NORFOLK, Va. – The man convicted of the contract killing of a naval officer at a Langley FCU ATM in 2007 is headed to death row.
David Runyon, 38, was convicted of murdering 30-year-old Cory Allen Voss at the hire of Voss’s wife.
Voss’s wife, Catherina Voss, and her boyfriend, Michael Draven, who planned the killing to receive the sailor’s death benefits, were each sentenced to life in prison.
Runyon's execution, only the second in the Hampton Roads area since Congress reinstated the death penalty more than 20 years ago, is scheduled to be held between 60 and 90 days from Friday under federal law.
Catherina Voss and her boyfriend wanted the officer dead so they could be together and collect $500,000 in death benefits. They hired Runyon, a friend Draven knew from medical-research studies, to enter Voss' pickup truck and kill him.
Voss pleaded guilty in late 2008, getting four life terms plus 20 years. Draven, sentenced last month, got three life terms. All three defendants also face a $100,000 judgment for a payment the Navy made after the sailor's death.
Voss and Draven blew through that money in a matter of months, according to trial testimony. Prosecutors said Runyon never received the $20,000 contract killing fee.
