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24 - EXECUTION: Lawrence Colwell Jr.

7/25/2020

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My friend and colleague John Huck from FOX 5 Las Vegas open up about witnessing the execution of a death row inmate.

Lawrence Colwell Jr. was convicted of robbing and killing 76-year-old Frank Rosenstock, a New York resident visiting Las Vegas.

Rosenstock was lured to his hotel room at the Tropicana Hotel by Colwell's girlfriend Merillee Paul who was posing as a prostitute. Once in his room he was robbed and strangled to death with a belt.

Colwell told the court that he had planned to kill someone for weeks. He wanted to know what it felt like and said it was as easy as driving a car.

On March 26, 2004 Lawrence Colwell Jr. was executed by way of lethal injection at Nevada State Prison in Carson City Nevada. He was the first inmate to be executed after a moratorium on executions.

Colwell was dead within 20 minutes of the injection. John Huck and I both covered the days leading up to the execution and the night it happened.

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Mikaela
2/27/2021 10:43:17 pm

Please send me an email about this. I have information for whoever wrote this about this person and have questions as well.

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Tonia
8/29/2021 09:21:35 pm

Curious to know what Mikaela has information for. This man was my Uncle. Is there a way we can chat?

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Mikaela
8/30/2021 08:47:40 am

I am Mikaela! I'm not sure how to post an email on here or anything, but my Facebook is Mikaela Hauck--I'm in Oregon. It's public anyways so figure won't hurt to post it in here.

Tonia
8/30/2021 01:27:14 pm

Sent you a message

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10/8/2022 01:04:03 pm

This is greatt

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