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3 People Who Were Executed in 2025 Part 2

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This is the full, timestamped transcript of "3 People Who Were Executed in 2025 Part 2", an episode of Criminally Listed published January 9, 2026 (26 min, about 3,581 words). It mentions 9 people, works and ideas, including Brad Sigman, Roy Lee Ward, Ted Price, David Lark, Rebecca Barbar.

What is discussed, and when

  1. – 5:00: Brad Sigman, Rebecca Barbar, Glass Lark
  2. – 10:00: Brad Sigman, Glass Lark
  3. – 15:00: Roy Lee Ward, Brad Sigman, Stacy Payne
  4. – 20:00: Aaron Brian Gunches, Roy Lee Ward, Ted Price
  5. – 25:00: Robert Flanigan, Ted Price

Notable quotes from "3 People Who Were Executed in 2025 Part 2"

  • On November 17th, 1990, 33-year-old Brad Sigman went to the home of his aranged wife and 12-year-old son in Manning, South Carolina. Cheryl refused to let him in and locked all the doors.
    about Brad Sigman · at
  • In 1998, Brad Sigman started dating Rebecca Barbar.
    about Rebecca Barbar · at
  • This included 15-year-old Stacy Payne and her family.
    about Stacy Payne · at
  • Stacy opened the door to find 29-year-old Roy Lee Ward standing on the doorstep.
    about Roy Lee Ward · at
  • In November 2002, 40-year-old Ted Price was attending radiology school in Mesa, Arizona.
    about Ted Price · at
  • On January 15, 2003, Gunes was pulled over by 38-year-old state highway patrolman Robert Flanigan for a routine traffic stop in Leaz County, Arizona.
    about Robert Flanigan · at

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number three, Brad Singman. Brad Keith Sigman was born in November 1957 in South Carolina. His father was in the army and Sigman and his family, which included four younger siblings, moved around frequently. Sigman's father had alcohol problems and was abusive to Sigman's mother. Sigman was often injured while trying to protect his mother. Sigman's first brush with the law was in May 1976 when he was arrested for committing an armed robbery at a restaurant in Greer, South Carolina.

The outcome of that arrest isn't known. What is known is that the following year he got married and his wife Cheryl gave birth to his son not long after they got married. In the 1980s, Sigman struggled with substance abuse. Sigman and Cheryl eventually split up and they were living apart. On November 17th, 1990, 33-year-old Brad Sigman went to the home of his aranged wife and 12-year-old son in Manning, South Carolina. Cheryl refused to let him in and locked all the doors. She also called 911. Sigman was able to break down the back door and get into the home. He then started strangling Cheryl.

Cheryl managed to get a hold of her gun and she fired three or four shots. Sigma was shot multiple times in the stomach. Their 12-year-old son was also shot in the arm. The boy wasn't too badly injured and was released from the hospital shortly afterward. Sigman was released from the hospital after a week. It's unknown if anyone was charged in connection with the incident. In 1998, Brad Sigman started dating Rebecca Barbar. However, in early 2001, Rebecca was finished with the relationship. She moved into the home of her parents, David and Glass Lark, in Blue Ridge, South Carolina.

On the morning of April 27th, 2001, after spending the night drinking and smoking crack cocaine, Brad Sigman went to David and Glass's home. When he arrived, Rebecca wasn't there because she had taken her children to school. Sigman broke into the home. When David saw Sigman, he told Glas to get his gun, so Glattus went to the living room. Sigman had brought a baseball bat, and he struck 62-year-old David several times to the back of the head. He then went to the living room and beat 59-year-old Gladius with a bat. He then went back to the kitchen and struck David several more times and then did the same to Glattis.

Both 62-year-old David and 59-year-old Glattis were struck nine times in the head with a bat. They were dead within minutes. David then got the couple's gun and waited until a strange girlfriend, Rebecca Barbar, arrived home. When she got to the porch, he came out and forced her into the passenger seat of her car. He then got to the driver's seat and drove away from the home. A few miles away, Rebecca jumped from the car and ran. Sigman stopped the car and shot at Rebecca. She was hit in the foot and fell to the ground.

