Idaho paused the execution of a 73-year-old serial killer because it couldn't find his veins for a lethal injection, leaving time for his death warrant to expire

Thu, 02/29/2024 - 01:56

The Idaho Maximum Security Institution — Creech was to be executed at the Idaho Maximum Security Institution.
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Thomas Creech, 73, had his execution stopped because the medical team couldn't find a vein to administer a lethal injection.
Officials said they would let his death warrant expire at 11:59 p.m. on Wednesday.
Creech is convicted of five murders and has been on death row for 43 years.

Idaho officials stopped the execution of a 73-year-old convicted serial killer after the medical team couldn't find his veins for a lethal injection.

Thomas Creech, who was imprisoned in 1974 and has been convicted of five murders in three states, was to be executed in Idaho Maximum Security Institution at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, per the state's corrections department.