List of people executed in Texas, 2010–2019
The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of Texas between 2010 and 2019. All of the 120 people (117 males and 3 females) during this period were convicted of murder and executed by lethal injection at the Huntsville Unit in Huntsville, Texas.[1]
Executions 2010–2019
[edit]The number in the "#" column indicates the nth person executed since 1982 (when Texas resumed the death penalty). As an example, Kenneth Mosley (the first person executed in Texas during the 2010 decade) was the 448th person executed since resumption of the death penalty.
| 2010 – 17 executions | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Executed person | Ethnicity | Age | Sex | Date of execution |
County | Victim(s) | Governor |
| 448 | Kenneth Mosley | Black | 51 | M | 07-Jan-2010 | Dallas | Garland police officer Michael David Moore | Rick Perry |
| 449 | Gary James Johnson | White | 59 | M | 12-Jan-2010 | Walker | James Matthew Hazelton and Peter Joseph Sparagana | |
| 450 | Michael Adam Sigala | Hispanic | 32 | M | 02-Mar-2010 | Collin | Kleber Dos Santos and Lilian Dos Santos | |
| 451 | Joshua J. Maxwell | White | 31 | M | 11-Mar-2010 | Bexar | Bexar County Sheriff's Deputy Rudolpho Lopes | |
| 452 | Franklin DeWayne Alix | Black | 34 | M | 30-Mar-2010 | Harris | Eric Bridgeford | |
| 453 | William Josef Berkley | White | 31 | M | 22-Apr-2010 | El Paso | Sophia Martinez | |
| 454 | Samuel Bustamante | Hispanic | 40 | M | 27-Apr-2010 | Fort Bend | Rafael Alvarado | |
| 455 | Kevin Scott Varga | White | 41 | M | 12-May-2010 | Hunt | U.S. Army Major David Lawrence Logie | |
| 456 | Billy John Galloway | White | 41 | M | 13-May-2010 | |||
| 457 | Rogelio Reyes Cannady | Hispanic | 37 | M | 19-May-2010 | Bee | Leovigildo Bombale Bonal | |
| 458 | John Avalos Alba | Hispanic | 54 | M | 25-May-2010 | Collin | Wendy Alba | |
| 459 | George Alarick Jones | Black | 36 | M | 02-Jun-2010 | Dallas | Forest J. Hall | |
| 460 | David Lee Powell | White | 59 | M | 15-Jun-2010 | Travis | Austin police officer Ralph Allen Ablanedo | |
| 461 | Michael James Perry | White | 28 | M | 01-Jul-2010 | Montgomery | Sandra Stotler | |
| 462 | Derrick Leon Jackson | Black | 42 | M | 20-Jul-2010 | Harris | Forrest Henderson and Alan Wrotenbery | |
| 463 | Peter Anthony Cantu | Hispanic | 35 | M | 17-Aug-2010 | Jennifer Ertman and Elizabeth Peña | ||
| 464 | Larry Wayne Wooten | Black | 51 | M | 21-Oct-2010 | Lamar | Grady Alexander and Bessie Alexander | |
| 2011 – 13 executions | ||||||||
| 465 | Michael Wayne Hall | White | 31 | M | 15-Feb-2011 | Tarrant | Amy Robinson | |
| 466 | Timothy Wayne Adams | Black | 42 | M | 22-Feb-2011 | Harris | Timothy Wayne Adams Jr. | |
| 467 | Cary D. Kerr | White | 46 | M | 03-May-2011 | Tarrant | Pamela Horton | |
| 468 | Gayland Charles Bradford | Black | 42 | M | 01-Jun-2011 | Dallas | Brian Edward Williams | |
| 469 | Lee Andrew Taylor | White | 32 | M | 16-Jun-2011 | Bowie | Donta Green | |
