Timothy McVeigh

Cases

• Timothy McVeigh convicted for the Oklahoma City bombing, June 2, 1997
  Named suspectConvicted

Timeline

Events across every case involving this person

1. April 19, 1995

   Ryder truck bomb destroys north face of Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, killing 168

   Timothy McVeigh convicted for the Oklahoma City bombing, June 2, 1997
2. April 21, 1995

   Federal agents identify and arrest Timothy McVeigh two days after the bombing

   Timothy McVeigh convicted for the Oklahoma City bombing, June 2, 1997
3. April 1, 1997

   McVeigh's federal trial opens in Denver, Colorado

   Timothy McVeigh convicted for the Oklahoma City bombing, June 2, 1997
4. June 2, 1997

   Jury convicts Timothy McVeigh on all federal counts; Judge Matsch sentences him to death

   Timothy McVeigh convicted for the Oklahoma City bombing, June 2, 1997
5. June 11, 2001

   Timothy McVeigh executed by lethal injection at the U.S. Federal Correctional Complex in Terre Haute

   Timothy McVeigh convicted for the Oklahoma City bombing, June 2, 1997