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South Carolina Schedules Execution for Man Who Taunted Police with Message in Victim's Blood

Stephen Bryant will be South Carolina’s 50th execution since 1985 after killing three men in 2004, including one whose blood he used to taunt police.

  • A South Carolina inmate, Stephen Bryant, 44, killed a man, burned his eyes with cigarettes, and wrote 'catch me if u can' on the wall with the victim's blood more than 20 years ago.
  • Bryant will be the 50th person executed in South Carolina since 1985 and the seventh in less than 14 months, with the option to choose between lethal injection, firing squad, or electric chair.
  • Bryant admitted to killing three men, including Willard 'TJ' Tietjen, whose daughter received a call saying 'you can't, I killed him. I'm the prowler.
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WLTX broke the news in Columbia, United States on Friday, October 17, 2025.
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