Elmer David Brunner (died April 3, 1959) was a convicted American murderer and was the last defendant executed by West Virginia. On May 27, 1957, Ruby Miller was killed with the claw-end of a hammer in Huntington, West Virginia during a burglary of her home. Brunner was arrested and charged with first degree murder. Brunner was convicted in July 1957 and was sentenced to death by electric chair. West Virginia abolished the death penalty in 1965. No one has been executed by West Virginia since Brunner's death.