Bio

Bobby Glen Wilcher was born on November 15, 1962, in Jackson, Mississippi. He was the son of Eugene and Mildred Wilcher. Bobby had three siblings: two brothers, Danny and Ronald, and a sister named Penny. Tragically, Ronald died when he was just six months old. Bobby’s family moved to Scott County when he was very young, before he started school.

As a child, Bobby attended Lake Attendance Center, where he went from grades one through eight from 1969 to 1977. During his early life, he faced challenges and was sent to Columbia Training School and later to Oakley Training School. Specific details about his time there are not well-documented.

In 1979, Wilcher was convicted of grand larceny in Hinds County. He received a five-year sentence, with three of those years suspended. He served one year in the Mississippi State Penitentiary and was released on October 3, 1980.

Bobby got married on November 7, 1980, in Smith County. However, this marriage ended in divorce. He and his wife had a daughter in 1981.

Wilcher's early life was marked by difficulties which likely influenced his future actions. He faced legal troubles from a young age, and following his release from prison, he was in an unstable situation which may have contributed to the events that unfolded later in his life.

Murder Story

Bobby Glen Wilcher met Katie Belle Moore and Velma Odell Noblin on March 5, 1982, at a bar in Scott County, Mississippi. After the bar closed, he persuaded the women to drive him home. Instead, he redirected them down a remote service road in the Bienville National Forest. There, he committed the murders, stabbing both women a total of 46 times.

After the killings, Wilcher was stopped by the Forest Police Department in Noblin's car. He was alone and covered in blood. In the back seat of the car, officers found the victims' purses and one brassiere. Wilcher told the officer that he had cut his thumb while skinning a possum. The police followed him to the hospital, where he received treatment for his minor injury.

Wilcher was released from the hospital and went home. The next morning, he abandoned Noblin's car at an apartment complex and disposed of some of the victims' belongings in a ditch. Later that day, he was arrested. Jewelry belonging to the victims was later discovered in Wilcher's bedroom.

Wilcher faced two trials for the murders, where he was convicted and sentenced to death. He spent 24 years on death row, going through various appeals before being executed by lethal injection on October 18, 2006. During his execution, he did not make any final statements. Wilcher was pronounced dead at 6:42 p.m.