 A man convicted and sentenced to death for the 1984 kidnap, rape, and murder of 7-year-old Layla Dawn Cummings in Ouachita County has been put to death. Department of Corrections Director Steve Harp outlines the process of the execution of Richard Rojum Jr. on Thursday. The execution process began at 10.03 a.m. and inmate Rojum was declared unconscious at 10.08 a.m. He was pronounced deceased at 10.16 a.m.