Robert Anthony Buell
Robert Anthony Buell | |
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Mugshot taken on October 13, 2000 | |
| Born | September 10, 1940 Norwood, Ohio, U.S. |
| Died | September 25, 2002 (aged 62) Southern Ohio Correctional Facility, Ohio, U.S. |
| Criminal status | Executed by lethal injection |
| Convictions | Aggravated murder Kidnapping (3 counts) Rape (3 counts) Felonious sexual penetration (3 counts) Felonious assault (2 counts) |
| Criminal penalty | Death |
| Details | |
| Victims | 2–3 |
Span of crimes | 1981–1983 |
| Country | United States |
| State | Ohio |
Date apprehended | 1984 |
Robert Anthony Buell (September 10, 1940 – September 25, 2002) was an American child murderer, serial rapist, and former planning department worker from Akron, Ohio. He was convicted of the July 17, 1982 murder of 11-year-old Krista Lea Harrison.
Buell was executed by lethal injection on September 25, 2002. His final meal was a single black unpitted olive. In 2010, eight years after his death, he was found to have also raped and murdered 12-year-old Tina Marie Harmon in 1981.