Mark Edward Gardner (May 4, 1956 – September 8, 1999) was an American murderer executed at the age of 43 by lethal injection by the state of Arkansas.
Some of the family's jewelry was found on Gardner when he was arrested and he told police that he had also killed a man in New York State.
Mark Gardner was accused of repeatedly raping and beating a fellow Death Row inmate who was later released from prison, Damien Echols, who had been convicted for the West Memphis Three murders.
Gardner's last meal was fried shrimp, grilled salmon, garden salad, and chocolate cake with a Coke.
Gardner was executed first because he had a lower inmate number (SK901) than Alan Willett (SK930).