43-year-old Missouri inmate dies awaiting execution for elderly couple’s murder

POTOSI, Mo. (AP) — Prison officials in Missouri say a 43-year-old death row inmate has died awaiting execution. Jesse Driskill’s cause of death was not known and an autopsy is planned. Driskill died June 12 at the prison in Potosi, and his death was confirmed Wednesday. Driskill was convicted of murdering 82-year-old Johnnie Wilson and his 76-year-old wife Coleen. The couple had just celebrated their 59th wedding anniversary when they interrupted Driskill burglarizing their home in 2010. Driskill was also convicted of sexually assaulting Coleen. His execution date had not been set. Missouri has executed three people so far this year.