| 470 | Milton Wuzael Mathis | Black | 32 | M | 21-Jun-2011 | Fort Bend | Travis Brown III and Daniel Hibbard | |
| 471 | Humberto Leal García Jr. | Hispanic | 38 | M | 07-Jul-2011 | Bexar | Adria Sauceda | |
| 472 | Mark Anthony Stroman | White | 41 | M | 20-Jul-2011 | Dallas | Vasudev Patel | |
| 473 | Martin Robles | Hispanic | 33 | M | 10-Aug-2011 | Nueces | John Commisky and Jesus Omar Gonzalez | |
| 474 | Steven Michael Woods Jr. | White | 31 | M | 13-Sep-2011 | Denton | Ronald Whitehead and Bethena Brosz | |
| 475 | Lawrence Russell Brewer | White | 44 | M | 21-Sep-2011 | Brazos[a] | James Byrd Jr. | |
| 476 | Frank Martinez Garcia Jr. | Hispanic | 39 | M | 27-Oct-2011 | Bexar | San Antonio police officer Hector Garza and Jessica Garcia | |
| 477 | Guadalupe Esparza | Hispanic | 46 | M | 16-Nov-2011 | Alyssa Marie Vasquez | ||
| 2012 – 15 executions | ||||||||
| 478 | Rodrigo Hernandez | Hispanic | 38 | M | 26-Jan-2012 | Bexar | Susan Verstegen | |
| 479 | George Angel Rivas Jr. | Hispanic | 41 | M | 29-Feb-2012 | Dallas | Irving police officer Aubrey Wright Hawkins | |
| 480 | Keith Steven Thurmond | White | 52 | M | 07-Mar-2012 | Montgomery | Sharon Anne Thurmond and Guy Sean Fernandez | |
| 481 | Jesse Joe Hernandez | Hispanic | 47 | M | 28-Mar-2012 | Dallas | Karlos Borja | |
| 482 | Beunka Adams | Black | 29 | M | 26-Apr-2012 | Cherokee | Kenneth Wayne Vandever | |
| 483 | Yokamon Laneal Hearn | Black | 33 | M | 18-Jul-2012 | Dallas | Frank Meziere | |
| 484 | Marvin Lee Wilson | Black | 54 | M | 07-Aug-2012 | Jefferson | Jerry Robert Williams | |
| 485 | Robert Wayne Harris | Black | 40 | M | 20-Sep-2012 | Dallas | 5 murder victims[b] | |
| 486 | Cleve Foster | White | 48 | M | 25-Sep-2012 | Tarrant | Nyanuer Gatluak Pal | |
| 487 | Jonathan Marcus Green | Black | 44 | M | 10-Oct-2012 | Montgomery | Christina LeAnn Neal | |
| 488 | Bobby Lee Hines | White | 40 | M | 24-Oct-2012 | Dallas | Michelle Wendy Haupt | |
| 489 | Donnie Lee Roberts Jr. | White | 41 | M | 31-Oct-2012 | Polk | Vickie Bowen | |
| 490 | Mario Rashad Swain | Black | 33 | M | 08-Nov-2012 | Gregg | Lola Nixon | |
| 491 | Ramon Torres Hernandez | Hispanic | 41 | M | 14-Nov-2012 | Bexar | Rosa Maria Rosada | |
| 492 | Preston Craig Hughes III | Black | 46 | M | 15-Nov-2012 | Harris | Marcell Taylor and LaSandra Charles | |
| 2013 – 16 executions | ||||||||
| 493 | Carl Henry Blue | Black | 48 | M | 21-Feb-2013 | Brazos | Carmen Richards-Sanders | |
| 494 | Rickey Lynn Lewis | Black | 50 | M | 09-Apr-2013 | Smith | George Ray Newman | |
| 495 | Ronnie Paul Threadgill | Black | 40 | M | 16-Apr-2013 | Navarro | Dexter McDonald | |
| 496 | Richard Aaron Cobb | White | 29 | M | 25-Apr-2013 | Cherokee | Kenneth Wayne Vandever | |
| 497 | Carroll Joe Parr | Black | 35 | M | 07-May-2013 | McLennan | Joel Dominguez | |
| 498 | Jeffrey Demond Williams | Black | 37 | M | 15-May-2013 | Harris | Houston police officer Troy Alan Blando | |
