Paul Warner Powell broke into tears, buried his head in his arms and had to be escorted from a Prince William County courtroom yesterday in his first public display of emotion since he allegedly ...

JARRATT -- Paul Warner Powell, whose taunting letter to prosecutors led to his conviction, was electrocuted tonight at 9:09 for the 1999 murder of a 16-year-old girl in her Manassas-area home.

JARRATT, Va. (CBS/AP) Paul Warner Powell, the man who killed a teen girl and then bragged about it to prosecutors once he thought he could not face the death penalty was executed Thursday.

Gov. Bob McDonnell yesterday rejected Paul Warner Powell's bid for clemency, clearing the way for his execution scheduled Thursday at 9 p.m., barring any court intervention. Powell, 31 ...

Prince William County prosecutors yesterday read jurors most of a letter that Paul Warner Powell composed from his prison cell, a bragging narrative that meticulously details his attempts to rape ...

A man who killed a teenage girl and then bragged about it to prosecutors once he thought he could not face the death penalty was pronounced dead at 9:09 p.m. Thursday. Powell did not make a last ...

More than a year and a half after he stabbed a 16-year-old Manassas girl to death and viciously attacked and raped her 14-year-old sister in the family's basement, Paul Warner Powell was sentenced ...

The U.S. Supreme Court yesterday stayed the execution of Paul Warner Powell, a Virginia man who killed a 16-year-old Manassas girl 10 years ago and was scheduled to die tonight. Powell ...

Convicted killer Paul Warner Powell died in the electric chair Thursday night, more than a decade after he murdered a 16-year-old Manassas girl, raped her younger sister and left her to die.

JARRATT, Va., March 18 (UPI) -- Virginia Thursday executed Paul Warner Powell for the 1999 murder of Stacie Reed and the rape and attempted murder of her sister, Kristie Reed. Powell, 31 ...

JARRATT -- Paul Warner Powell died in the electric chair last night for the 1999 capital murder of a 16-yearold girl in her Manassas-area home. Powell, 31, was sentenced to death for the Jan. 29 ...