November 30, 1956Eddyville, KentuckyJames Franklin Bowman (44) is executed for the rape and murder of a 72-year-old woman Roberta Busby was attacked on August 29, 1954 and found by her neighbor about 6 to 10 hours after her death at approximately 2:30 a.m. on August 30. Busby’s throat had been slashed deeply enough to sever…