Arkansas death row inmate dies after found unresponsive

 

November 5, 2017



GRADY, Ark. (AP) — An Arkansas death row inmate who was convicted of raping and killing a 5-year-old girl has died after being found unresponsive in his cell.

Department of Corrections spokesman Solomon Graves says 57-year-old Roger Coulter was found in his cell at the Varner Unit about 6:30 p.m. Friday and died about 30 minutes later.

Court records show Coulter was convicted and sentenced to death for the 1989 rape and slaying of the daughter of the woman he was living with in Ashley County.

The records say Coulter took the girl from their home in April 1989 to deliver her to a pre-school pro...



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