Honken leaving a federal courthouse after being sentenced in 2005
Born
Dustin Lee Honken
(1968-03-22)March 22, 1968
Britt, Iowa, U.S.
Died
July 17, 2020(2020-07-17) (aged 52)
USP Terre Haute, Indiana, U.S.
Cause of death
Execution by lethal injection
Motive
Witness elimination
Conviction(s)
Murder in furtherance of a continuing criminal enterprise (5 counts) Conspiracy to commit murder in furtherance of a continuing criminal enterprise (5 counts) Soliciting the murder of a witness Conspiracy to tamper with witnesses and to solicit the murder of witnesses Witness tampering resulting in death (5 counts) Attempting to manufacture methamphetamine Conspiracy to manufacture and distribute methamphetamine
Criminal penalty
Death (October 11, 2005)
Details
Victims
5
Span of crimes
July 24 – November 5, 1993
Country
United States
State(s)
Iowa
Date apprehended
2001 (for the murders)
Angela Johnson
Mugshot from U.S. Attorney's office
Born
Angela Jane Johnson
(1964-01-17) January 17, 1964 (age 60)
Forest City, Iowa, U.S.
Criminal status
Incarcerated
Motive
Witness elimination
Conviction(s)
Murder in furtherance of a continuing criminal enterprise (5 counts)
Criminal penalty
Death; commuted to life imprisonment (December 17, 2014)
Details
Victims
5 (as an accomplice)
Span of crimes
July 24 – November 5, 1993
Country
United States
State(s)
Iowa
Date apprehended
2000
Imprisoned at
Federal Correctional Institution, Waseca
Dustin Lee Honken (March 22, 1968 – July 17, 2020)[1] and Angela Jane Johnson (born January 17, 1964)[2] are American mass murderers convicted of the 1993 murders of five people in Iowa.
The victims were related to a drug trial against Honken. Honken was involved in the manufacturing of methamphetamine, and one of his dealers was set to testify against him, so Honken and Johnson murdered him along with his girlfriend and her two young daughters.[3] A few months later, the fifth victim, also a former dealer, was murdered.[3]
Although Iowa abolished capital punishment in 1965, the crime was a federal case since it involved a continuing criminal enterprise. Honken was sentenced to death and executed by the federal government on July 17, 2020,[4] the first defendant from Iowa to be executed since 1963.[3] Johnson was also sentenced to death, the first woman sentenced to death by a United States federal jury since the 1950s, but the sentence was overturned in 2012,[5] and she was resentenced to life without parole in 2014.
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^Hytrek, Nick. "Judge vacates Angela Johnson's death sentence ." Globe Gazette. March 23, 2012. Retrieved July 8, 2016.
^ abcAssociated Press (July 16, 2020). "Iowa Drug Kingpin Who Killed 5 People in 1993 to Be Executed". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 16, 2020.
^Sahouri, Andrea (June 15, 2020). "July execution scheduled for Iowa native Dustin Lee Honken, convicted in 2004 of murdering 5". Iowa City Press-Citizen. Des Moines Register. Retrieved June 16, 2020.
^"Infamous Iowa murderer Dustin Honken to be executed in 2020". Des Moines Register. Associated Press. July 25, 2019. Retrieved July 26, 2019.
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