McVeigh’s Father Won’t See Execution
The father of condemned Oklahoma City bomber Timothy J. McVeigh says he will honor his son’s request and stay away from his execution May 16.
“He sent me a letter about his execution, and in it Tim said he didn’t want me there,” Bill McVeigh told the Buffalo News, adding that no other family members will attend.
Timothy McVeigh, 32, is scheduled to die on federal death row in Terre Haute, Ind., for the April 19, 1995, bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, which killed 168 people, including 19 children.
“He’s my son and I love him, but what he did was absolutely wrong, and I have no idea how anyone could do it,” the elder McVeigh said.
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