Boyd Executed for 1993 Kidnapping and Murder of Gregory Huguley
Atmore, Ala. – The State of Alabama on Thursday evening executed death row inmate Anthony Todd Boyd, convicted in the 1993 kidnapping and murder of Gregory Huguley in Anniston. Boyd, 56, was pronounced dead at 6:33 p.m. CDT at William C. Holman Correctional Facility in Atmore following the administration of nitrogen hypoxia, the second time the method has been used in the state’s history.
Governor Kay Ivey confirmed earlier in the evening that she would not exercise her clemency powers and directed Corrections Commissioner John Hamm to proceed with the lawfully imposed death sentence.
“On the evening of July 31, 1993, Anthony Boyd and three other men kidnapped Gregory Huguley at gunpoint in Anniston over a $200 drug debt,” Governor Ivey said in a statement. “Mr. Huguley was taken to a baseball field in nearby Munford where he was duct-taped to a park bench, doused with gasoline, and set on fire. All four co-conspirators watched as the victim perished from the flames.”
Governor Ivey said the court found Boyd to have been an “active and full participant” in the murder, noting that he bound Huguley’s feet before the group set him on fire. “After 30 years on death row, Anthony Boyd’s death sentence has been carried out, and his victim’s family has finally received justice,” Ivey added.
Attorney General Steve Marshall also issued a statement following the execution, emphasizing that Boyd’s conviction and sentence had withstood decades of appeals.
“A jury unanimously convicted Anthony Todd Boyd in March 1995 for the horrific murder of Gregory Huguley, who was burned alive over a $200 debt,” Marshall said. “For more than 30 years, Boyd sought to delay justice through endless litigation, yet he never once presented evidence that the jury was wrong.”
Marshall noted that Boyd had challenged Alabama’s lethal injection protocol in 2014 and later selected nitrogen hypoxia as his preferred execution method in 2018. “Gregory Huguley was never afforded the chance to delay his own brutal and untimely death,” Marshall said. “Alabama remains steadfast in its commitment to uphold the law and deliver justice for victims and their families.”
Boyd’s execution was cleared to proceed at 5:55 p.m., and he was pronounced dead just under 40 minutes later.
Case Background
According to court records, Boyd and three accomplices kidnapped Huguley from Anniston on July 31, 1993, over a $200 cocaine debt. The men drove him to a baseball field in Munford, where they duct-taped him to a bench, doused him in gasoline, and set him on fire. Huguley died at the scene.
Boyd was convicted of capital murder during a kidnapping and sentenced to death in 1995. His co-defendants also received lengthy prison terms.
Thursday’s execution marks Alabama’s latest use of nitrogen hypoxia, a method the state began employing in 2024 after legal challenges to lethal injection procedures.
Governor Ivey and Attorney General Marshall both said they hoped the conclusion of Boyd’s case would bring a measure of closure to the Huguley family after more than three decades of waiting.
