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Benjamin Ritchie's last meal, final words before execution in Beech Grove officer's murder
Ritchie was sentenced to death in 2002 for the murder of Beech Grove officer William Toney. A slew of last-minute appeals ...
Indiana executes Benjamin Ritchie for young police officer's murder. Widow honors victim.
The Beech Grove Police Department had never seen an officer killed by gunfire before the year 2000, when a chase turned ...
Young officer, a father of 2, was chasing car theft suspect. Then he was shot 4 times
The Beech Grove Police Department had never seen an officer killed by gunfire before the year 2000, when a chase turned ...
Indiana man put to death for the 2000 killing of a police officer is the state’s second execution in 15 years
An Indiana man convicted in the fatal shooting of a police officer in 2000 was executed Tuesday by lethal injection in the ...
Man executed for the 2000 killing of a police officer in Indiana’s second execution in 15 years
Benjamin Ritchie, 45, had been on Indiana’s death row since 2002, when he was convicted of killing Beech Grove Police Officer ...
Cop killer will become 2nd convict executed in Indiana since 2009
An Indiana man convicted in the 2000 killing of a police officer is set to receive a lethal injection early Tuesday in the ...
Indiana set to execute Benjamin Ritchie on May 20. Here's what to know
Indiana will execute Benjamin Ritchie early May 20, 2025 more than two decades after his murder conviction in the killing of ...
Man convicted of killing Beech Grove police officer to be executed early Tuesday morning
Benjamin Ritchie, a man convicted of killing Beech Grove police officer William Toney in September 2000, is slated to be ...
'Society has kept its promise' | Beech Grove police issue statement before man who killed Ofc. Bill Toney is executed
Ofc. Bill Toney was shot and killed on Sept. 29, 2000, while chasing down suspects who had run from a stolen van. Benjamin ...
Man executed for 2000 killing of police officer in Indiana's second execution in 15 years
An Indiana man convicted in the fatal shooting of a police officer in 2000 was executed Tuesday by lethal injection in the state's second execution in 15 years.