Missouri man facing execution for killing 2 jailers in failed bid to help inmate escape in 2000

Published June 5, 2023 11:03 PM

By JIM SALTER
Associated Press

A man who killed two Missouri jailers almost 23 years ago during a failed bid to help an inmate escape is awaiting a planned execution. Michael Tisius is scheduled to receive a lethal injection Tuesday evening at a Missouri state prison. He was convicted of the June 2000 killings of Leon Egley and Jason Acton at the Randolph County jail. Court records show Tisius was housed at the jail on a misdemeanor charge earlier in 2000 and had discussed plans once released to help another inmate escape. Authorities say Tisius returned and fatally shot the jailers, but the plan failed. The U.S. Supreme Court rejected Tisius’ final appeal Tuesday afternoon.

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