Saturday, April 27, 2013

IN LOVING MEMORY OF MASTER PATROLMAN RICHARD O. RIGGS [END OF WATCH: 7 JANUARY 1986] (COP KILLER, RONALD KEITH BOYD EXECUTED IN TEXAS ON 27 APRIL 2000)



On this date, 27 April 2000, Cop Killer, Ronald Keith Boyd was executed by lethal injection for the 7 January 1986 murder of Master Patrolman Richard O. Riggs in Texas. Let us honor this fallen police and thank God that justice was served. 


Master Patrolman Richard O. Riggs
Summary: Following a January 7, 1986 robbery of Tom’s Market on 1000 N.E. 36th Street in Oklahoma City, the suspects stopped at a gas station, and Boyd got out to use a pay phone. Oklahoma City Officer Richard Riggs, 32, stopped to investigate and ordered Boyd to take his hands out of his pockets. With his hands still concealed in the pockets of his coat, Boyd shot Officer Riggs in the abdomen. Boyd then placed the gun against the chest of Officer Riggs and fired a second shot, killing him. A passing motorist testified that he saw the guy on the phone fire at the police officer. Along with his rookie partner, Riggs managed to return fire. Boyd claimed a hitchhiker took the gun from his knapsack and shot Riggs. He said there was no gunpowder residue on his hands, but prosecutors said Boyd was arrested a day after Riggs was killed and had ample time to wash his hands. Accomplice Lenora Dunn pled guilty and was sentenced to 40 years in prison. 

QUOTE: "I promised Richard as I stood over his coffin that I would live to see this day," Riggs' mother, Betty Riggs, said hours before the execution. "I had to keep my promise to Richard and now I can go to the cemetery and I'll tell him."

AUTHOR: Betty Riggs is the mother of Officer Richard Oldham Riggs. He was murdered by Ronald Keith Boyd on 7 January 1986. Ronald Keith Boyd was executed by lethal injection in Oklahoma on 27 April 2000.

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