Oklahoma to execute Richard Rojem Jr. for 1984 murder of 7-year-old step daughter

Oklahoma will execute Richard Rojem, Jr. Thursday for the 1984 rape and murder of his then 7-year-old stepdaughter Layla Cummings. Rojem is scheduled to die by lethal injection. Photo courtesy Oklahoma Department of Corrections

June 27 (UPI) -- Oklahoma is set to execute Richard Rojem Jr. Thursday for the 1984 rape and murder of 7-year-old Layla Cummings.

Roejem, 66, is set to be executed by lethal injection at 11 a.m. EDT after he was unanimously denied clemency earlier this month.

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Rojem was Layla's ex-stepfather as he married her mother, Mindy Cummings, but the marriage ended two months before the murder.

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