Murder of Donovan Parks
Donovan Parks | |
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| Born | Donovan Corey Parks July 24, 1971 Milledgeville, Georgia, U.S. |
| Died | March 28, 1996 (aged 24) Baldwin County, Georgia, U.S. |
| Cause of death | Murder by shooting |
| Resting place | Baldwin Memorial Gardens |
| Occupation | Corrections officer |
On March 28, 1996, Donovan Corey Parks, an American corrections officer, was murdered by two gang members in Baldwin County, Georgia. His two killers, Robert Earl Butts Jr. (May 14, 1977 – May 4, 2018) and Marion Wilson Jr. (July 29, 1976 – June 20, 2019) were executed for the crime by the state of Georgia via lethal injection, in 2018 and 2019, respectively. Wilson was the 1,500th person to be executed in the United States since capital punishment was resumed in 1976.