Dossier
Nova Banta
Coverage of Nova Banta in the Nexus archive.
- Arizona executes man who killed victim by dousing him in gasoline and setting him on fire in 2002 attack
Leroy Dean McGill was executed by lethal injection for murdering James Perez in 2002 by dousing him in gasoline and setting him on fire. Nova Banta, Perez's girlfriend, survived the attack with severe burns. The execution was carried out at the Arizona State Prison Complex in Florence.
- Arizona executes inmate convicted of killing another man set on fire in a 2002 attack
Leroy Dean McGill was executed by lethal injection for the 2002 killing of Charles Perez, who was set on fire in a Phoenix apartment. McGill was pronounced dead at 10:26 a.m. PT after receiving a lethal injection at the Arizona State Prison Complex. The execution is one of three planned this week in the US.