Sigman walked over to her, aimed the gun, and pulled the trigger. He had run out of ammunition. Another car arrived in the area, and Sigman got back into the vehicle. He then sped off. The driver went to a nearby gas station and called 911. Rebecca was taken to the hospital and survived. The police found the bodies of the larks at their home. Brad Sigman was nowhere to be found and he became a wanted fugitive. Sigman's mother eventually cooperated with the investigators and allow police to trace calls from Sigman.

Sigman was found 11 days later at a campground over 130 mi away in Gatlinburg Tennessee. He was arrested without incident. In custody, Sigman confessed to being the couple to death with a baseball bat. Brad Sigman went to trial in July 2002. There was no doubt that Sigman committed the murders and his lawyers acknowledged that. Instead, they were trying to prevent him from getting the death penalty. In South Carolina, someone could be sentenced to death if there are certain aggravating factors. The prosecution argued that Sigman tortured the couple, which was one of the aggravating factors.

The defense said that the murders may have happened relatively quickly, therefore, it was not torture. The murders may have happened in a minute and 39 seconds, so the victims may not have suffered for very long. However, there were other aggravating factors such as he murdered two people. Another aggravating factor is if a murder was committed during a burglary of any degree. This includes breaking into someone's home, which Sigman did. The trial lasted 3 days before the jury went to deliberate. Sigman did something unusual.

He addressed the jury and told them he had murdered 62-year-old David and 59-year-old Glass Lark. The jury took less than an hour to find him guilty. At the sentencing hearing, Sigman once again testified. He said, quote, "Do I deserve to die? I probably do. I probably do. I don't want to die. It would kill my mom, my brothers, and my sisters, and my two sons, and my baby daughter." unquote. The prosecution told the jury to show Sigman as much mercy as he showed the larks. The jury deliberate for two and a half hours.

They sentenced Sigman to die via lethal injection. Sigman appealed several times, but they were all denied or dismissed. Sigman was originally scheduled to be executed on February 12th, 2021, but then a week before his execution date, he was given an indefinite stay of execution. The state did not have the drugs to execute someone legally. Since lethal injection was the only form of execution in South Carolina, the South Carolina Supreme Court ruled that Sigman could not be executed. Months later, in May 2021, South Carolina changed the law to include two other forms of execution, the firing squad and the electric chair.

The condemned inmate would be able to choose how they wanted to die. Sigman's execution date was set for June 18th, 2021. On June 17th, 2021, the day before he was scheduled to be executed, Sigman's execution date was suspended because the state had not organized a firing squad. They also didn't have a suitable death chamber for death by firing squad. His execution was rescheduled for May 13th, 2022. But in April 2022, the execution was halted again. Four condemned inmates have filed a lawsuit against the state saying that death by firing squad or electrocution would be incredibly painful and it was cruel and unusual punishment.

In 2023, South Carolina acquired the proper drugs for lethal injection. On July 31st, 2024, the South Carolina Supreme Court ruled that the firing squad in the electric chair were legal ways to execute someone and it was not a cruel and unusual punishment. The US Supreme Court had previously ruled that these methods were legal, so they were unable to appeal. In February 2025, Sigman was scheduled to be executed on March 17th, 20125. Sigman was given the choice as to how he wanted to die. Firing squad, electric chair, or lethal injection.

If he didn't choose, then he would be executed in the electric chair. He chose the firing squad. He continued to appeal his death sentence. However, the motions were all dismissed. Sigman's last meal was fried chicken from Kentucky Fried Chicken, green beans, mashed potatoes with gravy, biscuits, cheesecake, and sweet tea. Around 6 p.m., he was brought to the death chamber that had been designed to hold a firing squad. Segment was strapped to the chair and a hood was placed over his head. A bucket was placed under the chair to collect blood.

