US EditionArizona set to execute a man who killed 4 members of a Phoenix family in 1993
Richard Djerf, who pleaded guilty to killing four family members in retaliation for a theft, is Arizona’s second execution of 2025 amid resumed capital punishment.
- A man convicted of killing four members of a Phoenix family in 1993 as an act of revenge is set to be executed in Arizona on Friday.
- The Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry said it is confident in the quality and quantity of its pentobarbital supply used for the execution.
- After Djerf's execution, state records show there will be 107 inmates on Death Row in Arizona.
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Richard Djerf murdered four members of a family to avenge something a relative of theirs was accused of doing. Prosecutor Rachel Mitchell described it as an "unimaginable" crime. Now Djerf has been executed, writes NBC News.
Los Angeles (USA), Oct 17 (EFE).- Arizona authorities executed Richard Kenneth Djerf, who spent more than thirty years in prison for the brutal murder in 1993 of four members of a Latino family that shocked the community this Friday. Djerf, 55, was sentenced to death in 1996 for the torture and murder of his co-worker Albert Luna Sr., his wife Patricia, and his two sons, Rochelle, 18, and Damien, 5 years old. The prosecution assured that the att…
Revenge Killer Executed In Arizona For 1993 Family Slayings
Richard Kenneth Djerf, 55, was executed Friday by lethal injection for the 1993 murders of four members of a Phoenix family in a revenge plot over stolen goods. Djerf was pronounced dead after the state’s second execution of the year and the 39th nationally in 2025. Djerf was convicted of killing Albert Luna Sr., Patricia […] Revenge Killer Executed In Arizona For 1993 Family Slayings
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