raytown South High School
Raytown, Missouri
Missouri
lethal injection
Kansas City, Missouri
Raytown South High School
Eastern Reception, Diagnostic and Correctional Center
Bonne Terre, Missouri
lethal injection
Executed
Conviction(s)
First degree murder
Death sentence
Eastern Reception, Diagnostic and Correctional Center
Bonne Terre, Missouri
lethal injection
Executed
Conviction(s)
First degree murder
Death sentence
Supreme Court of Missouri
stay
United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
lethal injection

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