Murder of Chester Poage
Chester Poage | |
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| Born | Chester Allan Poage July 4, 1980 Norton County, Kansas, U.S. |
| Died | March 13, 2000 (aged 19) Spearfish, South Dakota, U.S. |
| Cause of death | Blunt force trauma and stab wounds |
Chester Allan Poage (July 4, 1980 – March 13, 2000) was an American man who was kidnapped, tortured, and murdered by three men in Spearfish, South Dakota, on March 13, 2000. Elijah Page, Briley Piper, and Darrell Hoadley were convicted of the torture and murder of Poage. Page and Piper were sentenced to death, while Hoadley was sentenced to life in prison. Page was executed by lethal injection on July 11, 2007, becoming the first person to be executed in South Dakota since 1947. Piper remains on death row and is the only person left on death row in South Dakota.