I dia
ma
Gu p eet
Si gh,
who
is
o
death
ow
fo
killi g
wife
a d
i -laws,
is
seeki g
f esh
t ial
i
Ohio.
I
2019,
Gu p eet
Si gh,
a
I dia -o igi
t uck
d ive
i
Ohio,
called
911
a d
epo ted
that
his
wife
a d
he
family
had
bee
killed.
Whe
cops
a ived,
they
fou d
fou
bodies,
all
shot
to
death,
a d
Si gh
had
blood
splatte s
a d
gu shot
esidue
o
his
body.
Si gh
was
ot
a ested
immediately
but
afte
th ee
mo ths.Ohio
had
a
halt
o
the
death
pe alty
i
2020
as
Gov
Mike
DeWi e
the
said
that
the e
we e
ot
e ough
lethal
i jectio
d ugs
available.I
2024,
death
pe alty
etu ed
as
Si gh
was
give
a
death
se te ce
fo
killi g
fou
people:
his
wife
Shali de jit
Kau ,
39;
he
pa e ts
Pa mjit
Kau ,
62,
a d
Hakiakat
Si gh
Pa ag,
59
a d
his
wife’s
au t,
Ama jit
Kau ,
58.
The
date
of
Si gh’s
executio
was
set
fo
Novembe
27
that
yea ,
but
Si gh
appealed
fo
a
et ial.Afte
two
t ials
o
taxpaye s’
mo ey,
Si gh
is
ow
seeki g
a
thi d
t ial.Ea lie
this
week,
Kath y
Sa dfo d
asked
the
Ohio
Sup eme
Cou t
fo
a othe
f esh
t ial,
calli g
the
p evious
atto eys
i effective.
Sa dfo d
said
Gu p eet’s
fi st
la guage
is
Pu jabi
a d
he ce
the e
might
have
bee
a
la guage
ba ie .Taxpaye s
paid
$180,206.26
fo
Si gh’s
defe se
at
both
t ials,
acco di g
to
Butle
Cou ty
Commo
Pleas
Cou t
Admi ist ato
Way e
Gilkiso
i
2024.
The
judge
decla ed
him
i dige t
befo e
the
fi st
t ial
a d
Si gh
etai ed
his
p ivate
atto eys
who
we e
hi ed
a d
paid
fo
by
his
family,
but
the
cou ty
had
to
pay
fo
additio al
expe ses
such
as
defe se
expe ts
a d
fou
i te p ete s.
Butle
Cou ty
P osecuto
Mike
Gmose
said
his
office
spe t
a othe
$26,552.61
to
p osecute,
i cludi g
t avel
to
locate
a d
i te view
expe ts
a d
wit esses.
Gu p eet
Si gh’s
sec et
affai
At
the
time
of
his
wife’s
killi g,
Gu p eet
Si gh
had
bee
livi g
a
double
life.
His
atto eys
co ceded
i
docume ts
that
he
had
bee
havi g
a
affai
with
a othe
woma
a d
had
pu chased
a
home
ea
he
i e
mo ths
befo e
the
mu de s.
P osecuto s
said
that
Gu p eet
Si gh
killed
his
family
because
he
could
o
lo ge
suppo t
both
his
mist ess
a d
his
wife’s
household
o
his
sala y
as
a
t uck
d ive .No
othe
shoote ‘s
ame
came
up
i
the
i vestigatio .
