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About Alan Matheney
- Alan Lehman Matheney (6 November 1950 – 28 September 2005) was an American convicted of beating to death his ex-wife, Lisa Bianco, with a .410 bore shotgun, while on an eight-hour release from prison on 4 March 1989.
- At the time he was serving a sentence at Pendleton Correctional Facility for battery and confinement of Bianco.
- He was convicted of burglary and murder.
- He was executed by lethal injection on 28 September 2005 at Indiana State Prison at Michigan City.
- Time of death was announced as 12:27 AM. The eight-hour release pass authorized Matheney to travel to Indianapolis; instead he travelled to St.
- Joseph County.
- He changed clothes and took a shotgun from a friend's house.
- He then traveled to Mishawaka and parked his car two houses down from Bianco's home.
- He broke into her house through the back door and then chased her down the street.
- He caught and beat her with the shotgun while his two daughters and numerous neighbors looked on.
- Even so, this case was held up on appeals for 16 years.
- The case caused a law change in the state of Indiana, which required victims to be informed if an inmate was released.
- The State also agreed to pay the estate of Bianco $900,000 in compensation. At his trial he argued that he was legally insane.
- One mental health professional diagnosed him as having schizophreniform disorder and another said he had paranoid personality disorder with psychotic delusions.
- None said he was legally insane at the time of the crime.
- Matheney stated that he believed Bianco was in a conspiracy against him. He refused to appear before a hearing of the Indiana Parole Board on 19 September.
- Then on 24 September 2005 the Indiana Supreme Court ruled 5-0 to reject a request for a new trial.
- Finally, Governor Mitch Daniels denied clemency on 27 September. His lawyer released a final statement that read: I love my family and my children.
- I'm sorry for the pain I've caused them.
- I thank my friends who stood by me … I'm sure my grandchildren will grow up happy and healthy in the care of their wonderful parents. This was the fifth execution in the state in 2005.
- This is the most executions in a calendar year in Indiana since executions were resumed in 1977.
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