Lori Pate

USA: 45-year-old man who raped and killed 10-year-old girl to fulfil “cannibalistic fantasy” executed today

A man sentenced to death for the 2006 murder of a 10-year-old girl is expected to be put to death in the US state of Oklahoma (south); it is the latest execution scheduled to take place in the US this year.

Kevin Underwood, who turns 45 today, is expected to be executed early this morning (local time).