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Texas man executed for fatally stabbing girlfriend and her son as survivor of attack looks on
Cedric Ricks was executed by lethal injection for the 2013 stabbing deaths of his girlfriend and her 8-year-old son; the 12-year-old survivor witnessed the execution.
- On Wednesday, March 11, 2026, Cedric Ricks was executed by lethal injection at the Huntsville Unit and was pronounced dead at 6:55 p.m. CDT after taking 19 quick breaths, making 10 snoring sounds, and some intermittent gurgles.
- In May 2013, Ricks attacked Roxann Sanchez and her 8-year-old son Anthony at their Bedford apartment, while Marcus Figueroa survived after playing dead.
- Before fleeing, Ricks put the infant Isaiah into a crib, then fled in Sanchez's car, called family and was arrested in Garvin County, Oklahoma.
- On Wednesday, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected Ricks' final appeal hours after the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles denied a 90-day reprieve on Monday; Ricks was the second executed in Texas and sixth in the country this year.
- Marcus Figueroa watched the execution through a glass window, showing no emotion, while seven relatives declined to speak and Ricks apologized, saying 'Explaining my rage, I was upset. I wish I could bring them back, like, right now'.
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Man Who Killed Girlfriend and Her Young Son Is Executed
A Texas man was put to death Wednesday evening for fatally stabbing his girlfriend and her 8-year-old son in 2013, apologizing profusely to her older son who survived with multiple stab wounds and witnessed the execution. Cedric Ricks, 51, was pronounced dead at 6:55pm CDT following a lethal dose...
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Cedric Ricks was put to death by lethal injection at Huntsville prison – Sixth execution in the US since the beginning of the year
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