By: Gerri L. Elder
Richard W. Cooey II, 41, was arrested, tried and given the death penalty for the brutal murders of University of Akron sorority sisters Wendy Offredo and Dawn McCreery. Offredo and McCreery were raped, stabbed, tortured and beaten to death in 1986.
During the last minute flurry of appeals in an attempt to stop the execution, Cooey and his criminal defense lawyers argued that he was too obese to be put to death by lethal injection. During these appeals, it was argued that prison food and lack of opportunity to exercise had caused Cooey to become obese while in prison.
Cooey also argued that regular medication he took for migraines would weaken the effectiveness of the anesthetic used in the three-drug cocktail used during execution by lethal injection. He said his veins were weakened because of his health issues, and t
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