Arizona executes a man who murdered his girlfriend’s ex-husband

Arizona executes Aaron Gunches 23 years after murder

Gunches was the first inmate executed in Arizona since a series of botched lethal injections prompted a halt to the practice in 2022.

Aaron Gunches Executed by Lethal Injection in Arizona’s First Execution Since 2022

PHOENIX — Arizona carried out its first execution in over two years Wednesday morning as Aaron Gunches died by lethal injection at the Arizona State Prison Complex in Florence. Gunches, convicted of murdering Ted Price in 2002, was executed using pentobarbital, with his official time of death called at 10:33 a.m., according to prison officials. “The process went according to plan without any… Source

Aaron Gunches is executed; was arrested in La Paz County

FLORENCE, Ariz. — An Arizona man who kidnapped and murdered his girlfriend’s ex-husband was executed Wednesday, March 19, the second of four prisoners scheduled to be put to death this week in the U.S.

Death Row Inmate's Chilling Last Act Before Execution Reveals He Didn't Die Peacefully

Arizona death row inmate Aaron Brian Gunches, who was given the lethal injection, made a snoring sound before he passed away.

A killer wrote his own death warrant — and Arizona finally signed it

When the warden asked if he had any last words, Aaron Gunches squeezed his eyes shut and shook his head. He was strapped to a gurney in the execution chamber, waiting to die, projecting a desire to just get it over with after nearly 23 years. In 2002, he killed a man named Ted Price by taking him...

Inmate's chilling last act before being executed by lethal injection on death row

Aaron Brian Gunches was executed in Arizona following the 2002 death of Ted Price