The Brief
- The Arizona Attorney General’s Office is seeking a death warrant for Leory McGill, with a proposed execution date in March 2026.
- McGill was convicted of murder and attempted murder for a 2002 attack in which he doused Charles Perez and Nova Banta with gasoline and set them on fire in a north Phoenix apartment.
- Court records show McGill used a “napalm-like” mixture of gasoline and Styrofoam to ensure the fuel would stick to the victims, resulting in the death of Perez and the hospitalization of Banta.
PHOENIX – The Arizona Attorney General’s Office has begun the process to obtain a death warrant for Leory McGill, the death row inmate convicted in a deadly 2002 gasoline attack.
Prosecutors are seeking a March 2026 execution for McGill, who was sentenced to death for the murder of Charles Perez and the attempted murder of Nova Banta.
The backstory:…