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Stacy Payne was brutally murdered in July 2001 by Roy Lee Ward while at home with her sister

Ward, now 44, was sentenced to death for raping and murdering Stacy

Ward is set to be executed Friday, Oct. 10, after exhausting all possibilities of challenging his sentence

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An Indiana man convicted of murdering a teen in 2001 after gaining entry into her home using a ruse of a lost dog is set for execution on Friday, Oct. 10.

The victim, 15-year-old Stacy Payne, was raped and killed by Roy Lee Ward in her Dale, Ind., home on July 11, 2001, after he knocked on her door saying he was looking for pet, WDRB and the Evansville Courier and Press reported.

During a recent hearing for a clemency plea by Ward's defense, a lawyer for the state detailed the graphic n

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