Steven Howard Oken (more articles to be posted on Oken who was executed in 1987 in Maryland) Kittery killer on death row by Amy Wallace Posted Jan 23, 2003  Updated Dec 17, 2010 Seacoastonline.com KITTERY, Maine -- Whether serial killer Steven Oken will die by lethal injection this year remains to be seen. Oken, 40, was convicted in Maine and sentenced to life in prison for the brutal murder of Lori Ward at the Kittery Coachman Motor Inn on Nov. 16, 1987. He was extradited to Maryland, where he was sentenced to death by lethal injection for the torture, rape and murder of 20-year-old newlywed Dawn Marie Garvin. He was also convicted of killing his own sister-in-law, Patricia Hurt. When the Maryland House of Delegates placed a moratorium on the death penalty on March 24, 2001, Oken’s death sentence was put on hold. And although the moratorium was lifted last week by Robert Ehrlich, the state’s new governor, it may be a while before Oken’s execu...