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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Graig Graziosi

Oklahoma executes man for rape and murder of his 7-year-old former stepdaughter

Oklahoma Department of Corrections

An Oklahoma man convicted of raping and murdering his 7-year-old former stepdaughter in 1985 was executed on Thursday morning

Richard Rojem Jr, 66, maintained his innocence up until his execution by lethal injection for raping and stabbing to death Layla Dawn Cummings, the 7-year-old daughter of his ex-wife, Mindy Cummings.

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