Murder of Charles Perez

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The murder of Charles Perez occurred on July 13, 2002, in Phoenix, Arizona, United States, when 21-year-old Perez was doused with a mixture of gasoline and styrofoam and burned alive by 39-year-old Leroy Dean McGill, who also attempted to murder Perez's girlfriend Nova Banta in the same attack. McGill was arrested in Minnesota, tried in Arizona Superior Court and sentenced to death in 2004. McGill was executed by lethal injection on May 20, 2026.

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