Summary of Offense:
He killed his girlfriend's ex-husband, George Jacobs, Sr., and dismembered him in August 1999 in McIntosh County. Murphy and his accomplice, Billy Jack Long, dragged Jacobs from a car on a county road. Jacobs was beaten and mutilated, and his genitals were left in the middle of the road. A passenger in Jacobs' car was beaten and threatened in an attempt to force his silence.
Murphy has been on death row since May 24, 2000.
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