Indiana Executes Murderer With Drug Linked to Pharmacy Facing State Probe
Summary
Indiana executed Jeffrey Weisheit by lethal injection at the Indiana State Prison early Thursday. His lawyers sought to stop the execution over concerns about the source of the pentobarbital, saying it came from a pharmacy facing state disciplinary action; Indiana officials had not publicly confirmed the supplier.Key Facts
- Weisheit, 50, was pronounced dead at 12:45 a.m., according to the Indiana Department of Correction.
- He was sentenced to death for killing 8-year-old Alyssa Lynch and 5-year-old Caleb Lynch in a 2010 house fire near Evansville.
- Weisheit’s lawyers said records linked the execution drugs to Pharmaneek Inc.
- Indiana officials had confirmed paying $275,000 for six vials of pentobarbital in late October but had not publicly identified the supplier.
- The lawyers said Indiana paid Pharmaneek the day after the state Pharmacy Board ordered it to explain why it should not be shut down.
- Pharmaneek faces possible license suspension over alleged violations related to compounding medications.
- Weisheit’s attorneys asked Governor Mike Braun to halt the execution and order an independent review of the state’s drug procurement and execution procedures.
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