A CHILD killer on dying row for murdering his six-year-old stepson has died simply weeks earlier than his execution. 

Christopher Sepulvado, of Louisiana, was convicted after beating Wesley Allen Mercer, six, and scalding him till he died.

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Sepulvado, 81, killed Mercer after he got here again from faculty with dirty underwear in 1992. 

He was convicted of homicide and sentenced to dying the next yr. 

Greater than half of Mercer’s physique was left with second diploma burns following the scalding, per The New Orleans Advocate.

At his trial, Sepulvado claimed his stepson fell into the tub tub.

Sepulvado had been on dying row for greater than 30 years and his attorneys revealed that he was terminally in poor health.

His attorneys revealed he had surgical procedure in New Orleans the place he had his leg amputated, per USA Immediately.

Alison McCrary, Sepulvado’s non secular adviser, revealed he suffered from deafness, power obstructive pulmonary illness, bronchial asthma and different well being points whereas behind bars.

“Christopher Sepulvado’s dying in a single day allowed him to transition dwelling to his Creator on his personal phrases together with his dignity in place versus the State’s merciless and barbaric execution date of March seventeenth,” she stated on Fb.

“The scheduling of an execution of an 81-year previous terminally-ill tiny man who could be strapped to an execution chair and gassed to dying with poison reveals how barbaric our felony authorized system is.”

Sepulvado, who died from pure causes, was hauled again to the Louisiana State Penitentiary on Friday after his surgical procedure.

He was as a result of be executed on March 17. 

He would’ve been the primary individual to be executed in Louisiana since Gerald Bordelon in 2010.

Intercourse offender Bordelon was convicted after kidnapping and murdering Courtney LeBlanc in 2003.

McCrary stated the killer was remorseful.

“Chris demonstrated regret, has sought repentance, and has demonstrated by his actions that he has devoted his life to the service of others,” she stated.

‘FAILURE OF JUSTICE’

However, state officers slammed the very fact Sepulvado was on dying row for greater than 30 years.

“Justice ought to have been delivered way back for the heinous act of brutally beating then scalding to dying a defenseless six yr previous boy,” Liz Murrill, the Louisiana lawyer normal, stated.

“The State didn’t ship it in his lifetime however Christopher Sepulvado now faces final judgment earlier than God within the hereafter.”

Jeff Landry, the Governor of Louisiana, stated the justice system failed.

“He can now not escape his judgment day,” he warned.

Mercer’s mother Yvonne Jones served greater than seven years behind bars after being convicted of manslaughter.

Inmate Jessie Hoffman, who was convicted over the 1996 killing of Mary Elliot, is ready to be executed on March 18.

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