Oct 14, 2025

Convicted murder Ralph Menzies' execution stayed for new MRI and comptency evaluation

 




Today, there is a motion hearing in Ralph Leroy Menzies case in Utah Third District Court. 

You can google the case and read more articles. This is a very basic summary from various media coverage.

Ralph Leroy Menzies is an convicted murderer currently on death row in Utah for the 1986 murder of Maurine Hunsaker, a gas station attendant whom he kidnapped before slitting her throat. Menzies was convicted of the murder and sentenced to death on March 23, 1988. His September 5, 2025 execution by firing squad was stayed after a Utah Supreme Court ruling for a competency evaluation. Menzies has dementia. The state did not oppose defense request for a new MRI. Competency hearing had been scheduled for December 9 to 12.

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