Georgia Murderer Scheduled For Execution Tuesday

JACKSON, GA — A Georgia man who shot and killed his estranged wife's father before abducting his wife and her sister is scheduled for execution by lethal injection on Tuesday.

Late Monday, the State Board of Pardons and Paroles denied clemency for William Sallie. His execution is set for 7 p.m. at Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison in Jackson.

Sallie was sentenced to death for the March 1990 murder of John Moore.

He had already abducted the couple's 2-year-old son and moved to Illinois when he returned to Georgia and rented a mobile home in Liberty County under an assumed name.

He had a friend buy a 9-millimeter pistol for him and, on March 28, 1990, went to the home of John and Linda Moore — his wife, Robin's parents — where he cut the phone line while Robin was talking to her boyfriend.

At about 12:45 a.m., Sallie pried open a back door of the home, went into the master bedroom and shot John and Linda Moore. John was hit six times, including two shots that damaged his heart, and died.

Linda was shot in the thumb, the shoulder and both thighs.

Sallie went outside to reload and Robin and her 17-year-old sister, April, pleaded with him to let them get help for her parents.

Instead, he re-entered the home and handcuffed a bleeding Linda Moore to Justin, Robin's 9-year-old brother. He then bound Robin and April to each other with handcuffs and duct tape.

He took the two of them to his Liberty County mobile home, where he assaulted them both.

After a few hours, Linda and Justin managed to get themselves free and get to a neighbor, who called police.

Sallie released Robin and April in Bacon County the night of March 29, after asking them not to press charges. He was arrested shortly thereafter.

If his execution goes ahead as scheduled, Sallie would become the ninth Georgia inmate executed this year and the 68th since the U.S. Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty in 1976.

If executed, Sallie will be the 46th inmate put to death by lethal injection. There are presently 58 men under death sentence in Georgia.

For his last meal, Sallie requested a medium pizza with sausage and pepperoni, chicken wings with buffalo sauce and a large soda.

Photo courtesy Georgia Department of Corrections