Dawn McCreery was raped and murdered on September 1, 1986, by Richard Cooey and his accomplice Clint Dickens. Offredo's friend, Wendy Offredo was also raped and murdered by the pair. McCreery and Offredo were abducted after Dickens threw a piece of concrete off of an overpass into their windshield. Afterwards, Cooey and Dickens pretended to rescue McCreery and Offredo. Cooey and Dickens then kidnapped the women, raped them, stabbed them repeatedly and bludgeoned them.The Cleveland Plain-Dealer: Loved Ones of Murder Victims Plead for Execution of Killer (July 9, 2008)

In 2003, Cooey won a last minute reprieve from execution and the date was rescheduled for October, 2008. In early August 2008, Cooey claimed that he could not be executed humanely because his large size would make it difficult for the executioner to find the veins necessary for a quick and painless lethal injection.The Associated Press: Ohio Inmate Says He's Too Fat for Execution (August 4, 2008) He was ultimately executed by lethal injection on October 14, 2008.Cleveland Leader: Cooey Executed by Lethal Injection (October 14, 2008)

• The Malefactor's Register: On Borrowed Time (June 13, 2005)