I heard a little story at my Church about the woman who ordered or requested the beheading of John the Baptist was beheaded herself as she drowned in a river. That story has been passed down according to tradition. Also the same handout went on to explain that how you die is a good indicator as to your sin.
Yes, as I recall, she fell into a river, broke through the ice, and and ice floe sheared her head off.
By that logic, what then was the sin of the Baptizer? Or that of the holy Apostle-marytrs?