# Rainey Bethea

> Rainey Bethea, was the last person publicly executed in Kentucky. Bethea, who confessed to the rape and killing of a 70-year-old woman named Lishia Edwards, was convicted of her rape and publicly hanged in Owensboro, Kentucky.

*American criminal*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/rainey-bethea

## Identity
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1909
- **Died:** 1936-08-14
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Rainey Bethea, was the last person publicly executed in Kentucky. Bethea, who confessed to the rape and killing of a 70-year-old woman named Lishia Edwards, was convicted of her rape and publicly hanged in Owensboro, Kentucky.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 57.5 / 100
- **Momentum:** 16.2 / 100  (trend: BREAKOUT)
- **Historical depth:** 7.6 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 34.6 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 20.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 33.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7284863)
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