OKLAHOMA CITY (April 8, 2026) – Attorney General Gentner Drummond today commended the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board's decision to deny clemency for convicted murderer Raymond Johnson.
Johnson was sentenced to death for the brutal 2007 murders of Brooke Whitaker and her seven-month-old daughter, Kya. Evidence presented at trial showed that Johnson repeatedly struck Whitaker with a claw hammer during a prolonged attack inside her home. Despite Whitaker's pleas for mercy, Johnson doused her with gasoline and set her on fire. Whitaker's infant daughter died from severe burns after being engulfed in the flames.
“Raymond Johnson is a cruel murderer who inflicted unimaginable pain and suffering on his victims,”Drummond said. “His heinous actions shattered a family and forced three young children to grow up without their mother or baby sister. There will finally be justice for Brooke and Kya when the death sentence is carried out on May 14.”
