‘I’m going home’: Leroy McGill executed for 2002 napalm attack that killed one, burned another

By: Michael Kiefer

Outlets: Arizona Mirror

Published: May 20, 2026

Words: 1,246

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 5 days ago

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He already looked like a corpse when they opened the curtains. Pale, shaved head, eyes closed, a white sheet up to his neck

Leroy McGill, 63, a convicted murderer, lay on a gurney in the death house at the old Florence Prison.

At exactly 10 a.m., he had climbed onto the gurney, visible on a closed-circuit TV screen, and flashed a quick smile at the men in black hats who strapped him down.

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