EXECUTION #14

Edward Nathaniel Bell
Executed February 19, 2009 9:11 p.m. by Lethal Injection in Virginia
14th murderer executed in U.S. in 2009
1150th murderer executed in U.S. since 1976
1st murderer executed in Virginia in 2009
103rd murderer executed in Virginia since 1976
Summary:
Winchester Police Officer Ricky Lee Timbrook was assisting probation officers in making home visits to individuals on probation or parole. They approached two men, Daniel Charles Spitler and Bell. Bell ran and was pursued by Timbrook. As Sergeant Timbrook started to climb a fence, he was shot once in the head with a .38 caliber handgun. The area was secured and Bell was discovered uninvited in the basement of a neighbor's home. A .38 caliber handgun was found under her porch the next day. Although Bell claimed not to have a weapon, another man testified that Bell tried to sell him a handgun on the night of the shooting. Timbrook had arrested Bell twice before. Bell had told others that he would like to see Timbrook dead.
Final/Special Meal:
Bell did not request a last meal and was served the same food as the rest of the inmates.
Final Words:
"To the Timbrook family, you definitely have the wrong person. The truth will come out one day. This here, killing me, there’s no justice about it.”
The Execution
Bell needed assistance coming into the execution chamber, Warder Traylor said. "He obviously could not come in under his own power."
He was strapped to a gurney, administered a sequence of three drugs and pronounced dead at the Greensville Correctional Center in Jarratt at 9:11 p.m