Trending Now - Oklahoma Carries Out Execution for Double Murder of Ex-girlfriend and Infant

WHO:

CBS News - Raymond Johnson, 52, was convicted of killing his ex-girlfriend Brooke Whitaker and her 7-month-old daughter Kya.

ABC News - Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond described Johnson as a "cruel murderer who inflicted unimaginable pain and suffering on his victims."

ABC News - Logan Kleck, Whitaker’s oldest daughter, expressed her views on the execution during Johnson's clemency hearing.

WHAT:

CBS News - Oklahoma executed a death row inmate convicted of killing his ex-girlfriend and her baby.

ABC News - Johnson was scheduled to receive a lethal injection at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary.

ABC News - Johnson was condemned for the June 2007 deaths of Whitaker and Kya.

ABC News - Johnson has a prior conviction for manslaughter from 1996 and served nine years of a 20-year prison sentence.

WHERE:

CBS News - The execution took place at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary.

ABC News - The murders occurred in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

WHEN:

ABC News - Johnson was set to be executed on Thursday.

WHY:

ABC News - Johnson was convicted for the brutal murder of Whitaker and Kya after an argument escalated, leading to physical violence and arson.

HOW:

ABC News - Johnson hit Whitaker over the head with a metal claw hammer, causing her skull to fracture and inflicting over 20 lacerations. He then doused her and the house with gasoline and set it on fire.

(UPDATED May 14, 2026 17:36 UTC)

Oklahoma executed Raymond Johnson, who was convicted of the brutal murders of his ex-girlfriend Brooke Whitaker and her seven-month-old daughter Kya. Johnson, described by Attorney General Gentner Drummond as a "cruel murderer," inflicted unimaginable pain during the June 2007 incident, which escalated from an argument to violence and arson. The execution took place at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary, where Johnson was administered a lethal injection after being condemned for hitting Whitaker with a metal claw hammer and then setting her and the house on fire.