Summary of Offense: Convicted for the May 7, 1984 robbery and murder of Eddie Cash.
Cash, 63, was on his way to visit relatives when he offered a ride on a hot day to the hitchhiking Walker. During their conversation, Walker learned where Cash lived and repaid the kindness by going to his house that evening and robbing Eddie, strangling him with a vacuum cleaner cord and beating him with a brick. The jury rejected the insanity defense.
Walker was also convicted and sentenced to death for the murder of Tulsa radio reporter Valerie Shaw-Hartzell, who was killed after being kidnapped and raped on May 24. This conviction was reversed on appeal, and at a second trial, Walker was sentenced to life without parole plus 500 years imprisonment.
Walker confessed to killing Jayne Hilburn of Vinita, who was strangled and had her car stolen on May 14. Walker confessed to killing Janet Jewell of Beggs, who was raped and murdered on May 23 in Tulsa. Walker confessed to killing Margaret Bell Lydick, who was raped, tortured, and murdered in Poteau, Oklahoma. Walker also stripped and attempted to rape DeRonda Gay Roy, a 24-year-old mother of four, then strangled her with her bra in Rogers County, Oklahoma. Walker was convicted of approximately 35 additional felonies.
Victim: Eddie Cash
Time of Death: 12:21 a.m.
Execution Method: Lethal injection
Last Meal: N/A
Last Statement: "I’m sorry for what I’ve done. I hope when I go the hate you have, and it’s natural for you to hate me, that you would let it go with me."
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