Convicted Cincinnati killer John Hicks, 49, was put to death Tuesday for the cocaine-fueled slayings of his step-daughter and mother-in-law.
Hicks confessed to the August 1985 slayings of Brandy Green, 5, and Maxine Armstrong, 56, which he blamed on his addiction to cocaine, The Cincinnati Enquirer and The Cincinnati Post reported.
Hicks told police he stole $300 from Armstrong's apartment to buy drugs and strangled the woman. Hicks told authorities he returned later that night and strangled his step-daughter, fearing she might have heard him kill his mother-in-law.
On Monday, Ohio Gov. Bob Taft denied Hicks' appeal for life without parole. The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals also refused to intervene.
Hicks was put to death by lethal injection at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility near Lucasville, Ohio, The Post reported.
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