On the night of June 22, 2000, in Dorsey, northeastern Mississippi, a 16-year-old schoolgirl was kidnapped outside her uncle's restaurant, and later raped and murdered by her abductor.
According to official … See more

In July 2003, Thomas Loden Jr. submitted an appeal to vacate his plea of guilt with respect to the charge of murder, stating that he was … See more

On December 14, 2022, 58-year-old Thomas Edwin Loden Jr. was formally put to death via lethal injection at Mississippi State Penitentiary. … See more

Background
Born on August 16, 1964, Thomas Edwin Loden Jr., who grew up in Mississippi, had a troubled childhood marred by physical and sexual abuse. … See more

In August 2017, Attorney General Jim Hood expressed his intention to seek an approval of Thomas Loden Jr.'s death warrant after the Mississippi prison officials confirmed that they … See more

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