The Georgia Department of Corrections has released details of the last meal of the man who will be executed next week for killing two real estate agents in Cobb County in 2003.
A jury found Stacey Humphreys guilty of murdering Cynthia “Cyndi” Williams and Lori Brown in a Powder Springs model home in 2003. Their deaths shocked the real estate world.
On Wednesday, a federal judge refused to halt his execution, saying Humphreys had failed to prove that executing him now would violate his rights to due process and equal protection.
Humphries ordered barbecue brisket, ribs, bacon double cheeseburger, French fries, coleslaw, cornbread, buffalo wings, meat lover’s pan pizza, vanilla ice cream and two lemonades for his final meal.
This is the first execution scheduled for 2025 in the state. Humphries will become the 55th inmate to be executed by lethal injection.
On Nov. 3, 2003, investigators said Humphries entered the sales office of a model home in a new subdivision where Williams and Brown worked.
Humphries was on parole at the time for a 1993 felony theft conviction.
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Evidence presented at the trial showed Humphreys forced them to strip naked and provide him with their bank passwords before he shot and killed them. Prosecutors said Humphries took their IDs and credit cards to withdraw thousands of dollars.
Humphries left the state in a rental car and was later arrested in Wisconsin after a high-speed chase. Police found a handgun matching the bullets found at the scene. Prosecutors said blood on the gun matched Williams’ DNA, and blood found in his personal truck matched Brown’s DNA.
Humphries’ attorneys appealed his death sentence, claiming the biased jurors tainted the rest of the jury and deprived him of his right to a fair trial. Eleven jurors initially voted for life without parole, but the final juror vowed to remain in the jury room until they voted for the death penalty.
One juror asked to be removed due to “hostile” behavior by another juror, court documents show. The jury ultimately returned a unanimous death sentence.
Juror behavior emerged through post-trial affidavits and testimony. The Georgia court held that this was inadmissible evidence under rules that generally do not allow the use of juror testimony to impeach a verdict.
Last October, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear his case.