The firing squad was three volunteers from the prison staff. All three had live ammunition in the rifles. At 6:05 p.m., they fired their rifles a single time in Sigman's heart. 67year-old Brad Sigman was pronounced dead 3 minutes later. Sigman's lawyer released a final statement in which Sigman condemned the death penalty. Sigman, who found religion in prison, wrote, quote, "An eye for an eye was used as justification to the jury for seeking the death penalty. At that time, I was too ignorant to know how wrong that was. Why? Because we no longer live under the Old Testament law, but now live under the New Testament."

unquote. At age 67, Brad Sigman was the oldest person executed in South Carolina. Since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976, there have been only three other executions by firing squad in the United States. The other three all happened in Utah, with the last one being 15 years earlier in 2010. Number two, Roy Lee Ward. Dale is a small town in southeast Indiana. In early 2001, it was home to just over 1500 people. This included 15-year-old Stacy Payne and her family. Stacy was considered shy, but people believed she was coming out of her shell.

Stacy was active at her high school where she had just completed the ninth grade. She was a cheerleader and she was in the marching band. She also volunteered at her Bible school by teaching art to children. Stacy also worked part-time at a pizza parlor. On July 11th, 2001, Stacy and her 14-year-old sister, Melissa, were at home around 12:30 p.m. Stacy was hanging out and Melissa was napping upstairs. Then there was a knock at the door. Stacy opened the door to find 29-year-old Roy Lee Ward standing on the doorstep.

Ward said that he had lost his dog. He then forced his way into Stacy's home and he attacked Stacy. The sound of Stacy's screams awoke Melissa. She went to the top step and saw Ward attacking her sister on the main floor. Melissa went to her parents' bedroom where she hid and called the police. Officers arrived minutes later and entered the home. They found Ward covered in blood holding a knife. Stacy was alive and conscious, but she was in terrible shape. She had been beaten and stabbed. Her throat and belly had both been severely lacerated.

Stacy was taken to the hospital, but her wounds were too extensive, and she was pronounced dead about 4 hours after the attack. An autopsy revealed she had been sexually assaulted, stabbed five times, and there were 18 blunt force trauma injuries. Ward had also used a dumbbell during the murder. After the murder, many people in the area were disturbed that Roy Lee Ward had been free on the streets. In the 11 years in the leadup to the murder, Ward had been arrested 26 times. He had been convicted 25 times and spent a total of six years incarcerated.

15 of those cases involved indecent exposure. Often he was given probation where sentences ran concurrently with other sentences he was serving. Since the community was outraged, Ward's lawyers asked for a change of venue twice, but both times the requests were denied. Roy Ward went to trial in October 2002. The prosecution said that the case was simple. Ward broke into the home, sexually assaulted to Stacy, and then murdered her. Ward was found in the home holding a bloody knife. Ward's lawyer was not trying to prove that Ward was innocent of killing Stacy.

In fact, he acknowledged that Ward had killed her. Instead, he was trying to stop Ward from getting the death penalty. In Indiana, there are special conditions needed for someone to be sentenced to death. One condition is if a person was killed during a sexual assault. So, Ward's lawyer argued that he just murdered Stacy and he did not sexually assault her. Ward's lawyer pointed out that there was no seaman found at the scene. He also argued that Ward would not have had enough time to commit the assault. However, the prosecution had experts who testified that the absence of seaman as sex crime is not unusual.

They also argued that Ward had plenty of time to assault Stacy before the police arrived. The jury delivered for 3 and 1/2 hours. They found Roy Ward guilty on all charges. A few days later, the jury deliberated his sentence. After 90 minutes, they recommended the death penalty. Months later, in December 2002, the judge formally sentenced him to death. Ward's lawyers appealed his conviction. They argued that he should been granted a change of venue. The community was understandably outraged by the murder. In the leadup to the trial, local newspapers published stories about Ward's criminal history, and his criminal record was not going to be entered into evidence at the trial.

