Freddie Eugene Owens

Freddie Eugene Owens
Owens's mugshot
Born	(1978-03-18)March 18, 1978 South Carolina, U.S.
Died	September 20, 2024(2024-09-20) (aged 46) Broad River Correctional Institution, South Carolina, U.S.
Cause of death	Execution by lethal injection
Conviction(s)	Murder Robbery Criminal use of firearms Conspiracy to commit armed robbery
Criminal penalty	Death (murder) 30 years' imprisonment (robbery; vacated) Five years' imprisonment (firearm use; vacated) Five years' imprisonment (conspiracy to commit robbery; vacated)
Details
Victims	Irene Grainger Graves, 41 (deceased) Christopher Bryan Lee, 28 (deceased)
Date	February 16, 1999
Location(s)	Greenville County, South Carolina

Freddie Eugene Owens (March 18, 1978 – September 20, 2024), alias Khalil Divine Black Sun Allah, was an American man convicted and executed in South Carolina for the 1997 killing of Irene Grainger Graves, a convenience store clerk. Owens was 19 when he and an 18-year-old accomplice shot and killed Graves during a robbery in November 1997.

While the accomplice pleaded guilty and was later jailed for voluntary manslaughter, Owens was found guilty of murder and sentenced to death in 1999. The death sentence was overturned twice before re-sentencing trials restored the death penalty for Owens, which was subsequently upheld by the higher courts. Owens was also charged with murdering Christopher Bryan Lee, a fellow prisoner, in 1999.

Owens was executed on September 20, 2024. He was the first person in South Carolina to be executed after the state's 13-year moratorium on executions.^[1]