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| Texan Executed for Rape, Murder of Elderly Woman |
| By Reuters |
| Published: 09/23/2002 |
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A man convicted of raping and beating to death a 66-year-old woman was executed by lethal injection last week in a Texas prison. Tony Walker, 36, was the 24th person put to death this year in Texas, which leads the nation in capital punishment. Another four Texas inmates are scheduled to die this month. Walker was condemned for raping and murdering Virginia Simmons at her home in the northeastern Texas town of Daingerfield on May 23, 1992. He confessed to killing her husband, 82-year-old Willie 'Bo' Simmons in the same attack, but was not prosecuted for the murder. Walker, who lived nearby and knew the victims, told police he went to their home under the pretense of having a beer, when his real intent was to steal money so he could buy cocaine. He beat both of them to death with a board and a cane, sexually assaulted Mrs. Simmons before and after killing her and took cash from Mr. Simmons' wallet. In a written statement, Walker apologized for the crime. 'I wish to tell the family how sorry I am about what I done. I know that nothing I say will bring Mr. and Mrs. Bo Simmons back.' For his last meal, Walker requested french fries, five pieces of fried chicken and three Dr. Peppers. He was the 280th person executed in Texas since the state resumed capital punishment in 1982, six years the Supreme Court lifted a four-year national ban on the death penalty. |
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