Virgil Presnell, Jr. is on death row for the kidnapping, rape, and murder of Lori Smith as she walked home with a friend in Cobb County. Despite his conviction and being on death row, ...

Virgil Delano Presnell Jr., 68, killed the girl and raped her 10-year-old friend after abducting them as they walked home from school in Cobb County, just outside Atlanta, on May 4, 1976.

Virgil Delano Presnell Jr., 68, had been scheduled to die May 17. He killed 8-year-old Lori Ann Smith and raped her 10-year-old friend after abducting them in May 1976 as they walked home from school.

Virgil Delano Presnell Jr., who is convicted for the 1976 kidnapping and murder of an 8-year-old girl and the kidnapping and rape of a 10-year-old girl, has chosen his last meal.

Virgil Delano Presnell, Jr. was scheduled to be executed Tuesday, May 17 at 7 p.m. at the Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison in Jackson.

Lawyers for Virgil Delano Presnell Jr. argued that the state did not satisfy its conditions to proceed with executions. To stream 11Alive on your phone, you need the 11Alive app.

Virgil Presnell Jr. was scheduled for execution in May. However, a Fulton County judge ruled that the state had violated a written agreement with the Federal Defender Program to temporarily put ...

ATLANTA — Georgia Supreme Court heard arguments on Thursday from lawyers for the second time in an attempt to overturn Virgil Presnell Jr.'s conviction and death row sentence. Presnell has been ...

Virgil Presnell was slated to be executed earlier this year, but a Fulton County court delayed that and a new Georgia Supreme Court decision will delay it further. Skip Navigation.

Lawyers for Virgil Delano Presnell Jr. argued that the state did not satisfy its conditions to proceed with executions. During the pandemic in Spring 2021, ...