Timothy McVeigh Death
Timothy passed away on June 11, 2001 at the age of 33 in Terre Haute, Indiana, USA. Timothy's cause of death was execution.
When did Timothy McVeigh die?
June 11, 2001How did Timothy McVeigh die? What was the cause of death?
ExecutionHow old was Timothy McVeigh when died?
33Where did Timothy McVeigh die? What was the location of death?
Terre Haute, Indiana, USA
Timothy McVeigh Birthday and Date of Death
Timothy McVeigh was born on April 23, 1968 and died on June 11, 2001. Timothy was 33 years old at the time of death.
Birthday: April 23, 1968
Date of Death: June 11, 2001
Age at Death: 33
Timothy McVeigh - Biography
Timothy James McVeigh (April 23, 1968 – June 11, 2001) was an American terrorist who detonated a truck bomb in front of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City on April 19, 1995. Commonly referred to as the Oklahoma City bombing, the attack killed 168 people and injured over 600. According to the United States Government, it was the deadliest act of terrorism within the United States prior to the September 11 attacks, and remains the most significant act of domestic terrorism in United States history.
During his incarceration, McVeigh was issued Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) register number 12076-064. McVeigh's death sentence was delayed pending an appeal. One of his appeals for certiorari, taken to the Supreme Court of the United States, was denied on March 8, 1999. McVeigh's request for a nationally televised execution was also denied. An Internet company also unsuccessfully sued for the right to broadcast it. At ADX Florence, McVeigh and Nichols were housed in "Bomber's Row", the same cell block as Ted Kaczynski, Luis Felipe and Ramzi Yousef. Yousef made frequent, unsuccessful attempts to convert McVeigh to Islam.
The execution date was reset for June 11, 2001. McVeigh invited California conductor/composer David Woodard to perform pre-requiem Mass music on the eve of his execution. He also requested a Catholic chaplain. His last meal consisted of two pints of mint chocolate chip ice cream.
McVeigh chose William Ernest Henley's poem "Invictus" as his final statement. Just before the execution, when he was asked if he had a final statement, he declined. Jay Sawyer, a relative of one of the victims, wrote, "Without saying a word, he got the final word." Larry Whicher, whose brother died in the attack, described McVeigh as having "a totally expressionless, blank stare. He had a look of defiance and that if he could, he'd do it all over again."
McVeigh was executed by lethal injection at 7:14 a.m. on June 11, 2001, at the U.S. Federal Penitentiary in Terre Haute, Indiana, the first federal prisoner to be executed by the United States federal government since Victor Feguer was executed in Iowa on March 15, 1963.
