Walter Moody
Walter Moody | |
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Moody in a 2017 prison photograph | |
| Born | Walter Leroy Moody Jr. March 24, 1935 Rex, Georgia, U.S. |
| Died | (aged 83) |
| Cause of death | Execution by lethal injection |
| Other names | Roy Moody |
| Criminal status | Executed |
| Spouse(s) | Hazel Moody (unknown–1972) Susan McBride |
| Criminal penalty | 5-year term (October 19, 1972) Death (February 10, 1997) |
| Details | |
| Victims | (1) Hazel Moody (injured) (2) Judge Robert S. Vance Sr. (murdered) (2) Helen Vance (injured) (3) Robert E. Robinson (murdered) |
| Date | (1) May 7, 1972 (2) December 16, 1989 (3) December 18, 1989 |
Date apprehended | July 13, 1990 |
Walter Leroy Moody Jr. (March 24, 1935 – April 19, 2018) was an American convicted murderer who was sentenced to death and executed in Alabama for the 1989 letter bomb murder of Robert S. Vance, a U.S. federal judge serving on the Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit.
When Moody was executed by lethal injection in April 2018, he became the oldest death row inmate to be executed since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976.