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Matthew Wrinkles faces execution Dec. 11 for 1994 slayings. INDIANAPOLIS — Condemned killer Matthew Eric Wrinkles has made up his mind to die and refused to seek clemency from Gov. Mitch Daniels before his Dec. 11 execution, his lawyers said Tuesday. Wrinkles, who was convicted of the 1994 slayings of his estranged wife and two of her relatives in Evansville, Ind., refused last week to fill out paperwork formally requesting clemency.

It's more resignation than a desire to die   -Larry Landis

 

Condemned killer Matthew Eric Wrinkles has made up his mind to die and refused to seek clemency from Gov. Mitch Daniels before his Dec. 11 execution, his lawyers said today. Wrinkles, who was convicted of the 1994 slayings of his estranged wife and two of her relatives in Evansville, refused last week to fill out paperwork formally requesting clemency. Parole board officials had intended to visit him Tuesday at the Indiana State Prison in Michigan City to make sure he understood the rights he was surr

It’s more resignation than a desire to die   -Larry Landis

 

Matthew Eric Wrinkles is set to be the first convicted killer executed by Indiana in more than two years, on Dec. 11. He will probably have clemency hearings in coming weeks. But first: A visit with Oprah.  

A segment about the July 21, 1994, triple murder in Evansville by Eric Wrinkles will air on Tuesday's episode of "Oprah." The show is at 4 p.m. weekdays on 14WFIE-NBC. Wrinkles killed his wife, Debra Jean Wrinkles, 31; her brother, Mark "Tony" Fulkerson, 28; and Fulkerson's wife, Natalie "Chris" Fulkerson, 26.  

The Indiana Supreme Court has set Dec. 11 as the execution date for a man convicted of the 1994 slayings of his estranged wife and two of her relatives in Evansville. The court said Tuesday that Matthew Eric Wrinkles, 49, has exhausted his state and federal appeals and is not entitled to another appeal of his death sentence. Court spokeswoman Kathryn Dolan said Wrinkles still could ask Gov. Mitch Daniels for clemency.