Texas executed Moises Sandoval Mendoza on Tuesday for the 2004 abduction and murder of 20-year-old Rachelle O’Neil Tolleson, ...

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Moises Mendoza used his last words to apologize to Rachelle Tolleson's family before he was executed for her 2004 murder ...

Moises Mendoza, sentenced to death for the 2004 murder of Rachelle Tolleson, was given a lethal injection at the Texas State Penitentiary in Huntsville.

The father of a murdered woman spoke of his last message to the death row inmate who killed her before receiving the lethal ...

The State of Texas has executed a 41-year-old man convicted of the 2004 brutal murder of a 20-year-old mother, making Moises ...

Murderer’s final words to family of victim before he is executed by lethal injection - Moises Sandoval Mendoza, 41, was ...

Death row inmate Moises Sandoval Mendoza's haunting 10-word plea to victim Rachelle O’Neil Tolleson's family before lethal ...

"I will always do everything in my power to defend the law and hold criminals accountable,” Paxton said in a press release.

The US Supreme Court denied Mendoza’s request for a stay of execution, clearing the way for his lethal injection. His ...