Man executed for killing girlfriend and three children despite innocence claims

It was the nation’s fifth execution this year, following a previous execution in Missouri, two in Texas and one in Oklahoma. All were by lethal injection.

A Missouri man convicted of killing his live-in girlfriend and her three young children has been executed despite his claims he was in another US state when the killings took place (Missouri Department of Corrections/AP)

A Missouri man convicted of killing his live-in girlfriend and her three young children has been executed despite his claims he was in another US state when the killings took place.

Raheem Taylor, 58, is the third Missouri inmate put to death since November at the state prison in Bonne Terre.