WASHINGTON (AFP) – A Missouri man was executed Wednesday for the 1991 kidnap, rape and murder of an 11-year-old girl.Martin Link was pronounced dead at 12:15 am (0615 GMT), 14 minutes after being given a lethal injection at Bonne Terre prison, the Missouri Department of Corrections said. It was the state's first execution in two years and its second since late 2005.The 47-year-old was first sentenced to death in 1995.Elissa Self-Braun had gone missing while walking to her school bus stop. Investigators later discovered her body along the St. Francis River, south of her hometown of St. Louis.They subsequently found a jar of Vaseline inside Link's vehicle with traces of blood mixed with the petroleum jelly. A DNA test confirmed Link was a match with evidence found on the girl's body.Link was the fifth death row inmate to be executed in the United States this year. Fifty-three other death row inmates are currently serving time in Missouri.The Definition of Sound .Bass Control (IMS038) .Scriptures . Comfort Sessions (7 april 2009) .Download Hustler
Missouri executes child rapist-killer
WASHINGTON (AFP) – A Missouri man was executed Wednesday for the 1991 kidnap, rape and murder of an 11-year-old girl.Martin Link was pronounced dead at 12:15 am (0615 GMT), 14 minutes after being given a lethal injection at Bonne Terre prison, the Missouri Department of Corrections said. It was the state's first execution in two years and its second since late 2005.The 47-year-old was first sentenced to death in 1995.Elissa Self-Braun had gone missing while walking to her school bus stop. Investigators later discovered her body along the St. Francis River, south of her hometown of St. Louis.They subsequently found a jar of Vaseline inside Link's vehicle with traces of blood mixed with the petroleum jelly. A DNA test confirmed Link was a match with evidence found on the girl's body.Link was the fifth death row inmate to be executed in the United States this year. Fifty-three other death row inmates are currently serving time in Missouri.The Definition of Sound .Bass Control (IMS038) .Scriptures . Comfort Sessions (7 april 2009) .Download Hustler