Murder of Layla Cummings

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On July 6, 1984, in Elk City, Oklahoma, 7-year-old Layla Dawn Marie Cummings (November 7, 1976 – July 7, 1984) was abducted, raped, and murdered by Richard Norman Rojem Jr., who was previously convicted and jailed for sex offenses. Rojem, who was formerly married to Cummings' mother before their divorce, was convicted of murdering Cummings and sentenced to death in 1985. Rojem, who failed in multiple attempts to overturn his death sentence, was incarcerated on death row for close to 39 years before he was executed via lethal injection on June 27, 2024, after the state parole board rejected his appeal for clemency.

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