Williams was put to death despite questions his attorneys raised over jury selection at his trial and the handling of evidence in the case.

Marcellus Williams, convicted of killing Lisha Gayle in 1998, faced execution despite the victim’s family and prosecutor seeking to commute his sentence.

On weekday mornings, former St. Louis Post-Dispatch reporter Lisha Gayle usually went for a run after her husband left for work. When she returned to their northwest St. Louis suburb home in a gated community, the 42-year-old woman would shower and put on ...

A Missouri man convicted of breaking into a woman’s home and repeatedly stabbing her was executed Tuesday over the objections of the victim’s family and the prosecutor, who wanted the death sentence commuted to life in prison.

Marcellus Williams, convicted of murdering Lisha Gayle in 1998, was executed in Missouri despite objections from the victim's family and the prosecutor. Questions about jury selection and evidence handling were raised,

Marcellus Williams, 55, was convicted in the 1998 killing of Lisha Gayle, who was repeatedly stabbed during the burglary of her suburban St. Louis home.

A Missouri man convicted of breaking into a woman’s home and repeatedly stabbing her was executed Tuesday over the objections of the victim’s family and the prosecutor, who wanted the death sentence commuted to life in prison.

A Missouri man was executed Tuesday for breaking into a woman’s home and killing her, despite calls by her family to let him serve out the rest of his life in prison.

Marcellus Williams is set to die by lethal injection in the 1998 fatal stabbing of former reporter Lisha Gayle inside her St. Louis-area home.