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https://www.9news.com.au/world/last-meals-what-serial-killers-ate-as-their-last-meal-on-death-row/ecfb2a5a-3ffc-4ab0-b4ed-fc55072d5108#1 https://serialkillershop.com/blogs/true-crime/serial-killers-last-meals What serial killers ate as their last meal on death row

Anthony Sanchez Anthony Sanchez, right, was executed by lethal injection for the 1996 murder of 21-year-old Juli Busken, who was bound, raped, and shot in the head near Lake Stanley Draper in far southeastern Oklahoma City, on December 20 that year. The murder went unsolved for years until new DNA evidence matched Sanchez, who was serving time for burglary. For his last meal, Sanchez asked for chicken fried steak, fried okra, mashed potatoes and gravy, a roll, sweet iced tea and apple pie with vanilla ice cream. Sanchez, who always maintained he was innocent, was put to death by lethal injection.

John Wayne Gacy John Wayne Gacy, also known as the Killer Clown, assaulted and murdered at least 33 boys and young men. He was a regular performer at children's hospitals and charity events and went by "Pogo" or "Patches," the clown. Gacy allegedly committed all of his murders inside his ranch house near Norridge, Illinois. Gacy's conviction for 33 murders by one individual covered the most homicides in US legal history at the time. Before he was executed by lethal injection, he had a dozen deep-fried shrimp, a bucket of KFC original recipe chicken, fries, and a pound of strawberries as his last meal.

David Earl Miller Tennessee's longest waiting death row inmate, David Earl Miller was a 22-year-old drifter living with a church pastor when he brutally murdered 23-year-old Lee Standifer in 1981. The young woman met Miller for a drink before they went back to the pastor's house and Miller smashed her skull with a fire poker and repeatedly stabbed her. The now 61-year-old requested fried chicken as his final meal. He had successfully appealed against death by lethal injection and instead faced the electric chair. His last words were "It beats being on death row."

Timothy McVeigh Timothy McVeigh killed 168 people and injured hundreds more when he detonated a truck bomb underneath a federal government building in Oklahoma City in 1995. McVeigh expressed no regrets over the devastating act of domestic terrorism. He requested two pints of mint chocolate chip ice cream as his last meal before his lethal injection. Four years before his 2001 execution, Congress passed a law that prohibited McVeigh, a Gulf War veteran, from being buried in a military cemetery.

Fritz Haarmann Friedrich Heinrich Karl Haarmann became known as the Butcher of Hanover after he sexually assaulted, murdered and mutilated at least 24 boys and young men in Germany in the wake of World War I. In accordance with German tradition, Haarman was not told of his scheduled execution until the night before. In lieu of a last meal, he was granted an expensive cigar and a cup of Brazilian coffee. He was beheaded by guillotine.

Peter Kürten Peter Kürten was nicknamed the Vampire of Düsseldorf for a series of gruesome murders committed in the German city in 1929. Before his scheduled execution by guillotine two years later, Kürten was granted a last meal of Wiener Schnitzel, fried potatoes and a bottle of white wine. He asked for seconds and his request was granted.

Aileen Wuornos Aileen Wuornos killed seven men while working as a prostitute in Florida in 1989 and 1990. She ultimately declined a last meal and instead asked for a cup of black coffee. Her last words reflected an unbalanced mental state. "Yes, I would just like to say I'm sailing with the rock, and I'll be back, like Independence Day, with Jesus. June 6, like the movie," she said. "Big mother ship and all, I'll be back, I'll be back."

Richard Cooey In 1986, 19-year-old Richard Cooey raped, stabbed and tortured two college students in Akron, Ohio. It took nearly 20 years for Cooey to be put to death, with the killer famously arguing that at 125kg, he was too obese to be executed. His last meal reflected his appetite. He asked for a T-bone steak, onion rings, French fries, four fried eggs and buttered toast, hash browns, a bucket of rocky road ice cream, bear claw pastries and a bottle of Mountain Dew. It took him until midnight to finish eating his last meal, and he was executed the next morning.

Lawrence Russell Brewer White supremacist Lawrence Brewer and two others offered local African-American man James Byrd Jr a lift home in the town of Jasper, Texas. They beat Byrd and chained him by the ankles to the back of a ute, dragging him for about 5km until he was decapitated. Brewer requested and was granted a lavish last meal, two chicken-fried steaks and gravy, a triple meat bacon cheeseburger, a cheese omelette, a bowl of fried okra, a pound of barbecued meat, half a loaf of white bread, three fajitas, a Meat Lovers pizza, three root beers, a bucket of ice cream and a slab of peanut butter fudge. When the meal arrived, Brewer said he wasn't hungry and didn't eat any. Based on this, the state of Texas decided to stop granting last meal requests.

Ted Bundy One of America's most infamous serial killers, Ted Bundy kidnapped, raped, and murdered many young girls and women during the 1970s. After over a decade of denying his guilt, he finally confessed to 30 homicides. But his true victim count is unknown. Before his execution by electric chair in 1989, he declined to have one of the special last meals. So, he was served the "traditional" steak dinner, over-easy eggs, hash browns, toast, milk, coffee, juice, butter, and jelly. However, he did not eat any of his last meal.

Ricky Ray Rector In 1981 Ricky Ray Rector shot three people at a restaurant in Arkansas, then murdered a police officer while pretending to surrender. Rector then shot himself in the head in a suicide attempt. He survived, but the injury left him with serious brain damage that rendered him mentally disabled. He was executed in 1992 with the approval of then-Governor Bill Clinton, who was keen to burnish his "tough on crime" credentials during the presidential campaign. Rector ate the steak, fried chicken and cherry Kool-Aid before his execution, but told the prison guard he was saving his slice of pecan pie "for later".

Victor Feguer In 1960, Victor Feguer kidnapped an Iowa doctor he had never met named Edward Bartels and shot him in a cornfield in Illinois. Feguer was hanged three years later in front of a crowd that included politician John Ely, who was so disturbed by the execution that he successfully legislated to ban the death penalty in Iowa. Feguer's last meal was simple and bizarre: a single olive with the pit still in it. His hope was that an olive tree would sprout from his grave as a symbol of peace.

Scotty Morrow Scotty Morrow was executed by lethal injection in Georgia on May 2, 2019, for the murders of his ex-partner Barbara Ann Young and her friend Tonya Rochelle Woods on December 29, 1994. He requested a huge last meal of a hamburger with mayonnaise, two chicken and waffle meals, a pint of butter pecan ice cream, a bag of buttered popcorn, two all-beef franks, and a large lemonade, the Georgia Department of Corrections said.