Texas man set to be executed for the 2004 strangling and stabbing death of a young mother
- Moises Sandoval Mendoza faces execution in Texas Wednesday.
- He was condemned over the March 2004 death of Rachelle O'Neil Tolleson.
- Authorities say Mendoza removed the 20-year-old victim from her residence, leaving her infant child.
- Mendoza's attorneys claim a detention officer gave false testimony used against him.
- Texas is scheduled to execute Mendoza by lethal injection Wednesday evening.
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Texas Executes Woman's Killer
A Texas man convicted of strangling and stabbing a young mother more than 20 years ago was executed Wednesday evening as relatives of the victim looked on. Moises Sandoval Mendoza received a lethal injection at the state penitentiary in Huntsville and was pronounced dead at 6:40pm, authorities said, the...
Texas man is executed for the 2004 strangling and stabbing death of a young mother
HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — A Texas man convicted of fatally strangling and stabbing a young mother more than 20 years ago was executed Wednesday evening as the victim's mother and other relatives looked on. Moises Sandoval Mendoza, 41, received a lethal injection at the state penitentiary in Huntsville and was pronounced dead at 6:40 p.m. He was sentenced to death for his conviction in the March 2004 killing of 20-year-old Rachelle O’Neil Tolleson…
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