Death Row killer Roy Lee Ward was executed for the brutal murder of 15-year-old Stacy Payne, a Heritage Hills High School cheerleader and honour student whose life was cut short in her own home View 3 Images Roy Lee Ward faced the moment that had been two decades in the making (Image: AP)

In the early hours of Friday, October 10, convicted killer Roy Lee Ward faced the moment that had been two decades in the making. For the third time in less than a year, the state prepared its death chamber, this time for the Perry County man whose name has haunted Dale, Indiana, since the summer of 2001. ‌

Ward, now 44, was sentenced to die for the brutal murder of 15-year-old Stacy Payne, a Heritage Hills High School cheerleader and honour student whose life was cut short in her own ho

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