The Indiana Supreme Court ruled that the jury may have been biased that a change of venue should have been granted. They overturned Ward's conviction and new trial was ordered. The problem was that they were having a hard time finding a new venue because it was a notorious case that was well known around the state. After Ward's conviction was overturned, he offered to plead guilty in exchange for life without parole. However, the prosecution did not want to make a deal. Nevertheless, Ward pleaded guilty in May 2007 in a neighboring county.

Then there was a 4 and 1/2 day sentencing hearing. The jury spent 45 minutes deliberating and then recommended the death penalty. Weeks later, he was formally condemned to die. Ward continued to appeal his death sentence, but all his appeals were denied. In August 2025, Ward's execution date was scheduled for October 10th, 20125. Ward petitioned the governor for clemency. The petition pointed out that Ward had recently been placed on the autism spectrum. He also had been remorseful for his actions. His petition for clemency was denied in September 2025.

Ward withdrew two appeals he had pending and he did not petition for a stay of execution. October 9th, 2025. According to the Indiana Department of Correction, for Ward's last meal, he was served a hamburger, a steak melt, French fries, a baked potato with butter, a sweet potato, 12 fried shrimp, chicken Alfredo, and bread sticks. The lethal injection process began just after midnight on October 10th, 2025. A deacon, Brian Nosebush, held Ward's hand as he was dying. 53-year-old Roy Lee Ward was pronounced dead at 12:33 a.m.

The representative said that Ward's last statement was quote, "Brian is going to read them." They did not clarify what he meant. However, it's assumed he was talking about Deacon Ryan knows Bush. Hours after Ward was executed, his lawyers released a statement that Ward intended to be his last statement. It reads, quote, "I wish I could go back and change things, but I can't. I hate myself for what I did. If I could take back every bit of pain I have caused Dy and her family, I would. There is no excuse. I also hurt my family. I wish I could take that away. I've asked God for forgiveness even though I do not feel I deserve it and cannot forgive myself. I hope my execution gives Stacy's family some peace."

One thing that Ward took to his grave is why he attacked Stacy. He never confessed or explained why he killed her. It's unknown if he knew her, had stalked her, or if it was just a crime of opportunity. Number one, Aaron Brian Gunches. In November 2002, 40-year-old Ted Price was attending radiology school in Mesa, Arizona. He was planning on living in student housing. By November, he was on a wait list. He decided to stay with his former girlfriend Catherine. They had been split up for years after being together for a decade.

They had two children together who were teenagers. Price was shocked by the state of the home. It was a decrepit drug den where several users and dealers crashed. Catherine openly did methamphetamine in front of the children. Price was bothered by this. On November 14th, 2002, he and Catherine argued. Price threatened to call child protective services. Catherine was furious and hit Price in the face with a phone. Price was knocked to the floor. He was dazed, but he didn't lose consciousness. Catherine called her 31-year-old boyfriend and drug dealer, Aaron Brian Gunches.

She supposedly asked Gunches to take care of Price. Gunes came to the home and some of Catherine's roommates forced Price into Gun's car. Gun supposedly planned on taking Price to the bus station and buying him a bus ticket, but then he realized he didn't have the money to do that. So, he drove Price out to the desert and ordered him to get out of the vehicle. Gunes then shot the 40-year-old father of two four times. They left the body to decompose in the desert. The dead body of 40-year-old Ted Price was found weeks later on December 10th, 2002.

On January 15, 2003, Gunes was pulled over by 38-year-old state highway patrolman Robert Flanigan for a routine traffic stop in Leaz County, Arizona. Gunches shot the police officer twice and took off. Flanigan was wearing a bulletproof vest and one bullet hit his vest. The other bullet hit his wristwatch, so he only received minor injuries. There was a massive search for Gunches involving over 50 officers. Gun's car was found abandoned about 90 minutes after the shooting. 31-year-old Aaron Gunes was found hiding in a haystack about 16 hours later.