| 499 | Elroy Chester III | Black | 43 | M | 12-Jun-2013 | Jefferson | Willie Ryman III | |
| 500 | Kimberly LaGayle McCarthy | Black | 52 | F | 26-Jun-2013 | Dallas | Dorothy E. Booth | |
| 501 | John Manuel Quintanilla Jr. | Hispanic | 36 | M | 16-Jul-2013 | Victoria | Victor Billings | |
| 502 | Vaughn Ross | Black | 41 | M | 18-Jul-2013 | Lubbock | Douglas Birdsall and Viola Leanne Ross McVade | |
| 503 | Douglas Alan Feldman | White | 55 | M | 31-Jul-2013 | Dallas | Robert Stephen Everett and Nicholas Velasquez | |
| 504 | Robert Gene Garza | Hispanic | 30 | M | 19-Sep-2013 | Hidalgo | 4 murder victims[c] | |
| 505 | Arturo Eleazar Diaz | Hispanic | 37 | M | 26-Sep-2013 | Michael Ryan Nichols | ||
| 506 | Michael John Yowell | White | 43 | M | 09-Oct-2013 | Lubbock | John Yowell, Carol Yowell, and Viola Davis | |
| 507 | Jamie Bruce McCoskey | White | 49 | M | 12-Nov-2013 | Harris | Michael Keith Dwyer | |
| 508 | Jerry Duane Martin | White | 43 | M | 03-Dec-2013 | Leon | TDCJ corrections officer Susan Louise Canfield | |
| 2014 – 10 executions | ||||||||
| 509 | Edgar Tamayo Arias | Hispanic | 46 | M | 22-Jan-2014 | Harris | Houston police officer Guy Patrick Gaddis | |
| 510 | Suzanne Margaret Basso | White | 59 | F | 05-Feb-2014 | Louis Charles "Buddy" Musso | ||
| 511 | Ray L. Jasper III | Black | 33 | M | 19-Mar-2014 | Bexar | David Mendoza Alejandro | |
| 512 | Anthony Dewayne Doyle | Black | 29 | M | 27-Mar-2014 | Dallas | Hyun Mi Cho | |
| 513 | Tommy Lynn Sells | White | 49 | M | 03-Apr-2014 | Val Verde | Kaylene Jo "Katy" Harris | |
| 514 | Ramiro Hernández-Llanas | Hispanic | 44 | M | 09-Apr-2014 | Kerr | Glen Ernst Lich | |
| 515 | Jose Luis Villegas Jr. | Hispanic | 39 | M | 16-Apr-2014 | Nueces | Alma Perez, Erida Perez Salazar, and Jacob Salazar | |
| 516 | Willie Tyrone Trottie | Black | 45 | M | 10-Sep-2014 | Harris | Barbara Nell Canada, and Titus C. Canada | |
| 517 | Lisa Ann Coleman | Black | 38 | F | 17-Sep-2014 | Tarrant | Davontae Williams | |
| 518 | Miguel Angel Paredes | Hispanic | 32 | M | 28-Oct-2014 | Bexar | Adrian Torres, Nelly Bravo, and Shawn Michael Cain | |
| 2015 – 13 executions | ||||||||
| 519 | Arnold Prieto Jr. | Hispanic | 41 | M | 21-Jan-2015 | Bexar | Rodolfo Rodriguez, Virginia Rodriguez, and Paula Moran | Greg Abbott |
| 520 | Robert Charles Ladd | Black | 57 | M | 29-Jan-2015 | Smith | Vicki Ann Garner | |
| 521 | Donald Keith Newbury | White | 52 | M | 04-Feb-2015 | Dallas | Irving police officer Aubrey Wright Hawkins | |
| 522 | Manuel Vasquez | Hispanic | 46 | M | 11-Mar-2015 | Bexar | Juanita Ybarra | |
| 523 | Kent William Sprouse | White | 42 | M | 09-Apr-2015 | Ellis | Ferris police officer Harry Marvin Steinfeldt III and Pedro Moreno | |
| 524 | Manuel Fernando Garza Jr. | Hispanic | 34 | M | 15-Apr-2015 | Bexar | San Antonio police officer John Anthony Riojas | |
| 525 | Derrick Dewayne Charles | Black | 32 | M | 12-May-2015 | Harris | Brenda Bennett, Obie Lee Bennett, and Myiesha Bennett | |
