By Alabama Public Radio
Montgomery, AL – An execution date has been set for prison escapee and convicted murderer Mario Centobie. Officials say Centobie will be executed April 28. He was sentenced to death for the killing of Moody police officer Keith Turner during a 1998 crime spree. Turner stopped Centobie and another inmate of Mississippi's Parchman Prison in a stolen car. The inmates had escaped from officers who were escorting them to a court hearing two days earlier. Centobie shot the officer three times, including once in the hip and in the back of his head. Authorities later captured Centobie near Biloxi. The Supreme Court did not accept Centobie's appeal for review in 2003. He was also sentenced to three life prison terms for wounding Tuscaloosa police Captain Cecil Lancaster during his crime spree across the state.