Charles Ray Crawford was convicted of kidnapping and killing a 20-year-old woman in the early 1990s.

After more than 30 years on death row, Charles Ray Crawford is will be executed in Mississippi on October 15.

The Mississippi Supreme Court set the date Friday after Attorney General Lynn Fitch told the court Crawford had exhausted “all state and federal remedies.” The court denied Crawford’s request of post-conviction release.

Crawford, who will be executed by lethal injection, was convicted of kidnapping and killing 20-year-old Kristy Ray in 1994. He was found guilty of abducting Ray from her parents’ home in Tippah County and killing the young college student.

Crawford claimed he blacked out and did not remember the incident.

He used the same defense in another trial where he was co

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