David Martin Long, Date of Birth, Date of Death

David Martin Long

Date of Birth: 15-Jul-1953

Date of Death: 08-Dec-1999

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

David Martin Long (July 15, 1953 – December 8, 1999) was an American murderer.
He was arrested after the 1986 hatchet killings of three women in Lancaster, Texas, and was convicted of murder and sentenced to the death penalty.
Long was never tried for any other murders, but he also confessed to killing a gas station attendant in a 1978 beating in San Bernardino, California, and killing a former boss, Bob Rogers, in a 1983 fire in Bay City, Texas. While on death row, Long confessed to setting a fire that killed two women in 1986.
Ernest Willis was already on death row for the crime.
Long's confession was ultimately found to lack credibility, but it sparked new interest in the case, and when arson investigators re-examined the case, they felt that an electrical issue most likely caused the fire.
Willis was released from prison in 2004, having spent 17 years on death row. Two days before Long was scheduled to be executed, he took an overdose of prescription drugs and was hospitalized in Galveston, Texas.
Officials in Texas refused to delay the execution.
Initially placed on a ventilator, Long improved significantly by the next day.
He was placed on a medically supervised flight back to Huntsville on the day of his scheduled execution so that he could be executed as scheduled.