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

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 ^[2]
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	Hunt	U.S. Army Major David Lawrence Logie
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	Harris	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	Bexar	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	Hidalgo	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	Harris	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	Dallas	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	Dallas	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
Source: List of executed offenders by the TDCJ since 1982.^[1]

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

^ 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

^ ^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.

External links

Death Row Information. Texas Department of Criminal Justice

[3] On a change of venue from Jasper.

[4] The 5 victims were: Dennis Lee, Augustin Villasenor, Rhoda Wheeler, Benjamin Villasenor, and Roberto Jimenez Jr.

[5] The 4 victims were: Maria De La Luz Bazaldua Cobarrubias, Danitzene Lizeth Vasquez Beltran, Celina Linares Sanchez, and Lourdes Yesenia Araujo Torres.

[6] The 4 victims were: Bob Tate, Philip Good, Jerry Brown, and Ronald Mayes.

[7] The 5 victims were: Gloria Jean Coons, Diana Ruth Money, Antonio Cruz, Anthony Ray Rogers, and Kelly Hazlip.

[8] The 4 victims were: Laurie Lee Tremblay, Maria del Carmen Estrada, Diana Rebollar, and Dana Sanchez.

[9] The 4 victims were: Inez Deaton, Pam Hudgins, Tracy Powers, and Justin Powers.

[tdjclistsince1982-1] 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.

[2] 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.

[10] 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.

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