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    Gregory L. Bryant-Bey - Ohio Execution - November 19, 2008


    Dale Pinkelman, 48, and Pete Mihas, 61




    Facts of the Crime:
    On August 9, 1992, Bryant-Bey murdered 48-year-old Dale Pinkelman in Pinky's Collectibles in Toledo. Mr. Pinkelman was the owner of the retail store. Bryant-Bey stabbed Mr. Pinkelman in the chest, stole merchandise from the store and took Mr. Pinkelman's car.

    48-year-old Dale Pinkelman was the owner of Pinky's Collectibles in Toledo. While alone in the store, Bey stabbed Pinkelman in the chest, stole merchandise from the store and took his car. He was also convicted in a similar murder of Peter Mihas, owner of The Board Room restaurant in downtown Toledo. It was the similarity between the two murders that ultimately led to the death sentence. Both men were stabbed in the chest. Their pants were removed and their shoes were lined up next to their bodies.

    When an informant alerted police of Bey’s possible involvement with the Mihas murder, police confronted Bey, who confessed to murdering and robbing Mihas. Finger and palm prints in the Pinkelman store matched with Bey, who at first denied ever being in the store. Later, Bey admitted that he had purchased a watch from Pinkelman’s store on credit. When officers asked Bey if he had ever harmed Pinkelman or taken his car, Bey replied that he did not remember and asked to terminate the questioning.

    Victims: Dale Pinkelman and Pete Mihas

    Time of Death: 10:41 am

    Manner of Execution: Lethal Injection

    Last Meal: Three pieces of fried chicken, spaghetti with meat sauce, potato salad, cherry pie with strawberry ice cream and cola

    Final Words: "My heart was seeking a sense of fairness and a dose of justice, but it was not to be," Bryant-Bey said, clutching a rosary. He also made an extensive statement claiming he was framed "based on false evidence" by Lucas County law enforcement officials. He read his final words from a handwritten two-page statement.

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    November 19, 2008

    Killer executed for stabbing Toledo store owner in 1992

    LUCASVILLE: Ohio today executed a man for the 1992 stabbing death of a collectibles store owner in Toledo, the state's second execution in as many months.

    Gregory Bryant-Bey, 53, died by lethal injection at 10:41 a.m. at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville.

    In a three-minute final statement, Bryant-Bey said he'd been framed, convicted on the basis of false evidence and had had poor legal help.

    ''My brothers and sisters, what can be done to prevent sisters and brothers from being framed?'' he said.

    Bryant-Bey's execution proceeded after the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday denied his request for a 60-day reprieve. He had wanted more time to present additional information about his case to Gov. Ted Strickland, who denied clemency Tuesday.

    Bryant-Bey was the second inmate put to death in Ohio since the end of an unofficial national moratorium on executions that began last year while the U.S. Supreme Court reviewed Kentucky's lethal injection procedure.

    Bryant-Bey was convicted in the Aug. 9, 1992, robbery and killing of Dale Pinkelman, who owned a sports collectibles and coin shop.

    He also faced a death penalty in the Nov. 2, 1992, killing of Peter Mihas, owner of The Board Room restaurant in downtown Toledo.

    After police arrested Bryant-Bey for Mihas' death, similarities between the two crimes led to charges in Pinkelman's slaying.

    A jury recommended life in prison for Bryant-Bey in the Mihas killing.

    The state has now executed 28 inmates since 1999, when Ohio renewed executions after more than three decades.

    http://www.ohio.com/news/break_news/34745199.html

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