"Elijah Page had the ultimate penalty for the ultimate crime," said Dottie Poage, the victim's mother. She said she was proud of the prosecutor, the state, the penitentiary staff and Gov. Mike Rounds.

Dottie Poage holds a chilhood picture of her son Chester Allan Poage after she witnessed the execution of her son's killer, Elijah Page, on Wednesday, July 11, at the State Penitentiary in Sioux ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- Elijah Page pleaded guilty to his role for the March 2000 slaying of Chester Allan Poage, thinking he would avoid the death penalty and spend SD executes first inmate in ...