He was charged with attempted murder. The police did ballistic testing on the gun used to shoot Flanigan and determined it was the same gun used to kill 40-year-old Ted Price. So, Gunes was charged with Price's murder as well. Catherine and her roommates were never charged in connection with the murder of Ted Price. In 2003, Gunch was ready to plead guilty to murder and attempted murder. However, the prosecution wanted him to be sentenced to death. And in Arizona, that requires a full jury trial. So, in 2007, GIS went to trial and he was found guilty of murder and attempted murder.

In 2008, there was a sentencing hearing and the prosecution argued that there were two aggravating factors that made Gunes eligible for the death penalty. One was that Price's murder was heinous and depraved. The other was that Gunches committed another serious crime which was shooting state patrolman Robert Flanigan. At the sentencing hearing, Gunches acted as his own lawyer. He did not present any mitigating evidence. The jury determined that the murder was heinous and depraved and he had also attempted to kill the police officer.

So they sentenced Gunches to death. Then in 2010, the Arizona Supreme Court reviewed the case and overturned the sentence. They found there was not enough evidence to prove that the murder was heinous and depraved. Price didn't know that he was going to be killed and Gunes fired four shots at him quickly. Any four of those shots would have been fatal. So Price arguably didn't suffer for very long. However, the other mitigating factor remained. Nevertheless, the sentence was overturned. There was another sentencing hearing in 2013.

Gunes was once again sentenced to death. Gunes's death sentence was appealed one more time. It was argued that Gunches shouldn't have acted as his own lawyer in the sentencing phase. But in 2016, the sentence was upheld because the US Supreme Court had already ruled that person can act as their own attorney. 9 years later, in November 2022, Aaron Gunes did something unusual. He asked to be executed. Gunes said that he needed to be executed so that quote justice could be served and the victims could get closure unquote.

But then months later, conscious withdrew his request. He said that recent executions were essentially torture. On January 20th, 2023, the Arizona governor ordered a review of the execution process in the state. Although Gunes had withdrawn his request, a death warrant was issued. However, the state was not obligated to perform the execution. Since there was ongoing investigation, they chose not to execute Gunches. The warrant expired in April 2023. In early 2025, Gunches again requested to be executed and the state was prepared to carry out the execution.

They were planning on executing Gunches in mid-March. However, Gunches want the execution to happen sooner in midFebruary. He said the execution was long overdue. He accused the state of quote dragging their feet unquote. The state did not hurry the execution. Instead, the Arizona Supreme Court issued a death warrant and he was to be executed on March 19th, 2025. Concess did not fight the death warrant or request clemency. Concess's last meal was a double western burger, spicy euros, onion rings, and bakloava. Gunches did not have a last day.

53-year-old Aaron Gunes was pronounced dead at 10:33 a.m. on March 19th, 2025. Thank you so much for watching today's video. If you enjoyed it, we'd really appreciate it if you subscribed. Also, don't forget to watch our shorts on YouTube, Instagram, and Tik Tok. Once again, thank you for watching.

Questions about this episode

What is discussed in "3 People Who Were Executed in 2025 Part 2"?

In order: 0:00 Brad Sigman, Rebecca Barbar, Glass Lark; 5:00 Brad Sigman, Glass Lark; 10:00 Roy Lee Ward, Brad Sigman, Stacy Payne; 15:00 Aaron Brian Gunches, Roy Lee Ward, Ted Price; 20:00 Robert Flanigan, Ted Price.

What is mentioned in this Criminally Listed episode?

9 people, works and ideas are mentioned, including Brad Sigman, Roy Lee Ward, Ted Price, David Lark, Rebecca Barbar, Glass Lark. Each one on this page links to its own page with every episode that mentions it.

How long is "3 People Who Were Executed in 2025 Part 2"?

The episode runs 26 min; the transcript is about 3,581 words in 36 timestamped sections.

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