Oklahoma is preparing for the execution of Richard Fairchild who was convicted of killing his girlfriend’s 3-year-old son after he wet the bed in 1993. His execution will be on Thursday.
McALESTER, Okla. (AP) Oklahoma plans to execute a man Thursday for the torture slaying of his girlfriend’s 3-year-old son in 1993. Richard Stephen Fairchild, who turns 63 on Thursday, is set to receive a lethal injection at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester.