On Wednesday, Texas death row inmate Ramiro Gonzales was executed by lethal injection at the state penitentiary in Huntsville. Gonzales was pronounced dead at 6:50 p.m. following a chemical injection. This execution came after numerous appeals to the U.S. Supreme Court for the 2001 murder and rape of 18-year-old Bridget Townsend.
Gonzales admitted to fatally shooting Townsend, whose remains were found nearly two years after she vanished in 2001. In a statement released by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Gonzales apologized to the victim’s family from the execution chamber, expressing remorse for the pain and hurt he caused.