| 526 | Lester Leroy Bower Jr. | White | 67 | M | 03-Jun-2015 | Grayson | 4 murder victims[d] | |
| 527 | Gregory Lynn Russeau | Black | 45 | M | 18-Jun-2015 | Smith | James Syvertson | |
| 528 | Daniel Lee Lopez | Hispanic | 27 | M | 12-Aug-2015 | Nueces | Corpus Christi police officer Stuart Jay Alexander | |
| 529 | Juan Martín García | Hispanic | 35 | M | 06-Oct-2015 | Harris | Hugo Solano | |
| 530 | Licho Escamilla | Hispanic | 33 | M | 14-Oct-2015 | Dallas | Dallas police officer Christopher Kevin James | |
| 531 | Raphael Deon Holiday | Black | 36 | M | 18-Nov-2015 | Madison | Tierra Lynch, Jasmine DuPaul, and Justice Holiday | |
| 2016 – 7 executions | ||||||||
| 532 | Richard Allen Masterson | White | 43 | M | 20-Jan-2016 | Harris | Darin Shane Honeycutt | |
| 533 | James Garrett Freeman | White | 35 | M | 27-Jan-2016 | Wharton | TPWD Game Warden Justin Hurst | |
| 534 | Gustavo Julian Garcia Jr. | Hispanic | 43 | M | 16-Feb-2016 | Collin | Craig Turski and Gregory Martin | |
| 535 | Coy Wayne Wesbrook | White | 58 | M | 09-Mar-2016 | Harris | 5 murder victims[e] | |
| 536 | Adam Kelly Ward | White | 33 | M | 22-Mar-2016 | Hunt | Commerce Code Enforcement Officer Michael Walker | |
| 537 | Pablo Lucio Vasquez | Hispanic | 38 | M | 06-Apr-2016 | Hidalgo | David Cardenas | |
| 538 | Barney Ronald Fuller Jr. | White | 58 | M | 05-Oct-2016 | Houston | Nathan Copeland and Annette Copeland | |
| 2017 – 7 executions | ||||||||
| 539 | Christopher Chubasco Wilkins | White | 48 | M | 11-Jan-2017 | Tarrant | Willie Ladell Freeman and Mike Silva | |
| 540 | Terry Darnell Edwards | Black | 43 | M | 26-Jan-2017 | Dallas | Mickell Goodwin and Tommy Walker | |
| 541 | Rolando Ruiz Jr. | Hispanic | 44 | M | 07-Mar-2017 | Bexar | Theresa Rodriguez | |
| 542 | James Eugene Bigby | White | 61 | M | 14-Mar-2017 | Tarrant | Michael R. Trekell and Jayson Kehler | |
| 543 | TaiChin Preyor | Black | 46 | M | 27-Jul-2017 | Bexar | Jami Tackett | |
| 544 | Robert Lynn Pruett | White | 38 | M | 12-Oct-2017 | Bee | TDCJ corrections officer Daniel James Nagle | |
| 545 | Rubén Cárdenas Ramírez | Hispanic | 47 | M | 08-Nov-2017 | Hidalgo | Mayra Laguna | |
| 2018 – 13 executions | ||||||||
| 546 | Anthony Allen Shore | White | 55 | M | 18-Jan-2018 | Harris | 4 murder victims[f] | |
| 547 | William Earl Rayford | Black | 64 | M | 30-Jan-2018 | Dallas | Carol Lynn Thomas Hall | |
| 548 | John David Battaglia | White | 62 | M | 01-Feb-2018 | Mary Faith Battaglia and Liberty Mae Battaglia | ||
| 549 | Rosendo Rodriguez III | Hispanic | 38 | M | 27-Mar-2018 | Lubbock | Summer Lee Baldwin and Joanna Kathryn Rogers | |
| 550 | Erick Daniel Davila | Black | 31 | M | 25-Apr-2018 | Tarrant | Annette Stevenson and Queshawn Stevenson | |
| 551 | Juan Edward Castillo | Hispanic | 37 | M | 16-May-2018 | Bexar | Tommy Garcia Jr. | |
| 552 | Danny Paul Bible | White | 66 | M | 27-Jun-2018 | Harris | 4 murder victims[g] | |
