Derek Posey.
This is the sort of crime that, a century ago, would have resulted in a large mob of locals razing the whole of coontown to the ground.
But we live in more civilized times now.
And that means a nice, humane lethal injection for Derek after a six-year, taxpayer-funded stint in prison.
KFOR:
An Oklahoma man will pay the ultimate price for murdering a mother and her young son.
Six years ago, Amy Gibbins and her 5-year-old son Bryor were found dead in their Calumet home. Authorities say Amy Gibbins was raped and beaten before her home was set on fire.
On Monday, Derek Posey was back in court where a judge formally sentenced him to die for the 2013 murders.
Original report, July 23, 2013:
A Tulsa man was charged Tuesday with first-degree murder in last month’s deaths of a Calumet mother and her 5-year-old son.
Derek Don Posey, 30, was charged with two counts of first-degree murder in Canadian County in the deaths of Amy Gibbins, 22, and her son, Bryor, whom firefighters found dead June 16 in a burned home.
Prosecutors allege Posey forcibly raped Gibbins and struck her on the head. They allege that after killing her, Posey set her house on fire. Bryor was in the house and died in the blaze, according to court documents.
Firefighters discovered the bodies about 4:40 a.m. after extinguishing the flames.
Gibbins worked at Premier Chemical & Oilfield Supply west of Calumet, Police Chief Brian Huckabee said.
Posey was working in the oil fields around Calumet at the time of the killings, he said.
Posey also was charged with one count of felony debit card theft in the alleged theft of Gibbins’ debit card.
Bryor and Amy Gibbins.