A woman whose daughter was raped and murdered more than two decades ago says she has relief now that Donald Moeller is dead. Moeller died Tuesday night by a lethal dose of pentobarbital. His victim’s mother watched him die.
Before his lethal injection, the warden of the South Dakota State Penitentiary asked Donald Moeller if he had any last words. Moeller responded, “No, sir.” He then asked, “They’re my fan club?”
Becky O’Connell’s mom, Tina Curl, says she had too many things she wished she could say to her daughter’s killer, but she coveted just one answer.
"The only thing I wanted from him was to tell me what he did to Beck, how he got her," Curl says. "I guess I get the last word after all instead of Moeller."
Curl lives in New York. She says she never plans to return to South Dakota after this trip.