Death for carved 'I'm sorry' on chest after rape & murder

Loden was sentenced to death by the court for the rape and murder of Leesa

the rape and murder of a 16-year-old girl in the US was put to death by lethal injection

Thomas Edwin Loden Jr was pronounced dead at 6.12 p.m

Loden was sentenced to death by the court in 2001

Leesa Marie Gray was stuck with a flat tire in June 2000 when Loden forced her into his van

officers said Loden spent four hours raping her before strangling and suffocating her

Leesa was found with the words "I'm sorry" carved onto her chest, with cuts on her wrists

Loden was one of five inmates sentenced to death by lethal injection in Mississippi

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