Jessie Blodgett was found dead in her bed in July 2013, and her ex-boyfriend, Daniel Bartelt, was later charged with her ...

Daniel Bartelt took Jessie Blodgett’s life in 2013 — then returned to her house to share stories with her family. A recent ...

Louisiana has executed a man for the first time in 15 years using nitrogen gas. Jessie Hoffman was executed Tuesday night at Angola and was pronounced dead at 6:50 p.m. Sign up for our Newsletters ...

Death row inmate Jessie Hoffman was convicted of the brutal rape and murder of 28-year-old Molly Elliott in 1996. He had kidnapped her in New Orleans after she got off work.

Jessie Hoffman is about six feet tall and muscular. He was wearing a black t-shirt that said Life Row in white letters on it – the name that its 50-plus occupants prefer to call what the outside ...

Jessie Hoffman was convicted in the 1996 abduction, rape, and murder of Molly Elliott. The state plans to put him to death using nitrogen gas, the first such execution in Louisiana.

Jessie Hoffman Jr., 46, was declared dead shortly after 7 p.m. after he inhaled the lethal gas through a fitted full-faced respirator mask while strapped to a gurney.

Hoffman's son, Jessie Smith, has recently spoken out about the decision to execute his father, pleading for mercy. "I saw that son during Jessie's trial when he was just a baby," Murphy wrote.

Jessie Hoffman's and his victim's family members speak out following his nitrogen gas execution By JULIA GUILBEAU AND JOHN SIMERMAN| Staff writers Mar 18, 2025 Updated Mar 19, 2025 3 min to read ...

Louisiana executed Jessie Hoffman Jr. by nitrogen gas Tuesday night, becoming the second state to ever use the new method. Newsweek reached out to the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and ...

Chief District Judge Shelly Dick's ruling came just one week before Jessie Hoffman, 46, was set to be executed by nitrogen gas at the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola on March 18 for the ...

Faith leaders, activists, and supporters of Jessie Hoffman, 46, sit in silent prayer outside the entrance, far left, to Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola as Hoffman is executed on Tuesday ...