Hours before the execution of Roy Lee Ward, the Gary diocese hosted a vigil at the Indiana State Prison in Michigan City.

Indiana executed Roy Lee Ward, who was sentenced to death after being convicted of rape and murder Friday morning, shortly after midnight CDT.

Death row inmate Roy Lee Ward will be executed Friday at the Indiana State Prison in Michigan City after exhausting all legal options.

Roy Lee Ward is scheduled to be executed Friday morning at the Indiana State Prison for the 2001 murder of 15-year-old Stacy Payne. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Newsmakers) Condemned man Roy Lee Ward has ...

MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. — At 12:01 a.m. CDT, the time declared by court order to begin the execution of Roy Lee Ward, a small crowd gathered in the parking lot across the street from the Indiana State ...

MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. (WISH) — The state has executed death row inmate Roy Lee Ward for the 2001 rape and murder of a teenage girl in Spencer County. It’s the state’s third execution since resuming ...

MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. − In the early morning hours of Friday, Oct. 10, Indiana executed Roy Lee Ward via lethal injection. Ward was sentenced to death for the 2001 murder of Stacy Payne, a 15-year-old ...

BREAKING NEWS. THE STATE OF INDIANA HAS EXECUTED A DEATH ROW INMATE OVERNIGHT. ROY LEE WARD HAS BEEN EXECUTED IN MICHIGAN CITY. THE 53 YEAR OLD WAS CONVICTED OF RAPING AND MURDERING A 15 YEAR OLD GIRL ...

MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. — An Indiana man convicted in the 2001 rape and murder of a teenage girl was executed by injection early Friday in the state’s third execution since resuming capital punishment ...

MICHIGAN CITY, Ind.– Condemned man Roy Lee Ward has withdrawn the final two federal lawsuits that sought to delay his execution, effectively guaranteeing that his death sentence will be carried out ...

MICHIGAN CITY — Condemned man Roy Lee Ward has withdrawn the final two federal lawsuits that sought to delay his execution, effectively guaranteeing that his death sentence will be carried out before ...

CHICAGO (AP) — An Indiana man convicted in the 2001 rape and murder of a teenage girl was executed by injection early Friday in the state's third execution since resuming capital punishment last year.