| 553 | Christopher Anthony Young | Black | 34 | M | 17-Jul-2018 | Bexar | Hasmukhbhai Patel | |
| 554 | Troy James Clark | White | 51 | M | 26-Sep-2018 | Smith | Christina Muse | |
| 555 | Daniel Clate Acker | White | 46 | M | 27-Sep-2018 | Hopkins | Marquetta George | |
| 556 | Robert Moreno Ramos | Hispanic | 64 | M | 14-Nov-2018 | Hidalgo | Leticia Ramos, Abigail Ramos, and Jonathon Ramos | |
| 557 | Joseph Christopher Garcia | Hispanic | 47 | M | 04-Dec-2018 | Dallas | Irving police officer Aubrey Wright Hawkins | |
| 558 | Alvin Avon Braziel Jr. | Black | 43 | M | 11-Dec-2018 | Douglas White | ||
| 2019 – 9 executions | ||||||||
| 559 | Robert Mitchell Jennings | Black | 61 | M | 30-Jan-2019 | Harris | Houston police officer Elston Morris Howard | |
| 560 | Billie Wayne Coble | White | 70 | M | 28-Feb-2019 | McLennan | Robert Joseph Vicha, Zelda Walling Vicha, and John Robert Vicha | |
| 561 | John William King | White | 44 | M | 24-Apr-2019 | Jasper | James Byrd Jr. | |
| 562 | Larry Ray Swearingen | White | 48 | M | 21-Aug-2019 | Montgomery | Melissa Trotter[3] | |
| 563 | Billy Jack Crutsinger | White | 64 | M | 04-Sep-2019 | Tarrant | Pearl Magourik and Patricia Syren | |
| 564 | Mark Anthony Soliz | Hispanic | 37 | M | 10-Sep-2019 | Johnson | Nancy Weatherly | |
| 565 | Robert Sparks | Black | 45 | M | 25-Sep-2019 | Dallas | Chare Agnew, Raekwon Agnew, and Harold Sublet Jr. | |
| 566 | Justen Grant Hall | White | 38 | M | 06-Nov-2019 | El Paso | Hector Diaz and Melanie Ruth Billhartz | |
| 567 | Travis Trevino Runnels | Black | 46 | M | 11-Dec-2019 | Potter | TDCJ Supervisor Stanley Wiley | |
| Preceded by List of people executed in Texas, 2000–2009 |
Lists of people executed in Texas | Succeeded by List of people executed in Texas, 2020–present |
Notes
[edit]- ^ On a change of venue from Jasper.
- ^ The 5 victims were: Dennis Lee, Augustin Villasenor, Rhoda Wheeler, Benjamin Villasenor, and Roberto Jimenez Jr.
- ^ The 4 victims were: Maria De La Luz Bazaldua Cobarrubias, Danitzene Lizeth Vasquez Beltran, Celina Linares Sanchez, and Lourdes Yesenia Araujo Torres.
- ^ The 4 victims were: Bob Tate, Philip Good, Jerry Brown, and Ronald Mayes.
- ^ The 5 victims were: Gloria Jean Coons, Diana Ruth Money, Antonio Cruz, Anthony Ray Rogers, and Kelly Hazlip.
- ^ The 4 victims were: Laurie Lee Tremblay, Maria del Carmen Estrada, Diana Rebollar, and Dana Sanchez.
- ^ The 4 victims were: Inez Deaton, Pam Hudgins, Tracy Powers, and Justin Powers.
References
[edit]- ^ a b List of Executed Offenders. Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Retrieved 26 September 2012. Note the list is updated within 1-2 days after the actual execution.
- ^ In some cases, the offender may not have been tried for some of the victims listed, as a death sentence was rendered in a prior case.
- ^ McCullough, Jolie (2019-08-21). "Texas executed Larry Swearingen for a 1998 Texas slaying. His lawyer says bad science got him on death row". The Texas Tribune. Retrieved 2024-03-30.