Draft:Lewis Eugene Gilbert

Lewis Eugene Gilbert II
Born	(1971-10-29)October 29, 1971 Ohio, U.S.
Died	July 1, 2003(2003-07-01) (aged 31) Oklahoma State Penitentiary, Oklahoma, U.S.
Cause of death	Execution by lethal injection
Criminal status	Executed in Oklahoma in 2003
Conviction(s)	Oklahoma First-degree murder Missouri First-degree murder (x2)
Criminal penalty	Oklahoma Death – first-degree murder Missouri Death (x2) – first-degree murder
Details
Victims	3 convicted, 4 total suspected
Date	August 1994 – September 1994
Location(s)	Oklahoma, Missouri, Ohio
Imprisoned at	Oklahoma State Penitentiary

Lewis Eugene Gilbert II (October 29, 1971 – July 1, 2003) was an American serial killer responsible for a total of four murders committed in 1994 across three different states in the U.S.. Gilbert's first murder happened in Ohio, when he and his 16-year-old accomplice Eric Elliot broke into the home of 79-year-old Ruth Lucille Loader on August 30, 1994, and killed her. Loader's body was never found despite Gilbert's confession that he was responsible for her death. On that same day, Gilbert and Elloit committed the double murder of William and Flossie Mae Brewer, aged 86 and 76 respectively, at the couple's farm in Missouri, after they escaped from Ohio to Missouri. The fourth and final killing happened on September 3, 1994, when both Elliot and Gilbert robbed and murdered 37-year-old off-duty security guard Roxanne Ruddell in Oklahoma.

Gilbert and Elliot were arrested a week after their first offence, and both were charged with the murders they committed. After facing trial in Oklahoma, Elliot was sentenced to life in prison without parole for the murder of Ruddell, while Gilbert was sentenced to death for murdering Ruddell. Gilbert also received two death sentences in Missouri for the murders of the Brewers, although Gilbert did not stand trial for the murder of Loader in Ohio despite his confession. Gilbert was executed by lethal injection in Oklahoma on July 1, 2003.

See also

• Capital punishment in Missouri
• Capital punishment in Oklahoma
• List of people executed in Oklahoma
• List of people executed in the United States in 2003