The murder of Ann Harrison
On March 22, 1989, Ann was waiting at her bus stop when she was approached by 22-year-old Micheal Taylor and 24-year-old Roderick Nunley. Both were high on cocaine and stole a car at the time.
Taylor, wanting to steal her purse, grabbed Ann, and forced her into the car. They drove her to Nunley's mothers house, where in the basement, Ann was sexually assaulted by both men. They then tied her up and took her back into the car where both men stabbed her to death to prevent her from identifying both of them.
She pleaded with both and offered money, but her pleas fell on deaf ears. She was put into the trunk and the Killers drove to a nearby neighborhood and left the car there. The medical examinor later stated Harrison was still alive 10 minutes after the attack before succumbing to her injuries. A tip led to both men being arrested 6 months later and both charged and convicted of 1st degree murder. Both got the death sentence. Taylor was executed on Febuary 26, 2014, at age 47, and Nunley was executed on September 1, 2015, at age 50. Both men expressed remorse prior to their execution.
Ann Marie Harrison (February 22, 1974 – March 22, 1989) was a 15-year-old American girl who was kidnapped, raped, and murdered by two men in Raytown, Missouri. On March 22, 1989, Harrison was abducted from outside her home as she waited for the school bus. She was taken to a house where she was raped by her abductors before being stabbed to death in the trunk of a car. Her two killers: Michael Anthony Taylor (January 30, 1967 – February 26, 2014) and Roderick Nunley (March 10, 1965 – September 1, 2015) were executed for the crime by the state of Missouri via lethal injection, in 2014 and 2015, respectively
Ann Marie Harrison was born on February 22, 1974, in Kansas City, Missouri.[5][6] She attended Raytown South High School where she was a freshman honor student
On March 22, 1989, Harrison left her home to go to school and waited for the school bus outside her house. As she waited by the mailbox, a blue '84 Monte Carlo pulled up next to her. Inside the vehicle, which was stolen, were Taylor and Nunley. One of the two men exited the vehicle and asked Harrison for directions. As the man approached her, he pulled her towards him and forced her into the front of the vehicle. The men then sped off with Harrison in the car. A girl waiting for a bus spotted the vehicle speeding past her moments later. Meanwhile, the school bus arrived at Harrison's home and sounded the horn, but no one came. The driver noticed Harrison's books, purse, and flute case had been left by the mailbox. As the bus driver waited and sounded the horn, Harrison's mother came outside to see what was happening. Figuring her daughter was still inside the house, she instructed the bus driver to move on, saying she would drive her to school. After searching the house, Harrison's mother grew concerned when there was no sign of her. She headed to a neighbor's house and then called her husband and the police.
Harrison was driven to the home of Nunley's mother. Inside the vehicle, the men blindfolded her and threatened to kill her if she continued to scream. After parking in the garage, the two men led Harrison inside and took her to the basement. Both men then took turns raping her. Afterward, the men discussed what to do with her. Not wanting to let her go because she had seen their faces, the men told her to get into the trunk of the vehicle. As Harrison pleaded with them to let her live, both men stabbed her to death with kitchen knives as she lay in the trunk of the car. They then drove the car to a quiet street and left the area in another vehicle. Later on, local media began broadcasting the news of Harrison's disappearance
Thirty-six hours after Harrison's abduction, a neighbor reported the abandoned blue '84 Monte Carlo. When police checked the license, they learned the vehicle had been stolen. After calling the owner to collect it, he arrived and opened the trunk, discovering Harrison's body.[8] Three months after Harrison's murder, the reward for information leading to the capture of her killers had reached $9,000. A tipster then told police about Taylor and Nunley. When they were brought in, both confessed, but each blamed the other as the instigator of the crime. However, the semen and hair matched Taylor.
On February 26, 2014, Taylor was executed via lethal injection, after last minute appeals questioning the reliability of Missouri's new, unnamed supplier of the execution drug pentobarbital were turned down. He became the fourth person to be executed in Missouri in four months.
On September 1, 2015, Nunley was executed, also via lethal injection, after three Supreme Court issued orders denying him a stay of execution. He was 50 years old. The appeals pending before the Court questioned the constitutionality of the death penalty, the sentencing of Nunley before a jury rather than a judge, and the secrecy of the state of Missouri in acquiring the drug used to perform the execution
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