US death row inmate Anthony Juniper to escape execution for gruesome crimes 23 Feb, 2021 08:32 PM 6 minutes to read Anthony Juniper is escaping execution despite four gruesome murders. Photo / Supplied news.com.au Warning: Graphic content One of America's most gruesome crimes has resurfaced as the man guilty of committing it prepares to escape an equally gruesome fate — capital execution. Anthony Juniper has been on death row in the state of Virginia since he was sentenced in 2011 over the 2004 murders of his on-again, off-again girlfriend Keshia Stephens; Keshia's younger brother Rueben; and her two daughters, Nykia, 4, and Shearyia, 2. One of the little girls was in her mother's arms when Juniper, then in his early 30s, stormed into her home and carried out the jealousy-fuelled murders.