Oklahoma Executes Man Convicted of Kidnapping, Raping, and Killing 7-Year-Old Girl in 1984

Richard Rojem, a death row inmate housed at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester, Okla., on Feb. 11, 2023. Oklahoma Department of Corrections via AP

McALESTER, Okla.—Oklahoma executed a man Thursday who was convicted of kidnapping, raping, and killing a 7-year-old girl in 1984.

Richard Rojem, 66, received a three-drug lethal injection at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester and was declared dead at 10:16 a.m., prison officials said.